Eureka Reporter | 1905-04-21 | Page 3 | Less Trouble over Desertions

less trouble over desertions profiting by long experience the war department has made some changes in its method of recruiting soldiers tor the regular army it has been found that much the greater percentage of deserters consisted ot couite young recruits who soon dis cover that the regular service is not what they imagined and take french leave on the first opportunity in view of the numerous thus required and the severe penal ties for desertion the new recruits are now drilled for several weeks with out giving them uniforms or requiring etem to take the oath it they run away in the meantime they are not sought after and new recruits take tl air places the army is thus saved the trouble 0 trying numerous desert ers by philadelphia record