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Show CHANCE FOR ARMY CAREER NOW OPEN WASHINGTON, July T. Young tnrn ambltloua to an tar tba Unltad StatM army nd not drpaod upon a nomination nomina-tion ta Waat Point. 8o groat la th. drmand that th. awratary of war haa laauod a general call and any youag man with good moral atandlng and who can Sroduc. latter, of referanr. will now be eatgnatad for th. competitive examination examina-tion Thla unowual procedure la being taken In the hop of rilling the vaoanclee In the Cade of .acond lieutenant, which have en created by the recent Inrreeee. by authority of eongreaa. of th. official per. KMinrl of all the flxhtlng llnea af th. army. At praaent there ara 14 vacan-:iea vacan-:iea and only elghty-two of theee will be fHWd by the graduating claaa at Weat Point. Only a few pernape not mora than a doaen will be filled from th. rank, thla yrat. ao there will be left approximately ap-proximately 200 vacanrlea ta be filled from civil life. Particular, may be obtained ob-tained by addreaalng the aocratary of war at Washington. |