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Show IS SOLDISRING BECOMING BECOM-ING A SNAP.. The number of oillcers and men who entered tho war and who havti now chosen army life as their permanent per-manent occupation, Indicates that tho llfo of a soldier Is not altogether Irksome in peace times. Educating tho men In khaki has proved n distinct dis-tinct hit with the war department, and It also appears that the men whom politicians havo bean tellng ub aro being held In Germany and olsewhcro, are not having such a hard tlmo after all, Major General E. C. Harris tho adjutant general ot tho army says: "The service In Germany has proved prov-ed to bo bo attractive that tho ranks are always filled. Our chief difficulty difficul-ty Is that regiments are apt to bo over enlisted beforo we can, stop the reeruUlng officers from accepting more applicants and we must send i m . nil y i r i ',. x i i T such men to tho station for which they wero accepted." Equnlly popular In nrmy servlco Is Hawaii and ns a rulo few recruits can bo accepted for duty there. However How-ever tho 13th field artillery has left the United States for service tn tho mid-Pacific and enlistments for this regiment has been Issued. In tho old army new rocrults had no choice In the selection ot a regiment, and could not name any particular station sta-tion In the new peace time army ft i . t tiA I latii.fc a man may either pick his awn rvgl- . H ment or deslgnato tho part ot the H world to which he wishes to bo srnt. sV BM |