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 Economy of Adequate Provision for Defense

I T is a sublime thought that our fore­ Defense Test Address Broadcast by

people. But we are prone to be careless,
fathers one hundred and fifty years
ago laid the foundation of what has
become the greatest nation. The estab­
General John J. Pershing on

Evening of July 4

and under our very eyes there have al­

ready been serious reductions made by
Congress in our military establishment.
lishment of a free government wherein More unfortunate still, further cuts seem
every man could worship God in his own imminent and for political reasons, unless
way, and under which life, liberty and in meeting the crises of war, we rarely the people through the press and through
the unmolested pursuit of happiness would undertake to avoid the possibility of their their representatives step in and call a
be guaranteed had long been the dream recurrence. What do his example and halt. Otherwise the result will be a re­
of oppressed humanity. But it remained his counsel profit us if we ignore in our petition of the past with its loss of life
for our 'ancestors here in America to everyday lives the practical exercise of and treasure, and with the added possi­
seize the opportunity, and dare to pro­ our functions as citizens? bility that defeat may come some day in­
claim their purpose to the world. Feeble, In his day the duties of citizenship, so stead of victory. This has been the fate
unorganized, unarmed though they were, to speak, made too little impression upon of all nations that have neglected se­
yet they feared not. No other people the average man. And there is where curity.
could possibly have a greater inspiration our greatest danger lies today. The story
than ourselves, and none greater obliga­ of unpreparedness for the Revolutionary In the light of history it is clearly our
tions to cherish and protect what duty to support an adequate military es­
they gave us. tablishment during peace, or else
the next generation will have to
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, CMTC ENROLLMENT pay the price that has always been
one hundred and fifty years ago paid for past neglect. It is sad
yesterday, the sword of supreme JUNE 30, 1925 in retrospect to realize that even
command was bestowed on Wash­ Corps while paying war costs inherited
ington, but the armies that were Area a b c d e f from their fathers, no generation
to fight the battles that confronted 1st 3927 2395 4400 3000 89.2 79.8 of Americans has been wise
the colonists had to be created. 2nd 6894 4269 6500 4700 106.0 90.8 enough or unselfish enough to pro­
In that task Washington found 3rd 6609 4718 5600 3900 118.0 120.9 vide against the wars that have
his sorest trials. Such was the 4th 6672 5110 5700 4000 117.0 127.7 fallen upon their sons. It has
attitude of the colonists that they 5th 6988 4193 6000 4200 116.4 99.8 been said, and with truth, that the
could only be induced to serve 6th 5864 3662 5600 3900 104.7 93.9 Government is a poor business
for short periods, and discipline 7th 5485 2608 6700 4900 81.8 53.2 manager. It is too often penny
was next to impossible. For these 8th 4651 3094 5000 3400 93.0 91.0 wise and pound foolish, and often
reasons the personnel was con­ 9th 4941 3334 4500 3000 109.8 111.1 only the political consideration
stantly changing and the number of the moment seems to count.
of men who actually served in the 52031 33383 50000 .35000 104.06 95.38
No better illustration is needed
Continental Armies during the Explanatory note: of this than the millions that must
succeeding seven years outnum­ a—Applications received by June 30. be paid in interest alone on our
bered by twenty to one the British b—Number accepted and ordered to camp. war debt during this fiscal year,
forces sent to subdue them. The to say nothing of the many more
patriots of the Declaration found c—Minimum objective.
millions that will have to be paid
that it was one thing to proclaim d—Number to be trained. on the debt itself. There can be
a principle, but quite another to e—Percentage of quota (applications). no possible justification for saving
establish it. There were pacifists f—Percentage accepted of number to be a few millions a year on the
and Tories in those days, just as trained. Army during peace if in the end
there are today, and there were and as a consequence we are
shirkers, slackers, and profiteers. forced to spend extra billions in
Unity among the colonies was an emergency to make up defi­
lacking, but worst of all was the failure War has been repeated in every war since, ciencies. The difference in the cost be­
of the colonists themselves to appreciate just because our people have failed to tween an adequate and an inadequate
their individual obligations to the nation fulfill their obligations during peace. system is not enough to warrant the risk.
they had started out to found. Never ready to meet any major emerg­ Insurance against war and its conse­
Through the intervention of Providence ency, the cost in lives and money has al­ quences is too valuable.
there has always arisen the man fitted to ways been unduly and unnecessarily heavy. Most everybody now admits that had
meet each successive crisis in our history. I wish it could be said with confidence we been reasonably prepared in 1914
Of all such men Washington stands out as that we should never again be neglectful there would probably have been no ne­
the foremost, because on him fell the of our security, because neglect would cessity for our entry into the war, or if
responsibility of success in this war for again only invite insult or aggression it had been necessary the war could have
the principle of self government. The against us and only make our war of de­ been brought to a close in 1917. Every­
obligation was not to his people alone but fense a heavier burden upon our people. one also knows now that if the Allies
to all people for all time. Without his The Law of 1920 was practically the had failed to hold on until we were ready
combined qualities of high moral courage, first successful effort to benefit by ex­ the Central Powers would have won the
tireless perseverance and noble patriot­ perience, and a fairly good start has been war. The same or parallel conclusions
ism, he could not have overcome the end­ made. There has never been greater in­ might be drawn as to our previous wars.
less difficulties that beset him. We never terest in time of peace in the subjects of As to cost, without going into details,
lose an opportunity to do honor to his national defense. The Army, the Guard, probably two-thirds of our national debt
memory, but we have been most heedless the Reserves are all anxious to be found (Continued on Page Eleven)
of his advice. While praising his ability ready, and the spirit is abroad among the
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 Our 'Walking Show Case"
By Major MALCOLM P. ANDRUSS, CAC, DOL, Commanding Buffalo Recruiting District
than a duty their usefulness to you is at
I N a recent issue of the Recruiting News
I touched on the subject of our "sta­
tionary show case," the "A" board. To­
day I want to take up briefly the no less
important topic of our "walking show
case"—the canvasser.
It is a basic principle of salesmanship
that the salesman must first "sell" himself
before he is in any position to dispose
of his wares to a prospective purchaser.
In successfully selling himself there are
two main outstanding attributes that the
salesman must possess , in more or less
marked degree if he is' ambitious to be­
come a big producer—attractive personal
appearance and a pleasing personality.
It has often been said that salesmen
are born, not made, and whereas the two
essential attributes I have mentioned are,
in 'a way, God given, nevertheless it is
within every man's power to cultivate
habits of character that will enable him
more nearly to approach the ideal.
Recruiters' Work Important
I know of no military activity in time
of peace of such vital import to the good
name of our Army as the duty we impose
on our recruiting canvassers, and yet it
would appear that the subject is not being
given the serious consideration that its
importance demands.
Thrown as these men are in direct
and constant contact with our civilian
population throughout the country the im­
pression they give is a powerful influence
for good or evil. Too often this fact is
entirely lost sight of by the commanders
who are charged with the duty of provid­
ing the personnel, many of whom sub­
ordinate the broad viewpoint of the best
interests of the service to their own selfish
interests. Possibly their attitude "of in­
difference is due to the failure to give
serious thought to the problems confront­
ing the Recruiting Service, or again it
may be that they have never had the situ­
ation clearly explained to them.
Soldier Salesmen Needed
In my opinion one of the most glaring
defects in the recruiting field today is the
woeful lack of a sufficient number of
qualified salesmen. The pity of it is that
there appears to be no remedy in sight.
The canvasser is in truth a "walking
show case" and may be likened to a mag-
net—he either attracts or repels. If this
is a fact, and I make the statement with­
out fear of contradiction, we in the Re­
cruiting Service should ever keep upper­
most in our minds the absolute necessity
for obtaining "master" soldiers to do the
work in our vineyards. The fruit we har­
vest will be in exact proportion to the
efficiency of the workmen—no more, no
less.
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The Recruiter Should Possess Both
An Attractive Appearance and
a Pleasing Personality
an end.
Hold conferences from time to time and
take the men into your confidence; in­
But I am forced to admit that the
"master" soldier is a rara avis. It has
often been said that a good soldier is a
work of God and a poor one is an inven­
tion of the evil one. That we lack the
most efficient personnel is no excuse for
our assuming an attitude of injured in-
difference—conducting a passive resist­
ance, as it were. On the contrary we
must devise ways and means for neutral­
izing the handicap under which we are
working. It is our problem and we must
solve it in a way that will not only reflect
credit upon ourselves but upon the serv­
ice in general.
There is no royal road to success or ac­
complishment. The things that we treas­
ure the most in life are those that we
have had to strive the hardest to obtain.
There may be many solutions to our prob­
lem, all of them equally meritorious, and
whereas the lines along which I am work­
ing at present are not radical departures,
still I feel that I should touch upon them
briefly in order that there may be an in­
terchange of ideas, a feature so essential
to the success of any business.
Men Must Play the Game
No business can be efficiently conducted
without a careful study of the "overhead."
It is frequently the determining factor in
success or failure. In other words, make
a study of your "engine." Does it run
smoothly or is there a knock in it? Your
car may be superficially a work of art
but if there is no engine under the hood
you will never reach your objective. You
are familiar with the work to be done
in your recruiting district and you must
have an efficient office force proper­
ly to coordinate it. Frequently we are told
to cut down here or there, and, whereas
there is danger in a top-heavy organiza­
tion, on the other hand it is vital that it
be sufficient in numbers to function prop­
erly. The man in the field must be taken
care of. He is & part of the machine and
must be made to feel so.
Look to the morale of your men—they
must be led, not driven. If success is to
be yours you must have a happy and con­
tented "family." Personal contact and
encouragement are the first essen­
tials of true leadership. Stimulate a
healthy spirit of rivalry among your can­
vassers. Impress them with the fact that
production is an interesting game, not a
mere routine duty; that if they consider
their work in the light of nothing more
spire them with a desire to be producers
and compliment them on their accomplish­
.ments when praise is due. You can catch
more flies with sugar than with vinegar.
Be careful not to give the impression
that your DEML men are the king pins
and that the [allocated personnel is a side
issue; there should be no differentiation,
for all have one objective—production.
True, your best salesmen should be given
the "high spots," but if the assignments
are made diplomatically there should be no
resulting unpleasantness.
Sub-Station Training Valuable
Your sub-station commanders should be
impressed with the fact that they are not
being side-tracked, for certainly it is just
as essential to have excellent men away
from the home station as near the throne.
As a matter of fact it is vital that men at
substations be of a calibre worthily to re­
present the Army for they must at times
paddle their own canoe and assume re­
sponsibilities that otherwise might not be
theirs. Again it is well to give all of
the personnel a chance to do substation
work in order to broaden their initiative
and further to acquaint them with the
many problems that must be met and
solved by the team as a whole.
Your recruiting detachment is a team
and the individuals composing it must
play the game according to the rules laid
down—this is discipline in its truest sense.
Right now it is the practice in my dis­
trict to run a "foreign service" roster
for substation work, the tour of duty
being for three months. The results so
far are most encouraging and bid fair
to solve a problem that has been a source
of no little worry in the past.
Men are not considered available for
substation work until they have attained
suitable proficiency at the home station.
In case a man has done efficient work at
a substation and is anxious to remain his
tour of duty may be extended. However,
if he is a "high powered" salesman he
must expect to be placed where his 'talents
can be used to the best advantage. It is
important that the canvasser be kept in­
formed as to the status of his applicants
and also as to his comparative standing
along the lines of production—this is
psychological. Where there a number of
canvassers at any one station the "re­
cruiting canvassers' daily progress board,"
described recently in the Recruiting News
may be used to excellent advantage along
production lines.
(Continued from Page Twelve)
 Russian Officers Enlist in Washington N. G.
A DISTINCT innovation in the re­
cruiting of National Guard or­
ganizations was effected in the
State of Washington last April when
Battery C, 146th Field Artillery, in Seat­
tle, enlisted an entire platoon of former
officers of the Russian Imperial Army.
Every one of the new guardsmen was
wounded and decorated for gallantry in
the fierce fighting in East Prussia and
later in action against the hordes of the
Red army. All have received their first
naturalization papers and are studying,
for their final papers with the hope of
eventually becoming full fledged citizens
of their adopted nation.
Contact with these unusual recruit
was gained by their organizer, Lieut.
John M. Stoddard of Battery C of the
146th, a Seattle newspaper man, who in­
Russian Chief of Section and His Gun Crew of Battery C, 146th FA—Lieut. John M. Stoddard in Foreground
Digestive Physiology—An Army Discovery
UNDAY, July 12, 1925, marked the
S 101st anniversary of the beginning
of the studies which resulted in the
present knowledge of the physiology of
digestion. These studies were started on
July 12, 1824, by Surgeon William Beau­
mont, of the United States Army.
Dr. William Beaumont, one of the pio­
neer American scientists, was born No­
vember 21, 1785, at Lebanon, Conn. He
was the son of Samuel Beaumont, a
prosperous New England farmer. At the
age of 21, disregarding his father's pro­
tests, William wandered northward to
Champlain, N. Y., where he taught school
for three years. He began the study
vited several former Cossack officers to
ride, as his guests, the mounts maintained
by the artillery regiment at Fort Lawton,
the Regular Army post adjacent to
Seattle.
Later the Society of Wounded Russian
Veterans of the World War extended,
through its president, Lieut. Gen. Alex­
ander Elshin, its support to the proposed
formation of a Russian platoon, and the
battery shortly afterward gained a form­
er major general, several colonels, lieut.
colonels, majors and captains and two one­
time Russian naval officers.
All Seattle's Russian colony attended
the formal muster of the new platoon on
April 28 when the regimental commander,
Colonel Harry G. Winsor, welcomed the
new artillerymen, who were given the
oath of enlistment by the battery com­
of medicine in 1810 under the tutelage
of Dr. Benjamin Chandler of St. Al-
bans, Vt, and was licensed to practice
medicine by the Third Medical Society
of the State of Vermont in June, 1812.
Dr. Beaumont entered the Army as
what was then called surgeon's mate,
Sixth U. S. Infantry, Sept. 8, 1812, but
suspended duty for the purpose of estab­
lishing a private practice at Plattsburg,
N. Y. With the advent of actual cam­
paign, he re-entered the Army Feb. 15,
1813, and served valiantly throughout the
War of 1812. At the close of the war he
resigned from the Army, and in 1815 es­
tablished Himself in the practice of medi­
mander, Captain Cyril Stutficld. A recep­
tion and musical entertainment followed
the muster.
Enlistment of the platoon has helped
materially in the solution of an annual
problem experienced by Washington Na­
tional Guard unit commanders, namely
that of recruiting sufficient men for the
annual encampment who will not require
training for their duties in camp.
From the moment that the two Russian
chiefs of section first aligned their sec­
tions their drill has been progressing rap­
idly. In addition to the weekly drill the
new guardsmen attend a weekly school
of instruction in which their former mili­
tary lore is revived. Additional recruits
are expected from the Russian colony
shortly.
cine at Plattsburg, N. Y. However, up­
on the solicitation of his friend and mili­
tary comrade, Dr. Joseph Lovell, then
Surgeon General of the Army, he accepted
a commission as post surgeon, dated
March 18, 1820, to rank from Dec. 4,
1819, and was ordered to Fort Mackinac,
Michigan.
It was during his service in the fron­
tier post, Fort Mackinac, that an acci­
dent to Alexis St. Martin, a Canadian em­
ployee of the American Fur Company,
gave Dr. Beaumont the opportunity which
resulted in the now famous experiments
on gastric digestion. This young man
(Contiimed on Page Twelve)
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 Tenth Infantry Guards Harding Tomb
T the grey-walled tomb of Presi­
pride in being members of the military
A dent and Mrs. Warren G. Harding
in Marion, Ohio, is stationed a de­
tachment of one officer and twenty-six
picked men from the Tenth United States
Infantry. Day in and day out, through
heat or cold, rain or shine, the olive-drab
clad sentries pace back and forth before
the resting place of their former com­
mander-in-chief, proud of the duty they
are privileged to perform, proud that they
have been selected from their regiment—
and from the entire United States Army
for that matter—for the Guard of Honor
posted in the beautiful cemetery at the
little town which the stricken leader called
"home."
Literally hundreds of thousands of
tourists and visitors have paused to pay
silent homage at the grave of the dead
president and these have gone away im­
pressed with the simple dignity of the
soldier guards. For courtesy and respect
are watch-words with the little detach­
ment, standing as it does before the criti­
cal eyes of the many visitors, and the
questions asked of the men composing it,
though monotonous and often annoying,
are always answered civilly and politely.
The present detachment dates from
August ?8, 1924, when nineteen men ar­
rived to take up the duty of guarding the
tomb under the command of First Lieu­
tenant Walter Lee Sherfey, who had
preceded them. With but few changes
the detachment has remained as it was
on that date, for the post is an honored
one and is jealously guarded. With never
a furlough and seldom a pass to interrupt
the smooth-running organization that is
theirs, the representatives of the Tenth
are always present for their tour of
duty, for a furlough or pass might mean
that another soldier would come to fill
the temporary vacancy.
The activities of this Guard of Honor
are not entirely restricted to the actual
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Small Detachment Has Honor of
Guarding Remains of Na­
tion's Dead Chiej
sentry duty that is performed. As repre­
sentatives of the Tenth Infantry and the
Army the detachment has a most respon­
sible position whether on or off duty.
Marion itself is not a large city but it is
the Mecca of imany tourists, and away
from the cemetery the conduct of the
men must be irreproachable.
The opportunity for the favorable ad­
vertising of their regiment and the service
is startlingly manifest. The non-commis­
sioned officers make a practice of giving
a replica of the picture accompanying this
article to each visitor who passes through.
On the back of this picture is written the
donor's name and his regiment, so that
this form of advertising reaches every
state in the Union.
Lieutenant Sherfey is a member of sev­
eral clubs in Marion, and each enlisted
man who is eligible belongs to the Ameri­
can Legion, and is, therefore, interested in
civic affairs. Whenever an ex-soldier dies
it is the detachment that furnishes the fir­
ing squad. As escorts at military funer­
als, as leaders in various patriotic parades,
the members of the guard are always
ready to serve.
In a detail such as the one at Marion,
its diplomatic as well as its military aspect
must be considered. Each man is made to
realize this, and to see that the misconduct
of one member could not only break the
reputation of the whole but would be a
blemish on the record of the regiment.
"The proudest characteristic of the
service," said Lieutenant Sherfey in one
of his talks to them, "is the nicety of its
honor. I want you soldiers who are here
guarding the tomb of your late command­
er-in-chief to feel proud of and show
A Winter View of the Guard Detachment
profession here in Marion. Remember that
you are picked men, which puts you in a
class by yourselves. By your voluntary
enlistment into the service you'have taken
a position that entitles you to respect.
'I am an American soldier' are proud
words for any man to say."
But duty has not occupied the entire
time of the members of the detachment.
The citizens of Marion are very friendly
and many are the dinners and social func­
tions to which the soldiers are invited.
Baskets of fruit, nuts, candies, pies and
other edible things arrive at the quarters
at frequent intervals, as do also magazines
and books.
Mrs. Harding knew each member in the
detachment and was proud of the men
who guarded the remains of her husband.
Before her death she provided the men's
Thanksgiving dinner; Christmas dinner
was given by Rodman Wanamaker of
New York; while the Rotary Club en­
tertained them on Armistice Day.
Many a letter commenting on the cour­
tesy of the men has been received by Lieu­
tenant Sherfey from visitors. The dis­
tinguished persons who have visited the
tomb have likewise had a good word for
them. The Secretary of War, two Presi­
dential aides, the Postmaster General,
and many generals and ambassadors have
all complimented the guard and its com­
mander.
As far as can be ascertained a guard
will be maintained at President Harding's
tomb until the completion of the memorial
which is being erected by the Harding
Memorial Association. This, it is esti­
mated, will take nearly two years. Mean­
while the detachment of the Tenth In­
fantry continues to uphold the traditions
and honor of the regiment by its attention
to duty and the courteous and respectful
manner which it displays in contact with
the civilian population.
 The March of the Mounted Riflemen
J
ULY 25, 1849.—We are now fairly
board of survey, being fully satisfied that
arrived in the great valley of Bear
River. It is a fine valley, in some
our arriving with them at our place of
places three miles wide, and well watered
destination without great trouble and loss
by Bear River, which empties into the
Great Salt Lake, after having passed
through a mountainous region for many
miles. We are now to travel along its
banks until we arrive at Soda Springs,
where the Oregon trail turns to the north
and the river makes a bend to the south,
more abruptly than where the trail leaves
the North Platte.
July 26.—We commenced our march at
8 o'clock for Smith's trading-house, about
thirteen miles distant, which we reached
about two o'clock after a very warm,
dusty and fatiguing march.
August 1.—The mules, being loose last
night, were very hard to catch this morn­
ing. This is generally the case with these
animals; and where the trains are large
and grass scarce, it is all-important that
they should be hobbled.
We commenced our march at half past
seven o'clock, and soon left the river,
but struck it again at one o'clock, when
we reached the Soda Springs.
August 2.—The great mass of emi­
grants ahead of us have now turned off on
the road to California, and we begin to
feel as if we were getting towards Ore­
gon. It is fortunate for us that our trail
has been so little travelled, for we are
soon to enter a country, on Snake River,
that is entirely destitute of grass to the
Cascade Mountains, a distance of 700
miles.
August 4.—We commenced our jour­
ney today for Fort Hall, not more than
From Bear River to Fort Boisse—•
381 Miles in One Month
and Four Days
(Continued from July First Issue)
an ordinary day's march; but the fatigue
of the teams of yesterday, and the heavy,
sandy road that we were to pass over be­
tween this and Fort Hall, made it doubt­
ful if we should accomplish the distance
today, being 22 miles.
The first division left the encampment
at 6 a. m. We descended a long hill which
brought us into a sandy plain which ex­
tends to Fort Hall, and on the banks of
the Port Neuf, which, after taking a cir­
cuitous route through the hills, strikes
again the road at the base of the hills
which we had just descended, making it
18 miles from our encampment of the
2nd. We continued along its banks for
some distance, when it diverges from the
road, and, passing through the plain,
reaches the Snake River valley, where it
falls into that river about 15 miles below
Fort Hall.
August 5.—I gave orders to commence
crossing at daylight, so as to reach camp
as early as possible. Several wagons were
still on the road, but were brought in dur­
ing the morning.
We had now arrived at Fort Hall, our
last resting-place; and sorry was the
condition of the trains, which were des­
tined to carry us a distance of 700 miles
further before any aid could be obtained
after leaving here. These were the same
teams which, from their condition at
Fort Kearny, induced me to call for a
Inside View of Fort Boisse
their condition did not justify the hope of
of property. It was now important to
reorganize the whole train, by leaving
unserviceable wagons and such animals
as were unfit for present use at Fort Hall,
which was to be occupied by two com­
panies of the rifle regiment that had re­
cently arrived.
The regimental train was the most in­
jured by the march. The drivers, being
enlisted men, were entirely ignorant of
such duty, and took no interest in learn­
ing or even improving the condition of
their teams. Having found among the
train that had recently come up a num­
ber of very fine mules, it enabled me to
refit once more the whole train, together
with what I had, and place them in a con­
dition to commence the long journey
which we still had before us. The best
drivers were taken from Fort Hall, and
substituted in place of the soldiers for the
regimental train. The most indifferent
teamsters of the supply train were paid
off, and others left at Fort Hall to be dis­
charged as soon as they received their pay.
August 7.—The march was renewed at
12 o'clock. The day was passed in com­
pleting all unfinished business, and pre­
paring the second division to follow in
the morning. We retired this evening
to rest at half past eleven o'clock, after
riding, walking, and writing throughout
the day and much of the night, having
completed a new train, which was to last
us to the end of our journey, there being
(Continued on Page Fifteen)
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Recruiting Publicity Bureau, Governors Island, N. Y
An Army Information Bulletin containing a resume
of administrative reports, statistical tables, rules,
regulations, and official notices of recruiting for the
guidance of members of the Regular Army, National
Guard and Organized Reserves
JULY lb, 1925
Make It Snappy But Potent
Brevity and neatness of speech are important in all
lines of effective work, except when the sometimes not
unpleasant game of killing time is involved therein. Re­
cruiters may profit from this indication of the trend
of the times in the July issue of the Inland Printer:
"This sentence is delightfully characteristic of much
business letter writing: 'Answering your recent favor
addressed to us, we would state that under separate
cover we are mailing you samples of the different lines
of letter paper that we carry, and trust you will find
what you require among them.' Isn't that rich? The
author (of a new book on 'business English' being re­
viewed in the magazine) simplifies it to: 'We are mail­
ing you the samples you asked for, and believe you will
find among them just what you want.' "
A great deal of time can be employed in camouflag­
ing and padding a little knowledge on the part of
canvasser when talking to a recruit, or a much shorter
time can be used to give him a concise explanation of
what the' Army really holds for him. The illustra­
tration cited can well be applied to the recruiter's line
of talk.
Recruiting for American War
"Great encouragement" (this in caps)—"American
War" (also in caps)—"What a Brilliant Prospect does
-this Event hold out to every Lad of Spirit, who is in­
clined to try his Fortune in that highly renowned Corps,
The Royal Marines, when every Thing that swims the
Seas must be a Prize!" So runs the head type of a re­
cruiting poster in the June issue of the Globe and
Laurel of the Royal Marines of Great Britain. The
poster, a copy of one originally issued at the time of
the War of 1812, contains much that is of interest to
recruiters for any service of any country because of
the arguments advanced to the prospective recruit.
"Thousands are at this moment endeavoring to get
on board privateers, where they serve without pay or
reward of any kind whatsoever; so certain does their
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chance appear of enriching themselves by prize money!
What an enviable station then must the Royal Marine
hold, who with far superior advantages to these, has
the additional benefit of liberal pay and plenty of the
best provisions, with a good and well appointed ship
under him, the pride and glory of Old England; surely
every man of spirit must blush to remain home in in­
activity and indolence, when his country and the best of
kings need his assistance.
"He has likewise the inspiring idea to know that
while he scours the ocean to protect the liberty of Old
England, that the hearts and good wishes of the whole
British nation attend him, pray for his success, and
participate in his glory!! Lose no time then, my fine
fellows, in embracing the glorious opportunity that
awaits you; you will receive 16 guineas bounty, and on
your arrival at headquarters be comfortably and gen­
teely clothed—and spirited young boys of a promising
appearance, who are five feet high, will receive 12
pounds, one shilling and sixpence bounty, and equal
advantages of provisions and clothing with the men.
"In fact, the advantages which the Royal Marine pos­
sesses are too numerous to mention here, but among the
many it may not be amiss to state, that if he has wife,
or aged parent, he can make them an allotment of half
his pay, which will be regularly paid without any trouble
to them, or to whomsoever he may direct; that being
well clothed and fed on board ship, the remainder of
his pay and prize money will be clear in reserve for the
relief of his family or his own private purposes. The
single young man on his return to port finds himself
enabled to cut a dash on shore with his girl and his
glass, that might be envied by a nobleman. Take cour­
age, then, seize the fortune that awaits you, repair to
the Royal Marine rendezvous, where in a flowing bowl
of punch, in three times three, you shall drink 'Long
Live the King, and success to his Royal Marines.'
"The daily allowance of a Marine when embarked
is one pound of beef or pork, one pound of bread, flour,
raisins, butter, cheese, oatmeal, molasses, tea, sugar,
etc., etc., and a pint of the best wine, or half a pint of
the best rum or brandy, together with a pint of lemon­
ade. They have likewise in warm countries a plentiful
allowance of choicest fruits. And what can be more
handsome than the Royal Marines' proportion of prize
money, when a sergeant shares equal with the first
class petty officers, such as midshipmen, assistant sur­
geons, etc., which is five shares each; a corporal with
the second class, which is three shares each; and the
private, with the able seaman, one share and a half each."
How simple would be recruiting if some of the same
.inducements could be offered today!
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NOTES

The United States Army builds Men"

Encouraging Reenlistments
Fifty-six per cent of the total num­
ber of men discharged from the Quar­
termaster Detachment, Fort Benning,
Georgia, per expiration of term of serv­
ice during the period from March 1,
1923 to March 31, 1925, were enlisted
o n the day f o l l o w i n g discharge.
Strange to say, only a small percent­
age of these men were non-commis­
sioned officers.
From the date a man joins the or­
ganization, every effort is made to
place him according to his qualifica­
tions or preference insofar as possible.
His career is watched carefully and
he is given every assistance in making
good on his job. Promotion to non­
commissioned grades and to specialist
ratings is given as rapidly as is con­
sistent with a man's qualifications and
the allotted grades and ratings.
The men are given every opportunity
for recreation in baseball, football,
basketball, and all other outdoor
sports; the recreation room is filled
with good books, magazines and pe­
riodicals and life in their quarters is
made as near to the comforts of home
as possible. Very few men are ever
brought to trial by courts-martial. Dis­
cipline except in rare cases is enforced
by use of the 104th Article of War,
and in practically all cases the desired
results have been obtained by this
method.
An excellent mess is kept at all
times, and the menu is varied daily.
The mess is operated under the per­
sonal supervision of the company com­
mander, and is also given careful at­
tention by the first sergeant and mess
sergeant. Menus are always carefully
arranged and only the best foods are
served. The kitchen and mess build­
ing are kept in spotless condition, and
every effort is made to make the sur­
roundings and environment pleasant
and attractive.
Frequent smokers and barbecues are
held in which the entire Detachment
participates. Barbecues are given in
the open and smokers in the Detach­
ment mess hall, music being always
furnished. Smokers usually consist of
boxing bouts, indoor athletics, and
plenty of food and liquid refreshment.
All of the men perform from seven
to ten hours' work per day. The quar­
ters of the men and the recreation and
day rooms are made as attractive as
possible. Phonographs and player-
piano have been installed, and tennis
and volleyball courts have been con­
structed and are used as leisure hours
permit.
Ten days or more before a man is to
be discharged, he is called in by the
company commander and asked if he
intends to reenlist. If his answer is in
the negative, the question of securing
employment in civil life is then gone
into thoroughly. Army pay, allowances
and retirement features are thorough­
ly explained to him and all of these
are compared with salaries paid in civil
life, particular attention being given to
the retirement feature and to the value
thereof every two or three days until
actual time of discharge, and on the
date of discharge the man is again
called in and the same procedure used.
In most cases satisfactory results are
obtained.
It is believed that the question of
morale in the Army today is in the
hands of company and separate organi­
zation commanders, and that if the
proper methods are used and discip­
line is enforced in a strict, kindly and
impartial manner, the military service
can be made attractive to the average
soldier. Too much stress can not be
laid on the enforcement of strict mili­
tary discipline, but this must not be
confused with a discipline which is
enforced in other than the manner
mentioned above.
It is well worth mentioning that the
work of the 137 men in the Detach­
ment is performed under thirteen dif­
ferent officers and in at least thirty
different offices, shops, etc., and that
the men themselves are only actually
under the immediate control of th~
company commander between retreat
and reveille, Sundays, holidays, and
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.

STATEMENT OF ENLISTMENTS AND REENLISTMENTS DURING JUNE, 1925

Dist. USA Panama Philip­

BRANCHES OF SERVICE 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th of in Hawaiian Canal pine
CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA Wash. China Dept. Dept. Dept. Total

infantry 113 246 226" 364 286 128 144 187 178 18 12 55 3 1,960

Cavalry 25 93 94 10 16 42 114 146 21 3 564

Field Artillery 65 77 101 148 131 78 64 104 28 7 2 1 807

Coast Artillery 84 81 157 41 30 67 24 3

56 1 10
562

Air Service 14 152 8 12 137 7 46

22 6 2
408

Corps of Engineers 18 44 31
6 31 20 1 93
20 8 5
285

Signal Corps 2 36 1
1 2 1 8 12 1 2
67

Quartermaster Corps 21 61 57 9 "u

19 20 76
1
79
3
11
1

1
374

Finance Department 2 1
Medical Department (M. & D . ) . . 11 30 79 30 2\ 'ii 'ii 68
7
33
4
11 329

19

Medical Department (Vet. C.) 1 2 1 1 1 2

Ordnance Department 13 14 15 11 2 10 8 16 91

Chemical Warfare Service ° 7 5 18

D.E.M.L 10 30 13 12 li 15 66 14
12 14 197

TOTAL 362 729 934~ 649 555 535 474 761 484 81 37 84 4 5,689
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Recruiter Athletes Win Prizes General Mess Displaced Orders Affecting Recruiting
The 3rd Corps Area team won the The Recruiting Officer at the Receiv- First Lieut. Elliott R. Thorpe, In-
South Atlantic athletic competition ing Barracks at Jefferson Barracks, fantry, relieved from recruiting duty
held at the Army War College, Wash- Missouri, in soliciting enlistments for at Providence, Rhode Island, and as­
ington, D. C, on June 2 and 3, 1925. the 6th Infantry, stationed at that post, signed to the Infantry, 1st Division.
Recruiters who received individual invites attention to the fact that the old Col. Hunter B. Nelson, retired,
prizes for the part played by them in general mess has been discontinued. placed on active duty at Los Angeles,
gaining the championship for the 3rd Individual company messes have now California, in connection with recruit-
Corps Area were Cpl. Roland A. Jo- been installed, much to the satisfac- ing.
doin, Battery F, 52nd CAC, on duty at tion and content of the enlisted men of Capt. Chester R. Fouts, Finance De-
the Army Recruiting Station at Pitts- the command. There are still many va- partment, relieved from duty in con-
burgh, Pa., and Sgt. Elmer C. Moran, cancies existing at this most attractive nection with recruiting in Harrisburg,
DEML, on duty at the Bal- Pa., and ordered to Fort
timore Recrutiing Station. Hayes, Ohio, as property
In addition, Sgt. John J. auditor, 5th Corps Area.
Fagan, Tanks, on duty Major William F. Har­
with the recruiting station rell from duties at North
at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., re- Dakota Agricultural Col­
ceived a medal for winning lege, to Governors Island,
the flyweight champion- New York, for duty in con-
ship in the 3rd Corps Area nection with recruiting.
boxing tournament. Capt. John L. Tunstall,
, Q - Finance Department, re-
Good Recruiting Records lieved from duty in con-
Sgt. Henry Sonnenburg, nection with recruiting at
on duty at New York City, Baltimore Maryland, and
led the 2nd Corps Area ordered to duty at Aber­
honor roll with 57 enlist- deen Proving Ground,
ments for June. Of the Maryland.
other eight men on the
roll, four made 11 enlist- Benning Ranks High
ments each and four, 10 Some remarkable reen­
each. listment records have been
The honor roll for the made by a number of the
5th Corps Area comprises organizations at Fort Ben­
26 names. Four recruiters, ning, Georgia, in the past
Sgt. Frank Raines and Pfc. two years. From March 1,
S. A. Townson, both at 1923, to March 31, 1925, the
Evansville, Indiana, Sgt. following percentages of
John C. Jackson, at Lex- men reenlisted from the
ington, Kentucky, and Cpl. organizations named on
Edward Phillips, at South the day following dis-
Bend, Indiana, enlisted 17 charge per expiration of
men each. Of the remain- term of service:
ing, one man enlisted 16, Quartermaster Detach-
one 15, two 14 each, three, ment, Fort Benning..56%
13 each, five, 12 each, six, Infantry School De­
11 each, and four 10 each. tachment 48%
17th Ordnance Co 86%
Helps Bag Bandit Detachment, Finance
Sgt. Rozell, of the Lo- Department 88%
gansport, I n d i a n a , Re- Hq. Co., 15th Tank Bn.67%
cruiting Station, has just Sgt. Elmer C. Moran receiving- cup from Maj. Gen. S. D. Sturgis. 15th Tank Bn 35%
achieved fame as a result Capt. Charles J. Mabbutt, recruiting officer at Baltimore, and Col. J. P. o
of the help given by him O'Neil, 3rd Corps Area recruiting officer, are in background 3 on 1st CA Roll
in trailing and capturing Three men, Sgt. James
a bank bandit. Sgt. Rozell and a naval post, due mostly to the expiration of a A. Buckley, Cpl. Harold Button and
officer entered the woods in which great percentage of one year enlist- Sgt. John Westfield, constituted the
the bandit was concealed. Catching ments. 1st Corps Area honor roll for June. Sgt.
sight of the fugitive, Rozell fired at Buckley headed the list with 13 re-
him, shooting his hat off his head. The A Cavalry Movie Ad cruits.
bandit then took to a tree and the A splendid advertisement for the
posse was enabled to enter the woods Cavalry of the United States Army is A detachment of men is now being
and surround him, ultimately forcing contained in an International News- formed from selected graduates of the
his surrender. Signal School at Camp Vail for duty
reel motion picture recently made at in Alaska. The Alaskan detail is a
the Cavalry School at Fort Riley, Kan­ popular one, and as the roster is limit-
The day to start reenlisting a man is sas, which recently appeared in the ed, all who requested the assignment
the day he takes the oath of enlistment. leading theatres all over the country. could not be accommodated.
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Economy of Adequate Provision
for Defense
(Continued from Page Three)
at the end of the war was the direct re­
sult of our participation. That is to say,
we are paying on a debt of some twenty
odd billions when the chances are that the
expenditure of less than one hundredth
part of it on national defense annually for
the previous years would have saved us
from the war entirely. Quoting figures
for the estimated expenditures of gov­
ernment for the fiscal year 1926, we have
the sum of $3,375,000,000 of which only
$1,160,000,000 is involved in expenditures
over which the Government has admin­
istrative control, or about one-third of
the total. About two billions then are
being expended annually on activities left
as a heritage of our unpreparedness.
You are paying heavy taxes mainly
on account of the war, although, as the
President has said, "if we could confine
Federal expenditures to the legitimate ob­
ligations and functions of the Federal
Government a material reduction would
be apparent." You are paying a large
percentage of these actual war taxes be­
cause Congress for the years prior to
the war failed or declined to make ra­
tional provision for national defense.
Why then should we revert to the very
STEPPED
OUT-BACK
IS
COUNTER ATTACK
PERFECTING A COMBAT T E A M
SUPPORTING­
practice that has placed this responsibility
of debt upon us? A wise people would
see this error and correct it. With the
situation as it exists throughout the world
today, we can with less propriety than
ever take chances on the future. Yet the
politician, himself oftentimes uninformed
as to his country's history, frequently ap­
peals to the ignorant and unthinking on
the score of economy by making a com­
parison of our army of today with that of
twenty-five or thirty years ago, when we
were in no way adequately prepared. He
does so usually without noting our great
increase in population or our enormous
increase in wealth, and the unwisdom of
neglect. Such demagogues are dangerous
who would thus leave us unprotected from
foes both within and without. Let us then
bravely shoulder our load of taxes, 'and
also resolve to pay the small additional
outlay that our children may not have to
take the risks that brought us into this
position.
But it is not from the military point of
view alone that this subject can be fav­
orably presented, but also from that of
benefit to the rising generation. There is
no course of training that could be devised
that is hetter calculated to make good,
law-abiding, responsible citizens of our
youth than service under the guidance of
the trained, educated, patriotic officers
COSH— KAINT
some
THINGS K» T H 1
ZOO «
Military Terms Applied to Civil Life
of our Army, National Guard, and Re­
serves. Evidences can be seen on every
hand of the splendid effect upon the
young men who attend training camps for
even a short period, and in the improved
conduct and discipline of our schools and
colleges where this training is given. And
if ever there was a time in the history of
this country when just that sort of bring­
ing up is necessary, it is the present. When
one contemplates the constant and open
violations of law, the prevalent disregard
for our institutions, and the efforts to
undermine and weaken us for base pur­
poses, it seems high time to seize every
available means to inculcate a seriou;
sense of duty in our people and reestablish
ourselves on a law-abiding basis.
It is the duty of every man and woman
to study deeply this question of national
security, and learn how the process by
which it is to be achieved results in a
stronger and more reliable body of men
and women. The future depends upon the
development of every phase of individual
character, and every element of national
safety. There is but one voice that can
determine the course to be pursued; one
voice that can decide whether we shall
follow the counsel of the fathers and the
lessons of our own experience; one voice
that can give direction to wise policies;
and that is the voice of the people.
FIRE SUPERIORITY
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Our "Walking Show Case"
(Continued from Page Four)
When we think of a show case we in­
stinctively associate it with a display of
goods. If it catches our eye we are apt
to tarry awhile and see what it has to
offer, not that we care to buy, but we are
all more or less inquisitive by nature.
Neatness Indispensable Characteristic
Your canvasser is posted on the street
to attract the passer-by just as a window
display is. This being a fact you must
realize how important it is to see that he
is provided with the means of accomplish­
ing this very object. If his uniform is the
medium you use, and it certainly is, you
cannot give too much thought to the de­
tails. The man must be immaculate from
the top of his hat to the sole of his shoes—
he must be equipped for business.
I might just as well come down to
brass tacks and admit that the conditions
I have in mind cannot be brought about
by recourse to the government clothing
requisition. There is no special provision
made for the recruiting canvasser al­
though it would be money well invested
if there were.
Any officer or soldier who takes a pride
in his profession desires to present a cred­
itable appearance when in unform. The-
canvasser is no exception—he is human—
and if 'properly encouraged will respond
in a most gratifying manner. He doesn't
always know just how to proceed to
equip himself and unless he receives
advice and encouragement from his officer
he is very apt to let well enough alone.
Look your men over and see if you are
satisfied with their personal appearance.
If you are, well and good—if not, drop
me a personal line and I may be able to
prove of some assistance to you.
No—I am not in the clothing business
but I do stand for better uniforms and
more of them. They are not only a big
asset to the service in general but a
source of personal satisfaction to the
individual in the practice of his profession.
Keep an eye on your "walking show
cases."
Digestive Physiology—An Army
Discovery
(Continued from Page Five)
(St. Martin) was wounded by the acci­
dental discharge of a shotgun at close
range. At first despairing of his life,
Dr. Beaumont later succeeded in restor­
ing him to full health, except for a per­
manent opening into his stomach which
resisted all attempts of closure by natural
means, and St. Martin refused to submit
to surgical procedures. Through this
opening food in various stages of diges­
tion was removed for study. Dr. Beau­
mont took St. Martin under his personal
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care and support as an alternative to re­
leasing him as a pauper to die from star­
vation and neglect. During the long con­
valescence he conceived the experiments
which later were published in book form
and constituted the first really important
researches in the physiology of gastric
digestion, about which little was known at
that time. Of the importance of these
studies Dr. Victor C. Vaughan of Ann
Harbor says:
"He made such an exact study of the
physical and chemical nature of the gas­
tric juices that, with the exception of the
discovery of pepsin, the closest researches
World War Division Handles Bonus
HE Adjusted Compensation Branch,
T as constituted in War Department
Memorandum No. 7, dated May 28,
1924, was discontinued effective July 1,
1925, according to an office order pub­
lished by the Adjutant General on June
27. The World War Division, The Ad­
jutant General's Office, as organized prior
to the creation of the Adjusted Compen­
sation Branch, was at the same time re­
established with the addition of such
agencies, activities and personnel as are'
necessary in order to perform the cur­
rent work in connection with the distribu­
tion of the World War Adjusted Compen­
sation Act. The commissioned and cleri­
cal personnel assigned to the Adjusted
Compensation Branch were assigned to
the World War Division, The Adjutant
General's Office, as of the effective date
of the order, and will continue upon their
present duties.
The goal set at the inception of the
work—that of certifying to the United
States Veterans' Bureau by January 1,
1925, the amounts due in the cases of the
several millions of applications received
prior to that date and of maintaining an
automatic and current flow of certificates
to that Bureau thereafter—was reached
and crossed. The discontinuance of the
Adjusted Compensation Branch was
prompted by the fact that approximately
70 per cent of all compensable veterans
who served in the Army during the
World War had applied for adjusted com­
pensation and their claims had been ad­
judicated.
Under the provisions of the law veter­
ans or their dependents who have not
heretofore done so may make 'application
at any time before January 1, 1928. The
cases of the approximately one million
veterans or dependents who have not as
yet made application will be handled in
one of the regular divisions of The Ad­
jutant General's Office, automatically and
with the same dispatch and promptness as
heretofore. The discontinuance of this
special agency in no way affects the pres­
of modern time have added but little to
the work done by him."
Much of this work was done under the
disadvantages and hardships of life • in
frontier Army posts.
Dr. Beaumont enjoyed an illustrious ca­
reer as an Army surgeon, serving with
distinction in the War of 1812, the Winne­
bago and Black Hawk Wars, and in var­
ious Army stations for a period of more
than twenty-five years. In recognition of
the importance of his work the U. S.
Army Hospital at El Paso, Texas, the
William Beaumont General Hospital, is
named for this distinguished scientist.
ent orderly handling of applications, but
accomplishes a reduction in the cost of
administration through the elimination of
overhead and carrying costs.
The passing of the Adjusted Compen­
sation Branch at this time brings to mind
that just one year ago it was announced
that the distribution of the millions of ap­
plication blanks to veterans residing all
over the globe had been completed and
that the Department was ready to receive
applications from veterans and the de­
pendents for adjusted compensation. Im­
mediately after this announcement, the
number of applications received daily
from veterans increased first by thou­
sands and then by tens of thousands, so
that during the period of organization; of
obtaining office furniture, supplies and
equipment; and of procuring and training
the required clerical force, a veritable
mountain of applications was received,
daily augmented by current receipts. With
this huge volume of work before it, the
Department began its task of determining
the service of each individual, computing
the amount of adjusted service credit due,
and preparing a certificate of this in each
case for transmission to the Veterans'
Bureau.
The peak of the work was reached
about the middle of last October, when
approximately 32,000 applications were
being handled daily. Coincident with
reaching this maximum, which was that
fixed in the .original plan, and which it
was estimated would permit the Depart­
ment to reach the goal set by it, a gradual
reduction in the clerical force was begun.
The reduction was accomplished by trans­
ferring to other governmental depart­
ments, where vacancies existed due to
resignations and separations, the trained
employees of the Branch who could be
released. In March, 1925, when the num­
ber cf employees being placed in other
departments was not sufficient to meet
economical requirements, forced releases
were made, the office endeavoring to se­
cure civil employment for those relieved.
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# Telescope
Our Awards for Bravery- CAC Cup for CMTC
Prior to the World War 2,633 awards o Retired Army Personnel in NG
of the Medal of Honor had been made. The Comptroller General has just
Of this number 911 names were Students at the July CMTC at Fort rendered the following opinion on the
stricken from the list upon report of Adams, Rhode Island, will compete pay of retired warrant officers and en-
the board of general officers convened for a silver cup given by the 544th listed men of the Regular Army who
under the provisions of the Act of Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) to the are members of the National Guard:
June 3, 1916, leaving 1,722 names on student who shows the greatest apti- "The appointment of retired warrant
the list. Out of approximately 700 rec- tude, progress and ability in coast ar- officers and retired enlisted men of the
ommendations for the Medal of Honor tillery work. Regular Army as commissioned offi­
for acts of bravery in the World cers, warrant officers, or the
War, 90 have been awarded. enlistment of such retired per­
The Congressional Medal of sons in the National Guard be­
Honor was bestowed upon the Things the Army Does Besides Fight
Unknown American Soldier ing within the law; that force
buried in the National cemetery Dayton, Ohio, July 8.—After a year's work as when not in the actual service
at Arlington on November 11, official aerial photographer and mapper with of the United States being a
1921, and upon the Unknown the Alexander Hamilton Rice expedition, which State force, and the provision
Belgian, British. French and has been engaged in exploring the wilds of the for pay for certain forms of
Amazon River basin in Brazil where no white training of the National Guard
Italian S o l d i e r s . The total man had ever before penetrated, Capt. A. W.
awards, therefore, of the Medal Stevens, Air Service, has just returned to Mc- being indirectly a contribution
of Honor, excluding the 911 Cook Field for duty. from the Federal Government
mentioned, number 1,817. Capt. Stevens' equipment on this trip con­ to the States for the proper
Twenty-six Distinguished sisted of two aerial cameras, and his work place training of the militia, such re­
Service Crosses were awarded a Curtiss "Sea Gull" hydroplane piloted by Wal­
ter C. Hinton, who was pilot of the NC-4 on tired warrant officers and re­
for heriosm prior to the World its trans-Atlantic flight. Arrived at the Ama­ tired enlisted men are entitled
War. Out of approximately zon, the explorers embarked at Manaos, the to any pay properly accruing
14,000 recommendations for the last outpost of civilization, on Aug. 20, with a under their appointment or en­
DSC for heroism in the World party of about 50 natives and Indians, for the
War, 6,039 awards have been interior. Lt. Hinton and Capt. Stevens flew listment in the National Guard
made, as well as 111 oak leaf always ahead of the party, making photographs when not in Federal service
clusters to 92 individuals in and sketches of the country and the waterways and such payments will not af­
over which it would later pass. fect their retired pay. Where,
place of additional DSC's. This After the termination of steamer navigation
is equivalent to 6,150 awards of was reached, gasoline and supplies were sent however, organizations of the
the DSC for heroism in the for in light launches, and later, as the party National Guard of which retired
World War, in addition to the worked up from the Rio Negro to the Rio officers, warrant officers or en­
award of the Cross on the Un­ Branco, even the launches were stopped by listed men of the Army are
known American Soldier. The rocks and rapids. From then on supplies were
transported by canoes, or even carried on the members, are called into the
total of crosses awarded is thus shoulders of the natives. Up Rio Branco, then actual service of the United
6,066, and of oak leaf cluster 111. the Uraricoera and into the Parima River the States or are drafted into the
Seven Distinguished Service party progressed, to the point where the Aro­ Army of the United States un­
Medals have been awarded for casa flows into the Parima, beyond which point der section III of the National
services prior to the World the stream was impassable because of the steep
War and 1,880 for services in canyons and rapids. The airplane flight was Defense Act and become en­
the World War. In addition continued 120 miles farther until1 the stream be­ titled to receive by reason of
came a mere creek. In one place the plane flew such entry into the Federal
195 DSM's and one oak leaf for 30 miles above dense forests, where a forced
cluster have been issued to landing meant that the aviators, even if un­ service, the full pay and allow­
holders of the Certificate of injured, would have had a long job cutting ances prescribed by law for
Merit, pursuant to the provi­ their way back to the river. their rank or grade in the Na­
sions of the Act of July 9, 1918, A complete sketch of the river and its tribu­ tional Guard in the actual serv­
which directed the discontinu­ taries and aerial views of features of import­ ice of the United States, they
ance of award of the Certifi­ ance were made by Capt. Stevens and delivered will not be entitled to their re­
cate of Merit and directed the to Dr. Rice for further use by the surveyors
of the party. The plane having used the last tired pay."
issuance of the DSM in place of of the gasoline available for pushing into the
Certificate of Merit. wilderness, returned to Manaos with its pilot o— •
The Silver Star decoration and Capt. Stevens, while the foot party is still The day to start reenlisting
was awarded in approximately conducting its exploration. a man is the day he takes
40,000 cases. the oath of enlistment.
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS

Beware the Loan Shark "Exploring Upper Air" in Movies Parachute Again Saves Flyer's Life
A report alleging that bonus certi­ Two new motion pictures just re­ Lieutenant Limburg, Air Service
ficates had been used in San Antonio, leased by the Department of Agricul­ Reserve, is the twentieth flyer whose
Texas, as the basis for loans under cir­ ture show in detail the upper-air work life has been saved by an army para­
cumstances which appeared to be with­ of the Weather Bureau which is being chute. After ten minutes of perfect
out sanction of law, was submitted conducted in connection with the behavior at the Lambeth-St. Louis
to General Frank T. Hines, director Army Air Service. Most of the scenes Flying Field, the plane the lientenant
of the Veterans' Bureau, on June 23. were photographed at or near Scott was piloting slipped into a left-hand
The latter has since taken occasion to Field, III., and depict airplane and dir­ spin at 2,000 feet. All attempts to
warn veterans against persons who at­ igible journeys above the clouds, free- right the plane were unsuccessful and
tempt to purchase their certificates. balloon observations, the detection of finally at 300 feet the pilot jumped.
The Adjusted Compensation Act forest fires and the dusting of cotton The parachute opened at once and a
provides that, after the expiration of and other crops to kill insects. The fairly safe landing was made, a bruised
two years after the date of the certi­ second film closes with the prediction : shoulder being the only injury.
ficate, any national bank, or any bank "Fifty years from now we'll all be fly­ The 110th Photo Section of the 35th
or trust company incorporated under ing." Division Air Service, observing the
the laws of any state or possession of — o Might, took photographs of the nose
the United States, is authorized to lend San Antonio 100% CMTC spin and the exact position of the
to any veteran, upon his promissory Through the fine work of the local plane at the instant Lieutenant Lim­
note, secured by his adjusted service Chamber of Commerce, 25 firms in the burg jumped.
certificate, a sum of money not in ex­ city of San Antonio have followed the o
cess of the loan basis printed upon the lead of the municipal authorities and Freight Parachutes
face of the certificate. The Act makes have given all employees who wished To fill the need of a suitable device
void any negotiation, assignment or to attend the CMT Camp at Fort Sam for transferring supplies and provi­
loan made contrary to these provisions. Houston a 30-day vacation with full sions from an airplane to the ground,
These r e s t r i c t i o n s the Parachute Branch
were placed in the Act of the Engineering
expressly to avoid ex­ Division at McCook
ploitation of war vet­ Field, Dayton, Ohio,
erans by unscrupulous has completed tests on
money lenders, while a w e i g h t dropping
the provision allowing p a r a c h u t e which
them to negotiate promises to accom­
loans upon their certi­ plish its i m p o r t a n t
ficates under certain f u n c t i o n efficiently
conditions w a s i n ­ and with the least
tended further to pro­ amount of difficulty.
tect their interests. The device consists of
Q a neat metal container,
General Promoted four feet high and
Brigadier General Lieut. Co). S. G. Shartle, Commander of Fort Adams, R. I., and 10th CAC Band fifteen inches in dia­
William S. Graves has broadcasting from station WEAN, Providence, R. I. meter, divided into
been appointed major two separate contain­
general, United States Army, with pay. Mayor Tobin, at a mass meeting ers. The upper compartment, which
rank from July 11, 1925, and Col. of all municipal employees held on is shallow, contains the parachute,
Paul A. Wolf, Infantry, brigadier gen­ June 22, stated that the city of San while supplies for flood-marooned col­
eral, with rank from the same day. Antonio could well afford to sacrifice onies or persons in distress may be
o— the time that municipal employees carried in the lower. The container
spent away from their positions while is carried lengthwise on a bomb rack
Making Defense Test Easy of the plane and is released by the
at CMT Camps, because of the greater
A 79-page booklet containing therein
benefit that would accrue to the city bomb release handle.
all of the illustrations necessary for
from the better health, greater abiliy
the preparation of suitable floats and
and steadier mental balance which Qualification Made Harder
signs for a Defense Test parade, as would come therefrom.
T h e scores required for qualification
well as pointers for snappy appropriate in the various rifle courses have been
talks was issued by Major C. H. changed, according to Circular No. 25,
Mason, U. S. Army, stationed at Con­ Ordnance Officer Wins Saber W a r D e p a r t m e n t , May 20, 1925, to the
cord, New Hampshire, for "use of Capt. W. F. Mahony, Ordnance Re­ following:
units in New Hampshire and else­ serves, has been awarded the saber Sharp- Marks-
where." Any town, school, city, or offered by the Washington Times, Course Expert shooter man
organization wishing to stage a par­ Washington, D. C, to the Reserve offi­ A 306 290 240
ade or a proper celebration of the day cer accomplishing the best results for B 228 216 185
in future years will do well to get hold CMTC enrollment in that district in C 230 218 190
of one of these booklets. 1925. The number of applicants en­ D . . . . . . . . . 2 3 6 224 195
rolled directly as a result of the ef­ While the scores for qualification as
forts of a Reserve officer in the contest m a r k s m a n have been lowered, those
The time to start reenlisting a man is was the f e a t u r e determining the for the two higher classifications, it
the day he takes the oath of enlistment. award. will be seen, have been increased.
Page Fourteen

March of the Mounted Riflemen
(Continued from Page Seven)
now but two divisions instead of three.
One of the companies was left, but
another was taken from here, which still
made the number of companies the same;
but the decrease of provisions and stores
had greatly diminished the supply train,
and it was thought advisable to concen­
trate troops the remainder of the jour­
ney. I,;
August 8.—The second division com­
menced its march at ten a. m., and en­
camped on the Port Neuf about eight
miles from here. I left at 2 p. m. and
passed Fort Hall, a trading establish­
ment of the Hudson's Bay Company.
This place is about three miles below
where two companies of the rifle regi­
ment have chosen for the site of their
new post. It is built of clay, and much
in the form of Fort Laramie, having a
large sally port which fronts the Port
Neuf, with its walls extending back to­
ward the banks of Snake River. There
is a blockhouse at one of the angles, and
the buildings inside are built against the
side of the wall, and of the same mate­
rials. The main building is occupied by
the proprietor, while the others are in­
tended for storerooms and places for the
hands who are employed in the service
of the company. The rooms are all small,
and by no means comfortable; being gen­
erally intended for one person, they are
contracted and dark, having but a small
window and one door.
This place is occupied by Captain Grant,
who has been here about 14 years. He in­
formed me that he had endeavored to cul­
tivate the soil, but to no success.
There are along the river small quan­
tities of cottonwood, particularly in the
vicinity of where the two companies are
located. With the exception of this ad­
vantage I do not admire their location for
the post. I presume the troops, however,
will not be required to occupy this post
very long, as it seems to be out of posi­
tion, not being able to draw properly the
necessary supplies for it from either Fort
Leavenworth or Vancouver. While the
former is 1,400 miles land transportation,
the latter is upwards of 700 miles, having
the Cascades and Blue Mountains to pass
over, which are very formidable barriers ;
and the whole country is a dreary and
barren waste, where there is but little or
no vegetation.
Having left Fort Hall I joined the se­
cond division about 5 o'clock, and divided
the train into sections, assigned the sev­
eral wagon-masters to their respective
places, and was again prepared to com­
mence the journey for Oregon City, or
the Dalles on the Columbia River.
August 9.—The command left at half
past six o'clock, and, crossing the Port
StATfcE AllMV RfeCfcUIf iNG
Neuf, soon ascended a steep bluff, giving
us a fine view of Snake River valley be­
low.
We had now fairly commenced the re­
mainder of our journey to Oregon City,
with the best outfit we could procure
from the materials obtained at Fort Hall,
and were to pass through a more dreary
and barren country than heretofore, a
small specimen of which had been before
us during the day.
A journey of 700 miles at any time,
where everything is plenty, is no small
undertaking; and still greater must it
seem to us when we had travelled con­
stantly for three months and had only
accomplished 1,400 miles, two-thirds of
our journey, over probably the most un­
interesting route which can be found on
the northern continent.
August 11.—We crossed Ogden's River
about 12 o'clock. The road turns off to
the south for California, which was taken
• by the Calif ornians who were still along.
After passing over a plain about five miles
wide, we ascended, by the assistance of
soldiers, a steep hill, which was the only
obstacle met with during the day. Our
road was a good one, and our march not
so severe as yesterday; but for the dust,
we should have traveled very well.
August 15.—We travelled rapidly for
about eight miles after commencing the
journey, until we arrived at the creek
again. At this place we waited for our
wagons; having assisted them out of the
canon, which was no easy work, we con­
tinued on until the middle of the day,
when we came again to the banks of the
river, which were at least two or three
hundred feet in height.
At this place we could easily hear the
sound of a waterfall, which, from the
noise, we at first supposed might have
been the Little Falls of Snake River; but
as we were still 20 miles from that point,
we were soon satisfied that it did not pro­
ceed from there, or the small cascade
on the opposite bank, which is mentioned
by Colonel Fremont as the Subterranean
River; and we were much surprised to
learn, the next day, that within ten miles
of this place there is a cascade which
in height is not surpassed by the Niagara
Falls.
August 17.—Every day's journey brings
us into a worse country, if not for our­
selves, certainly for our teams. Many of
our mules were carried into the canon
last night; the balance were driven down
early this morning, after much trouble,
to get water. As we had to travel six­
teen miles today before either grass or
water could be obtained over an uneven
country, or encamp where we would have
to fare worse than last night, our march
was commenced as early as the state of
things would permit; but the whole train
did not get off until 10 o'clock, as we
had much trouble in collecting the mules
this morning, and still greater to get them
out of the canon, many of them being
unable to ascend the bluff, and therefore
were abandoned.
August 24—Our guide, having been in
the country many years, and being well
acquainted with every stream and water­
ing place along the route, informed us
that the distance today must not exceed
12 or IS miles; and that our march the
next day would have to be increased to 20,
to reach even a place where grass and
water could be obtained in small quanti­
ties; that our third day's march would
be nearly 28 miles, as the country was
entirely destitute of both grass and water;
after that, we should soon reach Fort
Boisse and there would be but little
difficulty afterwards until we arrived at
the Blue Mountains. This was cheering
news, for we greatly required a change
for our teams, which were fast on the
decline, and the horses of the command
were no better.
August 29.—The command commenced
moving at seven a. m., which was gener­
ally as early as we could at present make
arrangements to move. Throughout the
day, several mules and horses died, or be­
came so exhausted as to compel us to
leave them behind. This is certainly not
to be wondered at, when we bear in
mind the state of the country through
which a command as large as ours has
been traveling, entirely destitute of the
least subsistence for our mules and horses.
We arrived at Fort Boisse about five
p. m., and encamped on a small creek
called the Owyhee, about three-quarters
of a mile from the trading post of Fort
Boisse, which is on the opposite side of
Snake River and immediately upon its
banks. This is another trading-post es­
tablished by the Hudson's Bay Company,
for the same purpose as that of Fort Hall.
The walls and blockhouses are placed at
the corners, so as to protect the several
sides; the sally port or main entrance
opens on Snake River, and inside of the
walls the buildings are arranged around
the four sides, one story high, and similar
in formation in every respect. The struc­
tures are formed of clay, which in dry
climates makes a very excellent building,
and is found to be very durable. Some
of the buildings are used as storehouses,
together with the block-houses, to keep
the peltry. They are. contracted, and
by no means intended for any one to oc­
cupy who is used to the comforts of life.
The employees, however, never having
been accustomed to better, are perfectly
reconciled, and, so long as they get their
daily food, are perfectly happy to breathe
out their lives in this manner among the
Indians, who to them are somewhat like
what the peons are to the Mexicans.
(To be Continued.)
Page Fifteen
 Proposed Sailings of U. 5. Army Transports

(Effective July 6, 1925)

NEW YORK—PORTO RICO—PANAMA

Leave Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Leave Leave Arnve
New York Galveston Galveston San Juan Christobal Christobal San Juan NewYork
St. Mihiel 8/6 8/12 8/13 8/18 8/21 8/24 8/28
St. Mihiel 10/1 10/6 10/9 10/12 10/15 10/19
Chateau Thierry 11/24 11/29 12/2 12/5 12/8 12/12

NEW YORK—SAN FRANCISCO

Leave Arrive Leave Arrive
New York Panama Panama San Francisco Connections
Chateau Thierry 8/11 8/17 8/18 8/28 (Thomas 9/3) (Chateau Thierry 9/2)
Cambrai 9/2? 9/28 9/29 10/9 (Cambrai 10/14)
St. Mihiel 10/28 11/3 11/4 11/14 (Thomas 11/20) (St. Mihiel 11/19)
Cambrai 12/4 12/10 • 12/11 12/21 (Cambrai 12/29)

SAN FRANCISCO—NEW YORK

Leave Arrive... . Leave Arrive
San Francisco Connections Panama Panama New York
Chateau Thierry 7/7 (Chateau Thierry 7/2) 7/17 7/18 7/24
Cambrai 8/19 (Thomas 8/15) (Cambrai 8/14) 8/29 8/30 9/5
Chateau Thierry 9/23 (Chateau Thierry 9/18) 10/3 10/4 10/10
Cambrai '. 11/4 (Thomas 10/31) (Cambrai 10/30) 11/14 11/14 11/20
St. Mihiel 12/11 (St. Mihiel 12/4) 12/21 12/22 12/23

SAN FRANCISCO—HONOLULU
Leave Arrive Leave Arrive
San Francisco Honolulu Honolulu San Francisco
Cambrai 7/29 8/4 8/8 8/14
Chateau Thierry 9/2 9/8 9/12 9/18
Cambrai 10/14 10/20 10/24 10/30
St. Mihiel 11/19 11/25 11/28 12/4
Cambrai 12/29 1/4 1/8. 1/14

SAN FRANCISCO—HONOLULU—GUAM—MANILA
Leave Arrive Leave Arrive Arrive Leave Leave Leave Arrive
San Francisco Honolulu Honolulu Guam Manila Manild CMnwangtao Nagasaki San Francisco
Thomas 6/17 6/24 6/25 7/8 7/13 7/18 7/25 7/28 8/15
Thomas 9/3 9/10 9/11 9/23 9/28 10/3 10/10 10/13 10/31
Thomas 11/20 11/27 11/28 12/10 12/15 12/21 12/26 1/13
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GOVERNORS ISLAND, N. Y.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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 Woman*s Value in War Time
MERICAN womanhood, a mine of
corps of the Red Cross, having also been
A potential value in the nation's de­
fense, is being explored by the
Army general staff under the direction
of the staff's lone woman member, Miss
Anita Evans Phipps, chief of the Bureau
of Women's Relations in the War De­
partment. Out of the information she
expects to obtain through questionnaires
sent broadcast to every American Army
post in the world Miss Phipps hopes to
construct a program of women's useful­
ness in the event of another war.
The study which is being made at
the direction of the Secretary of War
and in compliance with the provisions
of the national defense act is expected
to place before the Army general staff
a complete picture of how and to what
extent American womanhood can be
thing as a Woman Battalion of Death,"
utilized to increase the effectiveness of
General Hines said. "We are trying to
the armed forces of the United States
in the event of U national emergency.
Born in the service herself, the daugh­
ter of an army officer and having served
in the Red Cross ranks during the World
War, Miss Phipps is regarded as peculiar­
ly fitted for the task of ascertaining the
value of womanhood as possible nation
defenders. The job, she said recently, is
not going to be a difficult one, however,
for common sense is to be the guide in
framing the ultimate picture of woman­
hood in the armed forces of the nation.
Would Determine Military Possibilities
"There are obvious duties that women
can fill in the Army and thus release
men for other services," Miss Phipps said,
"but it is not the obvious tasks that we
are concerned with. It is to determine
the unusual or unexpected potential value
of women in the military service that the
survey in progress hopes to accomplish."
Miss Phipps said that the study is
not a "militaristic" move on the part of
the Army general staff, nor the survey
an outgrowth of feminism. She admitted,
however, the status of women now, when
they 'are fully enfranchised, brings upon
them a new relation to their government
which in pre-suffrage days did not apply.
"This study or survey we are making,"
Miss Phipps said, "is based primarily
on the fact that women are becoming re­
cognized in all pursuits of life, all
branches of business, the law and other
professions, civic endeavors, art and re­
lated subjects, diplomacy, finance and in
fact everything except the military. Com­
mon sense tells us that no future war will
be fought without the help of women. It
is the precise character of their usefulness
in war that we seek to determine by this
study."
Miss Phipps recalled that during the
Civil War women took a prominent part,
even to the extent of actual assistance in
Page Two
Emmet Dougherty, in the New
York Herald-Tribune, Depicts
War Department Study.
the area of action. They kept the pow­
der dry, they loaded the muskets, they
even shouldered the guns and fought
alongside their helpmates.
"We are not sure that this study will
show that women can be utilized in the
actual zone of operations, but it certainly
will disclose a number of places behind
the lines where women will be able to re­
place men," Miss Phipps said. "Women
certainly are better cooks and laundresses
than men, but these are obvious places
WD Commendation for Heroic
Conduct
Roger W. Hayward (Army
Serial No. 6115954), sergeant,
Detached Enlisted Men's List,
Recruiting Service, U n i t e d
States Army, then corporal, De­
tached Enlisted Men's List, Re­
cruiting Service, United States
Army. For heroic conduct dur­
ing the fire at the Crock­
er House, New London, Conn.,
April 7, 1925. Corpl. Hayward,
with utter disregard for his own
safety, assisted in extinguishing
the fire, arousing sleeping guests
and removing their valuables.
Corpl. Hayward's conduct at this
time was deserving of commend­
ation and reflects great credit
upon himself and the Army of
which he is a member.
Present station: Recruiting Ser­
vice, New London, Conn.
Residence at enlistment: 80
E d w a r d s Street, Hartford,
Conn.
in which they may be used. Their use­
fulness in other posts more purely mili­
tary, such as the duties filled with so
much success by the British Wacks
(Woman's Auxiliary Army Corps) is
still to be determined. We have no
thought of organizing battalions of death
such as the Russians did, but we do de­
sire to ascertain fully the American wo­
man power."
Miss Phipps has no delusions as to the
potential value of her sex in any national
emergency. She has "lived" an army life
and knows its advantages and shortcom­
ings. Born in Augusta Arsenal, Maine,
Miss Phipps lived in the military service
until the retirement of her father, Briga­
dier General Frank Huntington Phipps,
in 1907. At the outbreak of the World
War she enlisted as a private in the motor
with the home service section, and later
was appointed director of the motor corps
service of the Pennsylvania-Delaware div­
ision of the Red Cross. Next she became
superintendent of the women's relations
section at Governors Island, New York,
and in 1921 she was transferred to Wash­
ington as director of the Bureau of Wo­
men's Relations in the War Department
and attached for special duty with the
general staff.
General Hines' Opinion.
Major General John L. Hines, chief
of staff of the Army, is confident the
study being made under Miss Phipps'
direction will be productive of real value.
"We have no idea of making fighters
of our girls or of creating any such
see how women volunteers of the future
may be used to the best advantage. We
have found that from 1914 to 1918 women
contributed enormously to the success of
the Allied cause. They worked in the
field actually with the armies. At home
they gave innumerable kinds of aid and
support to the welfare of the troops and
to the efforts of the nations. A quarter
of a million women served as an official
auxiliary in the British Army, and more
than a hundred thousand served in various
capacities with the military and naval
forces of the United States. More than
twenty-two thousand women served over­
seas with the American Expeditionary
Forces; twelve thousand were enlisted in
the Navy and Marine Corps. In this coun­
try there were fifty thousand women regu­
larly enrolled as welfare workers, clerks,
cooks, waitresses, dietitians, laundresses,
matrons, telephone and telegraph opera­
tors.
"In this study which is in progress we
believe we will be able to get a far better
idea of woman's usefulness than is now
understood. We know there are tasks
that women can perform better than men,
and thus release men for heavier and more
dangerous work. We know that the wo­
men of America do not desire to sit idly
by and be protected. Their desire is to
help in every possible way. Veteran wel­
fare workers, with splendid overseas rec­
ords, have already organized themselves
so as to mobilize rapidly and efficiently
should another national emergency come.
Of one thing we are certain. Our ex­
perience in 1917 and 1918 taught us at
least that we can count upon the women
of America. It was a high grade of
service they rendered. They made sacri­
fices no less than their men. Some served
at the front. Some served in the canton­
ments. Some served in the Red Cross
chapters. All served in the home."
 Recruiters and Recruiting Duty

By Captain LELAND W. SKAGGS, Infantry, DOL, in the Richmond Recruiting Bulletin.

NY good soldier can make good Richmond Recruiting Officer Ex- necessary that they go. They keep good
A on recruiting duty if he will work
hard and forget petty jealousies. I
have in my experience on recruiting duty
plains Make-Up of a Superior
Recruiter, and Method of
men out and eventually the above aver-
age and superior recruiters will say,
"What is the use of working so hard
talked to hundreds of recruiters and have Becoming One. when some of these birds get away with
mentally marked them as below average, hour day means. Sixteen hour days are murder?" We should be able to keep the
average, above average and superior. not unusual for them, and they love it. Army filled with ease, but to do this we
The recruiter who is marked below These hours are not imposed by the re- need the support of every officer and sol­
average is the soldier who is indifferent cruiting officer—they are self-imposed. dier in the Army.
to this or any other kind of work. The only growl these men have is when Some of the thousands of separations
He is the man who continually se- they fall below ten enlistments a month, from the service could be avoided if or-
cures from one to four recruits each which is seldom. Of course, all of these
month. The below average recruiter 26 are not active canvassers. Some are ganization commanders would study out
usually does not care if he secures re- clerks, truck drivers, etc. However, they a pten whereby it would be a pleasure
cruits or not—so long as he receives pay demonstrated their ability to secure re- to remain in the post and the regiment.
each month he is satisfied. He cares no- cruits before being placed in the main All work and no play makes a dissatis­
fied soldier. When good men are enlist-
thing about promotion or his organization. office.
The above average and superior can- ed and assigned to an organization, the
The average recruiter (we first day of duty of that re-

have a great number of this

class on recruiting duty.
Why?) enlists from five to
eight men a month and quits. Corps
He is usually a clock gazer Area
and spends his time wishing 1st
that each day were the 30th 2nd
of the month in order thai 3rd
he might draw his pay. 4th
He knows as a rule very
5th
little about the Army, where
the regiments are located, the
6th
nature of the climate at dif­ 7th
ferent posts or whether or Sth
cruit should be the one to
CMTC ENROLLMENT start reenlisting him, for first
JULY 20, 1925. impressions are lasting ones.
I remember that a certain
a b c d e commanding officer at Jeffer­
4373 2909 4400 3000 99.3 96.9 son Barracks issued orders
7068 4615 6500 4700 108.7 98.2 6/3 that all trains would be met
by a NCO from the receiving
6609 4718 5600 3900 118.0 120.9 6/12 barracks to take charge of all
6672 5110 5700 4000 117.0 127.7 5/28
incoming recruits, and that the
6988 4193 6000 4200 116.4 99.8 5/18
NCO should personally see
6102 4405 5600 3900 108.9 112.9 6/11 that the new recruits were
6829 5700 6700 4900 101.9 116.3 7/22 given something to eat and
6263 3976 5000 3400 125.2 116.9 7/11 drink and a good place to

not fishing, boating and ath-
letics are featured. He sim­
ply states to the prospective
applicant, "Hey bo! What do
Explanatory:
you say about signing up with
9th 4947 3550 4500 3000 109.9 118.3 5/29 sleep immediately upon their
arrival. I may add that the
55,851 39,176 50,000 35,000 111.7 111.93 commanding officer was ridi­
culed—of course, not in his
a—Applications received by July 20. presence—but why was he

Uncle Sam's Army, where you b—Number accepted and ordered to camp ridiculed? Simply for the rea-

get three squares a day and a c—Minimum objective. son that he was human and
place to sleep?" Mark you, knew his stuff. Incidentally, he
d—Number to be trained. was a commanding officer
when the canvasser yells "Hey e—-Percentage of quota (applications).
bo," it is usually a bo whom any soldier would go
/—Percentage accepted of number to be trained. to hell for.
he is hailing. An average
recruiter should not be re- g—Procurement discontinued. Getting back to recruiting, I
tained on recruiting duty. hope that every canvasser will
The above average recruiter—he is a vasser can secure recruits in any district, read the above and try to make an hon­
he-man, one you can rely upon, a con- any city, any town. Why? For the reason est-to-goodness, hard working, above
sistent producer month in and month that he wants to make good and knows average or superior recruiter. It is easy.
out. Too much praise cannot be handed how. No district is different from an- Forget your imaginary problems. For-
him, and he deserves a great amount other in this respect. Just as many re- get that someone has it in for you. For-
of it. Why is it that a certain few men cruits can be secured in one corps area get that the "old man" is hard-boiled.
become above average and superior re- as in another. I will admit, however, that Perhaps he is: if so, perhaps you are the
cruiters ? a great deal depends upon the corps area cause of it. Had you considered that
This question is easily answered. It is and district recruiting officer. part of it?
because they know where every organiza- Let's all of us in the Army get behind
tion in the Army is located, what trade The 3rd Corps Area in the last fiscal the recruiting game and boost it. Help
such organization teaches, what the cli- year enlisted 8,450 recruits, all of them, your men who are on recruiting duty.
mate is at the various posts. They study with probably a few exceptions, quality Let me tell you this—24 hours on re-
psychology, they study the Army, they recruits. Our corps area recruiting officer, cruiting duty are harder than 30 days in
work day and night, and above all they however, is a live wire and knows the the line. If you don't believe that, try
do not have time to worry about pro- game, and before being corps area re- it. But could you qualify as an above
motion. cruiting officer was a successful district average or superior recruiter ? Be sure be- "
Of the 29 recruiters in the Richmond commander.
fore you ask for recruiting duty—if not,
District, 26 are above average and sup- It is sometimes hard to get rid of
erior. They do not know what an eight useless recruiters, but it is absolutely lay off of it.
Page Three
Army School Courses, Enlisted Men, F. Y. 1926

Air Service
School Course Students Begins / Ends
Kelly Field Advanced Flying All student pilots Mar. 15/25 Sept. 14/25
< i <i < i
Sept. 15/25 Mar. 14/26
Brooks Field Primary Flying Regular flying students Mar. 15/25* Sept. 14/25
< i < t II < < II
Sept. 15/25* Mar. 14/26
*NOTE:—Instruction of flying cadets starts one week earlier.
Scott Field Balloon and Airship Regular flying students Sept. 15/25 July 14/26
Cavalry
Fort Riley Horseshoers R A and N G enlisted m e n Aug. 15/2.e Dec. 14/25
Feb. 15/26 June 14/26
Saddlers <<<<<< << •' Aug. 15/25 Dec. 14/25
' ' • ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Feb. 15/26 June 14/26
Chemical Warfare Service
Edgewood Arsenal Non-commissioned Officers RA NCO's Mar. 29/26 Apr. 24/26
Coast Artillery
Fort Monroe Artillery RA enlisted specialists Sept. 15/25 June 15/26
Clerical
Engineering
Radio
Diesel engine Nov. 20/25
Artillery NG enlisted specialists
Engineering
Radio
Engineers
Ft. Humphreys Machinists RA enlisted men Jan. 4/26 June 19/26
Surveying and Drafting II II

Photography and Lithography II II

Field Artillery
Ft. Sill Horseshoers RA and NG enlisted men Sept. 15/25 Feb. 4/26
Auto mechanics
Battery '' Feb. 8/26 June 12/26
Saddlers
Communications
Finance
Washington Enlisted Men's RA enlisted men Sept. 21/25 Dec. 12/25
(i it < i
Feb. 15/26 M a y 8/26

Infantry
Ft. Benning NG enlisted specialists NG enlisted men Feb. 2/26 M a y 25/26
Tank Motor mechanics RA enlisted men Sept. 15/25 Mar. 15/26
Motor mechanics Mar. 15/26 May 15/26
Communications Sept. 17/25 Feb. 6/26
Stenographers and typists Sept. 15/25 M a y 15/26
Medical
Army Medical X-ray technicians RA enlisted specialists Sept. 10/25 Dec. 10/25
Laboratory " Jan. 15/26 Apr. 15/26
Army Dental Dental hygienists Jan. 2/26 M a y 2/26
Dental mechanics Jan. 2/26 June 30/26

Army Veterinary Veterinary technicians Sept. 1/25 Feb. 1/26

Carlisle Bks. Non-commissioned officers RA, NG and Res. NCO's Oct. 16/25 Dec. 15/25
Ordnance
Raritan Arsenal Machinists; Welders; RA enlisted men Sept. 14/25 June 15/26

Carpenters; Electricians;

Artillery mechanics; Arm­

orers ;

Auto mechanics; Clerks;

Munition workers.

Specialists' course, depot. NCO's

Jan. 25/26 June 15/26

(Continued on Page Twelve)

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 9
Recruiters Troubles Hare Not Changed
T H E recruiting service has been pro­
secuted with zeal and the usual
success. Two field-officers, four­
teen captains, and ten subalterns are
employed for the general service, of
whom six company officers are engaged
in recruiting for the mounted corps,
under the superintendent, Major and
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Cooke, of the
2nd Dragoons. Eighteen captains and
subalterns, under the superintendent,
Major and Brevet Colonel Waite, of
the 8th Infantry, have been employed
in recruiting for foot regiments.
The receiving depots and schools of
instruction established in the harbor of
New York, and at Newport Barracks.
Kentucky, for the artillery and infantry
arms; and one at Carlisle Barracks,
Pennsylvania, for the dragoons, are
commanded by zealous and experienced
officers. The system, as heretofore, great­
ly conduces to economy, discipline, in­
struction, and despatch in forwarding re­
cruits to the several regiments. The
principal depot having been, some years
since, temporarily transferred to Gov­
ernors Island, New York, while Fort
Wood was undergoing repairs, has been
reestablished the present year on Bed­
low's (Bedloe's) Island.
The accompanying statement exhibits
in detail the number of recruits en­
listed in the Army from October 1, 1849,
to September 30, 1850, inclusive, from
which it will be seen that the number
enlisted is:
For the 4 regiments of artillery.. 314
By regiments—for the 1st and
2nd Dragoons 79
For the 4 regiments of artillery.. 314
For the 8 regiments of infantry 405
For the company of sappers and
miners 13
Total 3,695
Owing to the great dispersion of the
troops and their stations on distant
frontiers, but few recruits can be en­
listed in the regiments. To this cause,
together with the recent augmentation
of a portion of the rank and file, may
be ascribed, the increase in the number of
officers and. in the expenses for re­
cruiting the past and present year, when
compared with the state of the service
prior to the late war with Mexico.
According to the present laws, the
enlisted men of the line are 11,528. The
term being five years, one-fifth of this
number, supposing the Army to be full
(2,304), goes out every year by expira­
tion of enlistment. Add the loss by
death, discharges for disability, and de­
sertions, the number will be increased
to about one-third (3,850), which is re­
quired to be annually supplied by new
.recruits.
Adjutant - General's Report For minors, the public interest seems to have
F. Y. 1850 Shows Conditions not
so Good as "Before the War."
been overlooked in the omission to pres­
cribe some adequate penalty or punish­
ment in cases of minors, especially those
The records show that, of the 19,599
persons who have offered 'themselves the
current year at the recruiting stations,
only 2,884 were accepted as able-bodied
and otherwise fit for the service. The
rejection of so large a proportion of
applicants (more than five-sixths) evinces
due observance of the law and regula­
tions on the part of the recruiting offi­
cers ; and in no one particular, perhaps, is
greater attention bestowed upon the ob­
servance of either, than in respect to
the enlistment of minors.
In amending the provisions of the
act of March 16, 1802, section 11, by the
new law, approved September 28, 1850,
section 5, directing the discharge of
Alaskan Notes
Soldiers who have served in Alaska
will be interested in knowing that a
big new reservoir will soon be com­
pleted at Chilkoot Barracks. When
finished it will hold enough water to
supply the post for several days in case
the pipe line breaks, as it has been
known to do in the past.
Companies E and F of the 7th In­
fantry, stationed at Chilkoot Barracks,
celebrated July 4 at Juneau, making the
trip on the Government boat "Forn­
ance."
Press Assists Uriiontown Recruiter
Sergeant James Smith, DEML, in
charge of the Army Recruiting Sta­
tion at Uniontown, Pa., is receiving lib­
eral cooperation from the local press
in his recruiting endeavors. Not only
does he land inside space for long ar­
ticles, but quite frequently he secures
front page space for shorter stories.
In the past four months he has enlisted
50 men—and this in a town of 18,000.
He attributes his success to the help of
the press and the main recruiting of­
fice at Pittsburgh.
June Reenlistments
Per-
Dis- Reen­ cent-
CA charged listed age
1st 60 17 28.33
2nd 355 114 32.39
3rd 226 81 35.84
131 34.19
4th 448
5th 101 26 25.74
6th 287 46 16.02
7th 240 143 59.58
8th
9th
of nineteen to twenty years of 'age, who
so frequently impose themselves upon the
recruiting officer by falsely affirming
themselves to be twenty-one years of age,
and frequently more. In many instances
it is impossible to know whether the
minor tell? his true age or not; and,
although in all cases where minors af­
firm that they have neither parent, mas­
ter, nor guardian, the recruiting officer
is required to certify that he has made
diligent inquiry, and that the affirmation
of the recruit appears to be true; yet
all these precaution? fail, in many cases,
to guard against th* fraudulent enlist­
ment of minors, whose discharge is sub­
sequently demanded under the law.
The records show that, during the year
ending September 30, 1850, no less than
2,564 applicants have been refused at
the rendezvous on account of their be­
ing minors. Under the present circum­
stances of the service, therefore, it is
very clear that, unless the new law above
cited be so amended as to provide a
penalty for this description of frauds
upon the public, the loss, expense, and
other injurious results to the service,
now so seriously felt, will continue with­
out remedy.
With a view to the more advantageous
management of the recruiting service,
touching its fiscal concerns, and the
speedy examination of accounts, it has
been found necessary to recur to the
former practice of making a military
scrutiny and examination of all recruit­
ing accounts in this office before their
transmittal to the proper accounting offi­
cers of the Treasury Department. The
"circular" of June 6, 1850, issued by au­
thority of the Secretary of War, re­
quires that such accounts be sent direct
to the Adjutant General of the Army,
bince which date they have been analyzed
and carefully examined; and I feel well
assured that much benefit will result
from such inspection here, especially in
effecting better economy, etc, as well
as in greatly expediting the settlement
of accounts.
It will readily be perceived that to
conduct this important branch of the
service in the best manner, requires all
the time and attention of an experienced
officer of the general staff. The details
of this division of the duties of the Ad­
jutant General's office have, for years
past, been specially assigned to the sen­
ior Assistant Adjutant General here on
duty. The returns, correspondence, and
records pertaining to the recruiting busi­
ness, give employment generally to three
clerks.
Page Five
 The March of the Mounted Riflemen
UGUST 30.—Preparations were
ridge and descends to Burntwood Creek,
A made last night to send word by
guide to Fort Vancouver, on the
Columbia River, for transportation to
meet us at The Dalles as it would be im­
possible to get the stores and troops over
the Cascade Mountains with the pre­
sent means of transportation.
The command started for Malhcur
River, about 15 miles distant, where
we were to enter a hilly country, where
better grazing was available. The move
was made about eight o'clock, after
which I visited the fort, where 1 saw
about 200 Indians, who had kept up a1l
night a great noise. Some were dancing,
while others were playing a game on
which they would sometimes stake all
they possess, even to their leggins and
blankets.
August 31.—An order was issued to
leave the principal portion of the train
behind, with all broken-down horses and
mules, to be escorted by one company
left for the purpose. This made it neces­
sary to overhaul all the stores and dis­
tribute them so that they could be car­
ried without impeding the movements
of the first division, or encumbering
that portion which was to follow on
after us.
Sept. 1.—At sundown every change
had been made that the trains could
undergo. The regimental train, in charge
of Lieutenant Frost, was left with him
to make such changes as might suit
the commanding officer, and such altera­
tions as I thought necessary.
Page Six
From Fort Boisse to The Dalles—
Ninety Miles From Their
Destination
The companies in leaving Fort Leav­
enworth had been provided with good
teams, but many of them were allowed
to be too much overloaded for so great
a distance. As it had been done under
the inspection of officers of the depart­
ment, as well as those immediately in­
terested in the success of the journey,
I could make but very little change
after overtaking them on the prairies;
consequently they had become much bro­
ken down by being overladen.
As nearly all the horses of the six
companies had partly given out, and
many of them completely broken down,
they were left to be brought on with
the second division train; the men who
were on foot were placed under the
command of Lieutenant Lindsay, who
commenced the march early this morn­
ing, in advance of the train and those
who were mounted.
Sept. 3.—We made an early start
and a few miles brought us again along­
side of Snake River, where we were
now to leave it for the last time; and
no river has been passed on this march
with more heartfelt joy. It here turned
to the north, forming a large bend,
passing through a range of high hills,
and making a deep cnon in its way
through them. We soon passed out of
sight, as the road gradually crosses a
Departure from The Dalles
turning to the northeast, breaks through
the same range of hills, leaving also a
deep canon in its passage, and falls in­
to Snake River, not far from where
we left it.
Sept. 6.—After passing this morning
through the valley in which we encamped
last evening, the road brought us to
the top of a high ridge, giving us a
beautiful view of the mountains running
east and west, and parallel to the ridge
over which we were passing.
About five o'clock in the afternoon
we came to the valley of Powder River,
and encamped for the night on what
was once the bed of a river, which now
runs near the base of the mountains
and about two miles distant.
Sept. 9.—A number of Indians came
out to our camp last evening and thi?
morning, bringing some of their most
inferior horses with them, to exchange
for blankets, tobacco and trinkets. These
animals were wild and vicious, and could
scarcely be approached without our run­
ning the risk of being bitten or kicked
by them. They are generally ridden with
a lariat, fastened simply around the low­
er jaw, while a small pad, with wooder
stirrups, constitutes the saddle. The Ind­
ians never mount their horses on the
left side, and the bridle is but of little
use to them in guiding, as it is princi­
pally done by pressing the legs close
to the side of the animal, and the least
(Continued on Page Fifteen)
 The Army and the Conquest of Yellow Fever
HE groat achievement of the Span-
T ish-American War was not a vict­
ory of arms; it was the conquest of
that formidable disease of the American
tropics, yellow fever.
Hidden within this history of the
American occupation of Cuba is one of
humanity's great romances. It centers
around a group of devoted men from
the United States Army who, provid­
ed neither with offensive weapons nor
defensive armor, entered into conflict
with an unknown, mysterious microbic
foe, the ominous yellow jack. The
martyrs of this band, who offered their
bodies for inoculation with the deadly
virus of yellow fever, give their lives
freely in the interest of humanity, x ne
leaders who traced the tortuous trail
of the "scourge of the tropics" from
infected man through infected mos­
quito and back to man again toiled witli
the baffling, silent, unavoidable and
ever present shadow of death.
The great general who followed the
devious and insidious path of the dis­
ease in the ranks of the non-immunes
and for the first time waged successful
warfare against yellow fever was not
acclaimed a popular hero at the close
of the campaign. Nevertheless, the con­
quest of yellow fever was the greatest
triumph in the history of tropical medi­
cine. It paved the way for the comple­
tion of the Panama Canal and trans­
formed the pestilential American tropics
into a health resort. The conqueror of
yellow fever, the liberator of the tro­
pics, was America's greatest sanitarian,
William Crawford Gorgas, late surgeon
General of the U. S. Army. ***
Prior to the Spanish-American War
the mode of spread of yellow fever was
unknown. Unlike most contagious dis­
eases, which spread directly from man
to man, cases of yellow fever have oc­
curred on ships anchored a quarter of a
mile or more from shore. In some well
authenticated instances the sailors have
had no communication whatsoever with
the land. Men-of-war, upon which the
most exaggerated cleanliness prevails,
arc known to be no less liable to in­
vasion than the most primitive sailing
ship. On the other hand, men may handle
the nauseous black vomit of patients
about to die of yellow fever, or sleep in
the soiled blankets and bedding of des­
perately sick cases, with impunity; and
yet, rich and poor, exalted and humble,
alike fall victim in infected areas.
In countries where yellow fever is
habitually found, the native inhabitants
seem to enjoy life-long immunity to the
disease. Now it is known that in such
places the very young children become
infected, but the symptons at this ten­
der age are somewhat different from
Arthur Isaac Kendall, in April
Issue of "Higeia," Describes
Army Contribution to Science.
those manifested in adults. Since recov­
ery from infection with yellow fever
leaves life-long freedom from the dis­
ease, the apparent absence of yellow
fever among native adults in these in­
fected areas is readily understood.
With all these perplexing but well es­
tablished facts to explain, yellow fever
remained a mystery among contagious
diseases until Dr. Henry Rose Carter,
On the Beach Trail, Ft. Sherman, C. Z.
of the United States Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service, found that
secondary cases of yellow fever follow­
ed the primary cases only after an in­
terval of at least two weeks. ***
With this remarkable observation in
mind, men from the Medical Corps of
the Army, Drs. Reed, Carroll, Lazear,
and Agramontc, found the missing link
which binds a primary case of yellow
jack to succeeding secondary cases. They
found that a very special _ mosquito,
known variously as culex fasciohis, stcg­
omia fasciata, and aedes calopns, was the
carrie1" of the yellow fever virus from
man to man. Sadly enough, only the fe­
males of that particular kind of mos­
quito could be implicated. The males, un­
provided with the requisite mouth parts
to bite mankind, are modest, harmless,
retiring vegetarians.
The Army doctors also discovered
that the virus of yellow fever is present
in the blood in the skin of a patient only
during the first three days of the clini­
cal disease. The virus is securely lock­
ed up within the body and cannot es­
cape lo other men unless some of the in­
fected blood is deliberately withdrawn
and injected into the prospective victim.
This the female mosquito, quite without
malice, does. It requires at least ten or
twelve days for yellow fever microbes
to pass from the stomach of the mos­
quito to her salivary gland?, whence
they enter the blood stream of the pros­
pective victim at the time of biting. This
explains the relatively long interval be­
tween the first and secondary cases de­
scribed by Dr. Carter. ***
After four days or so, following the
injection of the virus of yellow fever by
the mosquito, the characteristic chill oc­
curs in the new victim and the disease
is on. For three days thereafter the in­
sects may obtain the yellow fever virus
from the new case and, after a proper
interval, infect yet another non-immune
and thus perpetuate the disease.
General (at that time Captain) Gor­
gas put these several facts into one gen­
eral coherent plan, and began to rid
Havana of yellow fever. It must be re­
membered that Havana had been infest­
ed continuously with yellow jack for at
least four centuries. Captain Gorgas did
four things :
1. Each person infected with yellow
fever, as soon as the disease was discov­
ered, was placed in mosquito-free, screen­
ed wards in a hospital, and kept there un­
til all possible danger of infecting new
mosquitoes had passed.
2. Each house from which a fever
patient was taken was thoroughly fumi­
gated, care being taken to prevent the
escape of any mosquito present.
3. The breeding places of mosquitoes
were carefully oiled, or eliminated, to
prevent new crops of the pestiferous in­
sects.
4. All non-immunes were ordered to
leport at once to headquarters if they
felt the slightest chill, or symptoms
that might develop into yellow fever.
Of course the quarters were fumigated.
The .ebult was marvelous. Havana,
the pest hole of the tropics, became a
health resort.
During all this time the virus of the
disease remained undetermined. It re­
mained for an eminent Japanese investi­
gator, Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, to' bring
the actual microbic criminal to the gaze
of mankind, nearly two decades lakr.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
Page Seven
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Recruiting Publicity Bureau, Governors Island, N. Y
An Army Information Bulletin containing a resume
of administrative reports, statistical tables, rules,
regulations, and official notices of recruiting for the
guidance of members of the Regular Army, National
Guard and Organized Reserves
AUGUST 1, 1925
Summa Cum Laude
The race is not always to the swift. One might
think that, taking into consideration the five cities
of Richmond, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, New York
and Pittsburgh, the number of recruits furnished by
them to the Army would be, so far as the first three
places were concerned, New York, Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh, with Richmond and Indianapolis among
the also rans. But such is not the case. A study of
the enlistment figures for June on the back page of
this issue shows that Richmond led the field—as she
did, incidentally, in the preceding month as well—
and that the Hoosier capital city, which had held
second place for the United States in May, was still
holding third place. Incidentally, in spite of her fall
from second to third, Indianapolis in June topped
her May record by one enlistment.
The handicap of size is a handicap only so long as
the recruiting personnel figures that, since its field of
endeavor is limited, the number of enlistments it can
accomplish must be correspondingly limited. Both Rich­
mond and Indianapolis might well be proud, consider­
ing their size, of being among the first ten cities in the
United States as judged from a recruiting viewpoint.
But such a pride must necessarily be a passive one,
and neither Capt. Skaggs, who makes things go around
in Richmond, nor Col. Woodson, who directs the re­
cruiting destinies of the city which traveling salesmen
still delight to characterize as "an overgrown country
town," is anything but passive. May their tribe in­
crease !
News Versus Sensationalism
There is publicity and publicity. As a rule the
Army courts it, for there is little in the Army that
needs to shrink from the calcium glare. And publicity,
under another designation, simply means advertising.
Exaggerated publicity, however, whether it is favor­
able or unfavorable, is distinctly bad. It is this brand
of advertising that the Pilot Book, the publication of
Brooks Field, Texas, hits in an editorial directed at the
undue newspaper space devoted by the American press
Page Eight
to airplane crashes. "The front page publicity which
the press gives to airplane accidents," runs the editorial,
"is harmful to the reputation of aeronautics, and is cer­
tainly a main factor in slowing up progressiveness in
the industry by making it unpopular.
"A crack-up is sensational news—it requires at
least a two inch head and life histories of the pilot
and passenger. Minor aerial mishaps come under the
same category. The moment a plane hits the ground
news of the fall is syndicated throughout the country
for front page sensations.
"The unfairness of the adverse publicity lies in
the fact that such sensational advertisement is un­
warranted at the present day. The average of fatalities
in flying has steadily decreased until now it is com­
paring favorably with averages of motor, train, and
other accidents. While fighting an uphill battle, it is
remarkable the progress aeronautics has made toward
safety, aided by corresponding advancement in equip­
ment and training. And this in a very few years!
"Under these conditions the unfairness of adverse
publicity is obvious. It tends toward stunting the growth
of a new science in its infancy.
"Most of our news appears side by side, pointedly
in the same class, with local murders and high society
divorce cases. As long as air accidents receive such
attention from the press the public will always hold
an exaggerated opinion of the danger of flying."
o
Army or Jail—An Alternative
And still the newspapers cite instances wherein
judges let off criminals on condition that they j.oin the
Army. In spite of the fact that recruiting officers
throughout the country have repeatedly stated that they
will not accept for enlistment any man who is under
charges or sentenced, illustrations to the contrary are
constantly appearing.
The 7th Corps Area Recruiting Bulletin for July 15
carries a Springfield, Mo., clipping relative to a young
oil station bandit, wherein "The grand larceny charges
hanging over the head of John Hufft were removed
yesterday after the boy's parents had agreed that if he
was relieved from the charges he would join the United
States Army for a period of five years." John, how­
ever, had his own ideas on the subject, it seems, and
applied for enlistment in the Navy. He was properly
turned down, and both the Navy and Army Recruiting
Officers took occasion to point out that neither one of
the services is accepting recruits without good reputa­
tions, and that persons charged with crime cannot enter
the United States service to avoid punishment. The
young oil station bandit was accordingly re-arrested and
sent to jail.
 RECRUITING
NOTES
The United States Army builds Men"
Fifth Corps News Has Birthday
With the issue of July 25 the
Fifth Corps News and Diamond Dust
celebrated its sixth birthday. An edi­
torial setting forth the publication's
history boasts that it has outlived
every other service paper of its type
and shows signs of a healthy existence
for some time to come.
Diamond Dust was originally the
organ of the Fifth Division at Camp
Gordon and Jackson.. Transferring to
Camp Knox, Kentucky, with the 11th
Infantry it was published at that station
for more than a year as The Camp Knox
News. Later when Knox was abandoned
as a permanent post the paper moved to
Fort Harrison, Indiana, though returning
to Camp Knox during the summer months
each year.
Recruiters Picnic
On Saturday afternoon, July 28, a
hot dog roast was held by the enlisted
personnel of the New Haven Recruit­
ing District. The 16 members of the
detachment motored to Stony Creek,
at Branford, Conn., in the detachment
truck and privately owned cars. Swim­
ming and athletic events were engaged
in, and games were played by all the
guests. Appropriate refreshments
were served. Everybody had a good
time, and is looking forward to a simi­
lar event to be held in September.
Mules More Dangerous Than Planes
Newspaper reports to the contrary,
airplane accidents are less in number
than those due to other causes. Speak­
ing before a conference of aeronauti­
cal and business officials at the Ford
Airdrome, Dearborn, Michigan, Major
R. W. Schroeder, former chief test pil­
ot of the Army Air Service at Mc-
Cook Field, recently said: "A man in
a plane engaged in straight-away flight
is safer than on the ground. I have
noted that during a recent year eight
persons lost their lives in the entire
United States while engaged in civilian
flying, while during the same year, in
the state of Missouri alone, 80 persons
—just ten times as many—were kicked
to death by mules!"
Orders Affecting Recruiting
Capt. Robert J. Platt, Medical Corps,
from duty at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, effective August 1, to Dallas,
Texas, for assignment to duty in con­
nection with recruiting, relieving Capt.
Eli E. Brown, Medical Corps, who will
proceed to Washington, D. C, for duty
as student, Army Medical School.
Capt. Charles Lewis, 20th Infantry,
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to Okla­
homa City, Oklahoma, for duty in con­
nection with recruiting.
New Recruiting Pamphlet
A new pamphlet, "The United
States Army," has just been
printed by the Recruiting Pub­
licity Bureau, and 16,000 thereof
are being sent each corps area
recruiting officer.
The subjects embraced in the
pamphlet are : composition of the
Army, pay, food, lodging, cloth­
ing, pension and retirement,
medical and dental treatment,
training, opportunities, hours of
work, athletics, religious phases,
furloughs, terms of enlistment
and discharge by purchase, qual­
ifications for service, and oppor­
tunities for travel.
Prizes for Recruiters
The Habanix Leather Products
Company, Toledo, Ohio, manufacturers
of Sam Browne belts, leggins, garrison
belts for enlisted men and kindred
leather goods items, will award a gen­
uine shell cordovan cigarette case,
bearing the name of the owner, to the
soldier who secures the greatest num­
ber of enlistments in each recruiting
district of the country during the
month of August.
The idea was suggested to the Hab­
anix Company by Major Malcolm P.
Andruss, commanding the Buffalo,
New York, district. The cigarette case
is a beautiful piece of work and retails
at $3.00.
Sgt. McCurley Retires
Master Sergeant James McCurley,
considered one of the best canvassers
in the Newark Recruiting District,
was retired from active duty on July
17, 1925. He first enlisted in 1901 in
Troop H of the 12th Cavalry. On the
outbreak of the World War he re­
ceived a commission as 2nd lieutenant,
Field Artillery, being later promoted to
the rank of 1st lieutenant. He now has
in 23 3'ears' continuous service, a large
part of it being double time for foreign
service in the Philippines.
Master Sergeant McCurley was on
recruiting duty in the Newark, New
Jersey, District from 1919 to the date
of his retirement. He made an en­
viable record for himself as a can­
vasser, his name appearing frequently
on the 2nd Corps Area honor roll. Sgt.
McCurley will make his home in Pater-
son. His popularity in Newark and
Paterson is evidenced by the large
amount of space given him in the daily
press on the occasion of his retire­
ment.
7th CA Enlistments, F. Y. 1925
In a study recently made of recruit­
ing activities in the 7th Corps Area
during the fiscal year 1925, it is shown
that 3,516 enlistments, an average
monthly production of 293, were made.
There were, in addition, 1,477 rejec­
tions and 554 withdrawals (including
declinations, elopements, etc.) The av­
erage approximate per capita cost of
recruits was $49.66.
Of the 1,977 soldiers discharged in
the corps area during the year, 627, an
average of 31.71 per cent, reenlisted
on the clay following discharge. The
maximum reenlistment was in June,
1925, when 143 of the 280 men dis­
charged reenlisted, giving a percentage
of 51.07 per cent, the minimum being
in July, 1924, when 7 reenlistments out
of the 33 men discharged gave a reen­
listment percentage of 21.21 per cent.
One thousand one hundred and six-
ty-nine of the enlistments made were
for duty outside the corps area. Of
these, 366 went to the 8th Corps Area,
293 to Hawaii, 211 to the Philippines
and 158 to the 9th Corps Area.
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Washington Stages Successful Drive
Just before this summer's encamp­
ment of the Washington National
Guard, the 2nd Battalion, 146th Field
Artillery, commanded by Major Thom­
as Shurtlefr, started an intensive drive
to obtain recruits. Capt. Oliver C.
Nelson, Battery F, who was given per­
sonal supervision of the drive, obtained
the use of a small park in the down
town business district, and set up a
B. C. scope, range finder, machine gun,
piece and caisson together with a ten I
for the volunteer detail. From 7 o'clock
in the morning until 9 o'clock at night
the detail was busy explaining the op­
Working the Fairs
eration of the various instruments of
warfare, not only to possible recruits,
but also to boy scouts, business men
and tourists.
Radio station KMO offered its co­
operation, and, thanks to the assist­
ance of the authorities at Camp Lewis,
a two-hour program was given. For
the next three weeks, local business
men made appeals over the air each
Monday, Wednesday and Friday even­
ing for the National Guard. The en­
listments resulting therefrom filled not
only the 2nd Battalion, but also every
battery of the 146th Field Artillery by
the opening day of camp.
Recruiter Gives Blood for Comrade
For the third time in recent months
the recruiting personnel at Harrisburg,
Pa., has responded to a call for blood
transfusion. On July 9 the Veterans'
Bureau at Harrisburg asked for volun­
teers to furnish a pint of blood for
transfusion in aid of Robert Brown
of Mifflin, Pa., a World War veteran
who was at the Harrisburg hospital
and required the blood in order to pre­
serve his life. All the members of the
party volunteered, and after tests were
taken Sgt. Edward J. Talbot, allocated
cisco offices of International Newsreel
recruiter from Headquarters Battery,
6th Field Artillery, was chosen.
Talbot absolutely refused to allow
his photograph to be taken for the
newspapers, stating that credit should
be given the entire party. The hos­
pital authorities are loud in their praise
of the generosity of the recruiting
party in aiding "buddies" who may re­
quire assistance.
o passed him noticed an American flag
Another Recruiting District
The Recruiting District of Portland,
Oregon, has been organized, consisting
of the counties of Grays Harbor, Paci­
fic, Lewis, W a h k i a k u r a , Cowlitz,
Clarke, S k a m a n i a , and Klickitat,
Washington, and all of the State of
Oregon. The recruiting offices are at
Portland, Vancouver Barracks, and
Fort Stevens.
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Sixth Corps Area Honor Roll
The honor roll for enlistments in the
Sixth Corps Area during the month of
June contains the names of twenty-
two recruiters. Sergeant L. Dousa,
stationed at Milwaukee , Wisconsin,
heads the list with seventeen enlist­
ments. Every member of the St. Louis
recruiting party won a place on the
honor roll, four men having eleven en­
listments each to their credit and three
having ten each.
WD Commendation For Heroic
Conduct
George R. Carroll (Army Ser­
ial No. 6113098), corporal, De­
tached Enlisted Men's List, Re­
cruiting Service, United States
Army, then private, first class,
Detached Enlisted Men's List,
Recruiting Service, U n i t e d
States Army. For heroic con­
duct during the fire at the Crock­
er House, New London, Conn.,
April 7, 1925. Private Carroll,
with utter disregard for his own
safety, entered smoke filled
rooms in search of sleeping
guests, rescued one woman, car­
rying her to safety, and later
assisted in the removal of valu­
ables belonging to other guests.
Private Carroll's conduct at this
time was deserving of commend­
ation and reflects great credit
upon himself and the Army of
which he is a member.
Present station, Recruiting Ser­
vice, New London, Conn.
Resident at enlistment: 87
Parkton Road, Boston, Suffolk
14, Mass.
Ex-Army Marksman Halts Flag Dese­
crators
E. P. Robertson, formerly a soldier
in the U. S. Army and now a mem­
ber of the Atlanta, Georgia, police
force, recently gave an exhibition of
his marksmanship to a party of joy
riders who apparently had no respect
whatever for the Stars and Stripes.
While walking his beat Robertson saw
an automobile approaching and as ft
trailing in the dust and filth of the gut­
ter. He called to the driver of the
car and ordered him to halt, but no
attention was paid to him.
"The thing went all over me," said
Robertson later. "I called out for
them to halt. They didn't obey, so I
drew my gun and fired four times.
That stopped them,'' he added grimly.
Examination of the car showed two
bullets through each rear tire.
Memphis Station Breaks Record
Captain J. D. Chambliss, command­
ing the recruiting station at Memphis,
Tennessee, broke all recruiting records
for his station on July IS when nine
men were enlisted. The best previous
record in one day was six men, en­
listed when eight canvassers were oh
duty. Capt. Chambliss now has only
three.
Lieut. W. M. Phillips, of the Ar­
kansas National Guard at Blytheville,
Arkansas, was responsible for the en­
listment of two of the men.
With the fair season at hand, the
recruiting officer at Syracuse, New
York, Major R. L. Weeks, Ret., has
published a list of all fairs to be held in
his district this coming fall and direct­
ed that sub-stations arrange to cover
them. He has ordered that plenty of
posters, pamphlets and other publicity
material should be on hand, and that
request be made on his office should
such matter be lacking. Letters to
secretaries of the various fairs are be­
ing furnished sub-station commanders
by the main office requesting neces­
sary space and assistance to the re­
cruiters in their work.
Wherever practicable, exhibits will
be secured from the nearest posts,
ROTC units or National Guard organi­
zations. Last year, for instance, excel­
lent results were obtained through co­
operation with the National Guard in
placing exhibits.
School for A. S. Movie Men
In order to gain additional experi­
ence in aerial photography, graduates
of the Air Service Photographic School
at Chanute Field, Illinois, have been as­
signed to the New York and San Fran­
for a course of instruction not to ex­
ceed three months. They will work
with the staff men of this company for
a few weeks as assistants, and there­
after will cover assignments with Ake­
ley cameras suppfied them by the
Army.
The Air Service photographers al­
ready sent to the New York office for
training are Tech. Sgt. Vernon H.
Merson, 20th Photo Section, Langley
Field, Virginia; Staff Sgt. Germain A.
Visbal, 3rd Photo Section, Boiling
Field, Washington; Staff Sgt. George
H. Fisher, 5th Photo Section, Kelly
Field, San Antonio, Texas; and Staff
Sgt. John D. Meeks, 14th Photo Sec­
tion, Mitchel Field, Long Island. Mas­
ter Sgt. Charles G. Leiby, 22nd Photo
Section, Kelly Field, has been assigned
to the San Francisco Bureau of the
same office.

T h e A r m y and t h e Conquest of
Yellow Fever
(Continued from Page Seven)
K + u T f ? T c + ; l
over by the
inherited the United
crown States
of bad Panama
repute that
so long had stigmatized Havana, and it
was but natural that Colonel G o r g a s ­
tor Congress had recognized in fitting
manner a non-military achievement and
promoted Captain Gorgas for his splen­
did work—should be chosen to lead the
fight against yellow fever in the Isth­
mus of Panama.
This was a much more gigantic task
than in Cuba. The populations of two
large cities, Colon and Panama, situ­
ated in foreign territory although under
nominal United States control, had to
be cleaned up, and
provisions made for
t h e reception of
s e v e r a l thousand
l a b o r e r s , many
with doubtful im­
munity to yellow
fever.
The usual four
s t e p s enumerated
previously, sufficed
to rid Panama of
yellow fever, al­
though two years
elapsed before the
requisite force and
supplies could be
mobilized to ac­
complish the result.
Perhaps the most
unique feature of
the Panama cam­
paign was the in­
vestigation of the
susceptibility of the prospective day
laborers to yellow fever. These came
mostly from the islands of the Carri­
bean Sea, Martinique, St. Lucia, and
others. It was supposed that these
people were immune to yellow fever, but
of course surmise is a poor substitute
for real information. Since hundreds
were to be brought to the Isthmus,
Colonel Gorgas ordered experiments to
be made to determine their suscepti­
bility. The experiments were simple and
direct,
First, mosquitoes of the proper sex
and kind were raised from eggs to in­
sure freedom from possible unknown in-
p
fection. Secondly, these hand-picked and
selected mosquitoes had to be infected
from known cases of yellow fever at
the proper stage of the"7disease. At the
time these observations were made, there
were plenty of cases in Panama to select
from The method of infection was
simple: The mosquitoes, deprived of all
food for three days were placed in
wire cages so arranged that the patient
UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
could place an arm in the midst of the
insects without danger of any escaping.
About a dozen insects were kept in each
rage, and carefully watched. It was a
p W Whe the m0S
fi V "
had
qu.toes
red andhadgreatly
fed; their abdomens
distended- thenbecame
they
were readily induced to retire to tne dcniably hungry, they manifested
sides of the cage, being too heavy to
fly about very much.
For throe weeks thereafter these in­ m e n with soap, then alcohol Apparently
fectcd mosquitoes, nearly 700 in all, were
carefully tended, and counted daily.
Their food was bananas and water. One
of these insects remained alive 103 days
after her captivity began. Many perish­
ed within six weeks.
One morning a single mosquito was
missing. A frantic search was kept up
for nearly two hours without success,
View of Panama Ordnance Depot
and the entire doubly screened room
they were kept in was about to be fumi­
gated to prevent accident when the lost
insect was discovered dead between the
netting of the cage and its wooden
frame. It is needless to refer to the re­
lief felt by all when the roll call was
complete. An escaped, infected mosquito
might do much mischief among per­
sons not immune to yellow fever. Al­
though these mosquitoes managed to eke
out an existence on their somewhat un­
usual diet, they gave evidence of un­
alloyed enthusiasm when an incautious
arm or hand approached their prison
bars.
When all was ready an even dozen
>f laborers were selected from 300 ar­
of laboe
rivals on an incoming steamer from
Martinique. The nature off the h experi­ i
ment and the risk they took in submit­
ting to inoculation with infected mos­
quitoes were explained to them and
they signed the necessary legal papers
in testimony thereof.
They were taken across the Isthmus
in covered and screened ambulances and
hospital cars, and placed ir, doubly
screened houses under «unrd for f.vo
weeks' observation to be certain that
lh
^ were ^ e c f r ofrom
, , , ,infection.
..,,.„ Thcv
were bitten by the infected mosquil
Even though the mosquitoes were un­
strange reluctance to bite, which made
it necessary to wash the armf, of the
the skin of the Martinique negro has
some odor repellant or distasteful to
the insects.
To make a long story short, not a
single case of yellow fever appeared
among these twelve men even though
the last man was bitten 'simultaneously
by twenty-six apparently infected and
infectious mosquitoes. It might be ar­
gued that the mos-
Ejuitoes were not in­
fective, but since
not a case of yel­
low fever develop­
ed among the hun­
dreds of laborers,
and also since cer­
tain control experi­
ments i n d i c at e d
that at least some
of the i n se c t s
could transmit the
disease, the practi­
cal result seems un­
equivocal.
Yellow fever was
exterminated from
the Canal Zone in
October, 1906, and
to this day it has
never regained a
foothold, a truly
marvelous result.
General Gorgas demonstrated yet
again his mastery of yellow jack,
His ambition was to exterminate \ell> w
fever from the face of the earth, and
to make the tropics safe for mankind.
The WTorld War intervened however,
and his time and energy were given
without stint to the herculean task of
expanding the medical corps of the
Army from some 600 to more than 30,­
000 members. When peace prevailed, he
turned again to the realization of his
mighty project. He became the chief of
the yellow fever board of the Interna­
tional Health Board and lived to see
Guayaquil, the third great pest hold of
the American tropics, freed from the
cruel grip of yellow fever.
The general has passed away, the
greatest of sanitarians has not lived to
witness the realization of his truly ma­
jestic plan for the emancipation of the
tropics, but the spirit he instilled move.
on, and the conquest of yellow fever,
the greatest romance of medicine, lias
progressed far toward accomplishment.
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ARMY SCHOOL COURSES, ENLISTED MEN, F. Y. 1926

(Continued from Page Four)

Quartermaster
Philadelphia Non-commissioned oFficcrs NCO's, first Sept. 15/25 June 15/26
three grades

r
Chicago Subsistence Sept. 1/25 May 31/26
Camp Holabird RA enlisted men Sept. 14/25 June 12/26
Ft. Strong
Ft. Hamilton
Camp Meade
Ft. Benning
Ft. Benj. Harrison'
Ft. Sheridan RA enlisted men Oct. 1/25 May 31/26
Bakers and Cooks
Ft. Riley
Ft. Sam Houston
Presidio of San
Francisco

Signal Corps
Camp Vail Radio electricians RA enlisted men Sept. 14/25 June 14/26
Tel. & Teleg. " RA Signal Corps men Sept. 14/25 June 14/26
RA enlisted men, other arms Sept. 14/25 June 14/26
Adv. Tel. & Teleg. electriciansRA Signal Corps men Sept. 14/25 June 14/26
Meteorology RA enlisted men Apr. 14/25 Jan. 30/26
Feb. 1/26 June 14/26
Army Music School
Washington Bandsmen Enlisted men 8 months to one year, no set dates.
Advanced instrumentalists One year, no set dates.
Prep, band leaders Apr. 1/26 Sept. 30/26
Regular band leaders Oct. 1/25 June 20/27

REAR GUARD ACTION

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NO MAN'S LAND

DECORATIONS
Military Terms Applied to Civil Life

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 Through The
# Telescope
Value of Military Training
In answer to the question "What
The Engineering Division of the Fifth Corps Area Troops to Camp
advantage in civil life has a young man
with an Indianapolis concern for build- with an Indianapolis concern for build-
asked six passers-by by "The Inquir­
ing Photographer" of the New York
Daily Nezvs and reported in that paper
on July 20, two men, one a salesman
and one a theatrical manager, praised
military training for the disciplinary
instruction involved and the
erect carriage which is the
property of a true military man,
and one actor, while admitting
the physical advantages in­
volved, believed that military
life destroys one's initiative and
makes him always dependent
on some one higher in author­
ity. Three young women who
were asked the same question
credited military training with
giving young men better mor­
als, finer physique, a true idea
of sportsmanship, temperance
in daily living, and general un­
derstanding of how to take
care of themselves.
CMTC Press Section Opened
The publicity department of
the CMTC at Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Indiana, has opened
a miniature school of journal­
ism with two Regular Army of­
ficers as instructors and a stu­
dent body of twenty-nine
CMTC candidates from various
parts of the Fifth Corps Area.
The purpose of the press sec­
tion is to supply home papers
with news of the camp and the
progress of the students, it be­
ing realized that the folks at
home are always interested in
the work of the boys at the
training camps.
There is intense rivalry
among the organizations and
each night the twenty-nine rep­
resentatives crowd into a room
set aside for them to grind out
their "copy" on the three
"mills" supplied. Dailies and
weeklies in Ohio, W. Virginia,
Kentucky and Indiana are be­
ing served.
New Super Engine For Airplanes
Army Air Service has let a contract Perry-
Battalion Headquarters and two
ing a new type of experimental motor
companies of the 11th Infantry, sta­
which is expected to develop 2400 tioned at Fort Benjamin Harrison, In-
horsepower. The new engine is of the
diana, and two companies of the 10th
"X" type with four banks of cylinders. Infantry at Fort Hayes, Ohio, are to be
It was designed chiefly by McCook
sent to Camp Perry, Ohio, for the Na­
Field engineers. tional Matches. These troops, under
present plans, are to proceed to
Perry by train, returning to
Things the Army Does Besides Fight their stations by motor trucks.
New York, June 27, 1925.—After more than a B. S. in M. E.—New M. I. T.
year of experimenting, according to today's New Degree
York Evening Post, a board of United States Army In view of the number of
medical officers in Manila has just published the men from the various branches
results of its investigation of dengue fever, one of of the Army and Navy detailed
the lesser ills of the tropics. Due to the fact that
to the Massachusetts Institute
the mortality of this disease is extremely low, it
has been more or less neglected by the medical fra­ of Technology for instruction,
ternity. A severe epidemic in 1923-1924, however, the Institute, according to a
during which nine out of ten of the inhabitants of letter written to the War De­
Manila were confined to their homes for several partment by Dr. S. W. Strat­
days, made an intensive investigation of the disease ton, President, has established
necessary because of the great economic loss in­ a course leading to the degree
volved. Accordingly the board was appointed and of Bachelor of Science in Mili­
has since been working with 25 soldiers, both tary Engineering. This course
American and Filipino, who volunteered for the
experimental work. is open only to officers who are
graduates of the United States
The board found that dengue fever is caused by Naval or Military Academies
the bite of only one species of mosquitoes, the
acdes egyoti or stegomyia fasci'ata, one of the two and to officers of the services
highly domesticated mosquitoes of the Philippines. who may have received their
It differs from the malaria mosquito in that it flies training at some technical school.
by day as well as night. Following a blood meal, o
the dengue mosquito rests on a dark surface to Princeton Offers Scholarship
digest her food, a process which requires from two A scholarship at Princeton
to three days. From the third to the fifth day
following the meal, eggs are laid, being deposit­ University has been offered to
ed inside the house in receptacles containing- flow­ a selected young man from the
ers, cans containing water and flower pots and Plattsburg Citizens' Military
outside in' roof gutters or wherever else there Training Camp. It is given in
is standing water. From 15 to 20 eggs are de­ memory of the men of Com­
posited at one time, and resemble small particles pany L, 307th Infantry, who
of dark colored dust floating on the surface of were killed in action in the
the water.
World War, and will be avail­
Only the female mosquito transmits dengut. The able to the winner in either the
transmission of the disease by mosquito and the arts or scientific department of
period of generation is practically the same as the university. It will be
with yellow fever. Once infected the mosquito re­
mains so for at least 75 days. awarded on the recommenda­
tion of Major General Charles
Following the findings of the Army board, the P. Summerall.
Manila health authorities have instituted an in­
tensive anti-mosquito campaign. All houses have The next Plattsburg camp
been surveyed for .mosquitoes, the inhabitants in­ opens on August 3.
structed in ways and means of preventing re­ o
production, and other steps taken to make Manila The day to start reenlisting a
a mosquitoless city. man is the day he takes the
oath of enlistment.
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 UMTfcb SfATfcS ARMY RfeCRUlfMG NfeWS
Humphreys' Engineer Team Publicity With a Catch General Staff Officers Inspect CMT
Fort Humphreys' baseball team, The British Army was recently ex­ Camps
shown on this page, last year won 41 ploited by an American moving pic­ Major General John L. Hines, Chief
out of 51 games played. Up to June ture press agent in a publicity stunt. of Staff, U. S. Army, and Major Gen­
5 of this year it had won 17 out of the By some hook or crook, according to eral Dennis Nolan, Deputy Chief of
21 games played, having defeated all the Nczv York Times, he succeeded in Staff, are keeping in close touch this
of the service teams in and near the securing the escort of an artillery out­ summer and early fall with the prog­
District of Washington and many local fit from Southampton to London for ress of the work in the training camps.
athletic clubs. himself and his films, which, he stated, General Hines visited Camp McCIellan
Players from left to right in the pic­ had been insured for $1,000,000. He last week on an inspection trip and
ture are: Standing: Hartraan, Reed, promised that, should the men be per­ General Nolan is attempting at least
McBridc, Fitzthomas, Viar, Davison, mitted to act as escort, moving pic­ one trip this summer.
Croft, Lieut. Bingham (coach) ; sitting: tures would be taken of them which Brigadier General Hugh A. Drum,
Scrive, Myers, Bowen, Batton, Wiggy. could be used as an aid in the recruit­ Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, left
— o ing campaigns which were being car­ Washington July 18 on a trip through
New Rifle Record ried on. the Middle West. Stops on his sched­
A new world's record was made by A company of the Southampton gar­ ule included Columbus, Ohio; La
the rifle team of the 2nd Company of rison was paraded, with band, and Crosse and Sparta, Wisconsin; Des
the Governor's Foot Guard, of New marched proudly through the streets Moines, Iowa; Omaha, Nebraska; and
Haven, Conn., at Sea Girt, New jersey, uf the post, escorting the precious Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
on July 19, when the New Haven five boxes containing the American films Other General Staff officers are visit­
man team scored 491 ing camps all over the
( mt of a possible 500
country.
points. The firing was
done at 200 and 500 Tablet Erected at Fort
yards from the prone Ticonderoga
position.
A tablet has been
o erected at Fort Ticon­
Bearcat Hymn Book deroga, New York, to
A Whiz commemorate the gal­
"The Bearcat Hymn lantry of the famous
Book," published by Black Watch at the
the 2nd Battalion of
the 76th Field Artillery assault by the British
at the Presidio of under Abercrombie on
Monterey, California, the French line com­
has just been received. manded by Montcalm,
It is a 100 per cent July 8, 1758. The St.
Artillery song book, Andrews' Society of
with the history of the Glen Falls furnished
7(>th Field Artillery the tablet and in an
and an eulogy of the impressive ceremony
Artillery branch of the Engineer Baseball Team, Fort Humphreys, Virginia a procession headed
Army added to boot. by the bagpipe band
Every Artillery song from "The Cais­ and displaying posters calling on of the Black Watch of Montreal, the
sons Go Rolling Along" to a lot of young men to fall in and learn to per­ Royal Highlanders of Canada, marched
local lyrics is included. A perusal of form the same glorious service. It ac­ through the village.
tliis magazine should make the luke­ companied the films all the way to o
warm recruit an enthusiastic rooter for London, finally depositing them at their CMTC Credit and Scholarships
the Field Artillery. ultimate destination. The most liberal credit for attend­
The commanding officer who made ance at a CMT Camp in the United
the joy ride to London at the film
17 -Year-OW Youths Predominate at company's expense has since decided States is believed to be that given
Knox that his ardor in the interest of re­ by Oklahoma, which allowed this
The total enrollment at the July cruiting was more intense than his year one-half unit credit toward high
CMT Camp at Camp Knox, Kentucky, ability to cope with a trained publicity school graduation for attendance in
was 2,484. Tabulations of the ages of agent. "I am sick and tired of the the Basic course.
the students at CMTC headquarters whole business," he stated. "We In addition to other CMTC scholar­
place the majority attending at the thought it was a recruiting stunt, but ships noted in these columns from
age of seventeen and eighteen. The it has turned out very differently." time to time, De Paul University, in
tabulations are: 16 years, 158; 17 o Chicago, Wheaton C o l l e g e , at
years, 977; 18 years, 624; 19 years, 85; Wheaton, Illinois, Kalamazoo and Al­
Oil Companies Back Test
22 years, 40; 23 years, 28; 24 years, 23; ma Colleges in Michigan, and Lake
25 years, 11, 26 years, 1; 27 years, The oil companies of Kern County, Forest College in Illinois, have an­
none; 28 years, 4 ; 29 years, 1 ; 30 years, California, pledged their entire man nounced that the foremost young men
2 ; 31 years, 1. power and resources in the observance at Camp Custer, according to the
of the Defense Day Test. The larger grading of the camp commander, will
The day to start reenlisting a man is oil companies alone pledged over 6,000 be granted free tuition for the com­
the day he takes the oath of enlistment. men. ing year, one man at each institution.
Page Fourteen
 UMfEb STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
The March of the Mounted Rifle-
Riflemen
{Continued from Page Six)
touch of the bridle is sufficient to guide
in any direction.
Having been directed to proceed to
The Dalles to make necessary arrange­
ments for transporting the troops b)
water to Fort Vancouver on their ar­
rival, I hired a guide and several horses,
which would enable me to travel the
distance without any delay, and made
every arrangement for an early start
in the morning.
Sept. 10.—I started this morning at
half past six in company with Lieuten­
ant Lindsay and two soldiers as an es­
cort. We traveled nearly 50 miles and
were tired enough to make our encamp­
ment for the night, which was easily
done, having nothing but our blankets.
Sspt. 11.—At nine o'clock in the morn­
ing we came to where the Cayuse In­
dians were located; their town, which is
temporary, consisted of a number of
lodges made of mats and bushes, much
larger than those made of buffalo skins.
As they expected us, they were all on
the qui vive; some were out to meet us,
while others gratified their curosity by
gazing at us; old women and children
were to be seen in numbers, while the
smaller boys were out attending to the
droves of horses which belonged to
the band.
Having remained with the Indians a
short time, I again continued my jour­
ney until 12 o'clock, when we came to a
burial ground, near the road, and not
far from the banks of the Eunatilla,
where the dead were deposited of those
who had been killed by the Oregonians
in the campaign against them after the
death of Doctor Whitman. The ground
was nicely staked in, and at the head
of each grave a long pole was planted,
• probably to designate the person who
was interred.
• The day's ride brought me to the
banks of the Columbia River, after four
months and eleven days since leaving
Washington City. We had gone througb
much fatigue and many perplexities;
we had escaped the cholera and sur­
mounted many difficulties; and we re­
flected that we had at last reached the
Columbia River. Though we were not
yet at the end of our journey, it filled
each one's breast with feelings which
cannot be easily described. We now be­
gan to think, by a little more perse­
verance, that our journey would soon
be brought to an end, and the fatigue
endured would only render the trip more
interesting when we looked back on it
hereafter.
Sept. 13.—At 12 o'clock we arrived
at Shute's River, or more properly Fall
River, which contracts here and forms
a very pretty fall before it reaches the
Columbia, Which is not more than 200
yards from it.
We continued our journey to the
Old Mission, where I met with Lieut­
enant Fry, who had at that moment
arrived with the boats for our trans­
portation to the Great Falls of the Col­
umbia River, 40 miles below.
Sept. 14.—Lieutenant Fry left this
morning, accompanied by Lieutenant
Lindsay, for Fort Vancouver. I wrote
to the quartermaster to send more' boats if
they could be obtained, and also wrote
to Colonel Loring, giving him my views
relative to the disposition to be made
of the whole command.
The country between here and the
base of the Cascade, range affords
mountain bunch grass in great quantities.
On the Walla Walla Fork, and over
the whole range of country between
here and Fall Creek, there is fine graz­
ing. The small valleys on the streams
afford an abundance of grass for a
large number of horses, cattle or sheep;
and, from my own personal observation,
I know of no place that possesses more
advantages for a post than this.
Sept. 21.—I left at seven o'clock this
morning for Fall River, with the ex­
pectation of meeting with the troops,
but was informed by some emigrants
whom I met on the road that they left
them yesterday, and it would take them
until late this evening before they could
possibly arrive at Fall Creek. These
people were in advance of their party,
going to The Dalles, which seemed to
be the general rendezvous for such as
feared to undertake, at this time, the
crossing of the great Cascade range,
particularly with weak teams.
I learned on reaching the crossing
that the troops would not be there prob­
ably the next day; and I regretted that
my boat had not arrived, nor could it
be got over the last fall. The Indians
had labored all day to succeed, but be­
coming disheartened, had finally aband­
oned all further attempts, and were en­
joying the hospitality of their friends,
when I assembled them together to re­
turn to the Old Mission, through the
same deep cuts among the rocks where
they had yesterday toiled almost in vain
to overcome.
Sept. 22.—Lieutenant Lindsay arrived
today, bringing one whale boat and a
ship's boat, which made an addition to
our little fleet; he also brought along
a fine party of Indians, all good oars­
men, who were greatly required. These
Indians had been so much under the
good discipline of the Hudson Bay
Company that they had only to be com­
manded to obey promptly. The crew
who had been left here were nearly all
sick, and of but little use to us at this
time.
The command arrived here late this
evening, and encamped about three miles
from us, and all preparations were made
for a speedy departure. As I was well
aware that we had much more freight
than could be taken for some time, I
prepared a raft by taking a portion of
the pickets from the Old Mission.
Sept. 23.—An order was issued regu­
lating the departure of the troops in
the following manner: Brevet Major
Ruff was to accompany the boats, with
as many persons as could conveniently
go, as they had become barefooted and
unable to walk; the remainder were to
march down by land twenty miles below,
on the left bank of the river, with such
horses as could well go this route, and
there to cross, when they would pro­
ceed to Fort Vancouver by land. I des­
patched a wagon in one of the boats
and a team with two teamsters to trans­
port the stores 'at the half-mile port­
age while the boats were to be taken
over the falls by the Indians, and from
the foot of what is called the upper
falls; the open boats were then to pro­
ceed to the foot of the lower falls, a
distance of three miles, 'and there em­
bark on a schooner employed to trans­
port them to Oregon City. Major Ruff
was to send back the boats to transport
the remainder, and, in the meantime, to
improve the portage so as to admit a
wagon to pass.
Sept 24.—The boats were all loaded
and off at half past nine o'clock. Major
Ruff and family and fifty men—also a
large quantity of company and private
baggage—were transported in three
Mackinaw boats, one yawl, four canoes,
and one whale-boat. The party of foot
and mounted men and eleven pack mules
left at eleven o'clock to cross the river
about twenty miles below, at an Indian
village, where the guide was directed
to hire Indians to cross them to the
right bank of the river.
Sept. 27.—I now commenced to pre­
pare the train to cross the Cascade
Mountains with such stores as could
be conveniently carried. All the wagons
were examined and thirty left here, to­
gether with 190 mules, which, from
weakness, were unable to leave here
before they were rested.
Sept. 28.—Captain Van Buren's comp­
any left last evening for Oregon City.
Lieutenant M'Lane took his departure
with the broken down horses of the
command this morning, which, in my
opinion, should have been; left here;
but as I had no control over them,
they were driven across to Oregon City,
nearly two-thirds being lost while cross­
ing the Cascade Mountains. The teams
having all been properly examined, the
march was commenced by them this
evening.
(To be Concluded)
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 ENLISTMENTS AND REENLISTMENTS MADE IN RECRUITING DISTRICTS

JUNE, 1925

Enlist- Enlist-
Total ments ments
Enlist- in in
DISTRICT OI-F1CER IN CHARCfC menls April May
1. Richmond, Va Capt. L. W. Skaggs, Inf., LOL 207 168 213
2. Philadelphia, Pa Col. F. G. Stritzinger, Jr., Inf., DOL 186 152 172
3. Indianapolis, lnd Col. R. S. Woodson, Retired 179 .165 178
4. New York, N. Y Col. J. T. Dean, Inf., DOL • 170 203 167
5. Pittsburgh, Pa Lt. Col. W. B. Cowin, QMC, DOL 164 141 133
6. Columbus, O Lt. Col. Alfred Ballin, Retired 150 117 122
7. Cincinnati, O Lt. Col. F. G. Turner, Cav., DOL 139 138 105
8. Harrisburg, Pa Col. H. S. Wygant, Retired 136 112 97
9. Buffalo, N. Y Maj. M. P. Andruss, CAC, DOL 126 115 78
10. Detroit, Mich Col. C. E. Morton, Retired 115 40 70
11. New Orleans, La Maj. G. V Heidt, Inf., DOL 106 64 69
12. Dallas, Texas Capt. E. J. Buckbee, QMC, DOL 106 101 75
13. San Francisco, Cal Maj. E. H. Pearce, Retired 101 118 106
14. Oklahoma City, Okla Capt. L. F. Crane, FA, DOL 100 111 105
15. Baltimore, Md Capt. C. J. Mabbutt, QMC, DOL 98 110 88
16. El Paso, Texas (Ft. Bliss) Lt. Col. A. A. King, Retired 95 77 60
17. St. Louis, Mo Capt. H. H. Reeves, QMC, DOL 94 44 75
18. Los Angeles, Cal Col. Hunter B. Nelson, Retired 91 141 91
19. Chicago, 111 Lt. Col. W. B. Graham, Inf., DOL 90 76 97
20. Fort Sam Houston, Texas Capt. T. L. Garza, Inf., DOL 83 104 107
21. North Carolina 1st. Lt. W. S. Bryant, FA 81 95 69
22. Syracuse, N. Y Maj. R. L. Weeks, Retired 80 77 64
23. Peoria, 111 Capt. Reyburn Engles, QMC, DOL 76 26 63
24. Scranton, Pa 1st Lt. J. J. Gutkowski. Inf., DOL 73 54 49
25. Boston, Mass 1st Lt. M. F. Cooney, Retired 72 57 80
26. West Virginia Col. B. P. Nicklin, Inf., DOL 67 46 62
27. Nebraska 1st Lt. E. P. Lukert, Inf., DOL 66 51 54
28. Portland, Me 1st Lt. T. E. Winstead, 5th Inf 65 52 61
29. Little Rook, Ark Maj. H. M. Rimmer, Retired 62 49 42
30. Houston, Texas 1st Lt. F. S. Mansfield, Inf., DOL 62 47 46
31. Providence, R. I Capt. W. J. Gilbert, CAC, DOL 60 63 57
32. Knoxvillc. Tenn Capt. T. N. Williams, Inf., DOL 59 67 69
33. Springfield, Mass Capt. T. W. Herren, Cav., DOL 57 47 34
34. Atlanta, Ga Col. W. R. Sample, Inf., DOL 56 51 43
35. Fort Leavenworth, Kans. . .. Col. E. L. Butts, Inf., DOL 55 60 68
36. Fort Snelling, Minn Col. William Wallace, Retired 55 33 50
37. Memphis, Tenn Capt. J. D. Chambliss, Inf., DOL 54 42 49
38. Milwaukee, Wisconsin ....Capt. J. V. Stark, Inf., DOL 54 32 30
39. Denver, Colo Maj. E. W. Mumford, Retired 54 52 - 55
40. Newark, N. J Lt. Col. W. R. Taylor, Cav., DOL 54 65 58
41. Des Moines, Iowa Capt. R. T. Edwards, QMC, DOL 53 41 31
42. Seattle, Washington Col. G. W. S. Stevens, Retired 49 28 40
43. Albany, N. Y 1st Lt. W. B. Walters, CAC, DOL 47 42 40
44. Washington, D. C Lt. Col. C. S. Fries, Inf, DOL 44 44 43
45. Nashville, Tenn 1st Lt. L. W. Boyd, Inf., DOL 40 43 45
46. Wichita, Kan Capt. T. A. Bryant, Cav, DOL 39 25 41
47. New Haven, Conn Lt. Col. O. C. Nichols, Inf., DOL 39 % 31
48. Salt Lake City, Utah Capt. Roy F. Lynd, Inf., DOL (Acting) 33 A7 27
49. Camden, N. J Capt. W. F. Gent, Inf, DOL 27 41 28
50. Portland, Ore Lt. Col. C. F. Andrews, Inf, DOL 27 42 43
51. Jackson, Miss Capt. Daniel Becker, Cav, DOL 26 16 19
52. Spokane, Washington Col. C. C. Ballou, Inf., DOL 23 10 16
53. Savannah, Ga Capt. P. S. Roper, CAC, D O L 21 24 30
54. Grand Rapids, Mich Lt. Col. H. M. Fales, Retired 20 20 18
55. Fort Oglethorpe, Ga Capt. H. D. Bagnall, Inf, DOL 20 32 27
56. Alabama Capt. A. G. French, Inf, DOL 19 15 15
57. Jacksonville, Fla. Capt. C. H. Dayhuff, Cav, DOL ....... 19 24 21
58. Fort Benning, Ga Capt. G. E. Kraul, Inf., DOL '.'.'.'.'. 11 5 4
59. Fort Ethan Allen, Vt 2nd Lt. J. F. Williams, 7th FA . 9 Y2 9
60. Fort Banks, Mass 2nd Lt. A. W. Glass, 9th CAC ... . 8
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 The History of the Cavalry

{Compiled From Articles by Brigadier General LEROY ELTINGE and Colonel C. B. SWEEZY)
INCE the days when prehistoric

S
man learned to cling to the backs
of fierce, untamed horses, cavalry
has been a favored and important element
in the make-up of armies. The Tar­
tar hordes of Genghis Khan and the
mounted warriors of Alexander the
Great are removed from the cavalry
used in the World War only by changes
in equipment and manner of fighting.
Notwithstanding the amazing growth of
motor and air transportation the success­
ful cavalry campaigns of the Allies
against the Germans at Cambrai and of
General Allenby in Egypt and Palestine
have proven unquestionably that
the cavalry arm is not obsolete
nor doomed to discard.
It is highly probable, though
there is little evidence of it, that
the Scythians were the first people
to use the horse for riding. Living
a nomadic life upon the great
plains where horses existed in
vast numbers, it was only natur­
al that they should discover at
an early period the usefulness of
these animals for equestrian pur­
poses. This idea spread rapidly
into Asia until its people became
nations of horsemen—long be­
fore the Greeks conceived the
possibilities of riding. It is clear
that the fable of the Centaur was
prompted by Greeks who had
seen or heard of the horsemen
and mistook them for single ani­
mals half-man and half-horse, a
the chariots were provided with short, ron of cavalry, the mounted service had
sharp knives that enabled a fast-rushing long since given way to the jnfantry as
chariot to mow down ranks of men. the most important branch of the Army.
Ensconced behind the protective body of This squadron was formed in the summer
the chariot, covered by a shield that the of 1793 and performed an honorable part
driver held for him, and provided with in campaigns against the Indians in what
an unlimited supply of arrows borne in was then the Northwest.
the body of the chariot, the fighting man
An Act of Congress dated March 3,
of these times had little to fear from
foot soldiery. 1795, authorized certain forces of troops,
including two companies of dragoons, to
The evolution of cavalry from the
be retained in service. Then upon the
chariot units required 500 years, and even
expiration of its three years' service the
then it is observed that cavalry mounts
squadron formed in 1793 was reduced
were provided with the same harness
as the draft chariot horse. The first real to two small companies of light dra­
goons which made up the entire
mounted service.
On March 2, 1799, Congress
authorized the raising of three
regiments but in May of the next
year directed that all officers and
men who had up to that time
entered the cavalry be discharged
save those in two troops. Two
years later these were disbanded
and the Army was left without
any mounted force. April 12, 1808,
a regiment of eight troops of light
dragoons was ordered and this
single regiment composed the cav­
alry of the United States at tb~
outbreak of the War of 1812,
though another of twelve troops
was added January 11 of the
same year.
Certain historians have referred
to the latter regiment as mounted

infantry and as volunteer Kent­

most natural conception of a

tucky cavalry, but whatever its

people continually on horseback

by a non-riding nation.
The Scythians do not appear
to have used chariots of war at
all, so that evidence seems to point
to them as the earliest cavalry
nation. In battle they fought tum­
ultuously, without a fixed order
and in groups of triangular shape,
firing their arrows at a distance,
retreating swiftly if attacked, but rarely
if ever engaging in hand-to-hand con­
flict. By this system their enemies were
soon worn out, and a force invading their
country was continually harried by fast-
moving, elusive riders upon whom a
crushing blow could not be delivered.
Other nations used the horse primarily
as a means of transport to draw their
chariots. At first, rich and influential men
rode to battle in a chariot and then dis­
mounted to fight, the chariot being turned
about and held a few yards in rear ready
to receive them should they desire to
flee.
Next, the horses were shielded by
armor, and the axles and neck yokes of
Page Two
proper designation it charged the
Major General Malin Craig, Chief of Cavalry
cavalrymen had no saddles. For a time
they rode bareback, then used a simple
pad of cloth fastened on the animal with
a single girth. With the exception of
Roman leaders who had no genius for
horsemanship, great captains from Alex­
ander to Frederick used their infantry
for a sort of holding attack and their,
cavalry for the decisive action. AH of
Alexander's victories were won with
cavalry. It was he who inaugurated the
principle of the pursuit of a beaten enemy
to the last gasp of man and horse. In
one case he pursued the defeated Persians
70 miles in 36 hours.
When the Congress of the United States
in 1792 authorized the raising of a squad­
British regulars with true cavalry
spirit.
At the termination of the sec­
ond war with England an army
of ID, ()()0 men was authorized.
No provision was made for cav­
alry and, in fact, it was not until
the spring of 1833 that this branch
The received any serious attention.
need Black Hawk War impressed the
of mounted troops upon Con­
gress, and accordingly, the First Regiment
merit of Dragoons was organized. This
marks the beginning of the present or­
ganization of our cavalry forces.
Three years later the Second Regiment
ol Dragoons came into existence and the
two were occupied for several years
against the Indians in Florida and on'the
Western frontier. At times the dragoons
were widely scattered and performed ex­
ceedingly difficult and arduous service,
but both officers and enlisted men learned
much through their campaigns.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
 Sailing the Seas with the Army
S OLDIERS of the sea"—not ma­
rines—but soldiers of the Army of
the United States enlisted or em­
ployed by the Quartermaster Corps, oper­
ate a small sized navy for the American
Government. The Army has found that
"travel by water" effects a tremendous
saving and under an economic program
troops are moved by transport when­
ever possible. Like a great many of the
progressive accomplishments of the Army
the transport service had its inception in
time of war.
The Army established a sea-going
transport service of its own, independent
of Navy administration, during the Civil
War. In the military campaign of the
Eastern Carolinas a fleet of old- shallow
draft river steamers and nondescript
"wooden tubs" were gathered together,
placed under military command of "Army
Admirals" and sent south to make things
interesting for the Carolinians. Before
this fleet had an opportunity of showing
its ability these marine dogs of war
were called off for at that time the
Peninsular Campaign in Virginia became
so tense for both sides that the lagoon
lands of North Carolina seemed of com­
paratively little importance. Thereafter
U . S . Army Cableship Dellwood
U. 5 . Army Ferryboal "General Otis
Quartermaster Corps Maintains
Small Efficient
Navy
these same Army transports became as
busy carrying Federal troops to the James
River as they had before been occupied
in convoying regiments from Philadelphia
and New York to the Southern battle­
fields.
This was the origin of the United
States Army Transport Service. It was
the outgrowth of dire necessity and was
a nautical branch of the Army hastily
organized for the occasion. The Ameri­
can Navy had its hands more than filled
maintaining a tight blockade of Confeder­
ate ports and breaking up the privateering
activities of the Confederacy which were
destroying American shipping. The Army
therefore had to handle its own transport
activities.
The United States Army Transport
Service disappeared almost as quiokly
as it was created upon the signing of
peace it Appamattox.
The war with Spain in 1898 created
another demand for transportation facili­
ties. Troops had to he sent to Cuba.
U . S . Army Vessel "Gen. Frank M. Coxe
U. 5 . Army Transport "St. Mihiel"
American soldiers were detrained hourly
at Tampa. Military congestion was at
once foreseen and the Army Transport
Service was again created and has
functioned to the present time.
These mark the beginnings of the
Army's navy and during the Spanish
War and the Philippine campaigns this
little fleet included 65 vessels under the
control and administration of the Quarter­
master Corps of the Army. The forces
were recruited not from the Navy but
from the Merchant Marine.
While the Army Transport Service is
maintained as a branch of the Quarter­
master Corps its organization resembles
that of a commercial steamship corpora­
tion rather than that of a military navy.
Its employees are usually in the Civil
Service and enjoy the benefits given
those enrolled in the classified service
of the Government.
A considerable number of eligible men
have entered the transport service after
the expiration of their enlistemnt in the
Regular Army. A great many soldiers who
have tasted the salt air on Army trans­
ports have acquired a love for sea-going
ships and many of them have risen in
the ranks of the transport service.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
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 Army Engineer River and Harbor Work

N THE one hundred and fifty years Address by Brig. Gen. Edgar tion of annual port customs dues in 1925

I that the United States has been paying

its own bills, about one billion

quarter dollars have been expended by and a
.

Jadwtn,
.

Assistant
, s>t • r

Lhtef
/ r>

of tn­
amounted to approximately $562,000,000.
These customs dues collected through the
ports thus equal in a little more than
two years the total amount spent in one
the Army Engineers for original works gineers, in Boston, on June 26 hundred and fifty years for all of our
of river and harbor improvement and is easily visualized and is enormous. For
for their operation and maintenance. harbors, channels and rivers. As these
example, Galveston had a ruling depth coast harbors are of vital importance
About two hundred and fifty million dol- before improvement of 9 feet. At present
lars in addition will be required for the to the entire interior of the country, it
it has a depth of 33 feet obtained by the is obvious that they must be maintained
completion of projects now authorized dollexpenditure of approximately $10,000,­
by Congress. This body is now appro- and from time to time enlarged to meet
000. Estimates of the saving in freight ef­ the increasing size and number of ships
priating money at the approximate rate fected by the existence of this harbor to
of $40,000,000 per year looking to the as the country and its commerce grow.
the country dependent upon it indicate an With reference to lake
completion of these pro­
jects, to the undertaking navigation it may be
of new projects, and to said that the Great
"»•_ g Lakes in general are
the maintenance of ex­
isting ones. large bodies of water
which had the natural
The principal works depths suitable for navi­
may be divided roughly gation in the main body
into three p r i n c i p a l of the Lakes, but needed
classes: coast harbors, considerable work in the
lake harbors and chan­ connecting channels and
nels, and inland rivers in the various harbors
and canals. There are to adapt them to the
other important works handling of a large
such as harbors of ref­ amount of commerce.
uge, secondary rivers, The improvement of
coastwise channels, etc., these channels and har­
which would not actual­ bors by the Corps of
ly fall in the principal Engineers has facilitat­
classes named. ed the development of
This work has result­ over one hundred and
ed in putting most of twenty-five million tons
our coast harbors in of commerce per year
excellent condition. It valued at $1,384,000,000.
is now possible for ships This is probably moved
carrying commodities more cheaply per ton
for or from nearly mile than any other in­
every part of the United land commerce in the
States to enter the har­ world moving for a
bor which will give the long distance. This
most economical rail commerce is equal to
haul between the port about one-tenth of the
and the point of origin freight handled by all
or destination of the the railroads of the
material in the United country, and it moves at
States. This effects an about one-ninth of the
enormous annual saving cost per ton mile of
Electric dredging apparatus aboard the U. S. Engineer Dept. boat "Mackenzie",
to the country on freight now working in New York harbor. In center is shown suction pipe through which freight handled by rail.
payments. It also sand is pumped from the bottom of the harbor. In harbor improvement
makes our ocean com­ it is evident that the individual ports
merce exceedingly elastic. The develop- annual saving of approximately fifteen
can be developed to the extent necessary
ment of these harbors has been con- million dollars. In other words, the en-
to handle commerce as it develops. It
current with the growth of the country, tire expenditures are amortized yearly.
has therefore been feasible to secure
as well as with the increase in size of By assuming che wiping out of any
beneficial results running quite concurrent­
the prevailing freight carriers of the given harbor and then computing the ly with, or following shortly after, the
various periods. extra cost of handling the freight to and expenditures.
In the year 1800, the largest ship was from the part of the country tributary
ISO feet long, had a width of 27 feet to and dependant upon it, an estimate In the third general class of improve-
and a draft of 16 feet. In the period ment—that of rivers—such is not always
can be formed of the present value of
intervening from then up to the present the case. Originally our rivers furnished
that harbor. Through Atlantic, Gulf and
there has been a gradual but steady the best and only method of transporta­
growth until at present thr ,argest di- Pacific coast ports there passed in 1925 tion for long distance in the interior of
mensions are 950 feet in length, 100 some 264,000,000 tons of goods valued the country, and necessarily had to be
feet in width, and a maximum draft of at $17,000,000,000. It will noted that on used for such transportation as there was,
41.3 feet. In some harbors the benefit top of direct freight savings the collec- (Continued on Page Five)

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 The New Chief of the RPB
T O THOSE familiar with the annals
of the Recruiting Service for the
past twenty years, Major William
F. Harrell, now Chief of the Recruiting
Publicity Bureau, needs no introduction.
Commissioned as second lieutenant of
Infantry in 1903, he served as recruiting
officer at Fort Ontario, New York, in
1907 and at Fort Porter, New York, in
Major Williiam F. Harrell
1908, while in 1911 he was on duty with
the recruit detachment at Fort Sam
Houston, Texas. Early in 1917 he be-
came recruiting officer at Fort Wayne,
Indiana, and later in the year was de-
tailed in charge of the Harrisburg Dis-
trict with station at Harrisburg, Pa.
Harrisburg was not required to fur-
nish a single man under the first selective
service quota because of the large num-
ber of enlistments for voluntary service
completed, and the City Council publicly
commended Major Harrell for his con-
spicious part in the achievement. In 1920
and 1921, during the intensive recruiting
drives which attended demobilization, he
was in charge of the Indianapolis Re-
By Major I. J. PHILLIPSON, A. G. D.
cruiting District and won for himself
a reputation for efficiency and outstand­
ing merit seldom attained.
Considered only from an angle of re­
cruiting, this record is unique, but it
forms only a minor phase in the fine mili­
tary career of Major Harrell. No officer
of his grade and time has had more bril­
liant service in actual command of combat
troops. He served in every grade from
captain to colonel with the Sixteenth In-
fantry overseas and played a leading role
in all combats of the First Division.
Twice wounded in action in leading his
battalion in the heaviest fighting of the
war, he is one of those officers whose
high standards set the example that led
to the First Division's successes. Major
Harrell has been awarded both the Dis­
tinguished Service Medal and the Dis-
tinguished Serivce Cross as well as sev­
eral decorations of the Allied govern­
ments. These with their attendant cita­
tions bear immutable witness to the quali­
ty of service rendered.
Major Harrell J? an officer of wide
service and experience who knows in a
marked degree the enlisted needs of the
United States Army. His has been large­
ly a service with the line and no one is
better prepared to maintain its standards.
He is particularly fitted for the responsi­
bilities now devolving upon him both
from the viewpoint of the Army and of
the Recruiting Service. We welcome him
back firm in our faith that both services
are greatly the gainers through his
presence.
Army Engineer River and Harbor
Work
(Continued from Page Four)
relying partially on flood stages. As
highways were improved and railroads
built the people became accustomed to a
service independent of the stages of the
river. For most rivers to attain again
their full usefulness consistent with mod­
ern developments, it is necessary, for the
handling of most commodities, that they
be so improved that they shall be navig­
able for reliable depths throughout the
year. A long river which is to be im­
proved for a specified depth—say nine
feet—docs not attain anywhere near its
full usefulness as long as any part of
the channel has not been improved to
this depth. The standard depth must be
available from the point of origin to the
point of destination. It is true that in
the case of many rivers, which needed
only a small amount of work to adapt
them to local commerce, excellent re­
sults have been obtained in the way of in­
creasing commerce for small expenditures.
There moved in 1923 through rivers,
canals and connecting waterways, 53,­
000,000 tons valued at $1,010,000,000.
In the case, however, of our principal
interior rivers, such as the Ohio, the
full benefit can not be had until the im­
provement of the river is completed.
These works are progressing steadily un­
der the War Department Engineers and
in some places improvement has been
carried over a sufficient stretch to adapt
a river to the necessities of commerce in
a localized region with excellent results.
One of the most notable case? is the
Monongahela River. This handles about
twenty-five million tons per year, prob­
ably more than any other inland river
in the world. The Rhine handled about
twice this much before the war, but it
has not regained its former commerce
since the war. No other river comes to
mind which handles as much. The Mo­
nongahela is paralleled by three prosper­
ous railroads for much of its critical
distance. The annual freight saving over
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 Religious Services at CMT Camps
A Sunday Protestant Meeting
HE big summer training camp was
T almost deserted. Where normally
there should have been two thou­
sand or more robust youths in evidence
along the tent-lined streets there were
now less than thirty to be seen. To the
little group of puzzled visitors these
few appeared to be on duty, for each—
clad in the khaki colored uniform of the
army, and with the important air of one
imbued with authority—paced slowly up
and down, occasionally glancing into a
tent to make certain that everything was
as it should be.
To one of these the visitors put a
question, evidently asking a direction, for
the youth turned and pointed to a clump
of woods at the edge of the camp. The
visitors—a middle-aged man and woman,
and two children—thanked him and turned
their steps that way, still however, with
some puzzlement in their eyes. Suddenly,
from the woods came the sound of
voices, the voices of men raised not in
anger or merriment, but in song. The
melody was strangely familiar, yet it
was not such as is heard in music halls
or concerts. Rather, it was a song of
worship and brotherly love, a hymn.
The singing ceased just as the visitors
entered the woods and came upon a large
gathering of men seated upon the ground
before a small raised platform on which
stood a chaplain. The meaning of the de­
serted camp was now apparent. The look
of perplexity lifted from the brows of the
visitors, as well as a certain skeptical
look in the eyes of the woman.
"You see, Martha," said the man, "You
needn't have feared that our boy's reli­
gious training would be neglected."
"Oh, there he is," piped up a childish
voice. "There's John!"
"Sh-h!" cautioned the mother. "They're
praying. Let's join them."
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An Orthodox Jewish Service
The men had risen and were now
standing with bowed heads while the
chaplain led them in prayer. Then their
heads lifted and the gathering broke up,
the youths streaming back in the di­
rection of camp. One, a tall young man
of nineteen or twenty, came up to the
visitors and greeted them affectionately.
"I want you to meet our chaplain,
mother," he said. "Here he comes."
The chaplain, a clergyman from a near­
by city holding a commission in the
Officers' Reserve Corps, listened atten­
tively as the boy explained that his family
had not been certain that citizen soldiers
were given^ opportunity to attend church
services.
"No mother or father need fear that
the spiritual welfare of their son is
not looked after," he replied. "Men of
any and every faith are numbered among
the thousands who come to these camps
each year and all have services which
they can attend just as they would at
home. Over there, for instance," point­
ing to another clump of woods, "is a
Catholic service, and still farther is a
gathering of men of Jewish faith. Civil­
ian ministers are willing and eager to
come to these camps if called upon, and
all students are urged to attend some
service each Sunday—but not compelled
to, for this country was founded upon
principles of tolerance and religious
freedom."
The Army looks after its Regulars
also. The chaplain of today is not limited
to pulpit utterances and pastoral calls.
He deals with the modern Sunday school
and religious education classes, with
young peoples' movements, limitless in
their possibilities, and the social inter­
pretation of the Gospel. He is on the
drill ground and the target range, in
the riding hall and the gymnasium, wher­
ever men assemble for play and recrea­
tion. He has contact with those in any
kind of trouble, and .whatever interests
his soldier parish interests him.
Reports from the office of the Chief
of Chaplains indicate that attendance at
religious services are on the increase in
Army circles. Colonel Axton reached
this conclusion after a tour of twenty-
six posts in the Pacific Coast states, the
Central West and along the Mexican
border. The total attendance of officers
and enlisted men and their families at
divine worship conducted by chaplains
last year on military reservations was
1,339,473, which is nearly 300,000 more
than for the preceding fiscal year. This
does not take into consideration the large
attendance of military personnel at serv­
ices in communities near their stations,
nor does it include those services con­
ducted by chaplains of the Officers' Re­
serve Corps and National Guard at the
summer training camps, which would
swell the total greatly.
The Army believes in watching care­
fully the religious training of its soldiers
and citizen trainees. There is no dis­
crimination jagainst any sect or creed.
The lad of Jewish faith is as well cared
for as the Protestant or Catholic, and
there is always a chaplain or churchman
at hand ready to answer his call. What­
ever his faith, whatever his creed, reli­
gious services are planned for his atten­
dance, and he is encouraged to be present.
 Old Fort Dearborn, Illinois
Fort on Site of Present-Day Chicago Was Scene
H E howl of infuriated warriors,
T the flash of tomahawks, the gleam
of knives ; bloody, dripping scalps
torn violently from the heads of still-
living soldiers and their families; stout
hearted but futile resistance; the shrieks
of terrorized women and children mount­
ing in agonized crescendo—all these were
part of the tragedy of Old Fort Dear-
born on the fifteenth of August, 1812.
Nine years previous a little company
of regulars, commanded by Lieutenant
Swearingen, had landed on the desolate
shore of Lake Michigan where Chicago
now stands. A spot was selected well
fitted for purposes of fortification on
the banks of a narrow river where the
stream swerved southward. Here the
ground, generally flat and level, rose into
a mound which yielded from its summit
an unobstructed view across the prairie
and plains of sand. It was a magnificent
expanse of primeval nature outspread
on every side, yet desolate in its un­
speakable loneliness. And upon this spot
these Army pioneers constructed a rude,
typically frontier post, which they named
Fort Dearborn.
The fortifications consisted of a simple
stockade of logs, standing each upon end,
firmly implanted in the ground, extending
upward some fifteen feet and sharpened
at the top. This stockade was built en­
tirely solid except for one entrance facing
southward, protected by heavy gates of
oaken timber, and another, a subterranean
passage, leading out beneath the north
wall to the river. A small parade ground
was contained within this palisade, to­
gether with the requisite log buildings
for the expected garrison—officers'
quarters, troop barracks, guard house and
magazine. Two blockhouses, each erected
with overhanging icconcl story, were
built as an additional protection, one
standing at the northwest, the other at
the southeast corner of the palisaded
wall. A narrow elevated walk or ban­
quette of wood enabled the defenders
to stand within the enclosure and fire
upon the enemy from behind the sharp-
of Massacre of Army Pioneers
ened pickets with comparative safety.
In August, 1812, this primitive structure
contained a garrison of four officers and
fifty-four non-commissioned officers and
privates of the First Regiment, United
States Infantry. The commandant was
Captain Nathan Heald, an experienced
soldier, the other officers being Lieuten­
ant Linus T. Helm, experienced in fron­
tier service; Ensign Ronon, a young
smooth-faced lad in his first command,
and Surgeon Van Vooi'hees. The wives
of the two senior officers were witll
them, Mrs. Helm being a bride of seven­
teen and the step-daughter of John Kiri­
zie, a much respected Indian trader living
across the river from the fort. A number
of the soldiers also had their families
with them, so that altogether the non­
military inhabitants numbered twelve wo­
men and twenty children.
Since the establishment of Dearborn
by Lieutenant's Swearingen's little com­
pany the territory had been free from in­
ternal troubles. But the pleasant peace
of the Illinois border was destined to be
rudely interrupted in 1812 by sudden wild
Indian forays. The breaking out of a
second war between the United States
and England immediately involved the
savages of the west, already restless
from the constant encroachment of set­
tlers, and stirred by the harangues of
dissatisfied chiefs.
All that was needed—the match to the
tinder—was some excuse, no matter how
slight, and the woods would be thronged
with fierce warriors. The instant it was
known that hostilities had commenced,
swift runners were sent scurrying from
tribe to tribe and from village to village
with red belts of wampun—the summons
to war. Almost without exception the
various tribes allied themselves with the
British and began depredations along the
entire American frontier.
The war opened within the present
limits of Illinois with a most pathetic
tragedy. The first blow did not fall on
the "embattled farmers" who had settled
in great nunibers in the southern counties
and who had fought fiercely for their
lands long before Dearborn came into
being—it was the isolated garrison at
the present site of Chicago which was
first to feel the hand of the savage.
On the ninth of August the first di­
rect and official news of the situation
reached Dearborn, when a Pottawattomi
runner arrived from Detroit with word
that the English had captured the garri­
son at Mackinac. The runner also brought
orders from General William Hull, com­
manding the American troops in the
Northwest, to "evacuate the fort ai
Chicago if practicable, and in that event
to distribute all the United States prop­
erty in the fort, or factory, to the Indians
in the neighborhood, and repair to Fort
Wayne."
The' situation at Dearborn was fast
growing alarming and was such as to
test severely the judgment of the com­
mandant. Captain Heald, firm in his
determination to obey orders, was yet
confident of the friendliness of the In­
dians who had been streaming to the
vicinity of the fort for days. By August
12 there were five hundred camped with­
in a mile, and more were hurrying to
join their tribesmen as the news spread.
Frequent councils were held in the black
shadows of the lodges and on the evening
of the 12th the commandant attended one.
Word had been brought in that treach­
ery was brewing in the smoky tepees
and although every one of the officers
refused to accompany him, Captain Heald
left the protection of the fort and walked
boldly into the Indian encampment with
the intention of buying safe conduct to
Fort Wayne.
The cannon on the walls of Dearborn,
constantly trained upon the Indians as a
protection to the officer, induced the sav­
ages to allow him to come and go unhin­
dered. During the council Captain Heald
proposed to the assembled chiefs to dis­
tribute among them the stores and am­
munition belonging to the garrison, pro­
vided' he was furnished with escort to the
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Recruiting Publicity tiureau, Governors Island, N. Y
An Army Information Bulletin containing a resume
of administrative reports, statistical tables, rules,
regulations, and official notices of recruiting for the
guidance of members of the Regular Army, National
Guard and Organized Reserves
SEPTEMBER 1, 1925
Recruits and Prospects
There seems to be a tendency in some quarters,
according to the Recruiting Bulletin of the 7th Corps
Area, to count the number of applicants obtained in­
stead of the number of recruits accepted when summing
up results. While the number of applicants secured
may indicate to some degree the effort that is being
put forth by the recruiter, it is no certain criterion of
success. The success of the baseball scout is not meas­
ured by the number of selections he makes in the
"bushes" in an effort to secure the talent for his
team but the quality of those he obtains. By the
same measure must the success of the recruiter
be gauged, namely, the number of actual enlist­
ments to his credit for any given period.
A recruiter often has to take a long chance on
some of the material available but sound judgment
in making selections must be developed. A tough look­
ing prospect may prove a find while the good looking
one may turn out to be a complete fadeout. Get all
the prospects you can but be convinced that they are
prospects and always remember that the number of
recruits obtained is what actually counts in efficiency
ratings and not the number of applicants.
Reenlistments That Count
The 7th and 3rd Corps Areas have made a most
creditable record for reenlistments during the
month of July. The 7th Corps Area, with 237 dis­
charges, reenlisted 130, with a reenlistment per­
centage of 68.42. The 3rd Corps Area reenlisted
83 of the 138 men discharged during the month,
and had a reenlistment percentage of 60.14.
These are two of the highest percentages made
in the past year, and betoken activity on the part
of both recruiting officers and brgfariiz'atibn Com­
manders.
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Regulars as Reserve Officer*
The Camp Lewis News reports the graduation of
twenty-two Regular Army men from the Citizens'
Military Training Camp held at Camp Lewis, Wash-
ington. One hundred and twenty-five regulars at
Camp Lewis were found qualified to attend, and
of this number twenty-five were selected by a board
of officers. Twenty-two of these were graduated
and recommended for commissions in the Officers'
Reserve Corps, and in due time will receive ap­
pointments in the various branches thereof.
This news is gratifying, for it demonstrates plain­
ly that there are plenty of men in the Regular
Army capable of carrying on the duties of officers
in case of a national emergency. The fact that they
are receiving training every day is an element of
added importance and a decided advantage over the
civilian reserve officer who can devote but two
weeks a year to active service.
• o
The Recruiter's Gain
"In appreciation of having had a chance at re­
cruiting duty for over a year," writes an Infantry
corporal recently transferred to line duty, "I can
state that it is work which greatly improves a
soldier in many ways, providing that he makes use
of all its advantages. Recruiting duty gives one
an excellent opportunity to broaden his outlook
and to study human nature more closely—a thing
which cannot be secured through reading, but only
through coming in constant contact with people
themselves."
The advantages of the recruiter are too often
summed up from a more material viewpoint. The
privilege of living "in town"; of eating at res­
taurants, boarding houses, hotels—anywhere except
at the company mess; the freedom from drills and
formations, and the opportunity of working more
or less on one's own—these are the things most
frequently stressed by men on recruiting duty when
describing the advantages of their service. But
there is a deeper and more worthwhile feature to
this service, and that is the opportunity of the can­
vasser to study and analyze the most interesting
and abstruse of God's creatures—man.
No matter where a man goes, or what he does,
the ability to size up human nature quickly and
fairly accurately is an asset. If he remains a re­
cruiter, so much the better; if he goes into civil
life, he will be all the mare efficient because of the
ktftfwle'd'g-'e gained.
 RECRUITING
NOTES
The United States Army builds Men 9 9
153 Enlisted Men Attend US MA
Reports from the War Department
indicate that there are 153 cadets at the
United States Military Academy at West
Point, New York, who were appointed
from the enlisted men of the Regular
Army and the National Guard. The total
enrollment at the Military Academy is
1,100, therefore the enrollment of the en­
listed men amounts to 14 per cent of the
total student body.
:0
CMTC Students Gain Weight
An average gain of four pounds in
weight in ten days is the record set by
the Physical Training Company at the
Camp McClellan, Alabama, CMT Camp.
Upon arrival at the camp 68 students
were assigned to the development com­
pany because they were below the re­
quired physical standard, with an average
weight of 104.86 pounds. After ten days
of careful dieting the boys showed an
average weight to 108.68 pounds.
o Camp Devens, Mass., 1,333; Fort
Batting Averages of Recruiters
Col. J. P. O'Neil, the recruiting officer
of the 3rd Corps Area, has devised a
method of computing the batting aver­
ages of all of his recruiters. Daily
batting records of the canvassers in the
corps area league are being posted,
the following being an example of the
method of computing the averages:
STATION GAME OF AUGUST 5, 1925
Times Sacri- Batting
At fice Aver-
Name Game Bat Hits Hits age
Smith 5 30 8 7 .274
Jones 5 30 3 12 .112
Brown 5 30 2 18 .085
Explanation: Each canvasser is at
bat six times per day. Each man enlisted
by his efforts counts as a hit. Each of the
applicants he procures who is rejected,
declines or elopes adds 1 per cent to his
average. Percentage is figured as follows:
Number of hits to date divided by the
number of times at bat to date plus 1
per cent for every applicant (sacrifice
hits are rejected, declined and eloped).
Each station keeps its own table. The
highest three names each day are re­
ported to the office on the Daily Report.
. o
The day to start reenlisting a man is
the day he takes the oath of enlistment.
Regular Army Recruiting
The strength of the Army as of July
20 was 116,018, compared with the au­
thorized strength of 118,750, which, it is
estimated, will be reached by September
30. During the fiscal year 1926, according
to War Department announcements, a
total of 60,367 men will have to be re­
placed due to expiration of enlistment.
Of the men who enlisted for three
years in 1923, 56.6 per cent will remain
in service to be discharged by ETS in
1926. The estimated monthly replace­
ments which will be needed are as fol­
lows: July, 5,193; August, 4,368; Sept­
ember, 3,916; October, 4,446; November,
5,348; December, 5,348; January, 5,611;
February, 4,606; March, 5,180; April
5,072; May, 5,201; and June, 5,886.
CMTC Attendance
Attendance at the various Citizens'
Military Training Camps this summer
was announced to be as follows:
Adams, R. I., 428; Fort McKinley, Me.,
527; Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, 571; Fort
Terry, N. Y., 273; Plattsburg Barracks,
N. Y., 1,323; Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y.,
1,846; Madison Barracks, N. Y., 270;
Fort Hancock, N. J., 225; Camp Alfred
Vail, N. J., 185; Fort Dupont, Del.. 186;
San Juan, P. R., 452; Camp Meade, Md.,
2,273; Fort Eustis, Va,, 1,161; Fort
Monroe, Va., 451; Fort Humphries, Va.,
67; Fort Bragg, N. C, 919; Fort Ogle­
thorpe, Ga., 386; Camp McClellan, Ala.,
1,933"; Fort Barrancas, Fla., 443; Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Ind., 1,327; Camp
Knox, Ky., 2,474; Camp Custer, Mich.,
3,045 ; Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 983 ; Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., 1,545; Fort Des
Moines, Iowa, 1,157; Fort Snelling,
Minn., 1,362; Fort Logan, Colo., 501;
Fort Huachuca, Ariz., 132; Fort Sill,
Okla., 992; Fort Bliss, Tex., 145; Fort
Crockett, Tex., 409; Fort Sam Houston,
Tex., 1,090; Camp Harry J. Jones, Ariz.,
50; Fort Douglas, Utah, 702; Fort D.
A. Russell, Wyo., 141; Del Monte, Calif.,
1,058; Fort W. Scott, Calif., 187; Fort
George Wright, Wash., 170 ; Camp Lewis,
Wash., 621; Fort Worden, Wash., 6 1 ;
total, 33,404.
Troops in Alaska
Alaska, with a surface of 600,000
square miles, is garrisoned by only a
hundred and ninety doughboys, according
to reports compiled at Ninth Corps Area
Headquarters. There are about ninety
members of the Signal Corps in Alaska,
in charge of practically all the communi­
cations in the territory, including the
Washington-Alaska Military Cable and
Telegraph Service, which links Alaska
with the United States. There is a
total of 353 members of the United
States Army in the territory, including
officers, Infantrymen, Signal Corps and
auxiliary branches of the Service.
Length of Service
A recent item in the Recruiting News,
stating that Company "C" of the 17th
Infantry had six men with a total of 155
years' service, which was considered as
rather a record in a line organization,
has brought forth the following from
Sgt. Joseph Casper, Headquarters Bat­
tery, 8th Coast Artillery, Fort Preble,
Maine:
"We have in this organization six men
who have a total of 171 years and 11
months. Following is a summary of their
service:
Sgt. Delaney, 29 years and 11 months;
Sgt. Wickes 29 years and 10 months;
Sgt. Perkins, 29 years and 2 months;
Sgt. Butler, 27 years and 6 months;
Sgt, Fitzgerald 27 years and 6 months;
Corp. Colby- 28 years
or a total of 171 years and 11 months."
Extraordinary CMTC Athlete
An extraordinary all-around athlete,
Joseph Coccavajo, Jr., of Brooklyn, N.
Y., has been developed at the CMT Camp
at Madison Barracks. He has attended
three CMT Artillery Camps at Madison
Barracks, is twenty years old, and holds
the record for winning first place in each
camp he has attended. When but seven­
teen, while attending the Plattsburg
Camp, Cavalry, he won all first places
in the track events. Last year he won
the 100 yard dash, the 440 and the run­
ning broad jump, and took seconds and
thirds in other events. This year he bids
fair to beat all his previous records.
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS

Parading the Army Posts Reenlistments for July Musicians for the Fourth FA
Taxicab drivers of the City of San Per- Warrant Officer Josef Studeny, band
Francisco, California, are receiving an leader of the 4th Field Artillery, stationed
Corfs Ois- Reen- Cent-
extensive course of instruction on the at Fort Mclntosh, Texas, is advertising
points of interest in their city, featuring Area . charged listed age in the Army and Navy Register and the
particularly the military reservations. They 1st 1/33 39 28.56 Army and Navy Journal for musicians
are taught to point out the military sights 2nd 174 66 32.18 who can play clarinets, altos and French
of interest in detail, such as the parade 3rd 138 83 60.14 horns. He promises good vacancies for
grounds, baseball and polo fields, aviation the right men.
4th 309 138 44.69
centres, the great harbor defense guns
at Fort Scott and views of the famous 5th 78 29 35.89
Sixth Corps Area Honor Roll
Golden Gate. 6tih
The Sixth Corps Area honor roll for
As most of the cab companies' instruc­ 7th 237 130 68.42 July contains the names of forty-one
tors are ex-soldiers, many of them veter­ 8th ... .... recruiters who obtained ten enlistments
ans of the World War, they are familiar 9th ... .... or more. Corporal J. Hendrix of the
with Army posts and
Detroit station heads
know which points in
the list with twenty-
military reservations to
r AD^IT THAT seven enlistments, and
accentuate in instructing
Besr /virtvo« you Sergeant F. Miller of
HAD f-I'Ve CLEWED UP
the new generation of
SHOUJS, PARKS AND the same station is
drivers.
STREETS >=IN FACT THEV
CLEAN AS I
second with twenty-two.
The Presidio of San T* LEvwe T H Every canvasser of the
Francisco and Fort Win- CITV TREP6URV first and second dist­
field Scott represent two ricts won a place on the
of the finest posts in honor roll.
the Army, and as a re­ July, which in the past
sult of the instruction has been one of the
that these drivers are poorest r e c r u i t i n g
receiving, whole fleets months for the Sixth
of automobiles filled Corps Area, has this
with sight-seers daily year been the banner
rumble along the boule­ month.
vards of these well
known military reserva­ Join the Army and
tions. Grow Fat
A recent check on
Demuth Returns From

five men from Tennes­

The Orient

see and one from Miss­

Sergeant Martin S. issippi, who had enlisted
Demuth, R e c r u i t i n g in the Field Artillery
Service, recently arrived on May 25, showed that
in San Francisco on the there had been an aver­
Army Transport age increase of 12^
Thomas, after a year's
pounds in the weight
travel in the Far East,
of these five men. Pri­
where he made cartoon
vate B a r k s d a l e , of
and poster sketches of
Trenton, Tenn., showed
the Army's activities in
the greatest improve­
17\C?K)TICAL WALK
the Orient. ment, with a gain of 22
Sergeant Demuth was Military Terms Applied to Civil Life
pounds. All of them are
a lieutenant during the between the ages of 18
World War, and after attending the Enlisted Mem to Signal School and 19, and are stationed at Fort
California School of Fine Arts and the Thirty-one enlisted men of the In­ Bragg, North Carolina.
University of California, enlisted as a fantry, stationed with various regiments
private, U. S. Army, in search of color­ throughout the country, have been de­ o
ful experience which would furnish ideas tailed to take a special course of in­ Recruiting Ideas
for a newspaper cartoon series. He was struction at the Signal School at Fort Sgt. Ludwig, in charge of recruiting
stationed temporarily on several vessels Monmouth, formerly Camp Vail, New at Hutchinson, Kansas, recently took his
of the Asiatic Squadron and was with Jersey. The school year is to commence car, which carried a spare tire advertising
the U. S. Army in the Philippines and on September 11 and be concluded June the recruiting service, on a canvassing
China and for a while with the Marines 30, 1926. The work to be covered will and posting tour to several towns in
at Pekin. include studies preparing these enlisted Kansas.
o
men to function as radio electricians * * *
"I find that a man in uniform on the
streets in the early morning creates an and telephone and telegraph specialists. Sergeant A. G. Barksdale, on recruiting
interest in the shop workers and makes In addition to the Infantrymen de­ duty at Bakersfield, California, acted as
the ex-service man rather homesick for t a i l e d t 0 t h e Signal School, the Field a member of the American Legion Color
the service again." (Sgt Edward W. Artillery is sending eight men to take Guard at a funeral of one of the veter­
Phillips, DEML, RS) the same course of' study. ans.
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The History of the Cavalry
(Continued from Page Two)
It was not long, however, before Con­
gress again considered it necessary to re­
duce the army, and in August, 1842, the
Second Regiment of Dragoons was dis­
mounted and converted into a regiment of
riflemen. Protests from the frontier,
where the gavalryman had proved his
worth, poured into the War Department
until in 1844 the regiment was mounted
once more.
The Mexican War found the mounted
force of the United States consisting of
the First and Second Dragoons. Service
in these two regiments had been such
as to keep the men well trained for war.
Consequently the service they rendered
from the inception of hostilities until the
victorious march into the City of Mexico
was extremely meritorious. The charge
of Captain May's squadron of the Sec­
ond Dragoons at Resaca de la Palma is
still mentioned as one of the outstanding
events of the war.
In May, 1846, a regiment of mounted
riflemen was authorized for the purpose
of establishing a chain of military posts
on the emigrant trail to Oregon. This
regiment was duly raised but was diverted
from its mission and sent to Mexico in­
stead. In February, 1847, another regi­
ment of mounted riflemen was raised but
took no part in the fighting.
At this time the Western frontier was
, being rapidly extended, and the Indians
of the plains, resenting the intrusion of
the white settlers, were carrying on a
ceaseless war against them. The settlers
called for protection and the regiment
of mounted riflemen that remained after
the reduction of the army at the close
of the War with Mexico was sent up the
Oregon Trail from Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, to the coast and returned by the
southern or" Santa Fe route. The march
was made to establish military posts, and
to overawe the Indians by a show of
force, as well as to protect wagon trains
on their way to the Pacific Coast.
A still larger mobile force soon became
necessary and in 1855 two more regi­
ments of cavalry were added. Under
this protection the West was developed,
the hostile Indians subdued and order
maintained without the shedding of blood.
To follow the various commands during
their arduous campaigns and journey ings
over the western plains would be a tedious
task. The cavalry knew little rest. It
spent its time in the field, receiving a
schooling which developed its true char­
acter—a spirit of service, of self-sacrifice,
of loyalty to country and of subordination
to the mandates of its government.
The outbreak of the Civil War com­
pelled Congress to increase the army, and
another regiment of cavalry was ordered.
The battle of Bull Run caused a re-or­
ganization of all mounted regiments into
one arm to be called -Cavalry. Under
this reorganization the First and Second
Dragoons became the First and Second
Cavalry; the mounted riflemen became
the Third Cavalry; and the First, Sec­
ond and Third Cavalry Regiments became
the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth. These six
regiments composed the total force of
regular cavalry serving during the Civil
War.
Federal cavalry played little part in
the first campaigns of this conflict. It
remained for the brilliant achievements of
the Confederate leaders, Stuart, Forest
and Morgan, to show the importance of
the mounted service. The success of the
Southern arms in the first two years has
often been attributed to the work of its
cavalry. The North, however, once the
lesson was learned, produced such cav­
alry leaders as Sheridan, Merritt, Grier­
son and Wilson, who vied with the Con­
federate generals in showing what can
be accomplished by the bold leader hand­
ling a mobile mounted force.
At the close of the Civil War, the regu­
lar cavalry was again scattered over the
frontier. Four new regiments were added
in July, 1866. The act creating them also
provided that the personnel of the Ninth
and Tenth Cavalry be colored enlisted
men. These ten regiments composed the
cavalry branch until 1901, when five more
were added.
The 1916 Act of Congress providing
for increase in the army specified that
there, should be twenty-five Regular Army
cavalry regiments. The increase of ten
cavalry regiments was to be effected by
forming the nucleus of each new regi­
ment from certain of the fifteen regiments
then in existence. The ten new regiments
were to be formed two per year for five
years. Shortly after the Act was passed,
however, the President, realizing the im­
mediate need for more cavalry, directed
that all ten regiments be organized im­
mediately. This was done, and the Army
had twenty-five Regular Cavalry regi­
ments.
Soon after America entered the war
the need for more cavalry in Europe
became apparent, and the War Depart­
ment authorized the organization of fif­
teen National Army Cavalry regiments
in addition' to the twenty-five regiments
then in existence. These regiments w.ere
designated the 301st to the 315th Regi­
ments, inclusive. They were stationed in
the United States at various Army can­
tonments.
Before these fifteen units and the newly
formed ten Regular Army cavalry regi­
ments became fully equipped and ready
for service, it was realized that there was
great need for light artillery in France.
The tonnage available for shipping troops
to France was being fully utilized, but its
shortage precluded the shipment of cav­
alry regiments, as cavalry, for some time
due to the large space required for horses.
It was, therefore, directed that the fifteen
National Army cavalry regiments togeth­
er with eight of the Regular Army cav­
alry regiments (18th to 25th, inclusive),
be changed into field artillery. This left
the Army with seventeen Regular cav­
alry regiments.
Of these cavalry regiments, Regular
Army and National Army, which were
changed into field artillery, some saw
service in France, while others remained
in America training as field artillery for
assignment to divisions that were to be
formed and sent overseas later on.
Dismissing now the cavalry regiments
which had become artillery, let us look at
the seventeen regiments of cavalry. Of
these seventeen, four saw service in
France and Germany. The Second Cav­
alry was all along the line, being at var­
ious times attached to nearly every corps
and army of the American forces. The 3rd
Cavalry spent most of its time at Bour­
bon la Bain, where it operated a large re­
mount service. The Sixth Cavalry was
in SOS doing certain duty connected with
remount service and police. The Fifteenth
Cavalry was attached to various units
in the rear areas in France, and by the
time of the Armistice had been sent as
far forward as Dun sur Meuse. During
tHis time part of the Twelfth Cavalry was
in Panama. The Ninth Cavalry was in
the Philippine Islands. The Seventeenth
Cavalry was in the Hawaiian Islands. The
rest of the cavalry regiments were sta­
tioned at various points along our south­
ern frontier, principally in Texas and
Arizona.
The authorized strength of the Cav­
alry as laid down in the National De­
fense Act of 1920 is 950 officers and 20,­
000 enlisted men.
Sailing the Seas With the Army
(Continued from Page Three)
The Army Transport Service, the little
Navy of the Quartermaster Corps, main­
tained along the lines of a steamship
organization, has its own system of uni­
forms and ratings which correspond ap­
proximately with those of the Mercantile
Marine. An excellent espirit de corps has
been developed in the service and quite
a number of the masters and chief engin­
eers have been in continuous service in the
Corps since the Spanish-American War.
As a sea-going branch the record of
the Army Transport Service is quite re­
markable, whether it be compared with
the Mercantile Marine fleets or those of
the military establishment. There never
has been a loss of life on an Army trans­
(Continued on Page Twelve)
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Army Engineer River and Harbor
Work
(Continued from Page Five)
the amounts -that would be paid if the
materal all moved by rail would be suffi­
cient to authorize the improvement every
three years. There are very few, if any,
activities either in Government or in
commerical business which are paying as
well as this. The principal commodities
handled are coal, coke, sand and gravel
and steel billets.
The large steel manufacturers in the
vicinity of Pittsburgh now take ad­
vantage of rises in the Ohio and Miss­
issippi Rivers to send much of their
finished products destined for use in
the South and West by water to dis­
tributing depots in New Orleans and
Memphis, from which points the goods
are distributed by rail to the places where
needed. Steel products are also moved
by water from the Pittsburgh districts
to St. Louis. Going down the river, the
bulk of the sand and gravel used for
building operations in the Pittsburgh
district is dug from the river and trans­
ported to the shore at convenient points.
Further down an oil refinery is estab­
lished at Parkersburg which is now dis­
tributing products by water. Still fur­
ther down there is a material freight
and passenger business. Even in the un­
finished condition of the improvement,
more than one million tons were moved
on the Ohio River in 1923.
The Mississippi River offers faciliti«s
for the water movement of an enormous
tonnage. The channel depth below Baton
Rouge is 30 feet or more. Above that
point a depth of 9 feet is provided up
to the mouth of the Ohio River. Be­
tween the Ohio and St. Louis there is
a project providing for an 8-foot chan­
nel, and between St. Louis and St. Paul,
a project providing for a 6-foot channel.
Before the intensive development of rail­
roads, the Mississippi was a most im­
portant factor in transportation. Keen
competition resulted in the substantial
suspension of water business for a num­
ber of years. Recently there has been
a revival of activity, and during the
year 1923, over five million tons, ex­
clusive of ocean commerce, pertaining to
Baton Rouge, moved over the stretch of
river between the mouth of the Ohio
River and New Orleans. The Federal
Barge Line, now being operated by the
Inland Waterways Corporation, is dem­
onstrating the value of this waterway as
an economical medium of transportation.
In several cases through rail-water-rail
rates are in effect, which provides for
Page Twelve
using the river for some distance, then Sailing the Seas With the Army
transferring to rail and delivering to
points off the river. This marks a big (Continued from Page Eleven)
step forward in the use of the inland port due to any accident of navigation.
waterways. Some coal mined . in West But two transports have been lost in 27
Virginia is transported by rail to Hunt­ years and both of them in fogs—the
ington, barged to Cincinnati, and railed Hooker at Corregidor and the Sumner
to Indianapolis and other points. off Barnegat.
When these practices are extended we Although the Army Transport Serv­
will find that the rivers instead of having ice is the best known of the naval activi­
simply a usefulness measured, as it were, ties of the Quartermaser Corps this or­
by the length of a line through the towns ganization also is in control of a general
of their banks, will have instead a use­ fleet of smaller craft which is 'a miniature
fulness manifestly many times greater Navy of respectable proportion. These
and better represented by an area, one consist of large sea-going mine planters
dimension being the length of the rivers, built by the Quartermaster for the use of
and the other, the distance freight is the Coast Artillery Corps which are
hauled to and. from the river by rail manned by the Coast Artillery but main­
and truck. When this happens the serv­ tained by the Quartermaster. Then there
ice of the rivers will be brought to a is a large list of miscellaneous vessels
from ferry boats operating between
large percentage of the country. The
Government posts down to all types of
Ohio will be finished in five years and tugs, lighters, harbor boats and launches
it seems safe to predict that it will not of every possible description. Three hun­
be long thereafter when we will have a dred vessels are included in this general
through arterial system connecting Pitts­ class.
burgh, New Orleans, Birmingham and The harbor boat service of the Quarter­
St. Louis, and that this will be followed master Corps is manned by personnel
by extensions in the South to Texas either on a civilian status or by enlisted
via the Intracoastal Waterway, and in or non-commissioned officers of the Army.
the North to Chicago, St. Paul and Kan­ For the latter group it offers special op­
sas City. portunities for experience on steam pro­
pelled craft which may count toward ob­
Connections will later be had with the taining "first papers" for Marine licenses
Atlantic. Inland Waterway through Chi­ which are given by the Steamboat Inspec­
cago, the Lakes and the Erie Canal, tion Service of the United States Depart­
and also probably along the Gulf Coast ment of Commerce.
via the Inland Waterway from New Or­ The accompanying illustrations to this
leans eastward. As the main lines are article point out the four types of boats
completed the navigable tributaries will used in the Army's Navy. There is the
become practical parts of the system and transport St. Mihiel, a splendid type of
serve their natural spheres of usefulness. military transport which carries troops
This will place the services of the long and supplies to oversea garrisons.. The
arterial waterways at the disposal of a War Department has four boats of this
large part of the area of country served type.
by rail and truck. Rail, highway and There is the Army cable ship Dellwood
waterway will then be prepared to co­ which is operated in the service of the
United States Army Sigual Corps for
eperate and render the maximum of serv­ the maintenance of the Washington-
ice to the country. Alaska military cables and telegraphs.
The work of improving rivers and The Quartermaster Corps furnishes the
harbors is supervised by the War De­ crew and is responsible for the mainten­
partment through its Corps of Engineers. ance.
In addition to the direct advantage of There is the General Frank M. Coxe
the improvement to the commerce of which is now used as a military passenger
the country, there is therefore a reflex and freight boat serving the isolated
advantage in the training and experience Army posts in San Francisco Harbor.
acquired by those who must be prepared This was originally a steel river steamer
to handle large projects affecting trans­ which was built at Charleston, West
portation in time of war. Virginia on the Kanawha River and made
While the United States at present the long trip through the Ohio and Missis­
spends a billion and a quarter dollars sippi Rivers, the Gulf of Mexico and the
every five months for its Government, it Caribbean Sea through the Panama Canal
is doubtful whether any other billion up the Pacific and to San Francisco.
and a quarter dollars however spent has
There is finally the General Otis type
been so useful and constructive in con­ which .plies between Governors Island
nection with the growth of the country and New York City carrying military
and the development of its commerce supplies and functioning for general
as that expended for the improvement of harbor service.
rivers and harbors.
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Air Service Co-operates With Fire Military Training Popular in Colleges
Patrol According to a release of the 9th Corps Russian General in Illinois Guard
Army Air Service officers are co- Area there is a total of 111,558 students A former Russian general, Basil Tches­
operating fully with officials of the De- in the country who are training, in the loosky, is serving as a private in the
partment of Agriculture in the Forest ROTC units of the colleges. Of these 122nd Field Artillery, Illinois National
Fire Patrols. Unusual fire hazards in only 12,000 are at essentially military Guard, according to the Chicago Daily
the forest areas at this time of year schools and colleges. The majority are Nezvs of August 18. He was in training
render the aerial patrol invaluable. Count- participating voluntarily in institutions with the regiment at Camp Grant, 111.
less small fires have been discovered and where military training is not compulsory. The one-time commander in the Czar's
extinguished before they could gain sweep The 9th Corps Area leads the rest of army served in the Russo-Japanese War,
with the swiftness of a prairie fire. Most the United States in the number of stu- and again in the World War. In the
of the pilots of the fire patrol planes dents enrolled with 17,078. latter conflict he was wounded and res-
are reserve officers of the Air Service, cued by his own men of the Tenth
and are thus getting valuable training Flags Fall as Lord Ypres Dies Russian Cavalry Brigade. With the Bol­
which will be of use in case of a na- The recent death of Lord Ypres, ac- shevik uprising the general was forced
tional emergency. cording to the Canadian Military Gazette to flee from Russia to America to find
of July 14, was attended by the myste- means of support for his family, now
"Doomsday Book" Lists Canadian rious falling of two flags from their fast- in London.
S oldiers enings. One of these was the enormous
After long and laborious analysis of Union Jack that floats habitually over Guards at Marion See Wild West
war records, according to the Canadian the fortifications at Deal Castle; the Show
Military Gazette, the material for the other a large Stars and Stripes hanging Members of the Tenth Infantry, on
"Doomsday Book" has been completed. in the Armory Hall. The two ensigns guard at the tomb of President Harding
This' work, which is to contain the names fell at the very instant of Lord Ypres' in Marion, Ohio, received a cordial in-
of everyone who enlisted in the Canadian death in the castle. vitation to attend the world-famous 101
forces, is to go into the war mem- Ranch Wild West show when it
orial of the parliamentary tower. played recently in that town. The
The enlistments totalled 590,572 owners welcomed the men of the
persons, of which 37,391 were Things the Army Does Besides Fight detachment through their com-
American born. mander, Lieutenant Walter L.
New York, N. Y.—Forty-nine persons Sherfey, telling them their uni­
abandoned their colds in the chlorine gas cham- forms were sufficient tickets to
Army Rodeo ber operated in this city by Lieutenant Colonel
The 13th United States Cavalry, Harry L. Gilchrist of the Medical Corps, United anything on the grounds. The
stationed at Fort D. A. Russell, States Army, under the critical eyes of several side shows, the big tent and
Wyoming, is furnishing part of doctors who had assembled in the office of a curiosities of all kinds were all
the entertainment for the rodeo physician at 62 West 82nd St. for instruction in at the pleasure of the guard. In
that is being held at Colorado the method. the mess tent they found a very
Springs. The band will furnish The effect of chlorine on colds and lung high grade of army chow being
the music for the occasion and troubles was observed during the World War served, so they felt quite at home.
when it was found that in sectors where Ger-
Troop G will give an exhibition mans released the gas there were almost no
of horsemanship and other forms deaths from influenza. Nor were there many Film Shows Cavalry Skill
of Cavalry work. cases of colds and bronchitis among the troops. "The Life of Riley", a motion
o The U. S. Army therefore began to experiment picture showing the riding train-
Press Notes in 7th Corps Area and the chlorine chamber was the result. ing of officers at the Cavalry
Many districts in the Seventh "In a study of 2640 cases," said Colonel School at Fort Riley, Kansas,
Corps Area, according to the Gilchrist, "we found that 99 per cent of head was recently displayed for the
7th C. A. Recruiting Bulletin, colds, 91 per cent of bronchitis cases and 83 first time by Major General Malin
are making a point to place fre- per cent of influenza were improved or cured. Craig, Chief of Cavalry, at the
The effect was of less importance in hay fever War Department Theater in
quent items and notes on recruit- and tuberculosis."
, ing in the daily1 press. Pfc. Washington.
Nossett, stationed at Dodge City, o
Kansas, has made arrangements El Paso, Texas.—Two hundred soldiers from 7th Inf. Northwest Champions
with the local papers to print Fort Bliss were ordered out by Brigadier Gen­ The 7th Infantry regimental
eral Joseph T. Castner on August 3 to assist baseball team won the champion-
short items in the interest of re- farmers, business men and reclamation service
cruiting once each week. Other . employees in the fight against the Rio Grande ship of the Northwest by defeat-
recruiters frequently send in news flood which threatened the lower valley fields. ing the aggregation representing
items they have planned to the the Pacific Coast Torpedo Station
Recruiting Bulletin. by a score of 18 to 11.
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
To Restore Historic Cemetery
The historic Barkaloo cemetery in
Brooklyn, New York, in which are
buried many notable heroes of the
War of Independence, is to be re­
stored by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. The famous burial ground of
colonial days is at present in a sadly
neglected condition, according to The
Veteran, and only five of the approxi­
mately forty graves ascribed by the
records of the New York Historical
Society to the original cemetery can
be clearly identified today.
Two years ago two monuments
were erected in the cemetery by the
Daughters of the American Revolu­
tion in memory of Second Lieutenant
Harms Barkaloo and Simon Cortel­
you, both of whom served in the con­
flict for American Independence. Now
the Joseph P. Lynch Post No. 1019
and the Robert L. Porter Post No.
9S6, Veterans of Foreign Wars, are
planning to restore the historic spot
as nearly as possible to its original
condition.
Standing: Dodson, Boles, Morgan and Ioerger. Sitting: Meeds, Fisher, Coulter and Phillips. This team was defeated by. Switzerland in
the International Matches just held at St. Gall, Switzerland. The winn ing team rolled up a total of S5,385 points to 5,246 for the American.
Page Fourteen
Battle of Lasky's Ranch
The 115th Squadron, Air Service, of
the 40th Division National Guard held
its first annual encampment on the Lasky
ranch, which consists of several hundred
acres devoted to the exclusive use of
the motion picture industry. The 40th
Division Air Service has the distinction
of having fought practically all the forces
of the world. Since they located at
Lasky's ranch, motion picture villages
of practically every country on the globe,
French, Italian, English, German, Hawai­
ian and other localities, were bombarded
in turn by this organization, according
to the California Guardsman.
o Bliss, Texas, CMT Camp which opened
Army Planes as a Posse
Army planes from Crissy Field, Cali­
fornia, recently rendered assistance to the
authorities of the San Quentin Prison
when six trusties made their escape in a
launch.
The planes scanned every launch in the
bay, finally sighting the prisoners, and
signalled their discovery to the officers
waiting on the opposite shore.
The
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Camp Vail Becomes Permanent Post
Camp Alfred Vail, New Jersey, has
been designated as a permanent military
post by the War Department. The Sig­
nal Corps, whose schools are located
there, has long desired this status for the
station. With the change, the post has
also acquired a new name. In future
it will be known as Fort Monmouth, the
name being taken from the noteworthy
battle of the War of Independence.
o
CMTC Students Get Airplane Rides
The system of rewarding leading stu­
dents in each platoon by giving them air­
plane rides was inaugurated at the Fort
July 28. Each student was rated in all
subjects each week and the name of the
leading man in each platoon was pub­
lished in general orders. With the per­
mission of his parents or guardian each
of these students was then given a short
ride in a plane of the Second Division
Air Service. The rewards proved highly
attractive and were productive of in­
tensive competition.
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Old Fort Dearborn, Illinois
(Continued from Page Seven)
gates of Wayne. The chiefs were profuse
in their pledges and there is reason to be­
lieve that they were honestly made.
Now, however, influential members of
the garrison urged upon the command­
ant the dangers of furnishing the Indians
with arms and ammunition which might
later be used against them. Apparently
swayed by the force of the argument,
Heald ordered all the extra ammunition
thrown into an abandoned well within the
stockade, while the liquor stores were
broken open and poured into the river.
This act, in direct opposition to his
promises, was early discovered by prowl­
ing savages and served to increase their
resentment as well as to further their
plans of treachery.
The next day—the 14th—the garrison
was greatly heartened by the unexpected
arrival of a small reenforcing1 party
which approached along the land trail
from the east. Although the members of
the party were severely worried by the
angered savages who sought to obstruct
their progress, the gates of the fort
were finally reached. These were quickly
thrown open and the garrison surged
around the reenforcements with anxious
questioning and vociferous welcome. The
new arrivals proved to be a band of
thirty Miami warriors, led by Captain
William Wells, Indian agent at Fort
Wayne and the adopted son of Little
Turtle, the famous war-chief of the
Miamis.
Wells, in many respects, was a re­
markable frontier character. Captured
while a mere child, he had spent many
years in Indian camps, rising to the
dignity of a warrior and taking part in
many a wild foray. Later in life, his
white blood asserting itself, he had re­
turned to his own people, serving gallant­
ly as a scout of General Wayne's com­
mand. By chance he had learned of the
order to evacuate Fort Dearborn, and
realizing fully the hostile purposes of the
Indians, had made a forced march through
the wilderness, hoping to arrive in time
to protect his niece, Mrs. Helm, as well
as to assist the beleagured garrison.
He was much too late, however, to
rectify the mistake that had been made, or
to throw his influence against the ap­
proaching hostilities. The worst passions
of the encircling savages had been
aroused; they succeeded in partially con­
cealing their intended treachery but the
trap of death was already laid for its
victims.
Another council was held between the
commandant and the leaders of the tribes.
The Indian spokesmen were vehement in
their indignation over the wanton des­
truction of the liquor and ammunition.
Still they reiterated their pledge of pro­
tection to the garrison, if it would aban­
don the fort, and, in spite of bitter op­
position on the part of his officers,
Captain Heald determined to evacuate
the post and rely upon the pledges of
safety.
Wagons were loaded with the neces­
sities of the trail and preparations made
for the transportation of the sick, of
which there were quite a number. The
reserve ammunition, twenty-five rounds
to each man, was distributed, and the
weary workers flung themselves down to
get what little sleep was possible before
the appointed time to leave the stockade.
At nine o'clock on the morning of the
fifteenth the whites filed slowly out of
the gates of the fort, led by a single
company of infantry. The wives and
children of the soldiers rode upon the
wagons immediately following this compa­
ny, while the officers' wives were mount­
ed. Intermingled with the column were
a dozen or more white settlers who had
sought the protection of the fort. The
rear of the column was guarded by a
portion of the Miami Indians. The little
band of the post, by some strange fortune,
began playing "The Dead March" as
it emerged from the stockade, but was
instantly ordered to substitute a more
cheering tune.
In company with his Miamis, Captain
Wells had blackened his face in token
of his belief that they were marching
(o their death—an old custom of the
Miami nation. With a few scouts he
led the caravan, keeping on the watch
for the first sign of treachery.
Accompanied by an escort of five hun­
dred Pottawattomies the column marched
down the shore of Lake Michigan, the
children clapping their hands in innocent
glee at the unusual spectacle. As soon
as the rear guard had left the fort the
remainder of the Indians dashed into it
and began at once to quarrel over the
spoils left- behind. For a mile and a half
the column continued on its way.
Suddenly the scouts halted, plainly in
confusion. The Indians had filed behind
a sand ridge, out of sight of the whites.
Now they reappeared, howling and leaping
about. Captain Wells wheeled his horse
and rode furiously back along the cara­
van, shouting: "They are going to at­
tack; form instantly and charge them!"
At the same instant the savage horde
opened fire, pouring a deadly volley into
the close ranks of the troops. The Miamis
fled, panic stricken, their chief pausing
only long enough to shout defiance at
the Pottawattomies before joining his
cowardly companions.
Dr. Van Voorhees was cut clown by the
blow of a hatchet; Ensign Ronan, though
mortally wounded, continued to struggle
fiercely with a brawny warrior who
had seized him, and who finally stabbed
him to death. The young wife of Lieu­
tenant Helm was attacked by a savage
who struck violently at her with his toma­
hawk. She sprang swiftly aside, so that
the blade merely grazed her shoulder, and
wound her arms tightly around the war-
rior's neck to impede his movements.
During the struggle that followed she
was wrenched away by another Indian
who carried her to the lake and plunged
her into 'the water. Fortunately the In­
dian was a childhood friend, a young
chief named Black Partridge, who had
resorted to this stratagem to save her
life.
Scattered by the repeated onslaughts
of the howling, maddened Pottawattomies,
their officers dead or wounded, the troops
fought doggedly on until only 27 out of
66 remained, when, on receiving pledge
of protection, the remnant surrendered.
Scarcely had they thrown down their
arms when one brutal savage leaped into
a wagon and slaughtered twelve children
before he could be stopped.
Captain Wells, maddened at the sight,
broke away from his guards and galloped
furiously toward the Pottawattomie
camp where the Indian women and child­
ren were. For a brief time he succeeded
in outdistancing his pursuers but finally
his horse was shot down. The Indians
immediately fell upon him, and though
two interceded for his life he was stabbed
in the back by Peesotum, a Pottawattomie
chief. His body was terribly mutilated;
the heart was cut out and torn into
small pieces for distribution among the
tribes as a token of bravery.
So ended the unequal struggle, the
Indian loss not exceeding fifteen, wh k
of the whites, twenty-six infantrymen,
twelve settlers, two women, and twelve
children were killed. Captain an;l Airs.
Heald, Lieutenant and Mrs. Helm, twenty-
five soldiers, and eleven women and ch 1­
dren were taken prisoners- Of these more
than half were wounded, many seriously.
Unfortunately, in the bustle and excite­
ment the wounded were not referred to in
the stipulation of surrender. This was
immediately taken advantage of by the
' Indians, who brutally tortured some and
tomahawked five others during the night.
Today all that remains of Old Fort
Dearborn is a beautiful monument in
the busiest part of the city of Chicago,
which commemorates the saving of Airs.
Helm by Black Partridge, and a tablet
erected in 1880 on the walls of the build­
ing occupying the site of the fort. The
'former stands at the foot of 18th Street,
where the massacre took place; the latter
is near Rush Street Bridge; between
them they perpetuate the memory of a
brave but futile stand by the Army pion­
eers and the settlers of the frontier.
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 Enlistments Made in Recruiting Districts

July, 1925

Enlist­ Enlist-
Total ments ments
Enlist­ in in
Recruiting Districts Officers in Charge ments May June
1. Richmond, Va Capt. L. W. Skaggs, Inf., DOL 264 213 207
2. New York, N. Y Col. J. T. Dean, Inf., DOL 245 167 170
3. Oklahoma City, Okla Capt. Chas. Lewis, Inf., DOL 233 105 100
4- Philadelphia, Pa Col. F. G. Stritzinger, Jr., Inf., DOL 231 172 186
5. Indianapolis, Ind Col. R. S. Woodson, Retired 230 178 179
6. Columbus. Ohio Lt. Col. Alfred Ballin, Retired 188 122 150
7. Chicago, 111 Lt. Col. W. B. Graham, Inf., DOL 175 97 90
8. Detroit, Mich Col. C E. Morton, Retired 167 70 115
9. Cincinnati, Ohio Lt. Col. F. G. Turner, Cav., DOL 166 105 139
10. Buffalo, N. Y Maj. M. P. Andruss, CAC, DOL 152 78 126
11. Pittsburgh, Pa Lt. Col. W. B. Cowin, QMC, DOL 150 133 164
12. Dallas, Texas Capt. E. J. Buckbee, QMC, DOL 149 75 106
13. New Orleans, La Maj­ G. V. Heidt, Iinf., DOL 146 69 106
14. Harrisburg, Pa Col. H. S. Wygant, Retired 143 97 136
15. Baltimore, Md Capt. C. J. Mabbutt, Q M C DOL 136 88 98
16- St. Louis, Mo Capt. H. H. Reeves, QMC, DOL 126 75 94
17. West Virginia Col. B. P. Nicklin, Iinf., DOL 125 62 67
18. Los Angeles, Calif Col. Hunter B. Nelson, Retired Ill 91 91
19. North Carolina 1st Lt. W. S. Bryant, FA 110 69 81
20. Wilkes-Barre, Pa 1st Lt. J. J. Gutkowski, Inf., DOL 102 49 73
21. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Col. E. L. Butts, Inf., DOL 101 68 55
22. Knoxville, Tenn Capt. T. N. Williams, Inf., DOL 99 ' 69 59
23. Newark, N. J Lt. Col. W. R. Taylor, Cav., DOL 96 58 54
24. Syracuse, N. Y Maj. R. L. Weeks, Retired 92 64 80
25. Fort Sam Houston, Texas Col. B. B­ Buck, Retired 90 107 83
26. San Francisco. Calif­ Maj. E. H. Pearce, Retired 90 106 101
27. Little Rock, Ark Maj. H. M. Rimmer, Retired 84 42 62
28. Providence, R. I Capt. W. J. Gilbert, CAG DOL 84 57 60
29. Boston, Mass 1st Lt. M. F. Cooney, Retired 82 80 72
30. Houston, Texas 1st Lt. F. S. Mansfield, Inf., DOL 77 46 62
31. Nebraska Maj. J. M. Pruyn, Inf., DOL CActing) 76 54 66
32. Atlanta, Ga Col. W. R. Sample, Inf., DOL 71 43 56
33. Peoria, 111 Capt. Reyburn Engles, QMC, DOL 69 63 76
34. El Paso, Texas (Fort Bliss) Lt. Col. A. A. King, Retired 67 60 95
35. Portland Harbor, Me Capt. N. Szilagyi, 5th Inf 62 61 65
36. Denver, Colo Maj. E. W. Mumford, Retired 59 55 54
37. Des Moines, Iowa Capt. R. T. Edwards, QMC, DOL 58 31 53
38- Memphis, Tenn Capt. J. D. Chambliss. Inf., DOL 57 49 54
39. Milwaukee, Wisconsin Capt. J. V. Stark, Inf., DOL 55 30 54
40. Springfield, Mass Capt. T. W. Herren, Cav-, DOL 52 34 57
41. Seattle, Washington Col. G. W. S. Stevens, Retired 51 40 49
42. New Haven, Conn Lt. Col. O. C. Nichols, Inf., DOL 51 31 39
43. Albany. N. Y 1st Lt. W. B. Walters, CAC, DOL 50 40 47
44. Grand Rapids, Mich Lt. Col. H. M. Fales, Retired 49 18 20
45. Salt Lake City, Utah Col. Frederik L. Knudsen, Inf., DOL 49 27 '33
46. Fort Riley, Kansas Capt. T. A. Bryant, Cav., DOL 47 41 39
47­ Fort Snelling, Minn Col. William Wallace, Retired 46 50 55
48. Washington, D. C Lt. Col. C. S. Fries, Inf., DOL 44 43 44
49. Fort Oglethorpe, Ga Capt. H. D. Bagnall, Inf., DOL 41 27 20
50. Savannah, Georgia Capt. P. S. Roper, CAC, DOL 35 30 21
51. Jacksonville, Florida Capt. C. H. Dayhuff, Cav., DOL 32 21 19
52. Camden, New Jersey Capt. W. F. Gent, Inf., DOL 31 28 27
53. Nashville Tenn 1st Lt. L. W. Boyd, Inf., DOL 31 45 40
54. Alabama Capt- A. G. French, Inf., DOL 30 16 19
55. Spokane, Washington Col. C C. Ballou, Inf., DOL 29 16 23
56. Jackson, Mississippi Capt. Daniel Becker, Cav., D O L . . 26 19 26
57. Portland, Oregon Lt. Col. C. F. Andrews, Inf., DOL 23 43 27
58. Fort Ethan Allen, Vt 2nd Lt. J. F. Williams, 7th FA 20 9 9
59. Fort Benning, Georgia Col. D. G. Berry, Inf., RO 20 4 U