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Show BETTER THAN WEST POINT. A case is known to us of a young man, residing near an army post, who had studied for the West Point exam- i ination, but failed of appointment owing to adverse political influence brought to bear .upon his Congressman, as he believed. Much depressed, he told his troubles to the commandant at Fort Thomas, who advised him to enlist and fight his way up. His father and older brother were clergymen, another broil1-1 er held a good place in the civil servv and all were opposed to the suggc&iK but he persisted. , Within a year he wy" a corporal; a little skirmish in the Philippines Phil-ippines gave him another lift,, and he received his commission as Second Lieu tenant in less time than if he' had gone through West Point. Of the forty-one men who were commissioned Second Lieutenants on January 31, after having hav-ing risen from the ranks, many might., tell much the same story. Such facts seem likely to make the work of our re- l cruiting officers less disheartening. Collier 's. |