Show POSTMASTERS MADE ARMY RECRUITING OFFICERS Uncle Sam Shy of Soldiers S Offers 5 Apiece for Recruits According to a circular received this morning at the local recruiting station of the United States army the regular army is short of its authorized strength by about men and in order to keep it up to normal strength recruits are necessary essary necessary every year ear earIn In order to stimulate interest t in the army and increase e recruiting every second third and fourth class postmaster postmaster postmaster post post- master in the United States has been m made de a recruiting officer To make Itan It 11 Itan an object to these postmasters to en encourage encourage encourage en- en courage young men to Join the army the department is offering a premium of 5 for every recruit that is accepted There are ap approximately sec sec- one third and fourth class postmasters in the United States and If each of them rustled only one recruit a year the regular army could be kept up to its required authorized strength It is also contemplated to extend the re recruIting recruiting recruiting re- re service to the smaller towns by opening auxiliary stations to co cooperate cooperate cooperate co- co operate with the postmasters The records show only one out every five men who apply for enlistment In the army is accepted and postmasters are urged to exercise the greatest care In Inthe inthe intile the tile work Sergt C. C E. E Chenowith in charge of the lo local al recruiting station states that July was the tile banner month In the re recruiting recruiting re- re service throughout the country country country coun coun- try August showed a falling off and at the local office the first ten days of September reflected still less inter inter- est During the last week there has been some improvement |