Show DEATh OF CANTEEN j i HAS HURT SERVICE Capt Capt 0 o. B. B Meyer Local ReCruiting ReCruiting ReCruiting Re Re- Officer Tells Why Soldiers Leave DONT DON'T GET ENOUGH WAGES Army Officer Says Conditions Will Wil Not Improve Until Congress Takes Action The local army recruiting station i inot is not nOl taking In Ie recruits as o fast as thi tho officers would Jk like and not nearly so fast fasl as the lie discharged t soldiers are leaving leu th the lie service A majority of the the- companies are C lacking the ret ret-pu required red figure and some somE have o In not more than titan half their number In some cases ses s sot sot- ol titers in on one regiment i arc are drafted into another in instead of or being hIng sent nt to lO other posts And Anti wh why should Ihl this shortage hortage In the arm army occur O. O R. R n Meyer lerel captain o othe or of orth th the lie Fourteenth FO cavalry ca anti and local re ye- 1 crit I t I ng officer wh ith when en n I interviews Wednesday had the following reasons reason to offer as os n a cause for the soldiers soldier's refusal re re- ie- ie to r enlist re-enlist t and the shyness s o of new men In iii joining tile the army The Th gO government does dols not pa pay e. e enough nough money motley to Its is soldiers not nol as much as men of or equal ability get get- a at other work worl The Flie private soldier gets gell only 13 3 a month with wih which he hastO has hasto hasto to pay Iny for all al o of hits his hiI laundry shaving and anti toilet In fn general It 1 is true th they y get their food and uniform but bul the rations while th the theare are nrc enough chough to live itie lve on and antI SUI support life are not equal to th the food the thE soldier could get gel outside Nothing Is fresh fresl except eXCell th the potatoes and the vegetables component nt or canned goods he These e rations can be sent hack back h by hi the compan company com com- pany pan commander r and goods good bought on the outside but the com company pan fund Is not sufficient to bring other supplies up to the required r conditions condition B tick il-tick cl With Uh thu tiit Ilu Canteen When beer and antI light wine were vere In inthe the thC me moss mess s. s there was less drunkenness and fewer 1 disciplinary measures were needed tItan than now This brought the tH mess mes funds up till and th the food was better heter accordingly lr It I made the men more contented antI and was an inducement to tot t enlist and stay In these dials days the food rood Is not only less IEs in quantity but the cooks ar are not good title duo to lO openings tot for or good cooks cook outside the lie service er uniform the soldier considers The he tie as 38 one of the implements of oC war The The sublime conditions of pea peace cr which are of course unavoidable oltIa lt helps to make th the soldier discontented while settled down clown at one post pO l he has hns time to brood over his grievances ri s. s Well el captain what whal class of men Is IsI isit it I t that are leaving the service They rie are the tie best men In the service service service ser ser- vice anti and th the reason is obvious They are ire the tho men who can step out into cJ 11 life anti and demand employment There Th-re is a bill bi now no noIH IH pending action acton of the Senate anti and House Hou e of Representatives of or the United States s to lo equalize and antI fix fx the Ut P pay pa o of the arm army na navy lavy marine corps and revenue rC cutter cuter 1115 service I f Ih r i Id l th t i d each v o Ih h t t VP ft attn e Hi i hlll he lh same in iii every eo case caFe said Captain Meyer yer according to rank and antI I length n th thor of or service anti and also the pay of officers of o l Lie army on lh the active list Is thereby there e by increased d as follows Of generals and ond lieutenant 10 30 0 per cent of or major generals and antI gen brigadier erh orals 15 per cent enl of colonels lieuten colonels ant colonels nH-colonels anti and majors 20 O per cent of or captains first and antI second leuten- leuten lieuten ants 25 r per pIr cent and the pa pay of the cadets and midshipmen and warrant officers of or the navy and of cadets carets ol of the line of revenue cutters increased Jf 26 per c cent nl Emit But Buto o we want sant section 1267 of or the He od Statutes repealed If u thi the bill 1111 hi Is passed It will 1 mean an increase In the pay of oC all nU the arm army men both officers otcel and anti privates from 10 to 30 O per pel cent celL The hp Women's omens Temperance as ocla- ocla mice lion which Is strong politically has luas been Instrumental In iii prohibiting liquor at th tho post pot which t Captain Meyer eel sa says s 's sIs is Ii responsible for the present grief He Ic le saul Raid SI Since nc A American n 13 law W i is the tho peoples people's law what hat the they say goes hut but butI I am nm po positive e that this thing mal makes eg the m mess s of th the army so 50 dl distasteful tn to the tho soldiers |