Show CHANCE FOR HIGH SERVICE IN ARMY always an opportunity for enlisted men to secure commissions WELL PAID AND CARED FOR food clothing lodging and medical attendance provided many who have entered service as eriv ates have gained high rank by EDWARD CLARK in alie regular army 01 this line Is from a song in praise ot the regulars la as aldens tin army itself it Is he pride of the regulars to say that they are always ready and it would to the civilian who reads the history of the standing army eliat the bilile Is not misplaced there beems to be throughout the country a misunderstanding concerning enlistments in the regular army today the of men between the ages of twenty one and thirty one for possible selection as soldiers in alie new national army does not in any way prevent the registered man from enlisting today in the regular army the navi or the marine corps there Is still a chance for n nian to bedonie a volun teer and by becoming one to enter the ranks of an army which has made his tory and will continue to make it so long aa american fighting men take the field in the regular army the enlisted man Is assured of a fine quality of leaded ship lie Is under the command of men alio know the war game from its beginning to its end and who under stand thoroughly how to instill a strict discipline which Is good for the men and for the service because while necessarily strict it has for its spirit a kindly consideration and a knowledge of the needs of the soldier moreover the regular army officers know how to care thoroughly tor the health of their men thoroughly trained leaders it must not be understood from this that the new national army will not be well led and well cared for but la the regular service the entire personnel of the commissioned ranks ie that of men who have had the best kind of training with special reference to the guidance of those who shall be under their control in the national army in each organization there will be some regular officers whose duty it will be to impart to the newer officers the things which they have learned by long experience koth services will be of the highest order the enlists in the mcg ular service has every chance of pro motion he entera as a private but there Is an opportunity for him while still an enlisted man to secure a position which will pay him 81 a month la addition to his entire support so far as food clothing lodging and medical attendance are concerned the government gives all these shingi gratis there Is always an opportunity tor enlisted men of the united states army who are mentally and physically alert to secure commissions and thereby to pass from the ranks of an en listed man to that of an officer and be assured of a profession for the rest of his life men who remain men in the army can re tire after 30 ears service with good pay and allowance pay in the army in order that the young man who desires to become a volunteer through enlistment la the united states army for probable first service in the field 0 the present war may know just what his pay will be the following table Is given by which he can determine almost at a glance what his monthly money will amount to and while studying the table he should remember that the government takes it upon itself to keep him in food and clothing to give him lodging and med leal attendance and in fact to provide for him ayery necessary of life free of cost here Is the table per month private private second class bugler oa 00 private corps private medical department 21 private first 1 33 corporal artillery cavalry infantry saddler mechanic infantry en airy field artillery medical department farrier wagoner ria corporal engineers ordnance signal corps Q M corps medical department mechanic roast artillery mechanic field artillery musician third lasa infantry cavalry artillery engineered 28 sergeant artillery cavalry nt antry stable sergeant eer geant field artillery try cavalry supply sergeant infantry cavalry artillery acee sergeant infantry cavalry artillery rook radio sergeant fireman band corporal musician second class infantry cavalry arall lery engineers musician third class military academy SS sergeant engineers ordnance tanal corpe Q M corps medical depart stable sergeant engineers supply sergeant engineers mess seri breant engineers color sergeant sergeant second class band musician elret class infantry cavagn artillery engineers musician second class military academy i 44 battalion sergeant major field artillery infantry squadron sergeant major sergeant per geant majors junior grade master runner sergeant bugler assistant band leader i as sergeant malor regimental supply sergeant sergeant major senior grade quartermaster eer beant Q M corps ordnance ser beant first sergeant battalion ser freant major engineer battalion cupply engineers clan sergeant first class sergeant elret class engineer Q M corps sigi nal corps assistant engineer musician first clase military academy 81 sergeant elret class medical depart anent sergeant serg field musician military academy sa hospital cerneant maager engineer engineer 71 sergeant benlor grade Q M corps band leader master signal electrician master electrician vaster engineer senior grade master hospital sergeant band and assistant leader military academy i sl additional pay per month sergeant 6 electrician 9 observer drat class 9 plotter 9 coxswain 9 chief planter 7 chief loader 1 l 7 observer second class 7 gun commander 7 gun pointer 7 surgical assistant pert rifleman 5 burse se 3 sharpshooter 3 first cla a gunner 3 second class gunner i 2 marksman 2 dispensary assistant 2 certificate ot merit 2 win additional pay on the first re each private in the united states admy gets sa additional pay anch month and this Is increased for each succeeding enest anent it will be seen from the table that men who qualify ns good hots or who because of their capabilities are glen certain positions receive an increase of monthly it may also be that each enlisted man who serves in the aviation corps receives nn addition of 50 per cent in his pay while he Is on duty that requires him to participate regularly and frequently in aerial lights or while holding atie rating of aviation the regular army of the united states dates back for its organization to the ear 1789 when it was a body of men barely in number prior to this time there a force the units of which were paid by the different states or it might almost be said colonies for it was not until 1789 that the united states as the united states came into existence the fid eral government took over a part of these state forces and formed the inal regular army the regulars fought indians from the very start of their existence as an organized body they made a fine record for themselves small as were their numbers in the war of 1812 later they took up the work of guarding the frontier and the history of the army for years and years was one of self sacrifice of devotion to autv and of achievement in the fields so far removed from civilization that the people never realized what their little force was doing for them to the fact that the high work of the regulars w as done for so many years in remote fields was due the lack of the peoples appreciation of the heroism of their standing army long last of achievements it was the regulars who suffered in the I 1 ort dearborn massacre on the site of chicago over a hundred years ago it was the regulars under major dade who in I 1 lorada hopelessly outnumbered and ambushed fought until almost the last man was killed the indians under the fine leadership of one of colas chieftains it was the regulars who went to cath in the country of the rosebud under the white cliplef custer it was a little band of regulars w ho me big foot and his warriors on wounded knee creek in 1890 and won the fight after appalling lessee it was the regulars who fought red cloud crazy horse chief joseph and who followed the kid and other savage apaches into the mountain fastnesses fast nesses of mexico it was the regulars who from the beginning until the present day have dared everything for their country their record Is ft magnificent one the regular army Is now being brought up to a war standard of strength amian the ranks are full there will be following the colors as a part of the regular establishment some americans any young american codly has an opportunity to become by volunteering a member of this devoted band it means service and hard service but it also mean service and in toll human probability glorious ice hardships there will be in plenty dangers a multitude but there are the compensations of service that Is str vice and of a sense of patriotic duty done in a field of life into which devotion to country calls the young american organization of the army the organization of the army today Is different from the organization of other days in the old davs there was no aviation service and little or no signal sen ice of any kind the med leal service was crude the artillery had not become the great factor in warfare that it Is today and there was lebs specialization along all lines of military endeavor let us take the american army as it Is provided for under the law of today a time when we are in war with n great military power of course it must be remembered that in addition to the regular army we shall haar the breut greut new national army the rational guardsman guardsmen Guards men the anvy and the darlne corps to help us win in the fight tor the of the ivorid the regular army of the united states upon lie present war footing consists of 04 regiments of infantry 25 of cavalry ag of field artillery a coast artillery corps brigade division army corps and army headquarters with their detachments of troops fcc staff corps an adjutant general department an inspector generals deportment n judge advocate generals department a quartermasters ter masters corps a medical department corps of engineers an ord AA nance deportment a signal corps th officers of the bureau of insular affe tr a military bureau the army resen c the corps ot cabets cadets nt ast point and other am iller used for disciplinary grades service schools and record depot detachments and for iome otier purport how it Is commanded an Is u huge body of en mill end together for fighting purposes in different units of an army when it passes a certain strength usually Is commanded td bi a loday here is no in tie united agniv but it 1 eliat within a fe months congress reli tin rank and name r ailio the tide 0 general have supreme om inand of all lie iny forces in the fl ld an arm is composed of anny corps may be two or three or more corps in an army sometimes 1 there Is a inigo number of troops in the field one Is put in command while ills foicey are doldi i into armies eacle one in coin mand of a lieutenant general it 19 ely that congress soon will make maj gen john J peishing a ll euten ant general and put him in command of the first corps consisting of of troops to see sen ice 11 1 ranee A division of troops Is commanded by a major general it Is composed of several brigades each one of which is commanded by a brigadier gemeril it Is possible for a to consist of a combination of cavalry ci valry infantry and artillery but frequent i each bri gade Is composed of regiments all of the same branch of the aenice ahe topical infantry brigade for instance consists of a headquarters and three of infantry while a typical cavalry brigade consists of a head quarters and three regiments of cavalry of the regiment fach regiment Is commanded by a colonel ho has under him a lieutenant colonel whose duties are rather nondescript although his cliplef duty is to take the place of the colonel in his absence or in case he Is wounded or killed lo 10 battle each regiment Is into bat and each bat Is commanded by a major A battalion consists of tn or more companies or batteries and each company Is commanded by a captain in each company there Is a farst lieutenant and a second lieutenant and complete complement of noncommissioned officers first sergeants duty sergeants and corporals alie compan li divided into squads for purposes of instruction discipline control and order each squad consist IDS of a corporal and beien privates the corporal Is the squad leader and han absent Is replaced by a deag noted it might be said that from the squad as it does only of a corporal and seven privates the whole formation of an army Is de eloped and in a sense regulated the squad Is a small base unit from atch armies take their a series 0 developing steps men who enter the united states army as recruits have the same chance that men had ears ago not only to become commissioned officers but to reach the high place of command of all alie armies of their country doea this seem to be an abed statement only recently there died a lieutenant general of the united states army who commanded all the forces of uncle sam he entered the I 1 service as an enlisted man of regulars going to a recruiting office just as boy of can go to a recruiting office tharp to don the uniform of a private later to enter alie ranks and if it Is in him to work his way up tal alie top private goes to top on july 22 1801 aleut gen aann R chaffee for enlistment as a regular in the army of the united states there was nothing to differentiate him from other young men who applied dally at the recruiting office he was assigned as a private to troop of the sixth cavalry an n which exist today and in which john J pershing now commanding our forces in france saw his hard fighting duty general chaffee use from private to sergeant to first sl r geant to second lieutenant and through the rest of tle ranks until he was made lieutenant general of the united states army the ranking of uncle sam s forces chaffee was a of me highe 1 order ills career in the spanish american war was markedly efficient fought at san juan nna later went to the philippine alle there he was ordered to take command of the american forced which were to join he ill bied forces in their on peking the forbidden city that was one 0 the most successful and hard working expeditions ever dispatched hy the united state chaffee won fame for his service within the compass of his years in alie arm lift biad dmd in every rank barring ahr of corporal of alie three living lieutenant gen erola ot all of whom on the list not one was a bradu ite of ivest point the oil came up if not from the ranks at least floii alie lowest commissioned offices working their v ay all taci received the highest hon possible un der then listing law promotion to command of alie army with the rink of lieutenant alie fact that all young nun the ages of twenty one and thirty one aro registered for possible service daoa not prevent their volunteering for service in the regular army the davv r the marine corps there la a chance for ghigli service in the 0 |