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 Police Cooperation With Recruiting Service
By Maj. B. M. BAILEY, FA, Recruiting Officer, 2nd Corps Area
I F every policeman in New York City
once every three years caused one good
recruit to join some regiment in the
Second Corps Area the question of re­
placements would be solved for all or­
ganizations.
If every policeman in New York City
once a year caused one good man to join
the Army, there would be no need for
maintaining a recruiting service in the
Second Corps Area because all quotas
of the Adjutant General as well as the
needs of local organizations would be
filled.
There are over 13,000 active and 500
reserve police in New York City and it is
estimated that each daily comes in con­
tact with at least one man temporarily out
of employment, who would make a good
soldier.
The Second Corps Area at its best
normally enlists only about 11,000 re­
cruits annually for assignment in and
Old Forts as Memorials
ONGRESS, according to the New
C York Sun, has authorized the resto­
ration of old Fort Vancouver, near
V a n c o u v e r in W a s h i n g t o n State,
as a contribution to the centennial cele­
bration of the founding of this historic
structure in the spring of 1825. The old
fort marked the site of the first perman­
ent white settlement in tk-.j x :csent States
of Washington 'and Oiegon, and it was
for many years the most important out­
post of civilization in the Northwest. In
its restoration the Northwest had shown
much interest, and this is shared by the
people of other parts of the country who
are seeking the preservation of other his­
toric structures of pioneer defense.
Four years ago, when Congress pro­
posed that many of the old forts along
the Maine coast should be sold, Maine
immediately began planning their pur­
chase. In the last two years the State
has bought eight of the old fortifications
and has converted them into public parks
and playgrounds. Historic and civic as­
sociations in New York have been making
a strong effort, which it now appears will
be successful, to save to the city the site
of Revolutionary fortifications on Wash­
ington Heights which were constructed
under the supervision of General Wash­
ington and Alexander Hamilton, and
which formed one of the earliest defenses
of the city against the British forces.
Kentucky has undertaken to restore the
old fort at Harrodsburg, one of the pio­
neer stockaded strongholds of the Dark
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outside of the Corps Area. The normal
annual needs for replacements within the
corps area are about 5,000 recruits.
The Commissioner of Police of New
York City, Richard E. Enright, is a
Colonel, M. P., Reserves, and many of
his assistants also hold reserve commis­
sions in various branches of the Army.
All of these able civil servants are deeply
interested in the Army and the War De­
partment's needs in peace as well as in
war. None of them ever recommends an
undesirable man for service in our Na­
tional forces, notwithstanding the fact,
that there are many such persons whom
the city would be glad to be rid of.
Commissioner Enright takes the view
that an idle man on the streets may even­
tually become a police problem. He there­
fore desires that his patrolmen interest
themselves in all agencies that offer em­
ployment to the idle. What could be more
natural than that the police select from
and Bloody Ground. A bill was intro­
duced last month in the Colorado Legis­
lature for the restoration of the fort at
Conejos county, one of the white man's
famous defenses in the eastern foothills
of the Rocky Mountins, which was named
in honor of its builder, Lieutenant Zebu-
Ion M. Pike, the discoverer of Pike's
Peak.
Lieutenant Pike built this fort, or
stockade, in 1807, to serve as a base or
supply station for his expedition while he
was seeking the headwaters of the Ar­
kansas and Red Rivers. After his work
had been finished and he had made the
first authoritative report on the region he
abandoned the fort. The stronghold was
lost for years and was only recently dis­
covered. Colorado intends to convert the
site of the old defense into a State park
and to erect on it a memorial to Pike.
This old fort thus fares much better than
many other Western posts that figured in
frontier life and Indian warfare.
Fort Gibson in Oklahoma, which was
established early in the last century, is
marked today only by crumbling walls,
although it was for many years the most
famous of Western posts. General Grant
was an officer at this post, Henry M.
Stanley taught the post children and
Washington Irving stopped here to write
part of "A Tour of the Prairies." Zach­
ary Taylor was a commandant of the post
and there Jefferson Davis, while a young
lieutenant, met and married General Tay­
among the unemployed the most likely
young men and recommend that they apply
to our Recruiting Sergeants for a tour
of duty in the Army to tide them over a
period when there is no great demand for
labor ?
These young men eventually return to
New York in far better condition than
when they left. They are disciplined
men with an honorable discharge that
commands respect from those who employ
help. They have usually acquired skill
in a new trade. They are always in fine
physical condition, mentally alert and bet­
ter citizens. Civil jobs await young men
of this type. There is little danger of
their ever becoming police problems.
This is one reason why the Second
Corps Area and the New York Police
Department coopefate so closely. We aid
each other in solving city and Army
problems.
lor's daughter. Fort Reno and Fort Ar­
buckle in the same State, both famous in
the records of Indian warfare, are pre­
served in name only. Fort Sill, near Law-
ton, Oklahoma, has won a new lease of
life by becoming one of the great artillery
posts of the Army.
Of the forts that played such an import­
ant part in the Indian wars of Kansas
and Nebraska there survive only Leaven-
worth and Riley. Hays, Dodge and Nio­
brara have passed. Few are left of the
northern posts which were bases and ref­
uges in the wars with the Sioux and their
allies. The fame of Fort Grant, Fort
Apache, Fort Brown, in Texas and the
Southwest, are preserved only in name.
Other posts which are more remote from
modern lines of travel have fallen to the
farmer and the rancher. Nobody has
cared even to mark their sites and their
ruins have in many cases been mercifully
hidden by the lush grass of the prairies.
Washington State in restoring Van­
couver, Kentucky and Colorado in pre­
serving their early defenses and Maine
in saving her old coast fortifications have
dedicated to the nation spots that will al­
ways be of historic interest. There is a
wealth of national lore in the memories
of Vancouver and Harrod's Fort, and in
the walls of old Fort St. George at the
mouth of St. George's River, Fort Knox
on the Penobscot, the blockhouse at Fort
Edgecomb and the works at Portsmouth
and Kittery.
 Recruiting Service Aids National Guard

By Col. H. A. HANTGAN, Infantry, DOL, City Recruiting Officer. Los Angeles, California
AN the Regular Army Recruiting
C Service be of assistance to the Na­
tional Guard ? Last fall, at a meet­
ing of the adjutants general of the Ninth
How the "One Army Spirit" is
tion and favorable comment of the mon:
Fostered in Los Angeles Through

Cooperation of Two Services

substantial element of the citizenry.

Twenty "A" boards were prepared by
the Recruiting Service. These were
Corps Area this question was discussed. painted an attractive green with yellow
As a result, the Corps Area Recruiting border. For posters the "Let's Go"
Officer issued a letter of instruction which listened patiently to my expression of doughboy was used. Printed strips to
stated in part as follows : ideas and finally decided to accept our show the name of the regiment, its num­
"The National Guard is part of the help. He and his officers have effectively ber and station, and the location of re­
Army of the United States, and it is the cooperated with us. To date the results cruiting places were provided by the Na­
duty of the Recruiting Service to assist it have been very satisfactory. tional Guard. These "A" boards were
in obtaining recruits placed a t p r o m i n e n t
whenever its officers de­ places in the city. The
sire." Regular R e c r u i t i n g
This wholesome ex­ Service maintains these
pression respecting the boards and keeps them
duty of the Recruiting neat and attractive at
Service to assist the all times.
work of our comrades Window-cards were
in the National Guard prepared in the multi-
presented new problems graph room of the Re­
to the recruiting officers cruiting Station. The
of the corps area. First, cut, "The Army Builds
should the recruiting of­ Afen," was used as a
ficers wait for the Na­ center piece. The copy
tional Guard officers to on the cards was furn­
request a s s i s t a n c e ? ished by the company
Second, how could the commanders ; each com­
Recruiting Service real­ pany uses different copy.
ly aid the N a t i o n a l The National Guard of­
Guard in obtaining re­ ficers d i s t r i b u t e the
cruits? cards as they will.
To wait for the Na­ The Regular Recruit­
tional Guard to request ing S e r v i c e h a s no
assistance meant that it funds to meet the ex­
in all probability never pense of this class of
would request assist­ publicity. The cost,
ance. The N a t i o n a l however, is nominal,
Guard officers in asking merely the price of the
assistance would have to paper and ink, and this
state just what assist the N a t i o n a l Guard
ance they required. In pays. The labor, print­
short, to wait for the ing, etc., are done by the
National Guard to ask Regular r e c r u i t i n g
for help would be a very force. The National
effective way to "pass Guard officers are en-
the buck," a poor sub- Box sign used in front of main station in San Francisco. Recruiters in picture are couraged to make liberal
stitute for action on the two of the best in the San Francisco District, Cpl. Dave Refatti and Sgt. Nathan B. use of this service.
part of a Regular Army Williams The value of this kind
officer. of publicity is that it
The Los Angeles Recruiting Station The second problem, how the Recruiting keeps the National Guard constantly ad­
decided, therefore, to reverse the action. Service could really assist the National vertised. In a city such as Los Angeles
It went to the National Guard, not with Guard to obtain recruits, was solved by thousands of people read the data on the
an offer to give assistance whenever the following the principles for successful "A" boards and window-cards every day.
officers of the Guard requested such, but recruiting for the Regular Army, namely, Thus, instead of hearing something about
the National Guard once a year at the
with a plea to permit the Recruiting Serv­ publicity and personal contact with pros­ time of the camp of instruction, the people
ice to develop some plan by which the pective recruits.
It was decided that publicity for the become familiar with the name and num­
Regular Recruiting Service could help ber of the regiment in their community,
in obtaining recruits for our brother serv­ National Guard should be twofold in its location, its work, and its part in the
ice, and thereby remove some of the bur­ character. First, there ought to be the scheme of National Defense. It creates
den from the shoulders of the National same sort of publicity as is used for the conversation and develops interest in the
Guard company commanders. Regular Army, such as "A" boards, win­ National Guard. There is no question
The commanding officer of the National dow cards, etc. Second, there would have about the value of such publicity.
Guard troops stationed in Los Angeles, to be wide publicity of a character to at­
Colonel Walter P. Story, 160th Infantry, tract the attention of everybody in the The problem of creating wide publicity
received me with much courtesy. He •ommunity, and to excite the admira- (Continued on Page Eleven)
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 Standardization of "A" Board Displays
By Mtij. MALCOLM P. ANDRUSS, CAC, DDL, Recruiting Officer, Buffalo, N. Y.
T has been my observation in studying
sub-stations have in the main been pitiful
I recruiting problems that too much
thought cannot be given to the "A"
board situation.
Thi6 is indeed the day of intensive
advertising and no matter how much merit
there may be in an article fur sale the
demand therefore will be directly propor­
tional to the amount of effort expended
in attractively presenting it lo the pub­
lic, either in the press, on the bill board
or in the show case.
It has gotten so now that show case and
window displays have become an integral
part of the retail game and this activity
is often a determining factor in the suc­
cess or failure of a business. "Window
shopping" is a practice common to all
and the more alluring the "bait" the great­
er will be the number of "fish" in the
creel when the day's books are balanced.
How often do you go into a shoe store
to make a purchase without first seeing
the style of shoe you want in the window?
The same is true, in general, of every
article we buy whether it be a hat or a
box of candy to take home.
Show case and window dressing in re­
cent years has become an art and many
of those engaged in the profession are
high-salaried artists.
Did you ever stop to consider seriously
what a wonderful potential advertising
medium we have in our "A" boards ?
Did it ever occur to you that the Feder­
al Government is being granted a most
exceptional concession by the several city
governments in that we are generally per­
mitted to locate our display boards at
random—given unrestricted liberty to
cover the "high spots" as it were ? Are
we taking full advantage of the excep­
tional advertising facilities at our dis­
posal? What wouldn't commercial firms
give for the same privilege—and yet
how many of us take it as a matter
of course!
If you will pardon personal reference
I would like to relate here an incident that
occurred in Buffalo only last week as il­
lustrative of the public spirited attitude of
the city officials in regard to street adver­
tising. For some time past I have had my
eye on a most strategic "high spot" for
the location of an "A" board in the very
heart of the business district, but hesitated
to take the step without special permission
from the "man behind," fearing that such
action might savor of presumption on my
part. In order to be on the safe side I
called upon the Mayor and stated my case.
Pie handed me his card with the remark:
"Major, this card will entitle you to do
anything you want in this city except to
commit murder. Put your signs anywhere
you want to." With backing such as this
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Stock Posters Used in Construction
of Original Layouts According
to Model Designs
attempts and although the commanders
have done their best the fact remains
that in most cases the results have not
been at all satisfactory. Constant "nag­
ging" is not conducive to morale and re­
I may be pardoned for waxing enthusi­ course to such methods is of doubtful
astic over the treatment accorded. value.
Returning lo the subject—we have at The problems had to be met and con­
nur disposal, then, two classes of show quered and with this idea in view much
rases, one stationary and the other walk­ thought has been devoted during the past
ing. It is with the former that I want six months as to just how to proceed.
tu deal in this article as the latter is It was finally decided to adopt the fol­
worthy of special thought and consid­ lowing system :
eration. (a) To prepare carefully two classes
What are we doing to improve the of "A" board displays, one to be called
attractiveness of "A" board displays? standard and the other special.
The standard class was to comprise
specially designed displays for each of the
following: Infantry, Cavalry, Engineers,
Signal Corps, Field Artillery, Coast Ar­
tillery, Air Service, Panama, Hawaii, and
the Philippines.
The special class was to comprise a
number of displays advertising specific
organizations for which we are authorized
to recruit, also such special subjects as
/ ravel, Opportunities for Learning a
Trade, General Recruiting Information,
etc.
(b) To make up a number of complete
sets of photographs1 from the two classes
indicated and to furnish each station with
a reference set in album form.
(c) To require each station to model
its displays in accordance with the author­
ized photographs furnished for the pur­
pose, allowing, of course, reasonable de­
viations therefrom in order that initiative
might not be curtailed along these lines.
Anchor Mounting for "A" Board By employing this method we not only
obtain a certain degree of uniformity
Do we believe in their efficacy or do we throughout the district but at the same
look upon the work involved as a neces­ time are assured of a more efficient and
sary evil ? effective advertising medium. Whereas
It is comparatively an easy matter to much thought has been devoted to pro­
paste on some stock posters as a mere ducing the original displays it is com­
matter of rote and without giving further paratively an easy matter to refer to the
thought to the activity other than to see standard photographs and make up what
to it that frequent inspections are made to is wanted directly from them, "a short
insure neatness. But in pursuing this cut to knowledge," as it were.
course are we taking full advantage of the
It should be understood that the stand­
possibilities open to us? That is a ques­ ard displays are in the nature of a
tion that each commander must decide mosaic, a potpourri so to speak, of a
for himself and it is not my intention to number of regularly issued posters, hand
foist my ideas on anyone. Personally I bills, and the like, all of which are norm­
court suggestion and I can consistently ally on hand at each station. This fea­
say that the Recruiting Neivs, as well as ture, of course, is essential to the proper
other recruiting publications, have been carrying out of the scheme.
a wonderful help to me in solving many
of the problems with which we are daily In order to give a better idea of the
confronted in this most interesting nature of the displays a few illustrations
service. are shown on the opposite page. There
are about twenty-five sample photographs
It isn't every man who is qualified to in each album although the possibilities
design attractive displays for "A" boards, along these lines are naturally unlimited.
as it involves an inherent ability for crea­
The Buffalo office will be glad indeed to
tive art. In this district the displays at {Continued on Page Fifteen)
UNITED STATES ARMY

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Some of Major Andruss' Standard "A" Boards Page Five

 The Coast Artillery Corps

N
1789 the entire Artillery organiza- Field Artillery Was Grouped With
of Santiago. Two batteries served as in­
I tion of the Army consisted of a single
battalion of four companies with a
strength of 14 officers and 280 men, Branches Were Separated
fantry at the siege and capture of Manila.
CAC From 1789 to 1907, When Later on four batteries served as in­
fantry during the Philippine Insurrec­
tion in 1899.
known as "The Battalion of Artillery,"
and the proportional part of a total mili­ The 6th Artillery served as infantry
tary establishment of less than 900 officers then existing sixty companies served as during the Philippine Insurrection, and
and men of all branches of the service. light batteries. Prior to the Civil War, four batteries of the 3rd Artillery served
Congress increased the artillery person- fory-one companies served in campaigns as infantry in the China Relief Expedi­
nel in 1794 to a total of 95 officers and against the Indians, and after the war tion in 1900, in addition to the light bat­
992 men, 'and in the reorganization which some of the "foot batteries" took part in teries which played their own role on this
then took place they became the "Corps operations against Indians. memorable trip. At various times com­
of Artillerists and Engineers." In 1886, through the instrumentality of panies or batteries of Heavy Artillery
In 1798 Congress increased this corps the Endicott board, the War Department (or later Coast Artillery) have served as
by one regiment of three battal­ infantry in Alaska, Hawaii, and
ions of four companies, and in the on the Mexican border and on
following year changed the corps strike duty during i n d u s t r i a l
and regiment into two regiments troubles.
of four battalions of four com­ In 1901 the Artillery was re­
panies each and a total, strength organized as a corps consisting of
of 182 officers and 2,088* men. 126 companies of Coast Artillery
The Artillery and Engineers and 30 batteries of Field Artil­
were separated in 1802 and the lery, with authorized strength of
Artillery reorganized as the "Reg­ 663 officers and 18,922 men.
iment of Artillerists," with five The Coast companies were then
battalions of four companies and grouped under higher command
a strength of 106 officers and in accordance with the territorial
1,520 men. departments of the United States
Congress authorized the addi­ and their own stations along the
tion of one regiment of Light Ar­ seaboard, while the Field Artil­
tillery of ten companies in 1808, lery batteries were grouped in
and in 1812 two regiments of Ar­ battalions at the larger inland
tillery. Thus for the War of posts of the mobile Army and in
1812 the Artillery consisted of contact with either Infantry or
one regiment of Artillerists, one Cavalry. Here was a well defined
regiment of Light Artillery and divergence between the assumed
two regiments of Artillery, with missions of the light batteries and
an authorized strength of 237 of the Heavy Artillery companies,
officers and 6,018 men. the former being grouped with
In 1814 the "Artillerists" and units of Infantry and Cavalry
the two regiments of Artillery while the latter became identified
were combined into a "Corps of with the seacoast and were con­
Artillery," leaving the Regiment sidered immobile because their
of Light Artillery as a separate guns were in fixed defenses and
unit. In 1821 all of this Artil­ for attack against nival targets
lery and the ordnance personnel only. The reorganization also pro­
were reorganized into four regi­ vided for a chief of Artillery.
ments of nine companies each, and This was the first provision by
thus continued, with only minor Congress for a technical chief of
changes, for over forty years. any combatant arm in the Regu­
The 5th Regiment of Artillery Major General Frank W. Coe, Chief of Coast Artillery lar Army since the beginning of
was authorized in 1861, and dur­ Government under the Constitu­
ing the Civil War the total authorized undertook the task of reorganizing the tion (the Corps of Engineers had not been
strength was 273 officers and 4,666 men. U. S. coast defenses. In 1898, as a war rated as a combatant service up to that
After the Civil War the authorized measure, Congress authorized the Sixth time). General Henry Knox had been
strength was reduced, and in 1885 the and Seventh Regiments of Artillery and Chief of Artillery under Washington in
Artillery consisted of five regiments, com- tripled the strength of the personnel in the Continental Army and General Henry
prising sixty company organizations, with all regiments for the duration of the war. J. Hunt was Chief of Artillery of the
a personnel of 280 officers and 2,600 men. The batteries of Light Artillery, however, Army of the Potomac during the Civil
During the period 1812-1885, the func- still formed part of the regiments of War, but neither of them was of the
tions of the Artillery were many and Heavy Artillery, now committed almost Regular establishment.
varied. In the War of 1812 the four ex- entirely to coast defense, for only two In 1907 the Coast and Field were de­
isting regiments were actively engaged as types of armament existed, the light field finitely separated into two distinct
artillery or as infantry, the latter role pieces and the heavy guns in the fixed branches of the military service. Both
predominating. In the Mexican War defenses. branches were increased and the Coast
ferty-five of the total forty-eight com- During the Spanish-American War a Artillery Corps was constituted as of
panies took active part, again playing the number of the foot batteries were or- 170 companies with an authorized person-
double role of artillery and infantry. ganized into Siege Artillery, and two of nel of 708 officers and 19,321 men. It
During the Civil War fifty-six of the them participated as such at the siege thus became a service apart from the
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS

mobile Army in all matters tactical and and nothing in between these widely sep­ by the wear and tear of war.
technical and retained its administrative arated types. The Army Artillery had used French
relationship only. The Coast Artillery and the Field Ar­ guns and British howitzers, purchased
In 1916, in the National Defense Act, tillery had been far apart in both techni­ from these countries with all their equip­
the Coast Artillery received a 50 per cent que and esprit—medium and heavy mobile ment. A small portion of this armament
increase, which was to be added by five calibers had been lacking as well as any was expended in action, some of it was
equal increments during a period of four inclination in either branch of the service •returned to the governments from which
years. The previous fixed company or­ to push their development. obtained in the final settlement of ac­
ganization was eliminated and only the Fortunately during the war, due to the counts, but the larger numbers were
total corps strength of personnel in each absence of enemy sea power, the Coast brought to this country to form a part of
grade was defined. However, in April, Artillery was able to emerge from its the Army Artillery armament since accu­
1917, when only the first increment narrow role of coast defense and fill the mulated.
of increase had been added, we were pressing need for heavy mobile guns in Our Army has today in fully developed
in the World War; the remaining support of our armies on the land. More and efficient form those quotas of medium
four increments were added en masse, than this, it was shown that not only can mobile guns which the Army of 1916
and we were confronted with the necessity Coast Artillery troops operate their sea wholly lacked. The Coast Artillery has
for an immediate expansion to ten coast weapons on fixed mounts and their become in reality the Heavy Artillery of
and later to twenty times our pre­ heavy mobile armament in support of land our military establishment and coast de­
vious military strength. fense pure and simple is only a
In June, 1917, the War Depart­ part of its mission. It has ex­
ment authorized the formation of tended its scope so as to close en­
the first Expeditionary Brigade of tirely the gap that formerly ex­
Coast Artillery troops intended to CMTC Enrollment
isted between the light or Field
operate heavj' mobile guns abroad, A summary of telegraphic reports for April 30, Artillery and the Artillery of the
this brigade arriving at Mailley- 1925 fixed defenses, and it is prepared
le-Camp (Aube), France, by the C.A a b c d e to go into campaign in support of
end of September, which camp /
1st . 2,020 1,833 1,249 4,400 45.9 1,551 field armies just as readily as to
became the headquarters of the 2nd . 4,354 4,141 1,754 6,500 66.9 2,077 defend our fortified posts.
American Railway Artillery Re­ 3rd . 2,584 2,340 1,000 5,600 46.1 1,690 The National Defense Act of
serve. In February, 1918, the 4th . 4,489 3,603 2,110 5,700 78.7 4,201 1916, which had increased the
first units of this brigade were 5th . 5,165 5,019 2,324 6,000 86.1 2,306 strength of the Coast Artillery
disposed to support certain oper­ 6th . 4,274 4,088 2,146 5,600 76.3 2,986 Corps approximately 50 per cent
ations of the French 4th Army in 7th . 1,762 1,700 452 6,700 26.3 1,565 and fixed that strength at 1,200
Champagne. From that time on 8th . 1,700 1,184 798 5,000 34.0 1,765 officers and 30,009 enlisted men,
the units of this Artillery Reserve 9th . 2,883 2,718 916 4,500 64.0 2,126 was intended to provide, when the
operated along the battle line in five annual increments of the in-
France until finally, in October 29,231 26,626 12,749 50,000 58.4 20,267 crease were completed, a full
and November, 1918, they were Explanatory Note:— manning detail for all guns and
concentrated in support of the a. Applications received. mine defenses in overseas posses­
American First and Second b. Number considered acceptable. sions, a full manning detail for
Armies in the vicinity of Verdun. c. Accepted and so notified mine defenses and a half manning
When the enormous expansion d. Minimum objective. detail for our defenses at home.
required of the Field Artillery to e. Percentage obtained. The Act of Congress of June
supply the necessary divisional Applications received this date, 1924. 4, 1920, does not increase this
guns alone was fully realized, the / •
strength, in spite of the fact that
War Department assigned to the the Coast Artillery now contrib­
Coast Artillery the task of sup­ utes three brigades comprising ten
plying all the Army and Anti- regiments of Heavy Mobile Ar­
Aircraft Artillery for the AEF, while forces with the same methods of accuracy tillery, to the strength of the mobile
in the matter of Corps Artillery and and precision of fire, but also that the Army. But this matter is of small im­
Trench Mortars the personnel was drawn newly developed heavy mobile types of portance as compared with the actual
from both Field and Coast Artillery guns themselves can play a double role existence of the organizations and the ar­
sources. and can attack, with equal accuracy, tar­ mament of the heavy mobile units so long
For the Army Artillery, all of which gets on the sea as well as on the land. previously absent from our regular estab­
was to be tractor drawn or transported, At the date of the Armistice the man­ lishment.
the sources of armament supply were the ufacture of heavy artillery in the U. S. Heavy artillery is the most expensive
had just reached quantity production and part of the equipment which our Army re­
French 155 mm. GPF guns, the British as a result of completing those contracts
quires for successful campaign against
8-inch and 9.2-inch howitzers and the 5­ to which expensive materials and forgings a modern national enemy. It is at the
inch and 6-inch guns dismounted from the were already wholly committed, the War same time the longest in production, for
U. S. Coast Defenses and placed upon Department is today in possession of a it cannot be improvised on short notice
provisional wheeled mounts. heavy mobile armament such as never but entails a continuing process of devel­
The matter of primary importance to before existed in this country and which opment and actual practical tests so that
the Coast Artillery Corps after the war now forms an asset of the greatest value when emergency overtakes us, we may
was what types, calibers and proportional against future National danger. have available the best types of these
numbers of heavy mobile Artillery should The American Railway Artillery in heavy weapons.
be retained in the Regular establishment France had used only French materiel, But the question of heavy mobile guns
when the new reorganization had become and this was left behind, but the troops was not the only matter to be developed
a fact. Before the war we had only Field returned to find a better armament at by the Coast Artillery during the World
Artillery and a fixed sea coast armament home, of improved design and undamaged {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
MAY 15, 1925
"Only A Soldier"
"I am only a soldier—" wrote a man recently to
a representative of the press at the end of a news
item he had sent in. That remark is often heard in
casual conversation, too, and somehow apologetic
expressions of this kind creep into more than one
communication from the ranks of Uncle Sam's
Army.
It cannot be that the traditions of the Army,
or its uniform, are responsible for this attitude, for
among honorable things these hold a prominent and
enviable place. What could be more honorable
and noble than to be a defender of your flag and
country, a member of that great body of men who
form the mainstay of law and order ?
History is replete with the exploits of men of
the Army. The Army led civilization westward,
unfaltering, and protected it after it had secured a firm
foundation. The foremost explorers of the nation
were Army men—-Fremont, Kearny, Lewis and
Clark, Pike, Greely with his Arctic Expedition, and
scores of others.
Be proud that your country allows you to wear its
uniform. There is nothing to be ashamed of in
being a soldier; quite the opposite. Don't be over­
bearing or lordly, but show a quiet pride. When you
hear that Army men have accomplished a great feat,
that they have again proved themselves as did the
members of the 'Round-the-World Flight, stick out
your chest. "I'm a soldier! Thats the army I be­
long to!"
Act like a soldier ; talk like a soldier, and when the
occasion arrives, fight like a soldier.
Be a soldier!
Recognizing the Allocated Recruiter
The importance of the recruiter's job is not under­
stood by many company commanders who have alloca­
ted recruiters in the field. The 3rd Corp^Area Gazette
for April tells of the following indorsement placed by
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an organization commander on a recruiting officer's
request for promotion of an allocated recruiter who had
averaged 19 recruits per month for several months.
"This man has never done a day's duty with his regi-
ment. There are other men in the regiment of the
grade of private who are probably just as good soldier
as this man, and who are doing arduous duty with their
organizations. It would be decidedly detrimental to
morale to appoint an absentee. Furthermore, were
this man made a noa-commissioned officer the regi­
mental quota of men on recruiting duty would be five
non-commissioned officers out of a regimental strength
of 42, present and absent, which seems excessive."
This officer, like many others, did not appreciate the
handicaps and limitations under which the recruiting
force works, nor the benefits he derives from its work.
If he were to take into consideration the low reenlist­
ment percentage of his organization—for reenlistments
on the average vary from 8 per cent to 35 per cent—he
would realize how important a part his allocated re­
cruiter is playing in giving him the necessary personnel
to keep his outfit going.
It is easy enough to understand the viewpoint of
the company commander, who is constantly harassed
by calls for men to go on this detail or that, and who is
confronted with the job of completing his organization
training in the best possible manner. But at the same
time he must realize that good work done by his men
away from the company is just as deserving of com­
mendation and recognition as is work performed in his
orderly room or in his kitchen.
The Enlightened Middle West
The 5th Corps Area is especially blessed in the
understanding of the educational value of the Citi­
zens' Military Training Camps on the part of the
local educational authorities. The State Board of
Education for the Commonwealth of Kentucky on
April 17 unanimously passed a decree that high
school students with an approved record at a CMTC
for four weeks should be entitled to one-quarter
unit in military training, such credit to be counted
toward graduation from a high school. The State
Boards of Education for Indiana and West Virginia
had already recognized the value of such training
by granting a similar credit to all high school stu­
dents who are graduates from one of the camp
courses. Should the State Board of Education for
the State of Ohio extend a like recognition, the 5th
Corps Area would be unanimous.
 RECRUITING

NOTES

tt
The United States Army builds Men"
Rain or Shine the Same
All records for enlistments in the
Nashville, Tennessee, Recruiting Dis­
trict, since its organization in August,
1924, were surpassed in April. The
progressive success of the district, un­
der command of 1st Lieut. Logan W.
Boyd, Inf., DOL, Recruiting Officer, is
Vancouver
due in great part to the enthusiastic
and energetic work of the personnel.
Regardless of office hours the men do
not hesitate to suffer inconvenience t .
obtain enlistments. The following in­
stance, which is not unusual for the
personnel, is cited:
Recently four applicants were re­
cruited by Pfc. Jeff W. Sutton, 15th
Tank Bn., allocated canvasser, one of
whom had prior service but had failed
to bring his last discharge certificate.
The applicants were anxious to enlist
and leave the date they were recruited
However, they refused to enlist and
discharge certificate of the latter, 25 West Coast Reenlistments
miles distant. After a harrowing ex­ Of the 425 men discharged in the
perience in the rain storm, not to men­ 9th Corps Area during March, 85 were
tion the damage done to Cpl. Glover's reenlisted, giving a reenlistment rating
of 20 per cent. One of the very good
records in the corps area was that of
WANTED!
Barracks, Washington,
where 42 men were discharged and 118
Printer and Lock-up reenlisted, giving a reenlistment rat­
ing of 42.85.
BY JUNE 1
Departing Recrui/er Gets Write-up
A Good Makeup Man for On the occasion of his departure
t h e News With General from duty as head of the Army Re­
Knowledge of Job Work cruiting station in San Bernardino,
California, after more than five years,
Must be Enlisted Man Sgt. Robert Surber was given a splen­
of Excellent Character
did write-up in the San Bernardino
Evening Telegram of May 7. During
A Good rating assured the man his tour of duty in San Bernardino
who can make good
Sgt. Surber enlisted 650 men.
Address all communications care

wait until the following day when the The April Infantry Journal
Recruiting Publicity Bureau,

prior service man could obtain his dis­ Governors Island, N. Y.

Enough copies of the April, 1925,
charge paper. At the time a severe
rain and windstorm was in progress,
making the use of the district truck
prohibitive, as a portion of the route
to be traversed was almost impassable
due to bad roads.
Without hesitation Cpl. Thomas G.
Glover, chief clerk of the district, vol­
unteered the use of his personal small
touring car, and in company with Priv­
ate Sutton set out immediately with
the prior service man to secure the
car, the treasured paper was obtained.
Lieut. Boyd, who had remained in his
office awaiting the return of the men,
then enlisted the prior service man
and his three companions, dispatching
them the same night to their organi­
zation. Thus four men were secured
who, in all probability, might not have
enlisted unless prompt action had been
taken.
issue of the Infantry Journal have been
sent all corps area recruiting officers to
allow the distribution of one to each
main recruiting office and sub-station.
This number of the doughboy monthly
is devoted to Panama, and the recruit­
er who studies the magazine thorough­
ly will derive an adequate knowledge
of Army service in the Canal Zone.
It should be kept as a reference book
in preparation for any future "drive"
for recruits for Panama.

STATEMENT OF ENLISTMENTS AND REENLISTMENTS DURING APRIL, 1925

Dist. U. S. A.
BRANCHES OF SERVICE 1st and 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th of in Hawaiian Panama
C. A. C. A. C. A. C. A. C. A. C. A. C. A. C. A. C. A. Wash. China Dept. Dept. Total
Infantry 121 208 181 272 175 116 107 148 179 17 7 8 1,539
Cavalry 16 2 19 41 1 17 71 164 34 8 . 373
Field Artillery 55 64 157 181 109 33 17 121 42 11 4 794
Coast Artillery 45 71 134 24 93 44 64 5 44 4 6 537
Air Service 13 73 94 9 17 71 15 121 38 5 4 473
Corps of Engineers 1 45 31 16 39 4 10 31 21 13 1 213
Signal Corps 14 46 30 2 10 5 3 22 16 2 2 152
Quartermaster Corps 16 46 49 21 10 14 24 47 35 8 2 273
Finance Department 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Medical Department (M. & D.) 10 39 64 17 10 15 "ii 50 31 9 1 259
Medical Department (Vet. C.) . 1 1 1 2 26 I 2 34
Ordnance Department 5 11 29 "\2 9 4 2 5 2 2 89
Chemical Warfare Service 1 14 4 19
D. E. M. L "io 51 19 10 9 12 12 13 177
308 658 821 603 484 338 361 756 459 95 15 40 4,938­
TOTAL
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Discharged Men As Eligibles W. D. Orders Affecting Recruifing Finds Education In Army

Col. F. B. W a t s o n , Recruiting Officer Capt. Harry H. Dunn, Cavalry, re­ Having become interested in the
of the 1st Corps Area, every 10 days lieved from recruiting duty at Phila­ military service while a student at the
sends his r e c r u i t e r s a li^t of the men, delphia, Pa., and assigned to 1st Cav­ Pillsbury Military Academy, Robert
with addresses, discharged from the alry Division, Fort Bliss. Texas. Gardner, 18 year old son of a dental
A r m y by reason of expiration of term Firsl Lieut. William R. Ilamby, Cav­ physician on the staff of the Mayo
of service in that period, w h o live in alry, relieved from 8th Cavalry, Fort Clinic at Rochester, Minnesota, decided
the 1st Corps Area. This should prove Bliss, Texas, and ordered to Philadel­ to enlist in the Air Service. He did so,
to be a valuable list of eligibles for re­ phia for assignment to duty in connec­ with his father's consent, and was as­
enlistment and is furnished recruiters tion with recruiting. signed to the Air Service Technical
with that idea. Major Wilber A. Blainc, retired, to School at Chanute Field, Illinois. The
active duty in connection with recruit­ young man enlisted for three years.
New Hoosier Sheet ing at Ashcvjllc, North Carolina. He has qualified for a course in air
The Indianapolis Recruiting District First Lieut. William R. Hainby, Cav­ photography, and until the next class
has plunged into the publishing field alry, relieved from recruiting duty at forms will be engaged in clerical work
I'ort Hamilton, New York, and as­ which will acquaint him with parts of
with a genuine splash, for the firsl
signed to 4th Cavalry, Fort Meade. hcavier-than-air craft now in use in
number of the Hoosier Recruiter is one the A i r S e r v i c e .
of which any organi­ His father, having
zation would be proud. visited him recently at
The mimeographing is Rantoul, found the
excellently done, and boy apparently quite
the job is bound in an contented, and realizes
attractive heavy yel­ that a l t h o u g h h e
low cover stock. The should have liked to
c o n t e n t s are well have his son complete
chosen and are attrac­ his education in high
tively spaced and ar­ school and college,
ranged. Robert is on the road
to a splendid educa­
Corps Area Leaders tion in his three years
Sgt. Henry Sonnen­ in the Air Service.
berg, DEMI, led the o
2nd Corps Area re­ Flag Washing Easy
cruiters in April with Major I. J. Phillip-
55 enlistments. son, AGD, has re­
Sgt. Frank Raines, ceived word from a
DEML, on duty in corps area recruiting
Evansville, Indiana, officer that the latter
with 21 enlistments for has a way of washing
April headed the 22 recruiting flags with­
men on the 5th Corps out the colors running.
Area honor roll for He simply washes
the month. them in clear luke­
S g t . P a 1 m a C. warm water with
Recruiting display and booth at Victory Theatre, Tampa, Florida, in connection with
W h i t e , DEML, on
showing of "Classmates." Mr. John B. Carroll, manager of the theatre, furnished the I v o r y s o a p , a n d
duty at Boston, Mass.,
booth without cost to the Government, and after the run of the picture was over b e l i e v e s that from
led the 1st Corps Area
gave the booth to the Recruiting Office. S gt. Smith and Cpl. Dudley of the Tampa three to six months
recruiters during April are added to the life
office are shown in the picture.
with 10 recruits. of the flags thereby.
o
Forest Preserves on Posts A. S. School Courses Lebanon Victorious
National forests have been estab­ A comprehensive schedule in pam­ With a carton of cigarettes as the
lished by executive order on the mili­ phlet form, of the courses and require­ prize, the recruiting sub-stations at
tary reservations at Fort Benning, ments for enlisted men at the Air Lock Haven and Lebanon, Pa., staged
Georgia, Camp McClellan, Alabama, Service Technical School, Chanute a contest in April. Both of the stations
and Camp Jackson, South Carolina. Field, Illinois, has lately been received. are one man posts. The Lebanon sta­
In addition, the President has signed It has been distributed by the school tion, with Pfc. H. M. Carpenter in
an executive order establishing nation­ to organization commanders and charge, won over the Lock Haven sub­
al forests on the military reservations others concerned. station, consisting of Pfc. Edward F.
at Pine Plains, New York, Camp Up- o Ryan, by 8 enlistments to 3.
ton, New York, Camp Dix, New Jersey, Marine Corps Cut o
Tobyhanna Artillery Range, Pennsyl­ The Major General Commandant of
vania, Camp Meade, Maryland and President's Cup for Services
the Marine Corps announced on April
Forts Humphreys, Eustis and Lee, (> that the strength of the Marine President Coolidge announced on
Virginia. Corps for 1 lie next fiscal year would be April 10 that the President's Cup,
Joint investigation by the War and 18,000 instead of 19,500. 'Reduction of awarded October 18, 1924, will hereafter
Agricultural Departments with a view strength is being made by restricting be contested for annually by football
to selecting more national forests on recruiting and by raising the standard teams representing the Army, the
military reservations is continuing. for men accepted. Navy and the Marine Corps.
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS

Recruiting Service Aids National have his cooperation in completing a beau­ Equipment for Reserve Officers
Guard tiful ceremony. The music for the even­
ing was furnished by the bands of the
(Continued from Page Three) 160th Infantry and 3rd Regiment, Coast- Ready-made uniforms and accoutre­
to attract the attention of the substantial Artillery. ments for the equipment of officers of
business men and other prominent people All the Los Angeles papers carried a the Officers' Reserve Corps may be ob­
of the community required no little full account of the ceremony, giving the tained by purchase from Quartermaster
thought. Publicity of this character, to maximum publicity to the regiment. The General Sales Stores at the following
be of value, had to excite admiration for result of all this publicity has been to points:
the Guard, and had to produce favorable place the 160th Infantry prominently be­ Army Base, Boston 9, Mass.; Chicago
comment. fore the citizens of the community. The Quartermaster Intermediate Depot, 1819
Los Angeles,- California, is a great city. city has become interested in its welfare. West Pershing Road, Chicago, 111.; Gov­
It does everything in a big way. Its The Chamber of Commerce feels that ernors Island, N. Y.; Philadelphia Quar­
Chamber of Commerce is perhaps the since this regiment is distinctly a Los termaster Intermediate Depot, 21st Street
most up-to-date body of its kind in the Angeles organization it must have active and Oregon Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.; Ft.
world today. The people of this city are support. Benning, Ga.; Ft. Bragg, North Carolina ;
accostomed to see big things accomplished. Personal contact with prospective re­ Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; Ft. Riley, Kan­
Hence, any publicity feature to be of any cruits of the regiment will be obtained sas ; 8th Corps Area General Depot, Ft.
value at all would have to be something by the Regular recruiting sergeants' as­ Sam Houston, Texas; Ft. Sill, Okla­
beyond the ordinary. First Lieutenant sisting in the work of actual recruiting. homa ; Presidio of San Francisco, Cali­
Dudley H. Woodin, Infantry, DOL, As­ The plan is to have a tent placed in fornia ; Washington General Intermediate
sistant Recruiting Officer, was assigned Pershing Square where there will be a Depot, 21st and C Streets, Washington,
the task of preparing a plan for a publi­ display of arms and equipment to at­ D. C. (no uniforms carried in stock) ;
city feature that would be worth while. tract the eyes of the civilian. The Na­ Corozal, C. Z.; Honolulu and Schofield
Based on the idea- of having the 160th tional Guard will detail the necessary Barracks, Hawaii; and Manila, P. I.
Infantry adopted as "Los Angeles' Own," clerks to prepare enlistment applications. Reserve Officers desiring to make pur­
his plan included an invitation to all the Regular recruiting sergeants will canvass chases are required to identify themselves,
prominent men of the city to be present the prospects who will come to view the whether ordering in person or by mail.
at the formal adoption of the regiment military display. At present the regi­ This may be done by furnishing a copy of
by the Mayor of Los Angeles. The plan ment is full and recruits are not sought. the official orders received, an extract
was accepted by the Mayor and by the The personnel of the Los Angeles Re­ from commission or letter of appointment,
regimental commander. Lieutenant Wood- cruiting Station believe that from the co­ or personal introduction.
in was given the duty of placing the plan operation of the Regular Recruiting Serv­ Where practicable, a Reserve officer
into execution. ice and National Guard in this work there should visit the most conveniently located
During the week preceding the event will be evolved a permanent scheme by sales store in person. Where such visit
the leading papers of Los Angeles daily which the Regular Recruiting Service is not practicable, he should correspond
contributed publicity to call the attention will become a valuable help to the Na­ directly with the officer in charge of the
of the people to the coming ceremony. tional Guard.
That the "One Army Spirit" prevails Quartermaster General Sales Store lo­
At 8 :00 p. m. on March 17, in the pres­ cated in his vicinity, stating the articles
ence of over 25,000 people, the Mayor of as a result of this cooperation is shown by
desired and the amounts of these articles
Los Angeles, surrounded by city officials the following extract from the regiment­ previously purchased, and certifying that
and other prominent men, formally ac­ al commander's letter to the City Recruit­ the articles ordered are required for his
cepted the 160th Infantry as "Los An­ ing Officer:
"I cannot refrain from remarking that personal use when called into active Fed­
geles' Own."
Pershing Square, the scene of the event, the idea of the official adoption as a cere­ eral service. He should also request de­
mony was your own, and full credit is finite information concerning the price,
was brilliantly lighted by search-lights accorded you.
from the Coast Defense, Fort MacArthur, additional certificate required, and any
"However, it might also be truthfully other information pertaining to his order.
and by the kleig lights from Warner said that this is only one of the items of
Brothers' Moving Picture Studio. The interest you have in the 160th Infantry, If he already has this information avail­
regiment paraded through the principal and in behalf of the officers and men of able, he may, of course, submit his order
streets of the business section of the city. the 160th Infantry, I wish to express our direct, including a money order or draft
then formed in front of the grandstand grateful appreciation of your valued as­ to cover the cost of same and give the
and- was presented by the regimental com­ sistance in many ways. You have been of necessary shipping instructions, authoriz­
mander to the Mayor, who then inspected great value to the regiment." ing shipment by express or freight collect.
the regiment. Colonel F. J. Koester, Cav­
alry, who represented the Corps Area It will be of interest to all friends of Should a Reserve officer prefer a special
Commander at the ceremony, presented the National Guard to add that on April measurement uniform in place of a ready
the, 160th with a new set of colors. A 22, this splendid regiment was to put on made uniform, it will be necessary for
celebrated vocalist sang "The Star Span­ a big show under the management of Cap­ him to write to the Officer in Charge,
gled Banner." tain H. G. Brown, 160th Infantry. The Quartermaster General Sales Store, Phil­
.'kupert Hughes, famous author and title of the show was "Movie Land Re adelphia Quartermaster Intermediate De­
pot, requesting special measurement
photoplaywright, delivered the principal view." All the famous movie stars were
blanks (QMC Form 164), samples of
address of the evening. This splendid to take part under the direction of Will­
uniform cloth, prices, etc. If practicable,
citizen and soldier, a major in the Offi­ iam Desmond, noted director and actor.
Some idea of its bigness can be under­ he may visit tailoring establishments for
cers' Reserve Corps, is perhaps the best
the manufacture of custom-made uniforms
loved photoplaywright in the United stood from the prices of seats—box and at the 8th Corps Area General Depot and
States. With his willing consent the loge seats, $100 each; orchestra seats, Headquarters, District of Washington,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Moving Picture $10 each. But this is the way things are Washington, D. C.
Corporation made it possible for us to done in Los Angeles,
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
The College Student and the CMTC
HERE is a great fact with respect
T to the young manhood of our na­
tion that should be known to all.
It is that during the World War, when
the youth of the nation between the ages
of 21 and 30 were summoned to the colors,
it was found that one out of every three
of these young men, the flower of the na­
tion's manhood, was incapacitated .for
bearing arms in the defense of his
country by reason of defective physique.
This favorable interest need not be based
cators, who guide us and whom we follow,
pause for reflection. It is clear that every
possible agency for changing such a con­
dition should be encouraged. One of the
most valuable of these agencies is the
summer Citizens' Military Training
Camp, and this by reason of the splendid
physical training and development obtain­
ed by the young men who attend them.
The college student may profit especi­
ally by these camps.
They furnish him one agency through
which he may set an example of the prac­
tical carrying out of the duties of citizen­
ship.
JUDGE'S SAID T«ey) HARRA5SING
U/OODA GIVEN HIM A
PRIZE" ONLV H E ' S T
INTELUGCNT FOR HIS
GAUF H I M A CUP AND AS
AS H E IS
IT BELOMGeD Iti
THE
COMMANDER'S
DECISION
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By Major CHARLES D. DALY, FA
From a more material point of view upon summer military activities by his
the profit from this service is almost fall prospects as particularly desirable.
equally great. The participant returns This favorable interest need not be based
brown of skin and lusty of physique. entirely upon the preparation of a lad's
Under competent supervision he lives for body for the fall campaign. The spirit of
a few short weeks that greatest of out­ the summer camp reaches farther and
door activities—the life of a soldier. deeper than that. The spirit of democracy
To these students who either through and fair play are common to both the
personal predilection or by reason of other athletic field and the Army. The goal
compelling motives desire to ground them­ of success and victory are fundamental
selves in the essentials of military serv­ motives in both fields. The psychological
ice, life in the summer camp is of the stimulus of the Will to Win with both
greatest value. Here leadership and dis­ activities is a controlling morale factor.
cipline are taught. If a man returns The few days spent in these summer
with but the one asset of the psychologi­ camps certainly will not be soft and easy
cal appreciation of that greatest of-mili­ but that they will bear heavy interest
tary commands, "Follow Me," he is well throughout life no one can doubt.
repaid for his days at the Army camp. * * *
In addition, however, he may be the suc­ NOTE—Major Charles Daly, All-Ameri­
cessful competitor in that stimulating ac­ can, first on Harvard and then on the
tivity and man-size job of driving an Ar­ West Point team, coached West Point
tillery pair or leading a Cavalry patrol. for some years and is again at Harvard
In any case, if he is a member of an as backfield coach. Percy Haughton,
ROTC unit his value and availability as the famous coach, said that he had
non-commissioned or officer personnel is learned more in football strategy from
greatly increased. Major Daly than from any other man
The college athletic coach should look whom he had ever known.
VISUAL
<-, DETACHMENT 5IGNAUNG­
T ^
FIRE AND MOVEMENT
Military Terms Applied to Civil Life
 Through The
, Telescope
Uses Bank Ad Space Flannel Shirt Changed
Major Robert L. Seitner, QMC, Res., The War Department has approved a Women Support CMTC
CMTC Chairman for Saginaw County, new type of flannel shirt which con- The Daughters of the American Re-
tains many points tending to improve volution have launched a nation-wide
Michigan, has secured valuable adver­ its appearance. It is of coat style, the movement in the interest of the
tising for the 1925 camps through front plait has been reduced in width CMTC. Each of the 160,000 members
banks. Many financial institutions from two inches to 1% inch and ex- has been notified by her chapter head
contract for their newspaper advertis­ lends to the bottom of the shirt, the of her patriotic obligation to secure at
ing on a yearly basis, the same amount number of buttons in the front has least one application for this year's
of space being available for them in been increased to five, the collar, which camp.
each issue of the paper. Major Seitner is a standing rolling one, is provided The Women's Conference on Na­
has succeeded in inducing several of with two buttons at the front, the tional Defense as Peace Insurance, at
the local banks to give the CMTC the cuffs have been changed from 3 inches their convention recently held at
use of their advertising space in occa- to 3% inches, with corners rounded, Washington, D. C, with 17 women's
sional issues during the few weeks and finished with two buttons, and the patriotic clubs attending, passed the
preceding camp, the advertisement in- elbow patch has been( eliminated. It following resolution:
cluding simply the statement "This may be made either of 12 oz. serge "We recommend the Citizens' Mili­
notice published by courtesy of or of olive drab shirting flannel. tary Training Camps to the American
Blank National Bank." people, believing the discipline
and training received in these
In addition, Major Seitner is camps to be of the greatest
encouraging enrollment compe- Things the Army Does Besides Fight benefit to the boys of the na­
tition by offering prizes total- Washington, D. C, May 1, 1925.—President tion, and urge that these camps
ing $50, contributed by a local Coolidge's economy program has found an active
be enlarged so as to enable at
ally in radio which, Army Signal Corps officers say,
least 100,000 boys to attend each
bank and two leading citizens, year. * * *"
to the three boys who between saves the Government about $100,000 annually in
communication charges. —O ——.
May 1 and the opening of camp
The Army handles the message business of many California's Sponsor Honored
sign up the greatest number of the departments inland just as the Navy takes
of applicants for camp attend- Two tablets were unveiled at
care of Government coastwise and off-shore traffic, Fort Mason,- San Francisco,
ance. Saginaw County long and the Signal Corps has built up what its officers
ago reached its original quota, term "the most complete and perfected radio net­ California, on April 16 in mem­
but Major Seitner is continuing work in the world." ory of Col. R. B. Mason, USA,
The message centre of the War Department, after whom the post is named.
his enrollment campaign on the
located in the Munitions Building, is the nerve Col. Mason was military and
theory that Saginaw County civil governor of California in
focus of the radio system. Twelve stations link the
boys may be used to fill the various corps area headquarters with Washington, 1848, and presided over the con-
files left blank by Illinois and and within each of the corps units there are radio vention which prepared and
Indiana boys from tornado- stations for inter-area work, comprising sixty forwarded the petition of the
swept territory who must re- stations in all. There are twenty-one Alaskan sta­ people of California to become
main home during the summer tions and seventeen distributed throughout the insu­
lar possessions and Panama. Army transports also a state in the Union. The
reconstruction period. are equipped with radio. stones upon which the bronze
The Signal Corps is using this Government busi- tablets are affixed were brought
QMC Celebration ness to train its personnel, the equipment and over from China in 1851, the
The Quartermaster Corps is traffic being controlled from Washington. ship which carried them sink-
planning a big celebration in At Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Salt Lake ing in San Francisco Bay"~be­
honor of its 150th anniversary City, Utah, are installed ten-kilowatt tube trans- fore they could be unloaded.
on June 16. mitters to relay trans-continental messages. From They were only recently sal-
Washingon to New York and also to Baltimore vaged.
the corps maintains leased telegraph wires, but the

Few Refuse Bonus rest of the system is an all-radio one. o

Over 1,321,000 beneficiaries
of the Bonus Act have yet to
apply for their adjusted com­
pensation. To date only 180
veterans have given notice that
they will refuse either cash
payment or adjusted compen­
sation certificates.
Installation and operation are done entirely by C. of C. Gives Cup
Signal Corps personnel. In conjunction with its The Chamber of Commerce,
radio system the Signal Corps maintains a weather San Leandro, California, has
forecasting service for Army airplanes. Capt. offered a cup for the company
E. F. French is in charge of the radio net, under
Col. N. F. McClure, Signal Corps officer in charge of the California National
of communication facilities.—The Arew York Even- Guard which makes the high­
ina World. est record in the annual target
practice.
Page Thirteen
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Aviation Washouts
A statistical report covering the dis­
position of all students who entered
the Primary Flying School at Brooks
Field, Texas, between December 1,
1920, and March 15, 1925, has recently
been completed. Out of the officers
who reported for training, 66 per cent
graduated, while of the cadets only
43 per cent finished the course. This
would indicate that Army routine off­
sets age, for the officers average a
much higher age than the cadets, yet
it is generally conceded, according to
the Brooks Field Pilot Book of April
29, that a young man learns to fly
much more easily than an old man.
One student out of every hundred
was killed in an airplane accident dur­
ing the course of the primary training.
In this respect there is no difference in
the rate between officers and cadets.
Academic failures of cadets are 21 per
cent against one-half of one per cent
for student officers, and 2 per cent of
the cadets are eliminated for deficiency
in both flying and academic work.
In the disposition chart for Regular
officers, statistics show that 2nd lieu­
tenants have the easiest time learning
to fly, majors next, 1st lieutenants
next, then colonels and captains last.
Statistics for officers above the grade
of lieutenant cannot be fairly com­
pared, however, due to the fact that a
large percentage of officers are of
junior grades.
Dope on Edgewood Arsenal
A most interesting pamphlet on
Edgewood Arsenal has been issued by
the United States Chemical Warfare
Association as a supplement to its
Bulletin No. 8 of April 1. Not only is
the Chemical Warfare Service itself
well described, but excellent photo­
graphs portray the arsenal as a whole
and the interior of the various plants,
such as the chlorpicrin, mustard gas,
brombenzylcyanide, chloracetophe­
none, chlorine, phosgene, shell filling,
and gas mask units. The workings of
this little known but important cog
in the nation's defense system are ex­
plained in detail in such a way as to
make the booklet a most handy one
for canvassers.
Where the Animals Go
The Quartermaster Corps up to date
during the current fiscal year has pur­
chased approximately 5,000 animals.
Of these 1,879 have been issued to the
Cavalry, 1,218 to the Field Artillery,
261 to the Infantry, and the balance
are in remount depots being made
ready for issue. Approximately 900
of the latter will be given the 8th Corps
Area within a short time.
Page Fourteen
Railway CMTC Advertising
The New York Central Railroad
Company is carrying in its current
time tables a full page advertisement
for the 1925 CMT Camps, reproduc­
tion of which appears on this page.
The Rock Island lines have sent to
each ticket agent the War Department
CMTC posters and five postal cards
regarding the camps. Ticket agents
The CMTC Route
Yfrtiiifi m,ir>, t-.ixymi uningio f>e Cituvns' Mili­
tary Training Camp in Ju'y or August?
The New York Ccnlial Lints will teko you tu
every ctunp east of the Misv.s*i;.pi and north of
the Ohio.
Agt-s—17 to 31.
Branches—Infimtry, Cavalry, FieV! and Coosl
Artillery, Evsgi?iew9 atul Signal Corps-
Write to llw CMTC Officer indicated below for
ififormsii'j;!:
. For Massachusetts, Maine. CoruitcticuV, Nt-w
Hampr.btic, Vermont and Rhode lsjrtiui, r.iddress:
CMTC Officer. Boston, Mass.
For New York Ntw Jf-rsey and Delaware, aci-
Jttss: CMTC Officer, Gwwnors Island, New York.
F«r Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the
District of Columbia, address: CMTC Officer,
Standard Oii Building. Baltimore, Mci.
F«.r Ohio. Indiatia, Kentucky and West Virginia,
address: CMTC Officer, Fort Hayes, Columbus,
Ohio.
For Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, address:
CMTC Officer. 18J9 West Pershing Road, Chicago,
111.
Thirty days in the outdoor*. All necessary
expenses paid by thv War Department. In­
dorsc-d by PtesideJnt CooJidge and the nation's
foremost leaders.
The N. Y. C. CMTC Ad
have been requested to display posters
prominently and to distribute the
cards to persons requesting them who
might be interested in attending the
camps.
In the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
time tables is carried a bold face box
giving the essential data on the CMTC
and the methods by which young men
can avail themselves of attendance
thereat. The addresses of the CMTC
officers in the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th
Corps Areas are carried in the box.
o —
The day to start reenlisting a man is
the day he takes the oath of enlistment.
West Coast Man Scores
The possibilities for promotion and
assignment to attractive details are as
present in the other two components
of our Army as in the Regulars, as is
illustrated in the person of a captain
of the Reserves who has recently been
ordered to take a two months' course
at the Quartermaster School at Phila­
delphia. Less than two years ago he
was a private in the California Nation­
al Guard, being at the same time a
student in the correspondence course
for Quartermaster Reserve officers.
Upon successful completion of his
course he was given an opportunity
to take the examination for commis­
sion in the Reserve Corps, emerging in
the grade of captain. His work since
has been of such high caliber that he
has been selected out of over 900 Re­
serve officers in the 9th Corps Area as
the one representative at the Quarter­
master Corps school.
o
Functions of Post School
The Adjutant General's office is pre­
paring estimates of funds required for
post schools for enlisted men for the
fiscal year 1927. The estimates are
being prepared on the basis of an an­
nual expenditure of $4.80 per student
enrolled during the fiscal year, 1924.
The scope of instruction in the post
schools for enlisted men, according to
the desire of the War Department,
shall embrace grammar school sub­
jects and, principally, instruction de­
signed to qualify enlisted men to per­
form the duties of the various spe­
cialists authorized by the tables of or­
ganization. One-third of the enlisted
men receiving instruction in post
schools at the present time are pur­
suing grammar school subjects, the re­
maining two-thirds receiving special­
ists' instruction.
The employment of civilians in con­
nection with post schools for the fiscal
year 1927 will not be authorized.
.—o
New Planes for AS
At least 325 new airplanes will be
available for issue to Air Service or­
ganizations in the near future. Of
these 250 are metal fuselage jobs and
75 are Douglas corps observation
planes. Twenty-five of the metal fuse­
lage jobs will be constructed for pho­
tography and ten will be equipped with
superchargers. The Douglas planes
are to be of conventional observation
type far surpassing the war-built
DH4's in speed and maneuverability,
having a speed of about 150 m. p. h.
By minor changes in the nose, they
can be equipped with either a Liberty
or Packard 1A-1500, 500 h. p. engine.
The fuselage of this job is also of steel
tubing construction.
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
The Coast Artillery Corps
(Continued from Page Seven)
War. Prior to 1917 we had made no
practical progress in the line of anti­
aircraft defense. The subject had been
discussed and the need partly visualized
but no more. Therefore along with the
matter of heavy mobile guns the prob­
lem of Anti-Aircraft Artillery and meth­
ods of fire was assigned to the Coast
Artillery Corps. The service of anti­
aircraft weapons even with the Allied
Armies in France in 1917 was still in the
experimental stage—light field guns had
been modified and placed upon various
types of mounts permitting all round fire
and high angles of elevation, but the need
for improvement was still great, particu­
larly in the matter of telescopic sights and
accurate mechanisms for bracking and off­
setting on the target. One must realize
that shooting at aircraft is exactly similar
to shooting birds on the wing, with the
added disadvantage of greatly increased
and only roughly determined ranges and
the complication of time-fused ammuni­
tion.
Thus the Anti-Aircraft Artillery or­
ganized and sent to France from Coast
Artillery sources was destined to struggle
for accomplishment in what was to them
a wholly new field. The developments up
to that time had shown that the adapted
75 mm. or 3-inch rifles were of insufficient
power to meet all the demands and a heav­
ier and more powerful gun must be de­
signed.
The first hasty American effort pro­
duced a crude so-called semi-fixed mount
to carry the ordinary 75 mm. field piece,
with recuperator modified to take care of
recoil at high angles, equipped only with
open sights and very poor means for
corrections and offsets. These guns and
mounts were however only a stop gap and
they were hurried overseas to guard the
most important points in rear of our lines
from the Main Regulating station up to
the forward ammunition and supply
dumps. Practical tests and a close view
of the problems involved soon showed our
officers what was required to improve the
design and construction of both gun and
mount and what the accessories should be
for rapid and accurate shooting. Pro­
duction at home was promptly started
along the right lines and many satisfac­
tory anti-aircraft guns, though not of any
larger caliber than 3-inch, finally arrived
in France before the end of hostilities.
Although the need for an anti-aircraft
gun of heavier caliber than 3-inch had
been recognized before we started opera­
tion? in France, the Allies themselves had
not yet produced one and were still ex­
perimenting so that in this matter we were
on practically new ground. Our 4.7-inch
rifle was found to fill the requirements as
to weight oT projectile muzzle, velocity
and bursting charge, it was already de­
signed, and therefore the production of a
satisfactory mount, giving all round fire
and elevation up to 80 degrees, was the
task at hand. This the Ordnance Depart­
ment has accomplished with satisfactory
results, and although time was not avail­
able to produce this gun and mount before
the war ended the effort has resulted in
giving us a reserve of this heavier weapon
in addition to the many hundreds of mo­
bile 3-inch guns and mounts produced
during hostilities.
The future of aerial warfare and of
anti-aircraft weapons cannot be safely
foretold; we are only at the beginning of
it, but it is evident beyond any doubt
that we must in the future provide an able
anti-aircraft defense for all large centers
of population along or near our coasts
and for all important fleet bases in orde:
to prevent enemy observation and, so far
as possible, enemy bombardment from^he
air and to avoid the necessity of tying our
own air forces to the defense of any given
point. This is exactly the same situation
as exists in the matter of gun defense of
important coast points against enemy nav­
al attack, namely, that we must not tie our
fleet to the defense of its own bases but
defend that base from the shore and leave
the fleet free to operate offensively against
the enemy wherever he may be found.
One has only to think of the many im­
portant centers along our Atlantic Coast
to realize how extensive the necessary
anti-aircraft defense of only a part of thi->
country may have to be in future war.
o provides a practical means of fulfilling
Standardization of "A" Board
Displays
(Continued from Page Four)
be of service to any headquarters interest­
ed in the movement for "better 'A' boards
and more of them" in so far as furnishing
photographs on file is concerned.
As stated above, in the opinion of the
writer the value of "A" board displays
cannot be overestimated. It is a fact
that catchy pictures cause the passerby to
stop and "have a look." This is where
the canvasser begins to function and is
the opening gun in a "battle" that may
lead to an enlistment. The illustrated
supplements of newspapers frequently
contain military pictures of interest and
it is always worth while to gather in as
many as possible for "A" board use.
Pamphlet boxes attached to the boards
also have their place in the order of things
and their effectiveness should not be over­
looked.
Before closing this article it is felt
that a word or two in regard to "A"
board anchors might not be out of place.
We have all experienced the difficulties
encountered in keeping the boards in
place, and the time, labor and expense
involved are at times considerable on a
windy day. The accompanying illustra­
tion shows the method employed in this
district to insure stability of the frames.
The concrete block weighs about seventy-
five pounds. Cemented in the top is a
substantial screw eye to which one end
of a piece of stout wire is attached, the
other end of the wire being secured to a
small piece of angle iron fitting snugly
over the junction of the two frame sec­
tions at the top. The wire is provided
with a turn buckle to insure the proper
tension. The arrangement insures a rigid
frame in practically any wind storm and
its construction is simple.
The Third Corps Area Mantlemen
As was the case last year, the "man­
tleman" method is in vogue again this
year in the 3rd Corps Area scheme of
CMTC procurement.
The idea underlying this method is
that officers of the Army of the United
States, conscious of the fact that in
due course of time they must pass on
from the active stage of duty in their
country's defense, should designate
possible successors worthy to take
their places. Upon these latter the
"mantles" of military obligation are to
fall when age, infirmity or death shall
eventually require the officers to pass
along to others the patriotic burden
of carrying on in their places. The in­
stitution of the CMTC training courses
the patriotic ambition, in that comple­
tion of its Blue course confers imme­
diate eligibility for a commission in the
Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army.
"Mantleman" applications are con­
sidered as a distinct and preferential
class in the 3rd Corps Area and given
preference so long as vacancies actu­
ally exist. In the case of approved
applications of boys whom Army offi­
cers now desire to designate as their
"mantlemen," the CMTC officer of
the corps area is to be notified at once,
so that the boys' papers may be
stamped accordingly. A survey of ap­
plications submitted last year showed
that the basis of individual selection
of the 3rd Corps Area "mantlemen"
was in the following order: first, a
son; second, a younger brother; third,
a nephew or relative of the same sur­
name ; fourth, any relative by blood or
marriage; fifth, the son of a dear
friend; and sixth, any well qualified
boy of outstanding character, promise
and ability.
o
The day to start reenlisting a man is
the day he takes the oath of enlistment.
Page Fifteen
 Proposed Sailings of V. S. Army Transports

(Subject to Change)

F OR the convenience of recruiters who are interested in getting their overseas or coast recruits to the transports in proper
time, the following table of sailings of U. S. Army transports for the rest of 1925 is published herewith. It is understood
that the sailings are subject to change. Such changes will be noted from time to time in these columns.
The featuring of the sailing date of the next transport to any of our foreign or "other coast" ports has always proven a
drawing card for many of the Army recruiting stations which have played it up on their "A" boards.

NEW YORK—PORTO RICO—PANAMA

Leave Leave Arrive Leave Leave Arrive
New York San Juan Cristobal Cristobal San Juan New York
St. Mihiel 6/11 6/16 6/19 6/22 6/25 6/29
St. Mihiel 8/6 8/11 8/14 8/17 8/20 8/26 '
St. Mihiel " 10/1 10/6 10/9 10/12 10/15 10/19
St. Mihiel 11/24 11/29 12/2 12/5 " 12/8 12/12

NEW YORK—SAN FRANCISCO

Leave Arrive Leave Arrive
Nezv Yorkk Panama Panama San Francisco Connections
Chateau Thierry 5/28 6/3 6/3 6/13 (Thomas 6/17) (Chateau Thierry 6/16)
Chateau Thierry 8/11 8/17 8/18 8/28 (Thomas 9/3 ) (Chateau Thierry 9/2 )
Cambrai 9/22 9/28 9/29 10/9 (Cambrai 10/14)
Chateau Thierry 10/28 11/3 11/4 11/14 (Thomas 11/20) (Chateau Thierry 11/19)
Cambrai 12/4 12/10 12/11 12/21 (Cambrai 12/29)

SAN FRANCISCO—NEW YORK

Leave A rrive 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
Chateau Thierry 12/11 (Chateau Thierry 12/4) 12/21 12/22 12/28

SAN FRANCISCO—HONOLULU
Leave Arrive Leave Arrive
San Francisco Honolulu Honolulu San Francisco
Cambrai 5/14 5/20 5/23 5/29
Chateau Thierry 6/16 6/22 6/26 7/2
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
Chateau Thierry 11/19 11/25 11/28 12/4
Cambrai 12/29 1/4 1/8 1/14

SAN FRANCISCO—HONOLULU—GUAM—MAN ILA

Leave Arrive Leave Arrive Arrive Leave - Leave Leave Arrive

San Fran. Hono. Hono. Guam Manila Manila Chinwangtao Nagasaki San Francisco
Thomas 3/24 3/31 4/1 4/13 4/18 4/24 5/1 5/4 5/22
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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RECRUITING PUBLICITY BUHEAU
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The U. S. Army Builds Men
By a MASTER SERGEANT, DEML,
N a few days, after eighteen years'
I service and at forty-three years of
age, I am leaving the Army. I am
leaving the Army because the training the
Army has given me has fitted me to ac­
cept a proposition too inviting to be re­
fused. This is not said with ego nor in
a vain boasting bombastic voice, but be­
cause I believe it to be true and want to
let the rest of the world know just what
the Army will do for a man.
The fact that it took eighteen years is
no reflection on the Army. Rather it
shows what a big job the Army had to do.
Eighteen years ago I was a rolling stone,
gathering no moss, flitting from job to
job, always going but never getting any­
where. Today, at forty-three, I am step­
ping out to take a position with a guaran­
teed minimum salary of $5,000 a year and
with possibilities unlimited. That $5,000
a year can be multiplied many times—it
is up to me—and the Army has given me
the initiative, the ability and the knowl­
edge that I can and will "make good."
Today I am a trained man, a trained
executive, trained to assume responsibili­
ties, to carry out orders and policies of
my superiors, to take the initiative when­
ever it need be taken, and, best of all, in
spite of all the talk we hear about dis­
cipline, about obeying orders and asking
no questions, the Army has taught me
not to be a "yes man." "Initiative" is in
demand in the Army.
For the past five years it has been my
good fortune to be under the immediate
command of officers who have all the
qualities necessary for success, namely,
executive ability, pleasing personality, a
highly developed sense of fair dealing,
honesty, and the sanctity of the spoken
word—"and I learned how to do things
from them."
The Army slogan, "The U. S. Army
builds MEN," is the truest and best de­
scriptive advertising slogan in use today.
The Army does just what the slogan says
—it builds MEN. Morally, mentally,
physically, even financially builds them
greater than they ever could have been
built anywhere else, strengthening them
or eliminating weak points they may have
laying a foundation by forming a charac­
ter of honesty, truthfulness and morality,
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rearing a structure of good, healthy,
sound bone and sinew on the foundation,
and putting on a roof containing a trained
brain, trained to think, to reason logically,
trained to judge men, to classify them, to
make allowances for human frailties and
to distinguish the frailties from pure
devilment. Then it puts on the paint.
The outside coat consists of poise and
personality, the inside coat of self-confi­
dence, discipline and assertiveness.
That is what the Army has done for
me. Knowing the kind of man I was
before I was rebuilt, I believe the Army
and its officers are responsible for what
I am today. And I owe the Army and my
superior officers a debt of gratitude and
take this means of thanking it and them.
I have found few officers who "talk in
bunches." They are not trained that way,
and so when they talk it is usually to say
something, and when they say something
it is usually worth listening to. Watch
how they do things. They are trained to
be efficient, and when they do something
it is, as a rule, done in the most efficient
manner, so it is usually worth watching.
When you are told to do something
there is a reason why it should be done.
If you can not ask—and ordinarily you
can not—reason it out anyway. You will
be surprised to find out why you are do­
ing things that seem so unnecessary to
you now. You will be surprised to find
out how necessary, how important to
the proper functioning of the Army some
of these things are.
Every large organization has a certain
amount of detail work. Every executive
must know what the detail work is and
why. The only difference between the
executive and the man doing the detail
work is that the executive knows why it
is being done.
You can be an executive. It is all up
to you. No man can be made into some­
thing he does not want to be but the
Army can and will make you into any­
thing you want to be. It is the greatest
institution in the country today offering
the best training facilities extant. It is
the greatest constructor of men that can
be found, and in every sense presents a
bona-fide statement in its slogan "The
U. S. Army builds MEN."
 Army Library Service In Panama
By SCHAKLOTTIE STEWART, Department Librarian, in The Library Journal
D OES anyone ever question what
ever became of the books that were
so liberally given under the war
impetus when nothing we owned or ever
expected to own was too good for the men
in the service? Years after the Armis­
tice, not a day passes but in every army
post some of these books are used. To
be sure, a vast number are worn out and
discarded, but to the original gift of the
American Library Association and wel­
fare organizations operating in Europe
and at home has been added a little new
technical literature, a little non-fiction of
a general sort and some fiction, new as
well as standard. There has been a steady
use of the service, though the character
of the demand has changed from year to
year as the army has gradually changed
back to a peace army footing. It is a
real war time addition to the peace time
army.
A Scattered, Varied Clientele
The library service in Panama—a pro­
ject which may have a greater interest
due to the geographical location—has been
developing along clearly defined lines for
the past five years and results are begin­
ning to show. By the method of centrali­
zation of all activities at Department
headquarters it has been possible to stand­
ardize the work so that with an official
visit once a month to each of the posts and
stations, the work done can be easily
checked. Furthermore the Department
library has stood as a training school for
enlisted men who have the direct care of
the collections at the various posts. Three
separate schools have been conducted in
the past, and now there is at all times a
man in training to fill any post library
vacancy that may unexpectedly occur.
The reading public is almost entirely en­
listed men, young fellows from sixteen
years up, with a most varied educational
background, but also there are the offi-
In camp, Darien Indian County, Republic of Panama. Books are a luxury here.
Doughboy Literature in the Canal rison are covered insofar as funds have
been available and by the use of the col­
Zone Suffers Strenuous Handling lections at Headquarters. From eight to
by Bookworms of Both Varieties ten thousand troops are garrisoned in the
cers, the ladies of the posts and the child­
ren, so that a variety of demand on li­
brary facilities makes the supplying of
reading matter not one of routine, but
rather a question of quick judgment and
resourcefulness.
The population is scattered over a ter­
ritory ten miles wide by fifty miles long,
and there is no method of communica­
tion save by rail, or boat with some of the
more distant posts. There is, however,
adequate free telephone service and all
posts can be communicated with daily
from Headquarters building. The cli­
matic conditions all tend to make for less
and less reading and the distance from
centers of civilization leaves one so far
behind that contact is lost in matters of
world interest. However, against that is
the intriguing local history, filled as it is
with thrilling deeds of bandits and bucca­
neers, which creates a demand all its own.
Branches Serve 10,000 Troops
On Quarry Heights side of Ancon Hill,
overlooking the beautiful Bay of Panama
—the Pacific entrance to the Canal—with
its fortified islands, is located the Head­
quarters building. From here a system
of twelve branch libraries is operated.
Each branch has its stations at outlying
posts where men on isolated detail for
many months are served, never quite ade­
quately, but commensurately with the rest
of the service.
Because of the various branches of the
service, the needs are widely different.
Though their collections are mostly fic­
tion and almost identical with the collec­
tions of fiction available in the store­
room, the needs of each particular gar­
Zone and are served from the Department
library. Readers are served by a branch
library at each post with headquarters at
Quarry Heights.
Twelve branch libraries are located at
the individual posts and are under the
care of a specially detailed officer who
has the library as a part of his regular
duties connected with the education and
recreation of troops, but the actual desk
work is done by an enlisted man who is
relieved of certain other duties in order
to give time to the work. To a large ex­
tent the interest the men on the posts
take in their libraries is in direct propor­
tion to that shown by the men in charge,
both officer and librarian. Aside from
this local influence, there are also the
demands of the particular branch of the
service, and magazines directly bearing
on the work of the individual branch are
supplied. Besides the service magazines,
a rather full subscription list is main­
tained for all post libraries and forms
the chief attraction for the man with an
idle hour on a rainy afternoon.
Traveling Libraries Popular
The system of traveling libraries insti­
tuted almost three years ago is still work­
ing and working hard. The Zone is
divided into three circuits of four post
libraries each. The paper work has been
reduced to a minimum, and books are
used by different groups of readers every
two months. At all posts the advent of
a new traveling library is looked forward
to and the cards are rapidly filled up.
Packages always contain several non­
fiction volumes and many of the old stand­
bys in bright new bindings. The new
binding is the bait to catch someone who
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 The March of the Mounted Riflemen

ENERAL: The order which I The First Installment of the Re­ me. Every stitch of clothing I had on
G have here annexed will show the
duty assigned me by you; and in
compliance with it I took my departure
port by the Expedition Quarter­
master on His Return in 1850
was'thoroughly drenched, and in this con­
dition I was taken with a fever,, which
lasted several hours; but during the night
from Washington City on the 25th day it passed off, and in the morning I was
of April for Fort Leavenworth, Missouri, much gratified to find myself able to re­
where the Rifle Regiment had been di­ traveled much more rapidly. Not being sume my journey.
rected to assemble, to make such prepara­ able to do so, I had no time to lose, and My outfit was as indifferent a one as
tions as a march like the one contemplated on Sunday, at two p. m., I left for Fort ever left for any station, much less the
might call for. Kearny. Rocky Mountains. The mules were poor,
I arrived at St. Louis on the 8th day May 20—Last evening was very pleas­ unbroken, and by no means calculated for
of May, and finding that the cholera was ant, and the sun, in setting, left behind a such a march as we had to perform. The
prevailing to a very alarming extent, left bright sky, which was indicative of a drivers were not only stupid, but totally
on the 10th on board of the steamer San fair 'morning; but contrary to our ex­ ignorant of their duties, as they had never
Francisco, after making a hasty outfit pectations, it became cold and commenced been employed in this capacity before, and
there. It will not be out of place here to rain during the night, which made it seemed to have no other object in view
to remark that the cholera was not only extremely disagreeable for our party, than to reach the gold region with the
in St. Louis, but had spread through every whose only shelter was a common tent, least possible expense and trouble to them­
town on the Missouri river, and in selves ; they were, however, best
many instances had raged with great among those left at Leavenworth by
violence on board of several steam­ the regiment, and I had no alterna­
ers, one of which, after losing nearly Quartermaster General's Office
tive but to take them.
thirty passengers, was entirely aban­ Washington City, April 25, 1849
I had men of this description with
doned and left tied to the shore. We me in Mexico, who generally made
were, however, more fortunate on Sir: You will proceed to St. Louis, out to destroy more public property
board of our boat, having but one Missouri, and report to Colonel Mackay from gross ignorance than would
case. for service with the Oregon expedition. have hired double the number of good
The troops had just passed up the
Detailed instructions will be sent to you teamsters, but from the system that
river. With so great a number it
from this office as soon as certain matters is now observed, it will always be.
could hardly be expected that they
now under the consideration of the War difficult to remedy the evil. It is a
would not be more or less affected
Department be determined. So soon as laborious life, and the sum of $15
by the epidemic: I was, therefore,
the troops shall be established on the per month will never bring into the
exceedingly anxious to reach Fort
Columbia, or in the Territory of Ore­ service good and efficient men who
Leavenworth, to ascertain what ef­ gon, and the necessary arrangements are calculated for such duty; and
fect a pure atmosphere would have
made for their future supply, you will be it is to be regretted that some plan
in dispelling a disease with which all
expected to return to this city, via the cannot be adopted to supply the de­
were in some degree threatened who
Isthmus or Mazatlan, and through Mexi­ partment with experienced drivers,
traveled the Missouri river, and I
co, so as to arrive, if possible, early in who are so indispensably necessary
was much pleased when I landed on
the next session of Congress. upon long marches like the present
the 19th instant at that place, after
Respectfully, one. I had been in favor for some
a passage of nine days from St.
TH. S. JESUP, time of enlisting men who are par­
Louis.
Quartermaster General. ticularly qualified for this duty; and
It was expected that the regiment I regret that the plan you have so
would be in readiness to take the Major OSBORNE CROSS,
long recommended has not yet been
field by the 1st of May, but it was Quartermaster, Washington City. adopted.
not prepared to do so, for several May 21—Whoever has witnessed
reasons, until the 10th. To organize the scene of preparing unbroken
properly a train and make all ne­ Mexican mules for the road will not
cessary a r r a n g e m e n t s incidental to but as they had to come to it sooner or
be at a loss to imagine the position of one
a journey of 2,000 miles, required much later all took it quietly and made them­ with men who had hardly ever taken a
more time than was at first anticipated. selves as comfortable as their means whip in their hands, and were now in
The officers were to make an outfit for a would permit. charge of such teams. This, in a word,
permanency in Oregon, or at least they It had threatened to rain all morning, was our condition; and I witnessed
were to be separated from the civilized and continued cold. The sky was becom­ enough yesterday to warn me of what
world for some time with their families, ing overcast by heavy clouds that were might be realized before arriving at Ore­
and it was by no means an easy task to rising rapidly in the southwest, and it be­ gon, or even Fort Kearny, and the dis­
make all proper arrangements even for gan to rain very hard before reaching the play this morning did not tend to lessen
their comfort while on this long march; base of a hill over which our road led; my conviction. This was the beginning
but in addition to this, the spring had not here we began to realize the labor and of a long and hazardous journey, filled
advanced sufficiently to justify' an earlier trouble which were in store for us. with difficulty and labor. We were soon
move. It continued to rain very hard; and to find ourselves on a desert waste, cut
I learned that the troops were ten days as wood was scarce, and we had no off from all resources except those we
in advance of me, which was a very long means of kindling a fire, the party placed might have with us, and it certainly was
start, as my mode of traveling was the themselves under cover as soon as pos­ no time or place for experimenting.
same as that of the regiment. If I could sible, without having eaten anything since I sent back this morning for an entire
have procured a few pack mules, in place morning. As for myself, I was com­ outfit; but the post teams, being consid­
of wagons, it would have greatly facili­ pletely overcome by fatigue, and much- ered by far too valuable to be spared
tated my movements, as I could have harassed at the gloomy prospects before for such service, were withheld prob­
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
ably because it was thought I was on
the same footing with the balance of the
regiment.
We arrived at Wolf Creek at half past
five o'clock this evening, having made a
march of twenty-one miles today. I had
thrown away nearly all of the two loads
when starting yesterday morning, so that
we had but little more than our trunks
to transport, which could be very easily
packed.
Since leaving Fort Leavenworth we had
met with no one, and our two days' march
was very tiresome and monotonous. This
evening our camp was visited by a Sac
Indian, who was dressed, as is customary
among that tribe, with a red blanket and
head ornamented with
feathers.
He presented me a
paper which had been
given to him by the
sub-agent, the purport
of which was to re­
quest emigrants pass­
ing this way to make
these Indians a small
present for the use of
their wood, which they
had complained of
having been destroyed
by the emigrants. He
also made quite a talk
about the grass which
the animals consume,
and appeared to be
fully impressed with
the idea that they were
entitled to some com­
pensation for it.
We gave him some­
thing to eat, and sent
him off very soon
after, evidently dis­
appointed and much
displeased at not re­
ceiving money, for he
had doubtless made up
his mind on having a
fine frolic on his next visit to St. Joseph's
and Western, places which are frequently
visited by them for that purpose, much
to the annoyance of the inhabitants.
It is surprising why those employed
with Indian tribes are disposed to humor
them, as is often the case, with erroneous
impressions. Here, for instance, was an
Indian furnished with a paper to receive
a tribute from all who passed ; and more
than probable, if he should become dis­
pleased by not receiving some compensa­
tion, the tribe were likely to annoy every
one by stealing horses or in some other
way.
We had been traveling for the last
three days on a trail made partly by the
Oregon expedition, but had not proceeded
very far this morning before a new scene
broke suddenly upon our view. We here
came into a road as large as any public
highway in the United States, leading
from St. Joseph's and Western. Large
trains were coming in from all points
of the Missouri River, on trails inter­
secting this great highway which was
to lead them, after endless toil and much
suffering, to the gold region. All these
trails followed ridges, which placed the
wagons frequently in such positions that
they seemed to be crossing the prairie in
every direction, and, as their white covers
were well trimmed, they looked at a dis­
tance not unlike vessels on the wide ocean
steering for different parts of the globe.
For the first time we passed one or two
wagons today that had broken down, and
also several persons returning, who had
The Command Fording a Stream
already lost their cattle, which they were
ready, of course, to attribute to the In­
dians, and not to their own neglect. The
trutn was, they had become discouraged,
and were willing to make any excuse to
return rather than to continue the journey.
In this day's march I overtook Captain
Granger, of the rifle regiment, whom I
passed, and about six o'clock in the even­
ing made my encampment on the prairie,
entirely destitute of wood, there being-
hut three solitary trees to be seen. The
day was fine, and the distance traveled
was about twenty-five miles. I learned
today that the command was not over
seventy miles in advance of me. They
had met with much difficulty with many
of their teams since leaving Fort Leaven-
worth, which had given us the opportunity
of gaining already considerable on them.
May 24—One or two families, whom I
overtook at the Ncmahaw, passed up,
and by good management were able to
keep with the command, which generally
traveled faster than the body of emi­
grants.
The cholera now began to make its
appearance along this route, and the num­
ber who had died with it was sufficient
evidence that the emigrants were suffering
greatly from its effects. They were truly
to be piucd, as no aid in any way could
be afforded them ; on the contrary, they
were often compelled to travel when
it was almost death to them to be moved.
May 25—The rain fell in torrents
through the night, and was accompanied
by sharp lightning and heavy thunder.
The bottoms of our
tents were partly un­
der water, particular­
ly those that were not
protected by an em-
ban k m e n t . which
should always be made,
whether the evening is
clear or cloudy, as
little calculation is to
be m a d e u p o n t h e
weather during the
rainy season in this
country.
When the call was
sounded at four o'clock
this morning, one of
my teamsters was ab­
sent. This man, find­
ing that he knew noth­
ing of his duty, and
having exhausted the
patience of all who en­
deavored to teach him,
thought it the safest
plan to relinquish his
situation as teamster
to the Oregon expedi­
tion, and had run off
during the night, leav­
ing us, the wagons,
and but one teamster,
to get on the most convenient way that
could be devised by the party. The cor­
poral of the escort scoured the country,
without being successful in finding him.
May 26—It was cold and rainy this
morning, which prevented us from
leaving as early as usual. We left our
encampment at half past seven, and soon
came to the banks of the Vermilion, a
stream about one hundred feet wide, quite
rapid, and barely fordable at this time.
From this point the road commenced to
ascend gradually; the ground was firm,
and the wagons were able to move rapidly
through the day. The country was not so
rolling as heretofore, but presented rather
a series of plains, rising one above an­
other.
It would be useless to attempt to enu­
merate the deaths tlv.t occurred among
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 C M T Camps and the Reserves
HE Citizens' Military Training
T Camps have begun to assume this
year an increasing and important
part in the development of the Officers'
Reserve Corps of the United States
Army. This is due to the fact that it is
expected that the enrollment in the
"Blue" or final series of camps will be
greater than ever before. It is from the
graduates of the Blue courses—who must
also pass a. thorough test by a board of
examiners—that the Officers' Reserve
Corps will gain additional officers.
World War veterans who have had
more than twelve months of service, and
who have not yet passed the age of thirty-
one years, are afforded an additional
chance to qualify for a Reserve commis­
sion, through attendance at a Blue camp,
which will serve to refresh their mem­
ories. The month of intensive training
will then put them in a position, after
successfully completing the work, to ap­
pear before an examining board and
qualify for an appointment as a Reserve
officer of the Army of the United States.
While the basic principle of the Citi­
zens' Military Training Camps, which will
care for 35,000 young men this summer,
is the development of those qualities
which will make them better men and
better citizens, physically, mentally, and
morally, a commission in the Reserve
Corps is available as an ultimate prize.
Thus if a boy of 19 enters a CMTC and
starts with the Basic course the first
year, and progresses through the Blue or
final course, and demonstrates his qualifi­
cations, he becomes eligible for a Reserve
commission as soon as he passes his
twenty-first birthday.
This is now the fifth year of the
CMTC's and the enrollments for the Blue
course in particular show an increase,
which indicates a developing interest by
those who are desirous of obtaining Re­
serve commiss'ions. For the Blue course
the maximum age limit is thirty-one years.
The regulations require that all civilian
applicants for this final course specifically
declare their intention of taking an exam­
ination later for admission to the Re­
serve Corps, for which one requisite is
military service for at least one year in
the Regular Army, the National Guard
or the Organized Reserves. Previous
military service will be counted toward
this necessary period of service, or the
applicant may be accepted for the Blue
course if he agrees to complete this re­
quired twelve months of service subse­
quent to the camp and prior to his appear­
ance before the examining board which
will consider his qualification for a Re­
serve commission.
It is now possible, under the changes
in regulations, for young men who served
during the World War, to have their
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service of that period apply as the re­
quisite, providing that service was for a
year or more. It is not necessary that the
aspirant previously be an attendant at one
of the CMTC assemblies. If he is be­
tween the ages of 19 and 31 years, has a
high school education or its equivalent—
and for the technical branches, the ne­
cessary technical training—and meet the
physical requirements for Reserve offi­
cers, the World War veteran can qualify
for enrollment. Personality, bearing, ap­
pearance, tact and general acceptability
for future training as a Reserve officer,
should he complete the Blue course at one
of this year's CMTC's and be recom­
mended for a Reserve commission by an
examining board, are also considered.
Owing to the regulations governing
admission to the Officers' Reserve Corps
as applied to the general civilian field, the
Citizens' Military Training Camps of the
future are expected to produce an ever
Direct and Indirect Publicity
By Major I. J. PHILLIPSON, AGD, in Charge of Recruiting Division, AGO
HAVE often found it worth while to
1 stop for a moment in the rush of the
day's task to reflect on the mission
under which I am working and to con­
template the tools furnished me for ac­
complishing it. Today I am going to ask
you to join me in this journey to the
realm of thought.
All advertising has for its object the
creation of a state of mind. Its effective­
ness is measured by the number of in­
dividuals it influences to follow desired
lines of action or to perform particular
services. Recruiting publicity must no*
only build a background favorable to
the Army and its activities but also sug­
gests in the individual, eligible for serv­
ice, a willingness to perform that service.
The former is called indirect, and the
latter direct publicity.
Recruiting publicity, both direct * and
indirect, endeavors to secure the favorable
attention and good will of the people for
the Army. It focuses the attention of
the country not only on the advantages
of service in the Army but also on the
value of the Army and its peculiar rela­
tion to the country.
From a recruiting standpoint it is of
no avail that the Army offers opportuni­
ties for young men if the young men are
kept in ignorance of these opportunities.
It matters little if there are vacancies
for Cavalry on the Border or Infantry in
China, unless the information is carried
directly to the country and the country is
in a frame of mind to contemplate it.
The most beneficial military training will
increasing number of young men who will
seek and be given commissions.
Applications for enrollment at the
thirty-nine camps to be conducted this
summer under the supervision of the head­
quarters of the nine corps areas into
which the United States is divided are
now being received in a mounting tide.
Some quotas are already filled in parti­
cular sections of the country arid in a few
weeks many of the quotas will be over­
subscribed. Consequently The Adjutant
General's office has issued a warning to
those who have been considering attend­
ance at a camp this year, to act promptly
in applying to the local headquarters and
completing their enrollment. This action
will prevent disappointment if the appli­
cant finds the quotas filled and no means
of sending him to camp as he desires.
Prompt application will also expedite the
preliminary work of procuring the per­
sonnel for the camps.
avail the Army little unless the advantages
thereof are brought to the favorable at­
tention of the people who supply the
money and furnish the recruits.
Recruiting publicity which includes the
spoken and the written word in all its
varied forms of appeal stands forth as
one of the most important essentials in
creating and maintaining an army. Com­
bined with intelligent canvassing it fur­
nishes the drive by which we arrive at
success. Speaking in tactical terms, pub­
licity is the artillery barrage which beats
down resistance and permits the infantry
in the form of the canvasser to arrive
at its objective. Just as a stubborn enemy
cannot be dislodged by artillery fire alone
but must be driven from its position at
the point of the bayonet, so publicity alone
will not complete enlistment. The deal
must be closed by the canvasser. The
ideal situation is a combination of the
two methods so arranged as best to ac­
complish the results sought.
o
Jobs for Ex-Soldiers
The Director of Public Buildings and
Public Parks of the National Capital
has asked that the Adjutant General
bring to the attention of deserving re­
tired enlisted men the fact that retired
enlisted men who have served in the
Army may, among others, be appoint­
ed as guards in his department when,
in the opinion of the Commission, it is
not expedient to make appointments
from competitive examination.
 Fort Wadsworth, New York
By 2nd Lieut. ROBERT H. THOMPSON, JR., 16th Infantry
T HE great harbor of New York has
the graceful shape of a piece of old
pottery; a flat base, a globular
body, and a tapering neck with a narrow
mouth. The shores which shape this
body of water are Long Island to the east
and Staten Island to the west. So closely
do these shores approach each other at
the mouth of the harbor that one thinks
entrance and exit might be barred by a
chain stretched from shore to shore, as
the Hudson was barred
at West Point during
the Revolution. Early
in the growth of New
York its citizens recog­
n i z e d this fact and
sought always to main­
tain a chain across their
door, a chain of flying
shot and shell. Here,
then, at the Narrows
was the ideal and im­
pregnable location of
the defenses of the city.
As passage through
the Narrows is neces­
sary to r e a c h N e w
Y o r k , so p a s s a g e
through the historical
b a c k g r o u n d of New
York is r e q u i r e d to
bring us to any account
of the Narrows and
what is there. In the
first place, the defen­
sive power inherent in
such a location as af­
forded on either side
has always been obvious.
Call the harbor a bottle,
and you must call forts
at the mouth the cork,
the heavily wired and
sealed stopper.
The harbor was left
unsealed during the al- Fort Wadsworth,
tercations between the
Dutch and the British,
but once the latter were established they
desired to run no risk of unfriendly en­
trance through the open door. Back in
1758 a Colonel James Montresor, Eng­
land's Chief Engineer in America, de­
signed batteries to command the Narrows.
This project lagged, however, until Sir
Henry Clinton, in 1778, sent an Engineer
officer to construct a redoubt on Signal
Hill, the elevation on the Staten Island
side, which is now embraced in the limits
of Fort Wadsworth.
Undoubtedly this redoubt sufficed for a
number of years. New York, however,
began to feel uneasy in 1808 about its
defense. Perhaps this was simply public
opinion freeing itself from the pacific
Fifty Minutes From Broadway, and
A Peaceful Retreat From the
defenses. In a time of national unpre­
paredness the defenselessness of New
York was a matter of notoriety. Con­
sequently, the State of New York appro­
Turmoil of Gotham
priated $22,000 in 1813 for further for­
tification of Signal Hill, this amount pre­
lethargy which followed the Revolution sumably being required to supplement the
as it follows all wars; perhaps it was a grand total of $11,500 expended for all
premonition of the conflict of 1812. At the defenses of New York City in 1812.
any rate, Governor Tompkins of New Conflicting reports followed in 1814, the
York reported in his "Papers" that "dur­ Governor reporting the works incom­
plete, Jonathan Will­
iams, Colonel of En­
gineers, reporting that
five hundred men could
withstand an attack on
the fort by five thou­
sand, and furthermore
that the works could ac­
commodate fifteen hun­
dred.
The colonel's report
stated: "The fort from
its superior force and
commanding position
over all the subordinate
ones and the surround­
ing adjacent country has
a pre-eminence for its
protection and the de­
pendence on it for a re­
sort in case of surprise
or secret sorties being
made against them; as
well as from its own
force in an extensive
fire upon the enemy in
any direction." Thus
the natural advantages
of Signal Hill were sup­
plemented by works,
which from their loca­
tion and design were
considered impregnable,
and doubtless were at
that time.
with Miller Field plane overhead and the "Majestic" as background It is interesting here
to note that Colonel
Jonathan Williams, who
ing the winter of 1808 and 1809, some two constructed the works on Staten Island
hundred and fifty persons were given and others on Governors Island, was the
steady employment on the fortifications first Superintendent of the Military Acad­
at the Staten Island side of the Narrows, emy at West Point. In a controversy
the legislature of New York having ap­ which arose as to the selection of the
propriated $100,000 for the purpose. location of the Academy, he expressed
himself as follows: " * * * but I
Three works were under construction, think I can shew undeniably that the nu­
the principal of which was Fort Tomp­ merous deficiencies in the site of West
kins." A temporary blockhouse had been Point will be amply compensated in that
added to the redoubt formerly constructed contemplated at Staten Island; while
to cover the workers engaged on the new every advantage that can be attributed
permanent fortifications. It is else­ to the former exist in an equal or greater
where mentioned in the "Papers" that the degree at the latter place." The effect
laborers were paid twenty-five cents and which the location of the Academy at
one ration per day. The value of the Staten Island instead of at West Point
ration is certainly problematical. might have had upon its development and
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Work did not proceed rapidly on the
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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
JUNE 1, 1925
Lieut. General Nelson A. Miles
A great soldier died on May 15. Taps has been
played for Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles,
familiar to every schoolboy in the past two score
years, and one of the "grand old men" of the Army.
The story of General Miles' glorious life and the
description of his successful career have filled the
columns of our daily newspapers in such wise that
it is not necessary to recount them. The Secretary
of War has best summed up General Miles' rela­
tion to the service he loved so well in the following
words:
"In the passing of General Miles the country
loses one of the most heroic figures of the Civil War
as well as one of the most potent instrumentalities
in the pacification of the western frontier. As a sub­
ordinate commander he received the commendations
of his superiors for his brilliant, able and gallant
conduct in the many engagements of the Civil War,
in which he was wounded several times, and in the
Indian campaigns which followed that war. As a
superior commander in later life he exhibited those
qualities which marked him as a soldier of the
highest type."
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A Tale of '49
From Fort Leavenworth to Fort Vancouver in 1849
a vast wilderness extended inhabited only by savage
and hostile Indians and visited by a few traders. Dur­
ing this period the War Department sent several ex­
peditions of mounted riflemen along the emigrant trails
to make a show of force and overawe the Indians.
Some of these expeditions established forts and garri­
soned them for the protection of the California or Ore­
gon bound travelers; others rode up the northern
routes and back along the southern, constituting a rov­
ing patrol to safeguard, the westward march of civiliza­
v:
tion. \ ' "j/:
In this number_t\iz Recruiting News prints the first
installment of an acj:Q^f.Q,f,,|;he march of a regiment of
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mounted riflemen from Fort Leavenworth to Fort
Vancouver. The journey was an arduous one, and the
account thereof was buried away in a musty volume,
only two copies of which are known to be extant. The
Recruiting News was so fortunate as to secure the
loan of one of these copies, and is thus able to give this
historical account to its readers.
—o-
Duplication of Work
Carelessness on the part of some few recruiters in
the field in the preparation of enlistment papers is
responsible for a recent order to corps area com­
manders to take such steps as are necessary to in­
sure the proper preparation of enlistment contracts
in the future.. All enlistment papers should be
checked carefully, in accordance with the clear and
explicit instructions provided, before being sent to
the Adjutant General, so as to obviate their being
returned for correction. Work twice half done is
tiring, and prevents really worthwhile original
thought.
o
Morale
Morale is a military term. It means the spirit of
general feeling of the troops. When soldiers are all
united in purpose and enthusiastic and determined, they
can easily conquer disheartened foes. Morale is just
as necessary in a business as in an army. When we all
love our work, are enthusiastic about the business, are
not jealous and contentious, and work cheerfully to­
gether, we can accomplish great results.—Dr. Frank
Crane.
Nearly All Banks Advertise
It was not so many years ago that bankers looked
askance at any form of advertising. The daily news­
papers now and then carried financial statements and
nothing more. Today eighty-six per cent of all the
banks in America are consistent users of advertising,
including for their use every known medium, and they
are unanimous in their opinion that it pays good divi­
dends.—Philip Chandler.
o
More Telephone Workers Than Regular Army Men
There are three times as many persons employed in
the telephone industry in the United States as there are
enlisted men in the entire United States Army.
o
The day to start enlisting a man is the day he
takes the oath of enlistment.
 RECRUITING
NOTES
The United States Army builds Men"
Negative News
With most of us something of inter-
est must happen before we can make
a news feature out of it, but the palm
must be handed to Sgt. Albert G.
Barksdale, on recruiting duty at Bak-
ersfield, California, for getting riews-
paper space when the opposite is the
case. The following story, which ap-
peared in the Bakers field Californictn
of May 11 under the heading "Lack .
of Good Army Timber Cause of Trip,"
could not have been obtained had not
the very best relations existed between
the sergeant and his journalistic
friends :
"Sergeant Albert G. Barksdale, local
recruiting officer of the United States
Army, is worried, he says. And why? .
Recruits. That's the entire story in
a nutshell. , ,
"Recently he rose at 6 o'clock- and
journeyed through the business ( dis-
tricts in search of good, promising ma-
terial for Uncle Sam's forces. A
friend appeared and with that friend
in his machine the sergeant toured the
highways and byways from Bakers-
field to Arvin, stopping each pedes-
trian who plodded along in the ; dust
along the side of the highway, and •
peering into his face—just like Dio-
genes searching for his honest man,
only the sergeant wanted recruits. De-
spite his best trade talks, however, in
which he injected, every rosy feature
of Army life, he came back again emp­
ty handed.
"Sergeant Barksdale has some fine
opportunities for young men to learn
trades in the course of their service
with the nation's Uncle. Be it to
learn stenography, radio engineering,
medicine, or flying in the cockpit ol
one of the fast Army pursuit air-
planes, the sergeant has the appoint-
ments waiting in his Arlington build-
ing offices.
"He depicts present day life in the
Army as the 'golden opportunity' for
young men who are serious and willing
to learn and will be glad to have an
earnest chat with any who visit him in
his offices to talk over the matter of
entering the Service."
: :—O
The day to start reenlisting. a. man is
the day he takes the. oath. of .enlistment.
Quaker City Dodgers Do Waivers Pay?
Three different multigraphed hand- The Recruiting Officer for the 2nd
bills have recently been put out by the Corps Area, Maj. B. M. Bailey, is mak­
Philadelphia Recruiting District. One ing a study of the service of certain
of them, "Get Your Pay from the classes of recruits admitted into the
U. S. A.," is a three-color job, and the Army under waiver. Commanding of­
other two, "Built a Future For Your­ ficers of posts have been requested to
self" and a combination "Young Man make a survey of their commands and
—Are You Satisfied" and "The Army render a report thereon, giving corps
Builds Men," are each one color. The area headquarters the benefit of their
work is clean, and the text well suited first-hand information upon this phase
for the purpose. of recruiting.
The underlying thought of the sur­
vey is that most of the young or un­
dersized recruits develop favorably and
New Reprints grow larger physically and become as­
Reprints have been made by the sets to the Service. The reports to
Recruiting Publicity Bureau of the be rendered will include the number
•two folders "Are You Satisfied" .of soldiers below 64 inches, the number
and "The United States Army below 120 lbs. and the number of each
Builds Men." Requisitions for of these below the age of 21. The
these pamphlets will be honored as minimum standard at this age is 64
received. inches in height, 120 lbs. in weight,
In addition, a baseball score card and chest at expiration 30 inches with a
similar to that issued last year by two inch expansion.
this Bureau has been printed, and o '
will be sent to recruiting officers Reenlistrnents for April
upon request.
Corps Dis- Reen- Per-
Area charged listed centage
1st
Cpl. Smith, Publicity Artist 2nd 275 94 34.18
Cpl. William Smith, at Watertown, 3rd 275 79 28.73
New York, is keeping the local papers 4th 372 156 41.94
full, of- short Army items relative to 5th 129 23 17.83
recruiting. Many of these are only 6th
three or four lines long, but so num- 7th 226 84 37.16
erous that it is practically impossible 8th
for the newspaper reader to avoid 9th 368 79 21.47
them. Recently Cpl. Smith borrowed o
a truck from the Commanding Officer Explaining our Front Cover
of Madison Barracks, Major John The front cover of this issue of the
Greely, 7th Field Artillery, fixed it up Recruiting Ncivs shows a float prepared
with appropriate recruiting signs, and by Sgts. Louis Norman and W. C.
toured northeastern New York in an
Sessions and Pvt. A. H. Hildebrand
effort to interest the young men of of the 8th Corps Area Recruiting Of-
that area in the Army.
fice for the Battle of Flowers parade
o in San Antonio in April. The float
A Twelve-Hour Day represents the Quadrangle at Fort
Capt. Charles J. Mabbutt, Recruit- Sam Houston, well known to any who
ing Officer at Baltimore, finds that it have ever served at that post.
pays to have canvassers on the streets o
from 6 in the morning until 6 in the Capt. Pulling to Rochester
evening. He divides the work into two Capt. Lewis A. Pulling, Cavalry,
shifts, the first from 6 a. m. to 2 p. m. DOL, has been assigned to the Buffalo
and the second J r o m 10 a. m. to 6 p. m.,
with .an overlapping from 10 a. m. to 2 Recruiting District, with station at
. p', m. Rochester, New York.
Page Nine
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
A No. 1 Recruiter Retire*
After 30 years' service in the United
States Army, Sgt. Arthur C. Seymour,
DEML, on duty with the Recruiting
Officer at Philadelphia, Pa., was re­
tired on April 28, 1925. Sgt. Seymour
has a letter of commendation from the
Adjutant General for contributing the
largest number of recruits for January,
1924, in which month, he made 59 en­
listments. In 1923 he enlisted a total
of 218 men; in 1924, 307; and up to
the date of his retirement in 1925, 89.
He opened and had charge of the first
CMTC office at Baltimore, Maryland,
when the first CMT Camp was started
in 1922.
Sgt. Seymour fought at El Caney
and Santiago, served with the
Army of Occupation in Cuba,
with the 16th Infantry in Al­
aska, with General Funston at
Vera Cruz as a member of the
7th Infantry, was on the
Mexican frontier prior to the
Punitive Expedition, and then,
d u r i n g the W o r l d War,
served as captain of the Na­
tional A r m y He has sol­
diered in nearly every import­
ant garrison in the United
States.
Recruiters Rewarded for
Bravery
In appreciation of the serv­
ices rendered by them at a
recent fire at the Crocker
House, New London, Conn.,
Sgt. Roger \V. Hayward and
Cpl. George R. Carroll, both
stationed at the Recruiting
Office in that city, have been
presented each with $200 in
gold by Mr. James Knott of
the Knott chain of hotels.
Both Sgt. Hayward and Cpl.
Carroll not only rendered ef­
ficient service in saving property in
the hotel, but they carried from the
burning building four persons and as­
sisted a fifth in making his escape.
Recruiters Aid Reserves
As a part of the third annual con­
vention of the New York State Re­
serve Officers' Association the Army
Recruiting Office at Albany, New
York, published a beautifully mimeo­
graphed program in two colors. The
Army Recruiting Office opened its
doors to the visiting Reserve officers
and offered ils services in the procure­
ment of Pullman reservations, the giv­
ing of information, and helping in
general the Reserve officers in any
way they might need.
Page Ten
A Voice from the Sagebrush
Lieut. Col. William H. Brooks, USA,
Ret., commanding the Salt Lake Re­
cruiting District, received on May 9
from Col. F. J. Koester, 9th Corps Area
Recruiting Officer, letters commending
Sgts. Harlie Pipes and James Bow­
man, 38th Infantry, allocated recruit­
ers, and Cpl. William Armer, DEML,
RS, for obtaining five or more re­
cruits in April for assignment within
the 9th Corps Area.
As Sgt. George F. Smith, of the
Salt Lake Recruiting Office, writes,
"You of the recruiting game know the
difficulty experienced in recruiting
men for local assignment, so you will
agree that the commendations were
supervised by Sgt. Fischer.
He has successfully managed
Sgt. Arthur C. Seymour
well merited. To those who do not
know, the Salt Lake Recruiting Dis­
trict comprises the state of Utah and
the southern part of Idaho with sub­
stations at Ogden, Utah, and Poca­
tello, Idaho. With a population far
less than any other district in the
United States, never, to the knowledge
of the writer, has this district failed to
obtain the quotas given it."
o
New ARO in DC
Major Henry H. Pfeil, Adjutant
General, now on duty in the Office of
the Adjutant General, will report on
June 7 to the Commanding General,
District of Washington, for duty as
Assistant to the Recruiting Officer,
Washington, D.C., in addition to his
other duties.
Adios, Fischer
Master Sgt. Martin W. Fischer,
DEML, RS, foreman of the Recruit­
ing Publicity Bureau printing plant at
Governors Island, New York, leaves
the Army on June 1 by purchase, in
order to enter the real estate business
at Miami, Florida.
Of the eighteen years of his military
service, Master Sgt. Fischer has been
busy in the printing end for over 14.
Enlisting in August, 1904, in the Ma­
rine Corps, he served in all grades up
to and including that of warrant offi­
cer. Nine years of this service were
spent by him in the print shop. Mast­
er Sgt. Fischer opened the printing
plant of the Marine Publicity Bureau
in April, 1913, and continued
as foreman of that plant un­
til February, 1919. In 1920 he
enlisted in the Army for serv­
ice with the Recruiting Pub­
licity Bureau with the grade
of master sergeant, which
grade he has held up to the
day of his discharge. He has
been foreman of the RPB
print shop continuously since
his enlistment in the Army.
Practically every impres­
sion that has gone out from
this printing plant has been
the printing shop, has had in
many instances to train un­
skilled men in the running of
the various presses and in the
knowledge of the various
printing trades, and has con­
sistently turned out work
which would do credit to a
first class printing shop any­
where in the country. The
Recruiting Publicity Bureau
sincerely regrets his going,
and trusts that he will be as
successful in his new job of buying
and selling Florida land as he has been
in his Army job for the past five years.
Army Orders Affecting Recruiting
Col. James F. Howell, Ret., is placed
on active duty and ordered to report
to the Commanding General, 2nd Corps
Area, Governors Island, N. Y., for as­
signment to duty in connection with
recruiting. He will stand relieved from
further active duty on June 30.
Capt. Wilbur C. Carlan, FA, ordered
from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to Phila­
delphia, Pa., for duty in connection
with recruiting.
First Lieut. John B. Lord, 5th FA,
relieved from duty at Fort Bragg,
N. C, and ordered to Baltimore, Md.,
for duty in connection with recruiting.
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Army Library Service in Panama
(Continued from Page Three)
is sure to ask for something else by the
same author. Although this lot of books
needs no advertising, as it is the best sell­
ing argument for the libraries, its arrival
is always announced at the movies. From
one of the posts four outlying stations are
supplied with ten new books on each trip
of the rations boat, and perhaps no set
of forty titles is ever read with such
avidity. Only three, four or five men are
stationed at these isolated artillery posts,
and with no other amusement offered,
reading has no rival, and many men here
lay the foundations for later promotions.
The system of traveling libraries is so
flexible that new collections or new sta­
tions can be added at any time.
Mildew—Cockroaches—Bookworms
A habit is easily formed of blaming
everything, good, bad or indifferent on the
tropics. And fairly at times the tropics
must bear the burden. The humidity is
responsible for the mildew which grows
so rapidly and causes the leather bindings
to deteriorate. Paste dissolves, but seldom
dries in the wet season, making it next
to impossible to effect the ordinary simple
repairs. Cockroaches, with an insatiable
appetite for green cloth and sweet paste;
bookworms with seemingly no special idi­
osyncracy, but devouring any and all
books in order to make a comfortable
and dark nest—these are among our chief
petty annoyances.
To protect our property against these
depreciations books cannot be shelved too
tightly, else they mildew; nor can they be
shelved too loosely, else the cockroaches
remove the bindings, or the ants build too
easily. Every new book is given a poison
bath in a book varnish specially prepared
for us in the government laboratories,
which protects it for some time and which
tends to preserve the color of the bind­
ings, which otherwise fade very rapidly
in the tropical sunshine. The blue mold
is also held a bit in check and the books
do not grow blue beards quite so rapidly.
During the wet season electric lights of
high power are burned between the stacks
and have some slight drying effect. Old
books are re-varnished as often as possible
and are brushed and dusted in an attempt
to keep even with an ever losing game.
Library Facilities Only Fair
The physical side of the libraries is not
all that one can wish for. Corners in
noisy service clubs, in unused barracks, at
distant points in the posts, really do not
furnish an incentive to read. However,
there is one building, beautifully located
and for the exclusive use of the library.
Though somewhat isolated, still the quiet
* and dignified surroundings make reading
a pleasure. One post makes use of the
rear part of the chapel—a wonderful
source of loss as no man is detailed to
attend church service to protect the prop­
erty of the library on Sundays. Another
post, where much reading is really done,
has its books tucked into a small room
back of the stage in its fine new moving
picture hall. Still another has a small
section partitioned off from its officers'
club and one has to be satisfied with its
books shelved around the school room.
The main library is almost compelled to
purchase twelve entire collections of ref­
erence and standard works for the posts.
Where ordinarily one set of an expensive
encyclopedia would answer, twelve are re­
quired. The geographical factor is al­
ways here. It is necessary to have com­
plete sets of military manuals at all posts
and twelve copies of certain magazines,
where ordinarily three or four copies
would answer, have to be carried on the
subscription list. The main disadvantage
thus encountered is that the libraries are
thereby limited to fewer titles, as the ap­
propriation is a fixed amount. Special
collections of interest to single posts are
also built up for Coast Artillery, Aviation
and Infantry.
School Courses Create Demand
The educational features of the library
service have been strongly featured from
the beginning of the organization. In the
early years there were large numbers of
men who had enlisted with the under­
standing that the securing of further edu­
cation was a part of the contract. Classes
in almost everything were conducted.
Trades, elementary courses, and in some
cases advanced courses in engineering and
mathematics were in the curricula. From
that extreme to the other where no at­
tempt at education was made other than
teaching illiterates their three "R's" was
the next swing of the pendulum, but a
much better balance has now been struck,
and such trades as are essential to the
conduct of the daily life of the army are
taught.
Schools for cooks and bakers, motor
transport, blacksmithing, clerical workers
and the West Point preparatory classes
for enlisted men, are those making most
u&e of our library educational features.
Furthermore, every once in a while some
officer is doing a special piece of work
and more or less complete bibliographies
have been supplied him. Our military
problem here is considered to be more or
less the same as that existing at the Dar­
danelles, with a result that a demand is
here for information covering past cam­
paigns in that territory. At times it has
seemed wise to go to the extreme of writ­
ing to the Library of Congress for biblio­
graphic material, but the distance from
this and other large libraries makes this
borrowing rather unsatisfactory. It has
been found necessary to depend on our
own resources and what is not available in
one form must be made use of in another.
Magazine material is not available as
there is no fund for binding and no at­
tempt has been made to collect files.
Current material is drawn on, and the
Canal Zone Library also makes all of its
resources available to the military library.
A system of inter-library loans is in oper­
ation which virtually gives each the en­
tire resources of the other.
Recreational Feature Paramount
The real reason for the library in the
Army, however, is its recreational feature.
The attempt is made more or less to guide
reading away from low-grade fiction.
Direct contact with the enlisted personnel
is, however, through men who have se­
cured the appointment as post librarian
not due to any particular knowledge of
books, but because of some clerical ability
that can be used in some other channel as
well. The only chance to assist in the
selection of the reading is in the purchase
of the books and this matter is left to the
librarian and to the department recreation
officer.
The post library is supplemented by the
old established company library which
has been in existence since first there was
an army. For the most part it is made
up of "sets" of obsolete works, of the
lighter novels and of current magazines.
It is only this year that any assistance
has been asked of the department librar :
ians in the development of these collec­
tions, and that is only because of certain
small savings that can be effected by the
combination of magazine orders and the
distributing of them by the main library
A possible future for the development of
the post library is in the combining with
it all of the present company libraries
at a post and in having both adirinistercd
by a trained assistant.
Some Unusual Functions
There are certain activities which fall
outside the regular line of library duties
but in which the library is pleased to have
some small part. It happens often enough
that a transport arrives with a case or
two of measles or mumps on board and all
the troops are held in quarantine the
required number of days. Under such
circumstances a request is usually re­
ceived for old magazines and worn fiction.
And the request has always been filled.
In the dry season the Engineers make ex­
tensive trips into the jungles and establish
camps for many weeks at a time. As a
part of their equipment they carry with
them a couple of cases of worn fiction—
which before they are ready to return is
"worn out through fair wear and tear in
the government service."
Even if it falls far short of the original
vision for War Service Libraries, the
Army Library fills a place in camp or
station that, were it discontinued, would
leave a gap regretted by even the most un­
interested soldier.
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
The March of the Mounted Rifle­
men
(Continued from Page Five)
the emigrants. The graves along the road
too plainly told us that the cholera was
prevailing to an alarming extent. At this
point we were one hundred and thirty-
eight miles from Fort Leavenworth, and
one hundred and seventy-two miles from
Fort Kearny, entirely cut off from all as­
sistance or the least possible means of
getting any relief. It was out of the
question to lie by; for, being in the rear,
we were compelled to move rapidly on to
overtake the command. It was a serious
subject to think of, and I know of no
danger that I would not sooner be exposed
to than again suffer the uneasiness of
mind which I experienced at this time;
for we had not only full proof of a prev­
alence of this dreadful scourge along the
road, but were actually carrying it with
us in our wagons.
I hired an emigrant last evening to
drive one of my wagons as far as Fort
Kearny, in place of the teamster who had
deserted us, and I found him a very effi­
cient man, who earned well his dollar
a day, which I was compelled to give him
while in my employment.
May 27—The bugle this morning called
us up at half past four o'clock, and after
the usual preparation for braekfast, we
were ready at half past five to resume our
march.
The road lay over a flat prairie all day.
which was very muddy and difficult to
pass in bad weather. We overtook at least
one hundred wagons, and met one man
and his family, returning to the States.
Many of these people were from Illinois,
who had crossed the Mississippi at Palm­
yra and struck the Missouri at St. Jo­
seph's and Western. Those destined for
Santa Fe generally stopped at Independ­
ence and Liberty, which are below the
mouth of the Kansas River.
May 29—It is not frequently the case
that you meet on the prairie mountaineers
returning with their peltry; but today I
met with a Frenchman who left Fort
Laramie with two wagons loaded with
buffalo skins, and had been twenty-three
days from that place. Although he gave
me the cheering news that the regiment
was only one day's march in advance,
he was the harbinger of unpleasant in­
formation relative to the country over
which he had traveled for the last three
weeks. He stated that there had been
much rain between Forts Laramie and
Kearny this spring, which had swollen the
Platte River, and made the trail very
heavy; and there was every possibility
that it would be too high to cross on our
arrival.
From his statement, several thousand
wagons were already ahead of us. Many
Page Twelve
of them had passed Fort Laramie, and at
all the most convenient places for stop­
ping, the grass had been pretty much
consumed. The Platte valley, which in
dry weather is generall very fine to travel
over, had been so cut up by the immense
emigration that he found much trouble
in traveling, and it was highly probable
that we would find it but little better.
It was extremely gratifying, however, to
know that we were so near the command,
as it would enable me, should I overtake
them, to get clear of the sick, who in my
present condition had become a great bur­
den.
Since striking the Blue River, I have
not met with any buffalo, as the passing
of the emigrants this spring has driven
them entirely off. Not more than a half a
dozen have been seen within the last ten
days. Deer are equally as scarce, and
you seldom meet with either without
traveling some distance on the prairie back
from the river.
May 30—We left our encampment at
five o'clock this morning, and continued
up the Blue River about four miles,
where the road turns off ffacross the
prairie to the Platte River. The night was
threatening, and- it commenced raining
early in the morning, and continued until
ten o'clock, when it cleared off, and the
remainder of the day was more pleasant.
We pursued our journey through the day
until we came in sight of the hills which
form a small range that divides the
prairie from the valley of the Platte,
where I encamped for the night.
May 31.—We left our encampment at
five o'clock this morning for the fort,
the distance being about ten miles over a
sandy road, and reached it at ten o'clock
simultaneously with the rifle regiment.
The regiment made their encampment
about two miles above the fort, intending
to remain until the whole train was exam­
ined, reorganized, and put in a condition
to renew the march.
Fort Kearny is situated on the right
bank of the Platte River at the head of
Grand Island. It is garrisoned by a troop
of the First Regiment of Dragoons, and
a company of the Sixth Infantry. This
post was located here as a substitute fi$r
the one formerly at the mouth of the
Platte, being more on the direct route
from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Laramie,
as well as the small towns on the Missouri
River from whence emigrants generally
take their departure. It is very well lo­
cated to keep in check the Pawnee and
Sioux Nations, and is also a great pro­
tection to the emigrants who travel this
route to California and Oregon.
The small-pox as well as other diseases,
has greatly diminished the Pawnee Na­
tion. A few years back they were looked
upon as a large and powerful tribe, but
they have dwindled away so rapidly of
late years that they are no longer feared
by the neighboring tribes; the Sioux are
fast encroaching on them, and frequently
make war on them successfully.
Grazing for our animals in the vicinity
of this post is extremely good, but I
apprehend that grass for hay is very dif­
ficult to procure in the fall. The emi­
grants had not been permitted to encamp
immediately around the fort, which gave
our animals a fine field to range over dur­
ing the time they remained; and they
stood greatly in need of it.
This day's journey had not only brought
me to the regiment, which I had been pur­
suing with all possible speed for ten days,
but also to Fort Kearny, a distance of
three hundred and ten miles from Fort
Leavenworth, and I now considered that
I had fairly reached the point where my
duties were to commence.
The march from Fort Leavenworth was
a very severe one. The rainy season hav­
ing set in, it rained nearly every day
from the commencement of our journey
to our arrival at Fort Kearny.
This is a part of that great prairie coun­
try which ranges from the Red River of
the North to the Rio Grande, and can
be traversed throughout the whole dis­
tance without the least difficulty. As far
back as 1828 cattle were driven from
Independence, Missouri, to St. Peter's
River, which empties into the Mississippi
River a little below latitude 45 degrees;
and it was not unfrequent for sheep to
be carried as far as the settlement on
Red River in the British Territory. From
Lake Qui Parle to the Yellow Stone, it
was commonly the route taken by the
traders to carry their goods, instead of as­
cending the Missouri River; and there
is nothing to prevent this whole range
from being traveled as far as the Rio
Grande, except the danger of encounter­
ing hostile Indians, who are frequently
met with between Independence and
Santa Fe, and particularly the Comanche
tribe, who are constantly ranging between
the Arkansas and the southern boundary
of Texas.
Game of every description is found on
this prairie; buffalo, elk, and antelope
are seen in great number; but this year
vrey few have been met with, owing,
doubtless, to the great emigration passing
this way, which has driven them further
south.
While at Fort Kearny, I had occasion
to converse frequently with Colonel Bon­
neville, the commander of the post, who
had been many years ago among the In­
dians in the Rocky Mountains, and had
obtained while there much valuable in­
formation which he freely imparted to
me; and I found it, in more than one
instance, of great importance, before ar­
riving on the -Columbia River.
(To be Continued)
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The 29th Infantry US MA School CMTC Rewards

Recruiting officers have frequently Additional scholarships being offered QM Animals in Show
told prospective recruits that if they the most proficient students in the An interesting feature of the Na­
joined the Army they would have an 1925 CMTC's of the 3rd Corps Area tional Capital Horse Show soon to be
opportunity to try for West Point or are the following: held in Washington will be an exhibit
for a commission, and that they would The University of Pennsylvania, of mares and colts arranged by the
be given all the assistance possible. To a 4-year scholarship to be awarded the Quartermaster Corps. These will in­
carry out this promise the Command­ most proficient student as designated clude animals from the Quartermaster
ing Officer of the 29th Infantry decided by the military authorities; the Dick­ Intermediate Depot at Front Royal,
to establish a regimental perparatory inson School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., Virginia, and those produced through­
school for such candidates as desired a 4-year scholarship under similar out the entire eastern section of the
systematic coaching. Of the thirty conditions; George Washington Uni­ United States. Probably a majority
enlisted men who signified their wish versity, the Catholic University of of the horses shown will have been
to attend the school fourteen were dis­ America, Washington Business Col­ sired bv Government stallions.
qualified in the preliminary physical lege, Loomis Radio College, and the
examination. Temple School, Inc., Washington,
Two officers were detailed to organ­ D. C.; Charlotte Hall School, Char­ U. S. Troops Going to Canada
ize the school and to act as instructors. lotte Hall, Maryland; and the Pace Upon invitation of Lord Byng of
The candidates were excused from all Institute, a professional school of ac­ Vimy, Governor General of Canada,
military duty that would conflict with counting and business administration the War Department has authorized
their attendance at the school. Four o Major General Charles P. Summerall
afternoons a week are now being de­ Illinois Appreciates Aid to send United States troops to Cham­
voted to classroom work, the school In appreciation of the cooperation bly, Quebec, June 2, to participate in
hours being from 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. and assistance given in the relief work unveiling ceremonies at the tomb of
The subjects being taught are algebra, for tornado victims in Illinois by the Brig. Gen. John Thomas, commander
geometry, composition and grammar, Chicago Quartermaster Intermediate of American forces in Canada dur­
history of English literature, general Depot, Governor Small of Illinois has ing the Revolutionary War. The de­
history and American history. tachment will be in charge of Colonel
written the following letter to Colonel James
o Clyffard Game: M. Graham, commanding Platts­
Fire Destroys Fort Dade burg Barracks.
"I feel that I should express to you
Old Fort Dade, Florida, on Egmont my sincere thanks and the apprecia­
key, 35 miles south of Tampa, was re­ tion of the people of our State for all Sons' Service Admits Alien
cently destroyed by fire, according to you have done to alleviate conditions Despite his inability to speak the
fishermen of the vicinity. The fire was in the devastated area. Your prompt English language, a 70 year old Italian
accidentally caused by the crew of a and generous action in furnishing gar­ was admitted to American citizenship
United States rum chaser when it set rison equipage was very fine." on May 13 at Gary, Indiana, when it
fire to underbrush in order to was learned that he was the
smoke out rum runners who father of seven sons who had
had taken refuge on the island. served with the American
The old fort, named after Things the Army Does Besides Fight Army during the World War.
C a p t a i n and Brevet Major
Francis Dade, 4th Infantry, New York, May 21.—Two way communication
between an airplane flying over New York and a Another CMTC Scholarship
who was massacred with his combined sending and receiving set in the auditor- A scholarship is offered to
command by Indians during ium of the Engineering Society Building was main- the Basic student in the July
the Seminole War, was estab- tained here for about half an hour tonight when CMT Camp at Fort Adams,
lished to protect the entrance Captain Harold M. McClelland spoke from an air- Rhode Island, who evidences
to Tampa Bay. It has long plane on the subject of "Accessories of Aircraft." in the greatest degree the
been abandoned but is still the The plane used by him was a Martin Bomber, and qualities essential to civic and
property of the War Depart- the transmitting and receiving set the Army Air
Service S. R. 314 type. military leadership. The win-
ment. ner may chose between Brown
The bomber flew over 42nd Street for about 15 and Northeastern Universities
One Corps Quota Complete minutes, piloted by Sgt. Gresham of Mitchel Field, and Rhode Island State Col-
The 5th Corps Area obtained with Sgt. Moseland as observer and broadcaster. lege.
its quota for the 1925 CMTC The plane carried a 50 watt transmitter, its call
on Saturday, May 16, and was letters being CT4. The voice of Captain McClel­
land was taken by land wire to Mitchel Field and The clay to start reenlisting a
thus the first corps area in the there sent out. man is the day he takes the
United States to complete its
procurement job. oath of enlistment.
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS

New Military Exchanges New Horses for Army Alaskan Notes

Three new exchanges have been re­ The Quartermaster Corps recently The Chilkoot Post of May 8 reported
ceived by the Recruiting Nczvs in the purchased, at the end of the New Or­ that mosquitoes had already put in
past few weks. The Write-About of the leans racing season, nine excellent their appearance at our Alaskan sta­
5th Infantry at Portland Harbor, Maine, stallions, among them Lion D'Or, a tion, and that they seemed to be large
The Crest, published by the 11th Coast and hungry.
Artillery at Fort H. G. Wright, New sprinter formerly owned by Mr. Sam The fish are biting well in northern
York, and the Saber and Spw, the new Ross, a good stake horse in the east waters, according to the same source.
publication of the 2nd Squadron, 106th during the time that Man O'War and Lieuts. L. H. Rockafellow and W. R.
Cavalry, Illinois National Guard, are all Sir Barton were establishing records. McMasters caught a halibut in the
mimeographed publications dealing large­ Two hundred and fifty small horses, first week of May that weighed 40
ly with local happenings, interestingly ranging in height from 14-2 to 15 hands pounds and was the first of the season.
written and neatly printed. The Write- have been purchased for the Philip­ o
About, a complete file of which was pine Scouts. These horses are exceed­ CMTC Broadcasting
•kindly sent by the editor, includes among Station CMTC, with a wave length
other features a section devoted to re­ ingly well bred, up to carrying the of 400 meters, was on the air for the
cruiting notes, as well as the very worth­ weight of the Filipino soldier and his first and last time at 7 p. m. on May 19.
while poems of Sgt. Frank McPartland. pack, and are also of excellent polo A talk on the Citizens' Military Train­
The purpose and needs of the Saber type. They were secured at half the ing Camps was given from an airplane
and Spur are treated in the initial editor­ price of larger horses. flying over Cincinnati and the vicinity
ial of the magazine. "The pur­ in an intensive effort to en­
pose of the Saber and Spur," roll southern Ohio young men
states the editor, "is to pro­ for the July camps in the 5th
claim to the world at large that CMTC Enrollment Corps Area.
we undoubtedly compose the C.s I. a b c d e /
finest National Guard Cavalry 1st 2,349 2,107 1,328 4,400 53.3 1,779
unit in the United States, bar QMC Reserve Blank Files
2nd 5,176 4,910 2,098 6,500 79.6 2,684
none. It will appear once a On May 14 there were 5,448
3rd 3,414 3,049 1,261 5,600 60.9 2,197 vacancies in the three junior
month with the aid of God and
4th 4,929 4,001 2,599 5,700 86.4 5,412 grades of the Quartermaster
a few enthusiastic trooper cor­
respondents. It is a lusty 5th 5,740 5,574 2,717 6,000 95.6 2,987 Corps Reserves divided as fol­
youngster and craves literary 6th 4,713 4,566 2,449 5,600 84.1 3,655 lows : 2nd lieutenants, 107;
nourishment." 7th 2,251 2,148 824 6,700 33.5 2,252 1st lieutenants, 4,018; and
8th 2,004 1,620 920 5,000 40.0 2,174 captains, 1,323.
Army Stallion List 9th 3,544 3,411 1,123 4,500 78.7 2,767
The American Remount As­ 34,120 31,386 15,319 50,000 68.24 25,907 Army Protects Civilian
sociation has just published Aeronautics
the list of stallion assign­ Explanatory Note :—
a Applications received. In order to foster the
ments by states for 1925 un­ growth of the civilian aero­
der the plan for the encour­ b Number considered acceptable.
nautics transport industry,
agement of the breeding of c Accepted and so notifiec
in the interest of national de­
light horses operated by the d Minimum objective. fense, the Adjutant General
Remount S e r v i c e , QMC, e Percentage obtained. has enunciated the policy, in
USA, in cooperation with the f Applications received this date, 1924. regard to the use of Army
American Remount Associa­ airplanes for carrying news­
tion. The name, breeding, paper and news reel photog­
age, parentage, and description of all Depot to Make N. J. Uniforms raphs, that all forms of Army compe­
stallions are given, together with the
name and location of the agent manag­ Tailor-made uniforms for the en­ tition be eliminated.
Whenever requests are received
ing them. Three hundred and nine listed personnel of the New Jersey Na­ from other than Federal agencies for
stallions on hand are thorobreds, 26 tional Guard will be manufactured at
the use of Army airplanes for trans­
Arabs, 24 Morgans, five standard bred, the Quartermaster Intermediate Depot portation of whatever nature than in
two saddle bred and one hackney. at Philadelphia, approval therefor
the military service, or for the carry­
o having been given with the under­ ing of passengers other than those spe­
CMTC Approach Through Stomach standing that all cloth, findings and cifically provided for in paragraph 5,
The Chief of Staff of the 91st Divi­ material will be furnished by the State A. R. 95-15; and whenever it is clear
sion, at the Presidio of San Francisco, of New Jersey and the full manufac­ that civilian aeronautics transport
has sent out to county representatives turing cost, including overhead, will be companies are in the position to rend­
and committeemen for the CMTC in charged. er and are desirous of rendering the
California a number of copies of menus o service for which the Army aircraft
actually used in the 1924 camps. The Hawaiian Outfit Stands High is desired, the request will be denied.
menus as printed are an excellent ad­ The 19th Infantry, stationed at . o
vertisement for the camps, which will Col. Hanigan Leaves Los Angeles
be equally appreciated by the candi­ Schofield Barracks, Hawaiian Terri­ Col. Henry A. Hanigan, Infantry,
dates and by their fathers and tory, is another regiment with a good is relieved from recruiting duty at Los
mothers. reenlistment record. In the month of Angeles, California, and will report
o April 44 per cent of the men dis­ to the Commanding General, 7th Corps
The day to start reenlisting a man is charged from the regiment were re­ Area, Omaha, Neb., for duty in con­
the day he takes the oath of enlistment. enlisted. nection with National Guard affairs.
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Fort Wadsworth, New York
{Continued from Page Seven)
functioning is a matter for speculation as
interesting as it is futile.
The fortifications on Staten Island,
however, retained their purpose of pro­
tecting New York Harbor and the city,
instead of being diverted to use as a mili­
tary academy. In 1814 the armament con­
sisted of ninety-seven guns variously dis­
tributed among Forts Hudson, Richmond,
and Tompkins, the redoubt and block­
house, and "the small battery south of
Fort Tompkins." Fort Richmond, named
after the county in which it was located,
was an effective water battery and the
earliest of the forts in* time of comple­
tion. Fort Hudson was another effec­
tive water battery, and Fort Tompkins,
honoring the governor of that name, had
the many advantages claimed for it by
Colonel Williams. Two thousand militia
from the Hudson River counties were
sent to garrison the forts.
A good many peaceful years followed
without bringing any material change in
the status of the forts, until in 1847 the
United States Government acquired them
by a grant from the State of New York.
Adjacent lands were acquired from indi­
viduals by purchase. The titles bear un­
familiar names, German or Dutch, be­
cause those nationalities predominated in
the settlements on the nearby parts, of the
Island.
When the Federal Government obtained
the post two major works were com­
menced: Fort Richmond, jutting out into
the waters of the bay, and Fort Tomp­
kins, replacing the old fort of the same
name crowning Signal Hill. Both forts
were designed after the school of Vau­
ban, and stand as interesting relics. Fort
Richmond is the companion work to Fort
Lafayette, which is on a small island off
the opposite shore of the Narrows, bear­
ing the same relation to Fort Hamilton
which Fort Richmond bears to Fort
Tompkins. The new fortifications were
first garrisoned on August 8, 1861.
The Civil War did not affect the post,
except that an event growing out of the
war gave the name of "Fort Wadsworth"
to that part of the works formerly called
"Fort Richmond." War Department
Orders, November 7, 1865, made the
change "in memory of gallant and patri­
otic services of Brigadier General James
B. Wadsworth, killed in Battle of the
Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864, at the
head of his command."
The post continued its unruffled exist­
ence as a Coast Artillery post after the
Civil War, growing in armament and
keeping abreast of the best contemporary
practise. Finally in 1902 orders came
from the War Department again with
designations for the defenses, this time
giving to the batteries the names which
are now inseparably connected with post
history. The chief change was the desig­
nation of the entire reservation as "Fort
Wadsworth." The old fort which had
borne that name was called "Fort Weed."
Heroes of the Mexican and Civil Wars
were remembered in the titles of grim
batteries: Ayres, Barry, Catlin, Dix,
Duane, and Upton yet stand in the service
of their country.
General Wadsworth was a native of
New York and was appointed to the
Army from that state. He was Volun­
teer aide de campe to General McDowell
at one time, and later became brigadier
general of Volunteers in 1861. He was
appointed brevet general of Volunteers
May 6, 1864 for gallant conduct in the
Battle of the Wilderness as cited above,
and died two days later of his wounds
received there. Appropriately his mem­
orial is in his native state.
In 1912 the post witnessed a strange
ceremony. A site was dedicated with fit­
ting rites for a monument to the Ameri­
can Indian. The Honorable William
Howard Taft, then President of the
United States, Major General Thomas H.
Barry, Rear Admiral Osterhaus, and
thirty-three Indian Chiefs participated.
The monument was never erected; the site
remains unmarked. The project was
sponsored by a prominent New Yorker,
nationally known as a merchant and
backed by a committee of well known
citizens.
A recent and important change took
place on October 9, 1921, when the Ar­
tillery command was relieved by the 34th
Infantry. A small Coast Artillery de­
tachment is maintained, however, to care
for the batteries and the mine system.
At present the garrison is the Third Bat­
talion of the 16th Infantry.
Fort Wadsworth has had an untroubled
existence. It has never been involved in
an engagement, and still stands threaten­
ing an invader and covering the entrance
to New York City. Old Fort Weed
turns back only the encroaching tide, and
bears atop its sheer walls a guide and not
a menace, a lighthouse which sends out
alternate red and white beams to direct
the many vessels passing under its sides.
Fort Tompkins now houses the bulk of
the garrison. Its great depth of wall, its
arches and passageways, its moat and
many loopholes for riflemen form a
gloomy old world picture which captures
the imagination.
Fort Wadsworth has a charm, a charm
evident yet subtle. The explanation lies in
the view, which should not be belittled
by adjectives. To the south is the open
sea; to the east over a narrow stretch of
water is Fort Lafayette, backed by Fort
Hamilton 'and Brooklyn; and to the north­
east, so magnificent as to be unreal, so
distant as to seem fanciful, is the skyline
of Manhattan. Therein lies the charm.
At Wadsworth one can sit in the quiet
restfulness of a country estate and see
over the bay the heart of the city, the
soul of activity, the body of business. It
is pleasant to go from the fort to the
bustle of the city; it is good to return
from the turmoil to the quiet of the post.
The charm, then, is in the contrast.
In the days when the only fortifications
were those at the water's edge beautiful
homes and lovely gardens of old estates
dotted the hillsides. Only traces of that
past, transient grandeur remain, but the
gorgeous prodigality of nature is everlast­
ing. It is the possession of all who
serve at Fort Wadsworth. To see it is
to love it.
"Keep Me on the Roll"
Major General Harry C. Hale, com­
manding the 6th Corps Area, recently
received a letter from Port Wing, Wis.,
in response to a notice which had been
written an applicant about the comple­
tion of the necessary vaccination and in­
oculation to make him eligible for this
year's CMT Camp. That the young chap
is thoroughly in earnest about wanting to
attend camp is shown by the letter :
"Dear Sir:
"Am sorry you had to write to me about
my inoculation for typhoid. Don't think
I have put it off as I have had two and
will take them every week until done.
"WILLIAM WALCOTT.
"P. B. 6.
"P. S. As I live 18 miles from Iron
River, it is hard for me to get in every
few days, so Dr. Tarter said I could
come every 10 or 7 days. As there ia
only a mail stage running between the
two villages it is hard to get enough
money to ride. / walked out the first
time. Hope this will not be too long a
wait for you, but sir, please keep me on
the roll. I'm doing my best.
"Vours respectfully,
"W. WALCOTT."
Remount Figures
A total of 28,400 mares have been
bred to remount stallions in 40 states
since the inception of the horse breed­
ing plan in 1921, the reported foal
crop being 13,100. However, as it is
extremely difficult to induce farmers
and breeders to send in reports of their
foals it may be safely assumed, accord­
ing to the Quartermaster General's
Office, that between 2,000 and 3,000
foals were never reported, so that the
percentage of foals obtained to the
number of mares bred is safely esti­
mated at between 50 and 60 per cent.
For the 1925 breeding season it is esti­
mated that 13,000 mares will be bred to
360 stallions, and that the resulting
foals should be between 6,000 and 7,000.
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
How 4th CA Recruiters Aid
CMTC
In a letter under date of February 2
the entire recruiting personnel of the 4th
Corps Area was instructed as follows:
"On February 15, 192S, the CMTC
officer at these headquarters will send
publicity material covering the coming
CMT Camps to each member of the
DEML, RS, and each organization can­
vasser on recruiting duty in this corps
area. This action is being taken with a
view to placing CMTC publicity before
the public. The entire recruiting personnel
is enjoined to lend every possible aid to
the procurement of candidates for the
CMTC."
A recent visit to a number of districts
shows that the above instructions are
being carried out, and that the recruiting
personnel, both commissioned and enlist­
ed, is aiding in every way possible those
in charge of CMTC procurement.
The following is a synopsis of a report
rendered by Capt. Paul S. Roper, CAC,
Recruiting Officer at Savannah, Georgia,
upon the completion of a trip in the in­
terests of CMTC procurement:
"The entire trip was made on schedule
and it was apparent that the people with
whom I came in contact were all in favor
of the CMTC. Full explanation was
given in each case of the reason for the
CMTC, and. the methods of travel, meals,
medical attentance and other points were
brought out very clearly. Many questions
were asked by persons interested and
were answered as fully as possible. All
were told that if anything came up that
was not covered by the information
folder, they should write direct to the
CMTC officer at corps area headquarters,
who would be glad to give them all the
information available. It is believed that
the trip was a success, not only as a re­
cruiting trip for the CMTC, but as a
means of imparting information about
the CMTC which had not been done
heretofore."
Capt. Roper visited eight towns in
Georgia and South Carolina, speaking
at schools and other public places, and
cooperating fully with the local CMTC
representatives.
1st Lieut. W. S. Bryant, FA, in charge
of the recruiting district of North Caro­
lina, made a similar trip in connection
with CMTC procurement in his territory
with satisfactory results.
The CMTC officer at corps area
headquarters has been encouraged to
make use of the District Recruiting-
Officers in forwarding candidates to the
coming camps.
* * * *
EDITOR'S NOTE :—Only one feature of the
above story requires comment. In the
second paragraph the following sentence
is carried : "The entire recruiting person-
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nel is enjoined to lend every possible aid
to the procurement of candidates for the
CMTC." All of us in the recruiting end
of the Army know that comparatively
few of our recruiters can make a
success at CMTC procurement. The
men on recruiting duty are chosen pri­
marily with a. view to enlisting men for
the Army, and in many instances may
not be entirely "at home" in the procure­
ment of young men for the CMT Camps.
Every officer on recruiting duty should
"put out" on the job of CMTC procure­
ment. But the recruiters themselves will
be first to recognize the fact that the
job of inducing a man to sign up for
three years and that of pointing out to a
young fellow the value to be derived
from a month's training are scarcely in
the same category. They are two sepa­
rate jobs, and there are only few sales­
men who can peddle two products suc­
cessfully. Either they can sell one, and
neglect the other, or have indifferent
success with both. Those who can handle
two commodities at once, and success­
fully, are the exceptions.
o lery.
Army Culinary School Lauded
Following a recent trip of inspection to
the School for Cooks and Bakers at Fort
Hamilton, on the Long Island side of the
Narrows in New York Harbor, Miss
Katharine A. Fisher, Director of Good
Housekeeping Institute conducted by the
Good Housekeeping Magazine, wrote a
letter of appreciation to 1st Lieut. Talr
mage Phillips, QMC, head of the school.
Miss Fisher, together with two other
members of the Institute staff was shown
everything connected with the school,
from the class rooms in which the theory
of dietetics is taught to the kitchens
where the theory is put into practice.
"Lieut. Phillips, has a splendid organi­
zation and one which he has developed
along very interesting lines," writes Miss
Fisher. "We were very, surprised to find
that he has worked out so carefully the
whole question of instructing his students
in food values, in kitchen sanitation and
in general along lines which give his stu­
dents useful knowledge concerning the
daily diet and the use of food in nourish­
ing human beings adequately. We can­
not speak too highly of Lieut. Phillips'
work and we will watch it with great
interest.
"One thing which interested us exceed­
ingly was the fact that many of his
graduates are going into public kitchens,
such as cafes and restaurants. In doing
this we feel that the Army through Lieut.
Phillips is doing an excellent piece of
work in vocational training. We feel
too that wherever these graduates go
they will carry with them high standards
in kitchen cleanliness and in the prepa­
ration of meals which are really bal­
anced."
New York's Best CMTC Booster
For several years one of the leading
spirits in the procurement of candidates
for the 2nd "Corps Area CMT Camps has
been Col. Howard L. Campion, Reserves.
In private life a corporation counsel' with
every day's schedule full, he has never
been too busy to take time off to concoct
some new scheme for interesting boys
in the CMTC or to put.the scheme into
operation.
The latest >(stunt" arranged and car­
ried through by Col. Campion—and in­
cidentally this was but the duplication of
a similar event staged by him last year—
was conducting a group of 600 boys from
New York and Brooklyn out to Fort
Hancock, on Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
The boys were taken from the Battery,
New York, to Sandy Hook on board the
government boats Captain Fred L. Perry
and General Ord. The trip down the bay
was broken by a visit to Fort Hamilton,
and enlivened by a lecture on deck on the
functions of an Army mine layer by Lieut.
W. F. Putnam, of the 7th Coast Artil­
Following the trip through the Narrows
and past the south shore of Staten Island,
the boys were met at the Fort Hancock
pier by the garrison band, which marched
them up to the parade ground. A second
section was led by the' Western Union
band. At the parade ground they wit­
nessed, a review by the 7th Coast Artil­
lery Regiment, which was followed by ex­
hibition drills by the Lenox Road Cadets
and the famous Provisional CMTC Com­
pany.
And then came the big treat for hun­
dreds of the boys who had never known
anything of military, life. Mess call
sounded,, and the youngsters marched to
the different barracks and' messed with
the enlisted men. Army chow, which they
had so often heard both cussed and dis­
cussed, was at last shown of its mystery.
While they were digesting their noon
meal, Col. Campion took the boys to
watch exhibition sub-caliber practice at a
floating target by the fort's 6-inch guns,
following which a trip was made ,to the
12-inch rifles which are the heart of the
military defenses at Sandy Hook.
Col. Campion has several times man­
aged similar trips to the United States
Military Academy at West Point, and has
been actively in charge of various CMTC
exhibitions in the armory of the 13-th
Coast Defense in Brooklyn. No man in
the New York area is so well known to
the CMTC boys of the past and the pres­
end and this coming camp as Col. Cam-
pion,, and there is no other one individual
who has been so successful in inducing
young men to take advantage of the great
summer military outing arranged by the
government.