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 WJZ's Contribution to the U. S. Army

ARLY in 1922 Mr. Charles B. Pop­ 15, 1923. It is a 1 k. w. station, operating present located on the Aeolian Building,

E cnoe conceived the idea of a month­

ly Army night broadcasting pro­
gram to be rendered to the public via
on a wave length of 455 meters and at 33 West 42nd Street, New York City.

Station WJZ, operated by the Radio

Corporation of America and under his
management.
He approached Major General Harry
C. Hale, then commanding the 2nd Corps
Area, with headquarters at Governors
Island, who became much interested.
Early in the summer of that year, as a
result, a series of monthly talks was
begun, featured before and after by a
concert of the 16th Infantry Band. These
talks covered a wide range of military
subjects and were rendered by General
Hale personally until the return of Gen­
eral Bullard from South America some
months later.
General Hale soon convinced General
Bullard that this broadcasting was a good
thing for all concerned, to such an ex­
tent, indeed, that the program became an
official piece of military broadcasting and
the relations between the Army and the
Radio Corporation of America were
placed in the hands of the Assistant Chief
of Staff, G-2, Corps Area headquarters.
The programs have continued along the
above lines since.
General Bullard soon becoming too
bus}- to care for the monthly speeches,
G-2 substituted other general officers,
such as division commanders and bureau
chiefs from Washington. This plan is
still in effect.
Among the officers who have taken
part in these programs are Major Gen­
erals Harry C. Hale, Robert Lee Bullard,
Ret., William Weigel, William J. Snow.
Mark L. Hershey, Eli A. Helmick, Robert
C. Davis, Malin Craig, Merritt W. Ire­
land, Kenzie W. Walker, Harry Taylor,
and Tames G. Harbord, Ret., now Presi­
lent of the Radio Corporation of Ameri­
ca; Brig. Generals William S. Graves,
Amos Fries, Johnson Hagood, C. L.
Ruggles, and John Ross Delafield, Presi­
dent of the Reserve Officers' Association
of the United States ; and Colonels M.
B. Stewart and William N. Haskell. This
group of officers, included among which
are the present and former commanders
of various of our corps areas, depart­
ments, and war time divisions, as well as
The Adjutant General, the chiefs of most
of our branches and the Commandant of
cadets at West Point has given through
the courtesy of WJZ, the population of
the Eastern coast of the United States a
better appreciation of what the Army
means to America in time of peace as
well as in war.
Station WJZ is the second oldest broad­
casting station in the United States, being
first erected early in 1921 at Newark,
N. J., moving to New York City on May
Page Tzvo
A Canvasser's Daily Progress Record
By Major MALCOLM P. ANDKUSS, CAC, Recruiting Officer, Buffalo, N. V.
:i the final analysis it is the morale
a m i enthusiasm of the individual can-
A vasser that spells success or failure in
recruiting production. If canvassing is
allowed to degenerate into plain routine
duty nf a perfunctory nature one of the
vital elements of the activity is being
seriously overlooked and must of neces­
The Board
sity sooner or later result in lost motion
and inefficiency.
When we speak of competition in a
recruiting sense we naturally think of the
number of enlistments procured by the
efforts of the individual canvassers. Their
mission, as those of us who are continu­
ally face to face with the problem well
know, is a most difficult one to accom­
plish and we should be constantly think­
ing of ways and means to assist them in
gaining their objective—keeping them
"pepped up," to use the parlance of the
day.
If you and I are competing with each
other in the recruiting field it follows that
we are intensely interested in our rela­
tive standing from day to day. If you are
leading by one man or so isn't it natural
that I should go out and "scratch gravel"
just a trifle harder? Herein lies the
psychology of competition.
In order to take advantage of this truth
the "Recruiting Canvassers' Daily Prog­
ress Board" has been devised for use in
this district. It consists of a finished
board, 30 inches by 40 inches, on which
appear the names of canvassers, the days
of the month and number of enlistments.
The board proper is stained aflemishoak
color with white vertical lines. The days
of the month and the number of enlist­
ments are also entered in white. The tabs
on which the names of the canvassers ap­
pear are painted red with black lettering
These tabs slide across the board in un­
dercut grooves. The board is hung on the
wall in the orderly room next to the bul­
letin board and is brought up to date
every morning. It is the center of interest
each morning and has paid for its cos'
many times over in results obtained.
(Note: There are a number of blue
prints of the board available and a copy
will be gladly furnished those interested.)
A white print, embodying the same fea­
tures as described above, is hung on the
wall in the main office and furnishes a
ready reference. This is mounted on a
beaver board backing and is operated by
means of small red pins.
In order that the sub-stations may be
kept in touch with the production situa­
tion a form is made up covering each ten
day period and a copy sent out to each
out of town canvasser. This form list-
all the canvassers and stations, the num­
ber of applicants brought in by each, the
number accepted, those enlisted, those re­
jected for physical or other causes, elope­
ments, declinations, failures to report, etc.
Although this daily production activity
involves a little extra work it is felt that
the results obtained warrant its embodi­
ment in the routine administration of the
office.
 The Flag of the United States
W ITH a very few exceptions, the
Stars and stripes is the oldest
national standard and ensign in
the world. That of Denmark, the colors of
Savoy, a red swallow-tailed flag with a
white cross, was adopted in 1219, and is
the oldest of European national flags.
The second in order of age in Europe is
the flag of Switzerland, a red field with a
white Greek cross, adopted in the 17th
century. In 1698, Peter the Great of
Russia established the Order of St. An­
drew, the symbol of the patron saint of
that country, an X-like cross of blue
which has been placed on a great variety
of flags.
The standard of Spain was established
in 1785; the tri-color of France in 1794;
the standard of Great Britain, a blue field
bearing the conjoined crosses of St.
George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick, in
1801. Portugal's national flag came into
being in 1815, the ensign of the German
Empire in 1871, that of the United King­
dom of Italy in 1861, and the flag of the
Netherlands. 1806, in which year it was
last changed.
The national ensigns of China and
Japan had their origin at a more remote
period than those of any other nation now
in existence. The present flag of Japan,
however, dates from 1859, and the Chi­
nese standard was not announced to for­
eigners as a national ensign until 1802.
The Hags of the Thirteen Colonies, be­
fore the birth and adoption of the Stars
and Stripes, were many and varied. Tlu
red cross of St. George was in use in
Ma chine used by Quartermaster Corps for stitching stars on five flags at one operation
Developed Through Nearly A Cen­ the soldiers of the three counties took
tury and A Half of Conflict
and Progress
part in King Phillip's Indian War, and it
was carried to Concord by the Minute
Men of Bedford on the fateful morning
Massachusetts until 1635 as the accepted
standard of the Puritans. In November,
1634, complaint was recorded that John
Endicott had defaced the English ensign
at Salem. Endicott, a court assist­
ant, hid cut out with his sword a part
of the red cross in the flag hanging be­
fore the governor's gate, declaring that it
savored of popery. For this insult tu
the king's colors he was removed from
office and disqualified to hold any public
of lice fur one year.
Endicott was not without sympathizers.
Soon after some of the militia refused to
march under the symbol that to them was
idolatrous. A grave controversy followed
which was not concluded until December,
1635, when the military commissioners
designated colors for each company, leav­
ing out the red cross in all of them. It
was summarily agreed that the king's
colors should be displayed from ships
and from Castle Island, Boston, the lat­
ter belonging to the king, and this flag
continued in such use until the establish­
ment of the Cromwellian commonwealth.
An interesting standard of this period,
the oldest purely American flag, was that
which was designed in England about
1660 for use by the troops of Middlesex,
Suffolk and Essex counties, Massachu­
setts. Under the folds of this historic flag
of the 19th of April, 1775, in response to
the cry of Paul Revere, "The British are
Coming!"
Other flags there were, especially
through the early days of the Revolution.
The most notable of these were the varie­
ties of the pine-tree flag, some of which
bore the motto, "An Appeal to Heaven,"
the rattlesnake flag and an improvised
ensign raised over Fort Johnson, South
Carolina, after the place had been cap­
tured in resistance to the Stamp Act.
Under the latter flag, a blue field with
three white crescents—one for each com­
pany of the volunteer force which took
Fort Johnson—the Declaration of In­
dependence was proclaimed to the people
un August 8, 1776.
The origin of the flag with thirteen al­
ternate red and white stripes, represent­
ing the United Colonies, with the sub­
joined crosses of St. Andrew and St.
George in a blue field, which was raised
on Prospect Hill, Cambridge, on the first
day of January, 1776, has never been offi­
cially determined. A monument of gran­
its was erected on the spot some years ago
to mark the _ place where the Union flag
was first raised. This monument bears
the inscription : "On this Hill the Union
Mag, with its thirteen stripes, the em­
blem of the United Colonies, First bade
defiance to an enemy, January 1, 1776.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
Page Three
 The March of the Mounted Riflemen
" UNE 1, 1849—The whole outfit was
J carefully examined today, that it
might be put in as good a condition
as our time and means would permit;
and it required but little experience to
see that the condition of the mules was
not such as to justify the command's
leaving for the Columbia River with
any certainty of arriving there without
accident.
The mules were principally those
brought from the Rio Grande in the fall
of 1848 and were wintered in the vicinity
of Fort Leavenworth by contract. They
had been badly taken care of, and when
the spring commenced there was not suf­
ficient time to put them in proper con­
dition for the match. Many of them were
partly broken down by former hard
service; others were wild and it seemed
almost impossible to break them to har­
ness. They had just completed a journey
of three hundred and ten miles, in very
unpleasant weather. The citizen and
soldier teamsters were entirely incapable
of driving, with the exception of a few
of the former who had been in Mexico.
The responsibility which was about to
devolve on me, to transport the troops
safely to the Columbia River, determined
me not to take the charge on myself with­
' out letting the department know the con­
dition, at least, in which I found things.
Although I did not consider that anyone
was to blame, since the march commenced,
I preferred calling for a board of
survey, and it was convened. The board
inspected the animals, and passed their
opinion upon them, and out of the whole
number, condemned one-third, as I was
unoffkialy informed. Although this was
their opinion, I never was able to obtain
a copy of the report, as they committed
an informality, which caused the proceed­
ings to be annulled.
This was the aspect of affairs when I
took charge of the department, and re­
lieved the officer who had accompanied
the troops to Fort Kearny.
June 2—This day was passed in making
our papers and arranging the train. The
command moved about four miles above,
to change their encampment, get better
grazing, and be nearer to the water.
An order had been issued by Colonel
Loring separating the command into
three divisions of two companies each,
which were to march at an interval of
five miles between the first and third
divisions, and encamp in the same order,
until otherwise changed. This necessarily
separated me from the greater portion
of the command, and confined me for a
time to a division, changing from one to
the other as my services were most
required.
Page Four
Wherein the Expedition QM Tells
of the Journey From Ft. Kearny
to Ft. Laramie
{Continued from June 1 Number)
Having only Lieutenant Frost with me
as acting assistant quartermaster, who
was in charge of the regimental train,
and similarly situated, I was compelled to
trust much to the agents, which greatly
increased my responsibilities, as it was
expected that I would not only see that
the property was taken care of, but the
troops properly transported.
June 3—It became necessary, before
leaving Fort Kearny, to increase the
subsistence stores, which called for ad­
ditional means of transportation. I was
therefore compelled to resort to ox teams,
being the only transportation that could
be obtained at the post—and we were
very fortunate even to get this. I placed
them under charge of a wagon-master,
to proceed directly on to Fort Laramie
in company with the emigrants without
being governed by the movements of the
expedition, as we were required to make
short marches in consequence of the delay
of the beef-contractor, and it would en­
able them to get considerably the start of
us.
June 5—Large trains could be seen this
morning wending their way along on both
sides of the Platte. The river here is
nearly three miles wide, interspersed with
islands, some of which are thinly covered
with very small cottonwood and willow,
but in many 'instances they are entirely
bare.
Our march was only eleven miles to­
day, as it has been but little more than
changing camping-grounds since leav­
ing Fort Kearny, it being necessary to
wait for the contractor, who was hourly
expected, before we could proceed. This
gave the mules and horses an opportunity
of recovering from their march from
Fort Leavenworth.
Having arrived in camp early today, I
overhauled the wagons which contained
the lumber intended for such repairs as
we might require on the route, and found
that we had but very little along with us,
there being but four pair of hounds and
eleven tongues, which was a scanty allow­
ance for the repairs of one hundred and
sixty wagons, that were to pass over
rough roads for two thousand miles. I
had no desire to send back for timber,
which had been done previous to my
arrival, same fifty miles—rather pre­
ferring to trust to a good trail and the
improvements of teams and teamsters.
June 6—Whether from the alarm of the
cholera or distaste for soldiering, I am
unable to say, but desertion at this time
is rapidly increasing. Four men ran off
last night, taking a complete outfit with
them. This was not very unexpected to
us, when we consider the material of
which the regiment is composed, who
merely enlisted, it is well known, for the
purpose of getting! comfortably tran­
sported to California at the expense of
the Goverment, and not from any par­
tiality for the profession of a soldier.
June 7—Today buffalo were seen for
the first time, which created no little ex­
citement. We had been hoping for se­
veral days to be gratified with a sight of
them, for the road was entirely destitute
of interest, and we were much pleased on
hearing the news that game was near
us.
June 9—Mr. Wilcox (the guide) went
over the bluffs last evening on a
hunting excursion, this being a fine sec­
tion of country for buffalo and antelope,
but returned, after traveling twenty
miles on the prairie, without being suc­
cessful—a disappointment seldom known
to a hunter along the Platte before this
spring.
This valley has been heretofore a great
range for game of all kinds. Herds of
buffalo, consisting of thousands, were
seen grazing at one time a few years
since; but such has been the effect pro­
duced on them by the immense emigra­
tion this spring, that it has driven the
game far beyond the bluffs; and the buf­
falo seldom return to the river except
when forced to do so for want of water,
and then in small numbers. Their range
is now on the head waters of the Blue
and Kansas Rivers, and from thence to
the Arkansas. I have no doubt, if the emi­
gration continues a few more years as
large as it is this year, not one will be
found along the border of the Platte, or
near Fort Kearny, where they have been
known to approach the out-buildings,
apparently for shelter in the winter.
Within the last four days the com­
mand had lost several men by the cholera
and it had every indication of increasing
among them. On the fourth two men
died, and one on the seventh and Doctor
Moses and Smith were seriously attacked
by it, who were the only two physicians
along with us to attend the three divi­
sions into which our troops were divided.
I had seen so much of it between Forts
Leavenworth and Kearny, that I did
hope the command would, before our
reaching it, be entirely clear; but it seem­
ed to move as the emigrants did, and we
were destined to keep it among us in
spite of every precaution until our arriv­
al in Oregon.
June 10—Today being the Sabbath, it
was a day of general rest 'among the
emigrants. As the command had been
considerably delayed since leaving Fort
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Kearny, it became necessary to make up
for lost time; and we therefore did not lodges, proceeded up the river, and miles to another ford, which we found,
stepped, nearly opposite to us. A deputa­ upon examination, to be too deep. The
follow the good
g example
p e be
bett by our tion consisting of the old chief and about bottom was very uneven and filled with
fellow-travelers, deeming it more prudent 80 of his party, came over to see us. quicksand. One squadron crossed, after
to rest towards the end of our journey, I his old savage had tried to make him- much difficulty. It was thought to be
if time would permit us, than at the sell look as respectable as possible, and too deep to venture the train, and as the
commencement of it. 1 think, however, had given a coloring, with a little ver­ trail led further up the river, the colonel
one day in the week should be taken to' million, to his grey locks, which hung with the two guides, Lieut. Frost and
that purpose; it relieves the teams, and profusely about his shoulders. His myself, followed it about thirteen miles
prepares them anew for their labor. i>nlv article of dress was a green frock to where it crossed, leaving the command
Today five buffalo were seen. When coat, not of the latest cut, that reached at the middle ford, where they made their
first discovered they were running from to his ankles, and on his shoulder encampment for the night. Finding the
the river across our road, and making were an old pair of epaulettes that looked bottom of the upper ford much more
toward the bluffs. It created, as might is if they had seen some service. even, and less quicksand, we determined
have been expected, a very great excit­ His leggings, which were of grey cloth, to cross at this place, and returned again
ment; from the highest to the lowest were a substitute for pantaloons. to camp, which we reached at seven
all seemed to be desirous of joining in To complete his costume, his cap was o'clock p. m., in time to get clear of a
the chase, and it was with some diffi­ made of grizzly bear-skin, with a long severe thunder storm that was fast gath­
culty that they were prevented. red feather, supported by a large brass ering.
Several of the officers and men gave plate in front, and a medal suspended
chase, and some came up with them, from his neck, made in 1809, with the June 13—Our tents were left to dry,
when the firing commenced. One of the likeness of President Madison on one which prevented us from getting off early
buffalo was singled out, and, taking a side. To take the whole group together, this morning. The divisions left at seven,
circuitous route, received an additional with him at the head, would have been a eight, and nine o'clock, making an hour
fire as he passed towards the rear, and scene for any painter ; for all of attempts between each. We proceeded to the upper
before being brought to bay there was a at dress this exceeded any I have ever crossing, where we found that the river
small troop in pursuit of him. He at seen among Indians. He felt, no doubt, had risen a few inches during the night.
last came to a stand, and although writh­ that he was dressed for the occasion; and This was much against us, being already
ing with pain, he would now and then we should have felt ourselves highly hon­ too high to risk the trains.
make at the nearest horseman who was ored although it did afford us a little The colonel's carriage was sent over,
disposed to approach him. One of the amusement. This was the celebrated and reached the opposite side without
soldiers attacked him sword in hand, giv­ Queue de Boeus, one of the Sioux chiefs much difficulty. We next tried a loaded
ing him a blow over the head, as if he from the plains. wagon, drawn by six mules, which was
really thought any impression could be nearly one hour getting over. The river
These Indians were very anxious to let here is 1,090 yards wide, and I began to
made upon him. us know their great friendship for the think at one time that the wagon would
I think I counted sixteen mounted men whites, and expressed much pleasure at not reach the opposite bank in safety.
who, with revolvers, kept up a regular seeing so many white warriors. They After this, I had 10 mules attached to
fire on this poor animal. All seemed to be were very inquisitive in wishing to know each wagon, and half the supply train
eager of having the satisfaction of say­ how far we had come, where we were driven in at one time ; and as long as the
ing that the}- had shot at a buffalo, if going, and how long we would be travel­ leading wagon kept moving, the rest fol­
the)' were not successful enough to kill ing, and ended their visit, as is usual lowed very well, and got across much
nne. Lieut. Lindsay at last brought him among them, by asking for provisions and better than anyone had supposed.
to the ground, and had the credit of be­ a few presents, which the Colonel gave June IS—We left our encampment this
ing the victor. them. This was a war party who had been morning at five o'clock, crossing the "di­
June 11—A short lime before stopping in pursuit of the Pawnees. vide" between the forks. This is a high
for the evening we saw on the oppo­ June 12—The night was cloudy, and the level prairie, until you approach near the
site side of the river an encampment of morning quite chilly. The command left Platte, where you strike Ash Hollow, a
Sioux, who immediately struck their at six o'clock, and traveled about twelve (Continued on Page Fourteen)

Fort Laramie in 1849

Page Five
 Knobby Plugs the Shoots
NOBBY KNOWLKS gave an
"K experimental puff at his bat­
tered briar pipe, flicked the
burnt match toward the cuspidor—which,
as every soldier knows, is not a recep­
tacle for match sticks, cigarette butts
or tobacco ash but is merely placed to
indicate the general direction in which
such tilings should be thrown—and
leaned back against the wall.
"It's all right for you young fellows
to scoff at such things," he said, "bill
none of you ever went through a cam­
paign like the one I'm telling about. I
claim them Filipinos are about as slick
as any Indian ever was."
Since an argument on the compara­
tive cunning of the American Indian
and the Filipino had
involved them, the
men in the recrea­
tion room consider­
ed it decidedly im­
proper to get up and
leave with many
glances and mum­
blings of disgust—
their usual custom
when Knowlks be­
gan one of his out­
rageous peeps into
the past. Therefore
and also because
they were one and
all unwilling to con­
c e d e t h e mselvcs
beaten without a
struggle, they set­
tled themselves as
comfortably as pos­
sible—albeit with a
longing look or two
at the door—to lis­
ten as the old cam­
paigner unfolded his
yarn. "I
stuck a cork into the end of each bamboo shoot­
* * *
"Knobby," said Bill Harrison one day,
"I'm getting terribly tired of pork and
beans, and beans and pork. Seems like
we'll all turn into a legume if we don't
get a change of diet soon. I know we
can't get any supplies from the base un­
til the Army comes along to chase them
clanged Igorrotes away, but I'd rather
take a long chance at a bolo than turn into
a bean ! What's more, the other fellows
feel just like I do and there's gonna be
mutiny or something like that if we don't
get something else to eat !"
"Sh-h-h," I cautioned. "I've thought
of that. I'm going to slip away tonight
and try for some fish in the river."
"Good Lord!" he whispered. "Don't
let the C. O. hear you. You know he's
ordered everyone to stay in camp ex­
cept the sentries and patrols."
Page Six
By JAY BIRI>
"I know it," I agreed, "but something
has got to be done or this whole outfit
wdl run amuck."
My company had been left in an out­
lying district in Luzon to hold the great
native population in check—just as man)'
other companies and detachments were
doing elsewhere. Unfortunately for us
the district through which all our com­
munication with headquarters and the
base of supply passed had broken loose
again and a white man's life wasn't worth
a Yerilhin dime. The detachment of
thirty men in that section, so our scouts
had informed us, had been surprised and
slaughtered by Igorrote headhuntcrs who
now were having a wonderful time play­
ing catch or football with their victims'
thinktanks. Such innocent pastimes as
that didn't arouse no enthusiasm what­
ever in our ranks; there was much too
good a chance to become subject to simi­
lar attentions ourselves.
As yet we hadn't seen a single sign
of a hostile native, but there was no tell­
ing when they would take it into their
heads to conic after ours. So the C. O.
had ordered us all to stay within the
camp, which was only a hundred yards
from a broad river and close to enemy
territory, lest a bolo should reach out
from behind a tree and cut us loose from
the ground—that is, with the exception
of a few sentries close to the camp and
one or two strong patrols farther out
to make certain the jungle was kept
clear of lurking kris or bolo wielders.
So anyone caught outside of the sentry-
lines was due for a court martial or se­
vere company punishment, unless some
highminded and conscientious soldier
should mow him down with a bullet on
general principles. Which would, in it­
self, be an effective way to escape pun­
ishment, but would likely end all interest
in future events.
Nevertheless, I was determined to take
the chance to obtain an addition to our
diet, for since the outbreak in the ad­
joining district we had run out of every­
thing edible but many slabs of pork and
bags of beans. Anyway, since Bill Har­
rison was due for a tour of sentry duty,
I could slip away easily. Bill had quite
an outfit of tackle, and being an invet­
erate fisherman always carried it about
with him. There
were rolls of fine
silken line, a lot of
sinkers and fifty or
more small corks to
be used as bobbers.
There was no pole
but that was not an
obstacle since one
could be cut from
the nearest bamboo
thicket.
So that night I
set out, carrying the
whole outfit, slipped
past Bill's post and
made for the river.
There I crawled out
on the limb of a tree
that hung low and
far out over the
water, deciding there
was no need of a
pole, and soon had
two or three lines
baited and looking
for fish. It wasn't
long before I had
quite a string of beauties, since they were
awful hungry, but suddenly, happening
to glance up, I lost all interest in fishing.
For over on the opposite bank a near­
ly naked savage had sneaked softly out
of the jungle, swiftly scanned my side
of the river, and abruptly disappeared
just as a patr.ol pissed through the trees
behind me. After the soldiers had gone
on out of sight he sneaked out again
this time accompanied by another na­
tive. The two searched the other shore
with their eyes, not noticing me appar­
ently, because of the faint light of the
moon and the leaves hanging all about
me. Then one of them waved a hand
toward the jungle and twenty or thirty
others, carrying long, gleaming bolos,
and longer pieces of bamboo cane, glided
down to the waters' edge.
{Continued on Page Fifteen)
 War Medals Await Missing Heroes

N INE bits of bronze and colored rib­ manding General, AEF, January 10, 1919.
bon and one silver star lie in the safe Residence at time of enlistment: Detroit,
of The Adjutant General in Wash­ Mich. Emergency address: John J.
ington, awaiting the call of six heroes and Mason, Toledo, Ohio. Reason for non­
nogh, County Clare, Ireland. Address
given at time of discharge: 320 9th Ave.,
New York City. Later address shown as
Hotel Asbestos, Manville, N. J.
the parents of four others who fell on the delivery—can not locate any relative. Michigan—Detroit
field of battle. Of all the thousands of Oklahoma—Shaw nee Pollan, Clayton R., captain, Section 537,
awards for valor and distinguished serv­ O'Brien, Frank, private, Company B, Ambulance Service. Awarded French
ice in time of war only these ten have 33rd Infantry, United States Volunteers. Medaille d'Honneur des Epidemies. Resi­
been so far undelivered and the reason Posthumously awarded citation for gallan­ dence at time of enlistment: 220 May
is that their owners cannot be located. try in action in the Philippine Insurrec­ Ave., Ft. Smith, Ark. Emergency ad­
Only four of the decorations arc tion, by the War Department, August 8, dress : N. R. Pollan, father, same address.
American. The men to whom these have 1924. Residence at enlistment: San An­ Address given on December 30, 1924, as
been awarded will never wear them for tonio, Texas. Emergency address : George 708 Peterboro St., Detroit, Mich.
they earned the tokens of heroism with Olden, cousin, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Rea­ Montana—Butte
their lives. But the parents or nearest son for non-delivery—can not locate any Carle, George A.—No. 2261524, ser­
relatives of the dead heroes have a right relative. geant. Company L, 362nd Infantry, 91st
to the decorations and no stone will be Division. Diploma for the award of the
left unturned by the Army recruiters tn Belgian Croix de Guerre. Residence at
locate them. Strenuous efforts are to enlistment : 37 East Broadway, Buttc.
be made to locate the six other heroes Montana. Emergency address: Charles
also. If they hive moved from the ad­ Carle, brother, 3236 Sanders street,
dresses given on enlistment papers ef­ Butte, Montana.
forts will be made to locate neighbors, Ohio—West Park
friends or relatives who can tell where FronnvMIcr, Harold P., first lieutenant,
they have gone, for thus far the mails 363rd Infantry, 91st Division. Diploma
have been unavailing. The letters have for the award of the Belgian Croix de
not even been forwarded. Guerre. Residence at appointment: West
Of the foreign decorations three are Park, Ohio. Address given at time of
from France, two from Belgium and one discharge: 855 Jefferson Court, San
from Italy. The list comprises two Bel- Mateo, Calif. Emergency address: Geo.
Guerra, and two French Medaille d'Hon­ Fromwiller, father, R. F. D. 'No. 1,
neur des Epidemies. The American dec­ West Park, Ohio.
orations are three Distinguished Service Any information which will lead to
Crosses and one silver star. One of the the delivery of the decorations should be
heroes was an American nurse and of the addressed to The Adjutant General of
other nine one was a captain, one a first the Army, Washington, D. C.
lieutenant, one a f'irs;t sergeant, two o
sergeants, two corporals and two priv­ Alaskan Notes
ates. Two of the posthumous award > The American forces at Chilkoot
are for privates. Barracks, Alaska, played host to the
The names and decorations arc given Boy Scouts of Southeastern Alaska
gian Croix de Guerres, one French during the first two weeks in June. It
Croix de Guerre, one Italian Croce di was expected that about 40 boys would go
below and are arranged under states to to camp.
aid recruiters in picking up addresses in DISTINGUISHED 5£RVIC£ CROSS Sleeping and mess quarters were
their territories. arranged for the Scouts at the Bar­
Minnesota—Bellingham Ohio—S teubenville
racks and an Army cook was sup­
Arkman, Frank. No. 1429432, private. Irons, John K., No. 736749, corporal, plied. The Scouts were required, as
Company L, 3O5th Infantry, 77th Divi­ Company K, 11th Infantry, 5th Division. a part of their training, to attend to all
sion. Posthumously awarded Distin­ Awarded French Croix de Guerre with K. P. and quarters details.

guished Service Cross by the Command­ gilt star. Residence at time of enlist­ o

ing General, AEF, March 28, 1919. ment : 524 Franklin Avenue, Steubenville, Officers Honor Old-Timer
Residence at time of enlistment: Belling- Ohio. Emergency address: Mrs. Harry Sgt. William Cameron was the guest
ham, Minn. Reason for non-delivery— Crawley, sister, 317 16th St., Monaca, Pa. of honor at a banquet given on April
no known relative. Address at time of discharge, 524 Frank­
lin Ave., Steubenville, Ohio. 13 at Fort Benjamin Harrison on the
California—Fresno . occasion of his retirement from the
England—London
Carter, Car! C, No. 540595, sergeant, Army after 30 years' service.
Company A, 7th Infantry, 3rd Division. Johnson, Jane H., reserve nurse, Army "Sgt. Cameron has been the NCO in
Posthumously awarded Distinguished Nurse Corps. Awarded French Medaille charge of the depot branch at Fort
Service Cross by the War Department, d'Honneur des Epidemies. Latest ad­ Harrison for a long time," Lt. Col.
February 17, 1920. Residence at time of dress : London, England. R. S. Woodson, commanding the In­
enlistment: Fresno Calif. Reason for New Jersey—Manville diana District, said in the course of the
non-delivery—no known relative. O'Connor, James, No. 91120, corporal, evening, "and here, as elsewhere, his
Ohio—Toledo Company I, 165th Infantry, 42nd Division. record of service is excellent. He is a
Mason, Edvjard G., No. 7571203, first Awarded Italian Croce di Guerra. Resi­ splendid example of the non-commis­
sergeant, Company D, 55th Infantry, 7th dence at time of enlistment: 320 9th Ave., sioned officer in our Army, and his ca­
Division. Posthumously awarded the New York City. Emergency address: reer shows the possibilities that our
Patrick O'Connor, father, Parish of Ar­ service offers to young men."
Distinguished Service Cross by the Com­
Page Seven
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Recruiting Publicity Bureau, Governors Island, N. Y
An Army Information Bulletin containing a resume
of administrative reports, statistical tables, rules,
regulations, and official notices of recruiting for the
guidance of members of the Regular Army, National
Guard and Organized Reserves
JUNE 15, 1925
Second National Defense Test
The Acting Secretary of War recently issued the
following instructions concerning the second Na­
tional Defense Test to commanding officers of all
posts, camps and stations, and commanding gener­
als, First Division, First and Second Brig-ades and
Second Coast Artillery District:
Pursuant to authority of the President the
Second Defense Test will be held on July fourth
this year. The general purposes of the defense
test are to acquaint people with their national
defense policies and existing organizational and
muster plans of the Arm}'- of the United States
as well as to test said plans. Patriotic demon­
strations should emphasize the historical occa­
sion when Congress first pledged the man pow­
er and resources of the country for national
defense and should commemorate the sacrifices
made for national defense. State response to
the proposed test is purely voluntary. Instruc­
tions to be mailed you in a few days are similar
to those of last year. Acting Secretary of War
will invite cooperation of all governors. Copy
of telegram and letter to you by mail. Initiate
without delay necessary action last year's pro­
visions requiring test to be conducted without
extra expense to the Government will apply.
o time to time this regiment stages dual boxing meets
The United States Flag
June 14, 1925, was the 148th anniversary of the
adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the national
ensign of the United States. The Continental Con­
gress, in session at Philadelphia, resolved on June
14, \777, that the flag of the thirteen United States
be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that
the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field,
representing a new constellation.
Elsewhere in this number is printed the story of
the Stars and Stripes and its development through
nearly a century and a half of conflict and progress.
Page Eight
CMTC Slogans
The Adjutant General is particularly anxious to re­
ceive suggestions for a new CMTC slogan along the
lines of the one used heretofore, "Let's Go." Among
those recently sent in are "Clean Men, True Com­
rades," featuring the first letters of the words "Citi­
zens' Military Training Camps"; "All Americans,"
carrying, besides its patriotic ring the suggestion of
final selection of picked men and supremacy in the
field; "Character, Courage, Citizenship" and "Health,
Honor and Happiness."
The Recruiting Nezvs will welcome any further sug­
gestions from members of the Recruiting Service and
others who are interested in the CMTC.
The Army's Opportunity
This summer 35,000 young men -will familiarize
themselves with the inner workings of the Army.
Each youth will watch the Regular soldier with whom
he will be in close daily contact. Impressions and
opinions will be formed which will last a life-time
and be passed on to parents who are vitally inter­
ested in the kind of men their sons met at camp.
The power placed in the hands of these Regular
soldier instructors to create good will and enhance
the respect of civilians toward the Army is un­
limited. Advantage should be taken of this oppor­
tunity to instill a wholesome respect for the mili­
tary service which will be passed on to innumerable
friends.
Clean living and physical upbuilding are far better
exemplified by contact with men who are living
exponents of the slogan "The Army Builds Men"
than all the text books ever printed.
o
National Guard Recruiting
It has recently come to our attention that the
245th Coast Artillery (13th CDC, NG, NY) has ap­
parently solved its recruiting problem in a very
satisfactory and comparatively easy manner. From
with Regular Army boxing stars. Each enlisted man
of the regiment is allotted a certain number of
general admission tickets for his friends of military
age. The latter may then exchange these tickets
for reserved seats by personal request made to any
one of the battery commanders. In this way the
regimental officers establish desirable contact with
prospective recruits at the cost of very little time
and effort.
The uniformly high class order of entertainment
provided by the 245th Regiment assures maximum
attendance at all such affairs.
 RECRUITING

NOTES

The United States Army builds Men

Persistency in Recruiting
Prrvate Edward F. Ryan, commander
of the sub-station at Lock Haven, Pa.,
apparently has a knack for procuring
recruits. While canvassing Bellefonte,
Pa., recently, he was warned by several
men that he would not be successful
in finding prospects in the little town
and that he might as well leave. Un­
daunted, Ryan inserted advertisements
in each of four weekly papers published
in Belleforte, and determined to stick to
his work until he procured at least one
recruit.
While calling for his mail he met a
prospect whom he immediately signed
up. In a lunch room a few hours later he
procured another who was a member
of the Pennsylvania National Guard1,,
and before leaving the town had signed
up this man's cousin. There was some
trouble in getting the guardsman's com­
manding officer to release him, but this
was accomplished when Ryan secured a
recruit for the Guard troop to replace
the one he had enlisted. Persistency pays.
Nashville Recruiters on the Job
The fact that an applicant for enlist­
ment has some minor disqualifying de­
fect does not cause the Nashville District
to "turn him down" entirely, states Lt.
Logan W. Boyd, Infantry, DOL., Re­
cruiting Officer, in charge. It often hap­
pens that an applicant has sufficient teeth,
but one or more is in such condition that
acceptance is prohibited, or else he may
be under-weight, have a slight remedi­
able defect of vision or not be able to
read and write well enough to be ac­
cepted. In such cases the Nashville rc-
The Proof of the Pudding
Headquarters Tenth Infantry
Office of the Regimental
Commander
Ft. Thomas, Ky.,
March 26, 1925.
Subject: Quality of recruits re­
ceived for the 10th Inf.
To: Lieut. Col. Frederick G.
Turner, CO, Cincy. Rtg.
Dist.
1. I desire to express my ap­
preciation to you and your effi­
cient force for the fine type of
recruits received in this regiment
from your district since enlist­
ments were resumed for the
Tenth Infantry on February
13, 1925.
DANA T. MERRILL,
Col, 10th Inf.,
Commanding.
cruiters urge the applicants to have the
defect remedied, and encourage him to
keep in mind the splendid opportunities
offered by the service, which he may
enter if he will carry out instructions for
the improvement of his education or
remedy his physical defects. Lieutenant
Boyd is of the opinion that if the army
is properly "sold" to the applicant he
will evidence sufficient interest to over­
come the causes of rejection. A check on
results proved this contention.
One instance of the system employed
by the Nashville District is that of an
applicant 21 years of age, 75 inches in
height, of good physique and a capable
musician. With the exception of two bad
molars and a few missing teeth the
was advised to seek dental aid, and re­
lurn to the recruiting office for accept­
ance. Several weeks passed with no
word from the man. In the meantime he
was forwarded publicity matter, with
special emphasis placed on the oppor­
tunity for bandsmen. Then came a day
when the young man appeared with his
father at the recruiting office. After a
conversation with Lieutenant Boyd, the
father of the applicant stated he would
have his son seek a dentist and get his
teeth in good shape, agreeing to pay the
bill himself. Several days later the appli­
cant again appeared and was duly enlisted
and forwarded to his proper station.
Without encouragement and "follow­
up' it is a foregone conclusion the ap­
plicant would have sought employment
and would not have enlisted.
The day to start reenlisting a man is
the day he takes the oath of enlistment.

STATEMENT OF ENLISTMENTS AND REENLISTMENTS DURING MAY, 1925

Dist. USA Panama Phillip­

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

Infantrv • 106 197 225 287 160 136 128 146 185 8 2 11 30 2 1,623
Cavalry 18 6 12 42 29 16 76 109 33
346

Field Artillery 44 60 177 79 43 43 68 37

645

Coast Artillery 60 71 189 34 S5 62 18 .... 62 10

1 602

Air Service 4 11 107 10 o 119 5 92 13 8 2

1 382

Corps of Engineers 27 49 30 14 65 10 5 36 18 15 3
274

Signal Corps 3 29 19 2 5 9 26 16 2 1
112

Quartermaster Corps 27 55 52 17 20 15 72 9 5
341

Finance Department 1 1 3 1 1
9

Medical Department (M. & D.) .. 10 27 83 22 20 21 29 59 32 9

320

Medical Department (Vet. C.) . . . 1 2 1 2 6 3

15

Ordnance Department 9 34 15 10 "13 '"8 12 13

117

Chemical Warfare Service 2 39 5 2 48

D. E. M. L 12 90 22 10 19 16 39 16 43 23 291

TOTAL 322 632~ 882 625 494 458 369 643 505 87 2 39 63 4 5,125
Page Nine
 UNITED STATE5 ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
More Publicity for Moses
Sergeant Harry C. Moses, DEML-RS,
in charge of the Elmira, New York, Re­
cruiting Station, has been procuring
much publicity in the Elmira papers. In
the issue of the Telegram of March 15th,
1925, there appeared nearly two columns
illustrated with three cartoons and one
photograph, testifying to the activities of
the Elmira station.
One recruit who weighed many pounds
over the 200 mark was insistent upon
joining either the Cavalry or the Air
Service. He was finally persmded that
neither horses nor airplanes would hold
him and was enlisted in the "big gun
corps" instead.
Another recruit had trouble with his
eyes and explained that while on his way
to the recruiting station he had entered
a burning building, to rescue a baby, only
to find when he reached the street that
the "baby" was a poodle dog. The smoke,
he said, had hurt his eyes and he would
be all right in few hours. Incredible as
his story seemed Sergeant Moses tested
his eyes the next day and found they were
good. He was enlisted.
Among other rookies enlisted by Ser­
iicmt Moses in the last few weeks were
two full-blooded Sioux Indians.
Harrisburg District Aids CMTC
A radio broadcast of information con­
cerning the CMT Camps was one method
used by the Harrisburg, Pa., Recruiting
District in its efforts to insure larger
enrollment for the camps in that terri­
tory. But the radio broadcast, which was
from Station WABB, Harrisburg, was
not the only line to which the CMTC ac­
tivities of this district were confined. A
tent, the idea of Sergeant McGinnis, was
erected in the public square opposite the
Court House, with conspicuous CMTC
signs displayed in front. The tent was
equipped with table, chairs, and an as­
sortment of CMTC advertising, appli­
cation blanks, etc. A member of the re­
cruiting party in civilian clothes was
continually in attendance to give infor­
mation and assist in filling in applica­
tions.
A recent visit to a number of sub-sta­
tions by Colonel H. S. Wygant, Retired,
Recruiting Officer of the district, dis­
closed that instructions to disseminate all
information possible concerning the
CMTC was being carried out and that
the enlisted personnel of the Regular
Army recruiting parties was cooperating
with those in charge of the CMTC pro­
curement work at their respective sta­
tions. Colonel Wygant visited the
towns of Lewistown, Mifflintown, Hunt­
ingdon, Tyrone, Ebensburg, Altoona and
Johnstown, and distributed literature
given to him by the Chief of Staff of
the Non-divisional Group, Harrisburg.
Page Ten
Master Sergeant Tansey Retire*
Master Sgt. Michael Tansey, DEML,
RS, today concludes a long and honorable
career in the military service of the
United States. Enlisting in Battery "C,"
First United States Artillery, on March
1, 1895, Sergeant Tansey began a military
career that was to give him wide and
varied service and earned him the char­
acter rating of "Excellent" on all of
his nine discharges. In thirty years of
loyal and conscientious effort, Sergeant
Tansey has never been absent without
leave for a single day. The last six
years of his service has been in the Re­
cruiting Publicity Bureau.
It is of the Sergeant Tansey type to
which the older officers of the Army
refer when they use proudly the term:
"The Old Army." Possessing qualities
Master Sergeant M. Tansey
of loyalty, sobriety, and constant atten­
tion to duty in a marked degree, Ser­
geant Tansey faces the future with justi­
fied confidence of success in whatever
commercial activity he may engage.
The retirement of such a splendid sol­
dier is announced with deep regret that
the Service must lose him, but it has been
well earned, and the Recruiting Service
cannot but express its high regard for
him and extend to him its best wishes
that his retired life will be full and long
and that he may feel with pride the grati­
tude and appreciation of the Nation he
served so well.
Fort Benning Gets Out Booklet
A booklet entitled "Opportunities Of­
fered Young Men at Fort Benning, Ga.,"
has just been received. This is a twenty-
two page, well written, interesting book­
let printed at Fort Benning, Ga., and
giving general information on training,
organizations and amusements at Fort
Benning. This booklet should be of
great value to recruiters.
CMTC Applications
Three corps areas on May 31st were
well over their quota of CMTC appli­
cation—the 4th, 5th and 9th—while the
2nd was very close, having a percentage
of 99.3 per cent; the 3rd, 92.8 per cent,
and the 6th, 95.1 per cent. The 1st
Corps Area is ahead of its May 31, 1924,
number of applications, but behind in
percentage of quota, since the quota is
considerably higher than last year. The
7th and 8th Corps Areas are showing the
lowest, having only 54.3 per cent and
56.1 per cent, respectively, of their quotas.
Last year these corps areas had 71.5 per
cent and 72.3 per cent of their allotments
filled on May 31st. The work of accept­
ing applications and ordering the men
to camp has been proceeding rapidly, the
4th Corps Area having 85.5 per cent of
the number to be trained accepted and
ordered to camp on May 31st.
A Plea for Reciprocity
A warning note is sounded by Colonel
J. P. O'Neil, 3rd Corps Area Recruiting
Officer, to organization commanders not
to forget their men on recruiting duty,
for he declares a spirit of appreciation
shown to a recruiter by his own regi­
ment, promotion, letters of personal con­
gratulation and other evidences of inter­
est, is bound to result in better work.
"The primary reason for sending men
from posts and organizations on recruit­
ing duty," says Colonel O'Neil, "is for
them to fill their own home stations. A
post commander complained today. He
stated that a man of his command ob­
tained 30 recruits last month but not one
of them was for that command.
"This condition, which is more or less
general, can be remedied if, when a man
is detailed on recruiting duty, he is not
dropped from all consideration by his
own station. As it is now, he is forgot­
ten and he forgets. Then, if he is a na­
tural recruiter, he gets interested in the
general work and works for general re­
sults."
Indianapolis District Busy
The Indianapolis Recruiting District,
Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Woodson, U.
S. A. Retired, commanding, has been very
busy the last few weeks. Detachments
have toured the various counties in the
district and have been quite successful
in procuring recruits.
The recruiting party which toured Sul­
livan County, Ind., consisting of Ser­
geants Carson, Wheeler, Rozell and
Forbes, not only secured much news­
paper publicity, but gave frequent talks
in public schools on such subjects as
preparedness, and education and physi­
cal fitness as pertains to the Army.
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
The Flag of the United States in 1836 by her daughter. The ensign tional entrance of a state into the Union,
(Continued -from Page Three)
Here was the Citadel, the most formidable
work in the American Lines during the
siege of Boston, from June 17, 1775 to
March 17, 1776."
The design of the continental flag was
not original. In all but one respect it was
an exact copy of the banner of the 'Eng­
lish East India Company whose ships
were frequent visitors in the harbor of
Boston. A flag flown by American ves­
sels in the early part of the Revolution,
composed of thirteen horizontal alternate
red and white stripes alone, was an exact
copy of a signal flag used in the British
navy. This ensign, cantoned with the
Union Jack, would have been a counter­
part of the continental standard, and it is
not impossible that the American flag was
formed in this way.
Most writers agree that the American
flag was a growth rather than a creation,
but there are many conflicting and contra­
dictory accounts of the_ first use in battle
of the national ensign as adopted by Con­
gress on Tune 14, 1777. On that date the
American Congress, in session at Phila­
delphia, resolved : "That the flag of the
thirteen United States be thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white; that the union
be thirteen stars, white in a blue field,
representing a new constellation." The
standard thus outlined was made by Betsy
Ross and delivered to George Washing­
ton.
On the 3rd of August, 1777, the com­
bined force of whites and Indians under
Col. Barry St. Leger that had been halted
in their sweep .down the Mohawk Valley
by the stubborn resistance of the patriots
at Fort Stanwix, saw the first unfurling
under fire of the national ensign of the
United States. The fact that this flag
was an improvised affair has led to the
claim that the first actual baptism in
battle of the Stars and Stripes took place
at Cooch's Bridge, in Delaware, on Sep­
tember 3, 1777. The flag raised by Col­
onel Peter Gansevoort at Fort Stanwix
was made of strips cut from shirts
and pieces of scarlet cloth, with the blue
field from the cloak of Captain Abraham
Swartwout, but in no instance has the
writer found a statement by any historian
that this ensign, improvised as it certainly
was, did not conform to the specifications
established by Congress. A bronze tablet
set up on the site of the siege of Fort
Stanwix by the Daughters of the Ameri­
can Revolution declares: "A Fort That
Never Surrendered. Defended August,
1777, by Colonel Peter G a n s e v o o r t
and Lieutenant Colonel Marinus Willett.
Here the Stars and Stripes was first un­
furled in battle.
Betsy Ross continued to make flags for
the Government for many years, being
succeeded in the business upon her death
with thirteen stars and thirteen stripes
continued to be the National emblem until
May 1, 1795. Vermont was admitted into
the Union on March 4, 1791, and Ken­
tucky on June 1, 1792. _ Previously, the
arrangement of stars in a circle had been
changed to three horizontal rows of four,
five and four stars. With the admission
of Vermont and Kentucky, a lengthy de­
bate culminating May 1, 1795, resulted in
the addition of two stars and two stripes,
raising the total to fifteen each. The flag-
as thus modified remained the national
standard for twenty-three years, through
three wars for the maintenance of Amer-
The American Boy Aids CMTC
The American Boy, a magazine
published in Detroit, Michigan, is
doing much in the way of bringing
the Citizens' Military Training
Camps before the young men of
the country. While in the East
recently, George F. Pierrot, man­
aging editor, conferred with offi­
cials of the War Department on
CMTC publicity. We have just
received an advance proof of an
interesting story which will appear
in the July number, "The Conquest
of Company A." This story was
prepared at the request of CMTC
officials of the 6th Corps Area who
are arranging to distribute thou­
sands of reprints of it. The Ameri­
can Boy reaches more than a mil­
lion youths of the Nation, ninety
per cent of whom are of high
school and college age. Other
stories of military activities are
scheduled to appear in subsequent
issues.
ican rights—the XYZ War with France,
1798-1800, with Tripoli, 1801-1805, and the
War of 1812. It was this flag waving
over Fort McHenry during the assault by
the British, that inspired the writing of
the "Star Spangled Banner" by Francis
Scott Key.
Shortly after the change in the flag had
been made, Tennessee was admitted into
the Union. This State was followed by
Ohio, 1803, Louisiana, 1812, and Indiana
in 1816. Naturally enough, these States
wanted the same representation that was
accorded their sisters. With the admis­
sion of Mississippi in 1817, alteration of
the flag once more came into serious con­
sideration. A bill was therefore passed
by Congress and approved by President
Monroe reducing the number of stripes
to the original thirteen and increasing the
number of stars to twenty. Section 2
of the bill provided that with each addi­
one star should be added, to take effect
the Fourth of July next succeeding such
admission. The evolution of the National
emblem, therefore, from 1818 to the pre­
sent day, has consisted solely of the ad­
dition of stars in the blue field.
In Philadelphia today, where Betsy
Ross painstakingly sewed and stitched the
thirteen stars and the thirteen stripes of
the first American flag, the Quartermas­
ter's department of the United States
Army turns out all the Army standards
by machinery. A single machine em­
broiders hundreds of stars in far less
time than the revolutionary heroine re­
quired to sew on one of her cut-out em­
blems. Only one operator is required for
the Swiss machine that is used. This
man, with a pantograph arrangement,
traces an arm over an enlarged master
design, guiding hundreds of needles on
five flags at a time.
Parole Regulations Changed
As a result of a study lately made by
The Adjutant General of the Army a
change in Army Regulations governing
the parole of military prisoners con­
fined in disciplinary barracks is to be
made.
Since 1915, when the parole regula­
tions for disciplinary barracks were
put into effect, they have worked satis­
factorily except in the cases of prison­
ers who have been transferred from
United States penitentiaries to discip­
linary barracks. Prisoners confined in
United States penitentiaries under
sentences of more than one year im­
posed by civil courts are eligible for
release on home parole after serving
one-third of the period of confinement,
whereas prisoners in disciplinary bar­
racks have not been eligible for parole
until they have served one-half of the
full period of confinement. Therefore,
in the case of prisoners transferred
from U. S. penitentiaries to military
disciplinary barracks, such prisoners
have suffered on account of the dif­
ference in parole regulations as the
length of time necessary to serve be­
fore being eligible to parole was in­
creased by the transfer.
The new regulations provide that a
prisoner in a military disciplinary bar­
racks may become eligible for parole
after serving one-third of his sentence,
provided that the prison'er will not be­
come eligible for parole until he has
served at least nine months of his sen­
tence, allowance for good conduct
time not being considered.
o
The day to start re oil is ting a man is
the day he takes the oath of enlistment.
Page Eleven
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
The March of the Mounted Rifle­
men
(Continued from Page Five)
deep ravine that runs to the river, and is
about two miles long. The country about
it is very broken, and we were compelled
to let the wagons down into it by ropes.
June 20—One of our teamsters ran off
this morning, taking with him a public
mule. A party was despatched in pursuit
nf him, hut finding that he was closely
followed, he took to the hills, and suc­
ceeded in escaping. Another mutinied to­
day, and threatened to shoot one of the
agents; he was placed in close confine­
ment, and taken to Fort Laramie, where
he was left, to be sent back to Fort Leav­
enworth by the first conveyance. This
was the commencement of difficulties
with the teamsters, who began to show
signs of insubordination, and it was
feared, as we approached the South Pass
and Salt Lake, that many of them would
leave us.
June 22—The morning was fine. Hav­
ing prepared for the inarch, we left our
encampment at six o'clock, and arrived
at Laramie's Creek at two o'clock p. m.,
where the trading house is located. It
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was excessively warm and dusty. Al­
though we had a light shower during the
night, it had but little effect in laying the
dust.
Fort Laramie is situated on Laramie's
Creek, a rapid stream, about 60 yards
wide, with a firm, pebbly bottom. This
stream rises among the Black Hills to the
west, and falls into the North Platte,
about half a mile below the fort.
This fort is built in the form of a quad­
rangular figure, and of unbaked clay or
adobe ; the wall is about 20 feet high, with
a small palisading on a part of it. There
are two block houses at the corners, diag­
onally from each other. Over the main
entrance, which faces the river, there is
also another small block house. The
buildings are made inside, the wall form­
ing a part of them. They are very small,
and have but .few comforts to recommend
them.
There are no trees about the fort to
protect it from the rays of the sun, which
are reflected from the surrounding hills.
It is by no means a handsome location, the
scenery of the adjacent country being e n ­
tirely intercepted by small barren hills,
which form the valley of Laramie's
Creek. The hunting at this place has
UP WlD yE"R
BISCUIT HOOKS \",
OFFICERS
MESS
Military Terms Applied to Civil Life
generally been very good, and its only at­
traction ; but even this has greatly dimin­
ished since the emigrants have made it the
great thoroughfare to Oregon and Cali­
fornia.
We had now arrived at Fort Laramie,
639 miles from Fort Leavenworth, a point
where the Government has established a
military post, where two companies of
the rifle regiment were stationed, which
was to be a resting place for us for a few
days. Our train could now be overhauled
and repaired, leaving such wagons as
might be dispensed with, and mules that
were broken down and unfit to continue
the journey.
Since leaving Fort Kearny we had trav­
eled 327 miles, over a bad road, which
in the rainy season is, I think, worse than
the road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort
Kearny. There are many deep gullies
which required repairing, but a small
party can always render them passable by
being a little ahead. Water is generally
to be had through the day, as the river
is frequently touched, and is always
in striking distance, except at Scott's
Bluffs, where you leave it, and do not
strike it again for 40 miles.
{To be Continued)
HI (A L 6 T POy
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 Through The

# Telescope

Texas Hotel Donates Room for Army Our Cartoon Artist

Activities The thanks of the Recruiting News Musher Formerly a Doughboy
The St. Anthony Hotel, San Antonio, art- given Staff Sgt. T. M. Brundege, According to the weekly news letter
Texas, has donated the use of a room on duty with the 51st Infantry Brig- put out by the Office of the Quarter-
on the second floor to provide a com- ade, Massachusetts National Guard, at master General, the second relay
mon meeting place for Regular Army, musher in the Nenana to Nome anti-
National Guard and Reserve personnel Boston, Mass.* for the series of car- toxin race, Bill Shannon, is none other
and a rendezvous for out-of-town of- toons entitled "Alilitary Terms Applied than William J. Shannon, former ser­
ficers to meet their friends. The use to Civil Life." Sgt. Bundege has been geant, QMC, who prior to his dis-
of the room includes heat, light, and furnishing these to the Recndting Nczvs charge from the Army was stationed
janitor service, all donated by the at regular intervals, and their popu- at Fort Gibbon, Alaska.
owner of the hotel. larity with other service publications On February 27 Sgt. Shannon drove
Regular Army social agencies make is testified to by the fact that numer- his dog team the 60 miles between Ne­
their headquarters at the St. Anthony, ous other Army papers are making use nana and Tolovana with the thermom­
as do the Reserve Officers' Associa- of the cuts and drawings for reproduc­ eter 60 degrees below zero. His hands
tion, the Civilian Aide to the Secre- tion in their columns. and face more than a month later
tary of War for Texas, the were still scarred and black­
American Legion, and various ened by the intense cold and
other organizations. The Citi­ three of his dogs died as a re-
zens' Military Training Camp Things the Army Does Besides Fight sult of the hardships encount­
affairs are also handled here. ered.
Washington.—Experiments of the Army Air Sgt. Shannon was discharged
A good military library has Service have proved that the airplane has become
been provided, and the room the arch enemy of parasitic insects. It has already in Alaska on March 25, 1920,
supplied with easy chairs, a been used with success in spraying poison powder upon expiration of his enlist-
register, desks, maps, telephone, on cotton fields infected with the boll weevil, on ment, and later became a pros-
typewriter and writing mate- various specimens of valuable trees which have pector and miner.
rials. All R e s e r v e Officer become defoliated through the ravages of insect o
pests and on agricultural fields in the Philippines "How to Honor the Flag"
luncheons, parties and smokers which were being laid bare by the inroads of
are held at the hotel, and Eight thousand copies of "Ten
swarms of locusts. Just recently the locust plague Ways to Honor the Flag" were
whenever the ballroom or the has also been prevalent in fruit districts in Oregon.
committee room is vacant they mailed by the Recruiting Pub-
The success attending the dusting of arsenate licity Bureau, Governors Is-
can be obtained free of charge of lead and sulphur mixture from an airplane
for larger gatherings. "St. land, New York, to each re-
with the purpose in view of eliminating the scab
Anthony" appears on letter and coddling moth from the orchards was such cruiting officer of the various
as to convince the officials of the United States
corps areas on June 6.
heads and notices, and much o

newspaper publicity is obtained Department of Agriculture and officers of the

321st Observation Squadron (Reserve), of the
for the hotel by the military numerous possibilities of this work. Lieutenant
organizations working from Oakley G. Kelly, executive officer of the 321st
there. The management has re- Observation Squadron began preparations under
peatedly indicated that such an the supervision of the Oregon Experiment Station,
arrangement works to the ho- and his demonstrations were watched by scores
tel's advantage from a financial of interested fruit growers. Lieutenant Kelly's
skillful handling of the airplane enabled officials
angle, for ex-service men as suggesting blue-gray as the
well as those in active duty to study the operation closely. From the tests
made and the results obtained, it is probable
patronize the St. Anthony. commercial "dusting" of fruit orchards will soon
Q
be under way in different fruit raising sections of
Advance CMTC Menu for the Northwest. Lieutenant Kelly, traveling at the
Camp Knox rate of 140 miles an hour, made approximately
Camp Knox, Kentucky, is all fifteen flights across one fruit orchard with his
set to provide splendid "eats" plane at no one point more than ten feet above
the tops of the trees. He accomplished in an hour
at the CMT Camps to be held what would require days for several crews of
there this summer. The menu men to do with old time methods.
for the first eight days has just Further tests are to be made in Idaho and
been made public and reads far Eastern Oregon in the Spring, according
like that of some high-class res- Captain Howard C. French, Air Service Reserve,
commanding the 321st Observation Squadron.
taurant, but minus the price
list.
AS to Have New Uniform
The recommendations of the
Army Air Service for a new
uniform for officers of that
branch have been approved by
the acting Secretary of War,
with the exception of the one
that color. A board of staff officers
is now at work preparing uni­
form regulations which it is
expected the secretary will ap-
prove when completed, and the
new outfits will be authorized
very soon. According to the
announcement of Assistant
Secretary Davis, the President
approved the change in uni­
to form, being convinced that the
stiff collar, spurs, and other
parts of prescribed equipment
were absurd for airplane pilots.
Page Thirteen
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS'
CMTC Graduates Now Instructors
Two young officers of Baltimore,
ild,, graduates of the Citizens' Mili­
tary Training Camps, will enjoy the
distinction of being the first to re­
turn as instructors to the camp where
they received their training. Lieu-
Lcnants Emory C. Munzner and Wil­
at the mouth of the Piscataqua River.
bur F. Coyle, Jr., will report at Camp
From this and other occurrences of
Meade next month where they will
teacli citizenship, physical develop­
ment and infantry tactics.
Lieutenant Coyle has attended the
(.amps since the present CMTC sched­
ule was established in 1921 and was
graduated successively from the Red,
White and Blue courses. Before tak­
ing up his duties at Meade he will
have two weeks' training with the
Twelfth Infantry at Fort Howard.
Lieutenant Munzner
lias already gone into
active training with
the Twelfth. The past
year he has been tak­
ing a machine gun
course at John Hop­
kins University in
preparation for his
work at Meade.
Army to Promote
Own Movie Publicity
The War Depart­
ment has just an­
nounced its policy in
regards to promoting
moving picture pub­
licity for the Army.
The Corps A r e a
Signal Officers will be
charged "with the re­
sponsibility of finding
ways and means for
bringing about ne­
cessary publicity and
w i l l b e otherwise
used to assist in effecting the success
of the War Department policy. In
order that a flow of incidents, devel­
opments and occurrences suitable for
showing in pictures in public be es­
tablished, steps will be taken by each
corps area commander directing at­
tention to this subject and requiring
the senior representatives of branches
and important establishments under
his jurisdiction to have this matter
in mind, so that timely pictorial ac­
tion can be taken.
This activity will be operated by
the Chief Signal Officer of the Army,
and a sufficient number of officers
will be commissioned in the BA
Group of the Signal Reserve to carry
out its policy and the limitations now
in force against the future issuance
of commissions in the Signal Re­
serve is removed in this case. It is
Page Fourteen
proposed to incorporate in the Signal
Corps Reserve the outstanding repre­
sentatives of the principal moving pic­
ture companies, including newsreels
and services which make a business
of having pictures published in chains
of newspapers and magazines.
o
Old Forte Become Playgrounds
Eight old forts on the coast of
Maine with ruined blockhouses and
grass-grown ramparts, have been
bought by the State from the Federal
Government in the last two years
to be converted into parks of historic
interest.
A bill proposing that the forts be
sold to private persons was introduced
in the Senate in December, 1922. On
hearing of it, Governor Percival B.
Lieutenants W. F. Coyle, Jr., and E. G. Munzner
Baxter took immediate action. The
cost for the forts, their equipment
and sites amounted to only $19,479,50.
More, of course, will be needed for
repairing the ruins and putting the gressional Medal of Honor.
reservations into good order, which
means improving roads, cutting down
undergrowth and strengthening sea­
walls. Proper signs will be placed for
the guidance of visitors.
For the purpose of bringing the
eight forts to the notice of the people
of Maine and to tourists, Governor was placed at the head of the Cen­
Baxter asked the State Librarian,
Henry E. Dunnack, to write a book
on them. This book which has just
appeared contains interesting accounts
of the forts, together with photo­
graphs and plans. Each account missioned in the Regular Army during
closes with instructions for motor car
and railroad tourists.
The list of those bought to date in- partment recently.
eludes Ft. St. George, near the mouth
of St. George's River; Ft. Popham,
at the mouth of the Kennebec; Ft.
Baldwin, overlooking Ft. Popham;
Ft. Machias, known also as Ft.
O'Brien; Ft. Knox, on the Penob­
scot; Ft. Edgecomb, and Ft. McClary,
like nature, it appears that the gen­
eral public is becoming more and more
interested in the older and historic
fortifications of the country. As r e ­
lated in the Recruiting News for May
15th, other states are following the
lead of Maine and are preparing to
restore their old forts likewise. These
include Ft. Vancouver, in Washington,
Harrod's Fort, in Kentucky, and Fort
Pike, in Colorado.
Major General Win.
H. Carter Dies
Major General Will-
H. Carter, U. S. A.,
Retired, who began
his military career at
the age of twelve as
a despatch rider, died
in Washington, D. C,
May 25, of heart dis­
ease.
General Carter, who
was 74, was born near
Nashville, Tenn. He
joined the U n i o n
forces in the Civil
War, carrying mes­
sages for the Federal
Army. His experience
determined him to
make a career of the
Army and he attended
the Kentucky Military
Institute until sent to
West Point by Presi­
dent Andrew John­
son. On his graduation in 1873 he
soon found himself fighting the Sioux,
and for the next twenty years served
continuously in the Indian country,
one of his deeds winning the Con­
He
fought with the Sixth U. S. Cavalry
in the Spanish American War and
later commanded departments in the
Philippines and Hawaii, being retired
for age in November, 1915. Recalled
to the colors in the World War, he
tral Department and his work there
won the Distinguished Service Medal.
o
1924 Officers Mostly College Men
Nine out of every ten officers com­
1924 were college graduates, according
to statistics compiled by the War De­
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Knobby Plugs the Shoots
(Continued from Page Six)
In amazement I saw them tying rocks
around their waists and then wading
into the river with one end of the bam­
boo shoots in their mouths, and the other
just out of the water. I caught the
idea in a flash. They were undoubtedly
Igorrote headhunters planning a sur­
prise attack on our camp. The trick
of walking across the river bottom,
breathing through the bamboo shoots,
was to prevent their being seen by a
chance patrol. Slick, I'll say!
is unable to enlist the man m his own
I could have jumped from the tree
and run back to the camp with the warn­
ing but then there were still a few on
man will he satisfied with any other
the other bank who would probably call
off the attack and we wouldn't be able
to put them out of the fighting game.
Besides, I know how jumpy a man can
get when he's in enemy country and I
didn't feel like risking some sentry shoot­
ing me and asking questions afterwards.
As the last one slipped into the water I
saw that the line of moving bamboo tips
was coming straight for the tree I was
in. Obviously the natives had picked
the spot as being safer to land than an­
other because of its concealment.
I quickly saw that it was up to me to
do something and do it quick, too, if I
was to save my own life and the lives
of my comrades. Reaching into the
tackle box that I had fastened to the
limb beside me, I grabbed a handful of
corks and stuck one into the end of each
bamboo shoot as it passed under me. Im­
mediately there was a great commotion
under the surface of the river, and much
gurgling and bursting of air-bubbles.
You see, them savages had so many
rocks tied to them that most of them
drowned before they could get loose.
Others, with some intelligence, blew with
their last breath into their "breathers"
and forced the corks out. Into some of
these I dropped a handful of leaden
sinkers, but a few others turned around
and made for the other bank.
"Patrol! Patrol!," I yelled at the top
of my voice, and just as the few un­
drowned Igorrotes climbed out of the
water a squad crashed through the trees
and bushes and shot them down. While
I was explaining to the sergeant in com­
mand the C. O. rushed up demanding to
know what in the name of many things
was all the confounded ruckus about.
The sergeant explained while I tried to
hide the string of fish I had dropped on
the bank.
"So you sneaked away from camp, did
you? Disobeyed orders and all that?"
I was all set to hear the worst, any­
thing from a court martial to a firing
squad at sunrise.
"Private Knowlks," he continued
sternly, "You've disobeyed orders but
you've probably saved all of us from
being sliced to ribbons while we slept.
Therefore no disciplinary action will be
taken. Instead there will be a promotion
for you. As for fish, you stay here
with the patrol and catch a lot more,
enough for a good breakfast for every
man in the company. Now bring me
that piece of bamboo floating there by
the bank."
"That's about the slickest trick I've
QUESTIONS
^/ANSWERS
Army Recruiting Station
Roanoke, Virginia
The Editor, Recruiting Nczvs :
1. Is the Ninth Cavalry still on active
status, or was it not converted into Phil­
ippine Constabulary?
2. Is there not an organization of
"mounted" Philippine troops stationed :it
Camp Stotsenburg, Pampanga Province,
P. I.?
3. Where is the Ninth Cavalry now sta­
tioned? In your issue of Janu , 1925,
you gave Fort Riley, Kansas, as their
present home post.
Cpl. Frank C. Martin, DEM L.
.hiszver: 1. and 3. The Ninth Cavalry,
colored, is stationed at Fort Riley, Kan­
sas.
2. Yes, the 26th Cavilry, Philippine
Scouts.
ever seen," he said when I had obeyed
"I've seen some cunning ones too, in my
clay, but this beats them all!"
* * *
The silence that immediately followed
was unbearably oppressive. Then—three
strong, upstanding men of the Great Open
Spaces openly shed tears; six others
gasped wildly for breath, while another
reached for the poker under the stove.
Behind that object a dog rose to his feet,
glanced reproachfully at Knobby and then,
with head hanging and with tail between
his legs, slunk out of the door.
Sixth C. A. Reenlistments
Two of the most successful stations
in the 6th Corps Area from the view­
point of reenlistments arc Air Service
posts. P.uth Scott Field, at Belleville,
111 , and Selfridge Field, at Mount
Clemens, Mich., reenlisled seven men
each in March.
When a man is to be discharged
from an organization at Scott Field the
company commander takes up with
him the matter of reenlisting. If he
organization he tries to learn if the
organization on the post. Should this
be unsuccessful, the post recruiting ol­
licer interviews the man and tries to
ascertain his desires in the matter of
other organizations in the Army which
might appeal to him. During the last
two weeks of his term of service the
soldier is appealed to by the company
commander and the recruiting officer
at least a half dozen times in regard
to rcenlislment.
The morale of the post is high,
stress being laid on athletics, to which
an afternoon of each week is devoted.
Keen competition exists between
company teams Last but not least,
company commanders by careful in­
spection and constant supervision
maintain especially good messes and
comfortable recreation rooms.
Practically the same method obtains
at Selfridge Field. Dances are en­
couraged, and one and sometimes two
afternoons of each week are entirely
devoted to athletics. The location of
Selfridge Field on the banks of bea-u­
tiful Lake St. Clair, with its swimming,
boating and shooting, gives a charm
to the place that appeals naturally to
tlie soldier. The high reenli\lineul rate
is largely due to these factors.
Master Sergeant Cornelius Out
Master Sgt. Valentine Cornelius, of
the Army Recruiting Station in Xew­
ark. New Jersey, was retired on May
10 after 30 years' service. He first
enlisted in IS0-0 and since that time
lias served in Porto Rico, the Philip­
pine Islands, and numerous posts m
this country.
In 1905 he enlisted in the Recruiting
Service, from which lime, with the
exception of the World War, in which
he, served as 1st lieutenant, he served
in the Recruiting Service until 1L>21,
when recruiting was discontinued. < hi
the resumption of recruiting he was
assigned to the Newark Recruiting
District as 1st sergeant, being promot­
ed to the grade of master sergeant in
July, 1924. He will reside in Xewark.
Page Fifteen
ENLISTMENTS AND REENLISTMENTS MADE IN RECRUITING DISTRICTS, DURINCp
APRIL, 1925 ­
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Recruiting District Officer in Charge . Total Enl.

1. New York, N. Y Col. J. T. Dean, Inf., DOL 203
2. Richmond, Va Capt. L. W. Skaggs, Inf., DOL 168
3. Indianapolis, Ind Col. R. S. Woodson, Ret 165
4. Philadelphia, Pa Col. F. G. Stritzinger, Jr., Inf., DOL . 152
5. Los Angeles, Calif Col. H. A. Hanigan, Inf., DOL 141
6. Pittsburgh, Pa Lt. Col. W. B. Cowin, QMC, DOL 141
7. Cincinnati, Ohio Lt. Col. F. G. Turner, Cav., DOL 138
8. San Francisco, Calif Maj. E. M. Pearce, Ret 118
9. Columbus, Ohio Lt. Col. Alfred Ballin, Ret 117
10. Buffalo, N. Y Maj. M. P. Andruss, CAC, DOL 115
11. Harrisburg, Pa Col. H. S. Wygant, Ret 112
12. Oklahoma City, Okla Capt. L. F. Crane, FA, DOL Ill
13. Baltimore, Md Capt. C. J. Mabbutt, QMC, DOL 110
14. Fort Sam Houston, Texas Capt. J. L. Garza, Inf., DOL 104
15. Dallas, Texas Capt. E. J. Buckee, QMC, DOL 101
16. Fort Bragg, N. C 1st Lt. W. S. Bryant, FA 95
17. El Paso, Texas (Ft. Bliss) Lt. Col. A. A. King, Ret 77
18. Syracuse, N. Y Maj. R. L. Weeks, Ret 77
19. Chicago, 111 ' Lt. Col. W. B. Graham, Inf., DOL 76
20. Knoxville, Term Capt. T. N. Williams, Inf., DOL 67
21. Newark, N. J Lt. Col. W. R. Taylor, Cav., DOL 65
22. New Orleans, La Maj. G. V. Heidt, Inf., DOL 64
23. Providence, R. 1 1st Lt. E. R. Thorpe, Inf., DOL 63
24. Kansas City, Mo Col. E. L. Butts, Inf., DOL 60
25. Boston, Mass 1st Lt. M. F. Cooney, Ret 57
26. Scranton, Pa 1st Lt. J. T. Gutkowski, Inf., DOL 54
27. Denver, Colo Maj. E. W. Mumford, Ret 52
28. Portland, Me 1st. Lt. T. E. Winstead 5th Inf 52
29. Atlanta, Ga Col. W. R. Sample, Inf., DOL 51
30. Omaha, Nebr 1st Lt. E. P. Lukert, Inf, DOL 51
31. Little Rock, Ark Maj. H. M. Rimmer, Ret 49
32. Houston, Texas 1st Lt. F. S. Mansfield, Inf., DOI 47
33. Salt Lake City, Utah Lt. Col. W. H. Brooks, Ret 47
34. Springfield, Mass Capt. T. W. Herren, Cav., DOL 47
35. Huntington, W. Va Col. B. P. Nicklin, Inf, DOL 46
36. New Haven, Conn Lt. Col. O. C. Nichols, Inf, DOL 46
37. Washington, D. C Lt. Col. C. S. Fries, Inf, DOL 44
38. St. Louis, Mo Capt. H. H. Reeves, QMC, DOL 44
39. Nashville, Tenn 1st Lt. L. W. Boyd, Inf, DOL 43
40. Memphis, Tenn 1st Lt. J. R. Tighe, QMC, DOL 42
41. Portland, Ore Lt. Col. C. F. Andrews, Inf, DOL 42
42. Albany, N. Y 1st Lt. W. B. Walters, CAC, DOL 42
43. Des Moines, Iowa Capt. R. T. Edwards, QMC, DOL 41
44. Camden, N. J Capt. A. L. Barber, QMC, DOL 41
45. Detroit, Mich Col. C. E. Morton, Ret 40
46. Minneapolis, Minn Col. Carl Reichmann, Ret 33
47. Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga Capt. H. D. Bagnall, Inf, DOL 32
48. Milwaukee, Wis Capt. J. V. Stark, Inf, DOL 32
49. Seattle, Wash Col. G. W. S. Stevens, Ret 28 '
50. Peoria, 111 Capt. Reyburn Engles, QMC, DOL 26
51. Wichita, Kan Capt. T. A. Bryant, Cav, DOL 25
52. Jacksonville, Fla Capt. C. H. Dayhuff, Cav, DOL 24
53. Savannah, Ga Capt. P. S. Roper, CAC, DOL 24
54. Grand Rapids, Mich Lt. Col. H. M. Fales, Ret 20
55. Jackson, Miss Capt. Daniel Becker, Cav, DOL 16
56. Maxwell Field, Ala Capt. A. G. French, Inf, DOL 15
57. Ft. Ethan Allen, Vt 2nd L t , J. F. Williams, 7th FA 12
58. Spokane, Wash 2nd Lt. A. J. Hart, Cav, DOL 10
59. Ft. Benning, Ga Capt. G. E. Kraul, Inf, DOL 5
60. Ft. Banks, Mass 2nd Lt. A. W. Glass, 9th CAC -4
 WAR PSMALTT N B FBIYATB Ufl>, } « • •
RECRUITING PUBLICITY BUREAU
" GOVERNORS ISLAND, N. Y.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

A BULLETIN OF RECRUITING INFORMATION ISSUED BY DIRECTION OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY

JULY 1, 1925

THE BADGE FOR MILITARY SERVICE

RPB—7-1-25—9,200
 UKlf ED StAtfcS AftMV fcfeCfcUltlNG NfeWS
LISTEN, BUDDY!
By an OLD TIMER
HERE do you get that "hard
W luck" stuff? How come this
gas about not getting a "square
deal?" Who told you they were ."rubbing­
it in?"
Man, you're all wrong, all wrong. Go
over in the corner by yourself, sit down,
roll a "pill" and talk it over with yourself
instead of spouting out your so-called
troubles to your bunkies. They don't
want to hear them anyway. So you've
had hard luck, have you? Well, in what
way ? Whenever there was a promotion
made somebody else got it, is that it?
Suppose you think with your head in­
stead of your pride for just a minute and
think honestly. Isn't the other fellow a
better man? Doesn't he "know his stuff"
better than you do ? Isn't he more capa­
ble of giving orders, and seeing that they
are carried out, than you are? Isn't it a
fact that instead of memorizing the drill
manual on some of your off days you
played pinochle instead ?
You may know your drill. You may
know what to do when you hear a com­
mand, but can you give a command, do
you know why it is given, and can you get
out in front of a company and explain
how to do it ?
You can? Well, can you take out a
detail of men on a job, tell them what to
do, how to do it, and without being over­
bearing see that it is properly done, or
do you let the men loaf on the job and do
their work in a makeshift manner just
so as to be a "good fellow?" You can?
Well, are you a man your company com­
mander can hold up as an example to the
other men of the company for cleanliness,
soldierly bearing, mien, loyalty, strict at­
tention to duty and dependability?
You are ? Well, if you are all the above,
kicking to your buddies and belly-aching
around the barracks is a waste of time
and effort. You're barking up the wrong
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tree. Tell you what to do. Go to your
company commander and tell him about
it. Now don't take this for bunk. He is
worrying about that vacancy he has to
fill and believe me, he'll be tickled pink
to know that he has a man who can fill
it. If you can go to him honestly, look
him in the eye, and believing what you
say yourself, tell him that you are the
man he is looking for, he'll fall on your
neck and weep for joy. If you are not
the man he wants for the job he'll tell
you so, and what is more, he'll tell you
why, and then you will know just what
is holding you back.
But it isn't "hard luck." Get that out
of your system. Get it out of our sys­
tem that you are not getting- a "square
deal." You may be getting- a better deal
than you deserve. Perhaps you don't
exactly know why you are being passed
over. If you don't, ask and find out. If
you are really the man for the higher job,
you'll get it. You yourself have often
said: "You can't keep a g-ood man down."
All right, then, why are you kept down?
Are you really a good man, or have you
been, by blustering, etc., trying to kid
yourself that you are a good man? The
easiest person in the world to kid is your­
self. Don't just tell yourself and the rest
of the world that you are a good man.
Get out and be a good man. Then tell
the world how good you are. But get
good first. Just talking about it won't
make you good.
And just as soon as you become a good
man the "hard luck" stuff is going to dis­
appear. You find yourself getting noth­
ing but "square deals." You'll be too
good a man for anybody even to think of
"rubbing it in" on. You'll be what you now
think you should be. But getting there is
up to you. It isn't "hard luck" that's
keeping you down. It's you—just you.
 Fort Hamilton, New York

T HE history of the beginnings of

Fort Hamilton is so intermingled Old Reports Show Interesting Con­
with that of the first and subse­
quent settlements of New York that it is
dition* Existing in the W. K.
east or principal land front, and bastions
which were later added for the purpose
of flanking the three other fronts. In
addition there was a water battery fac­
necessary to recount the establishment of Good Old Days
these settlements. ing the Narrows, and two tiers of guns,
The discovery of New York Bay and one mounted in casemates, the other en
the Hudson River by Verrazano in 1524 of the City of New York, dated May 30, barbette. The landward defenses were
was followed only by occasional visits 1814, conveying about sixty acres of land designed for howitzers mounted in case­
of trading or exporting vessels until the in New Utrecht. Other tracts of land mates ; the water battery to have heavier
arrival of Hendrick Hudson in 1609. were deeded or otherwise acquired in the guns commanding the ship-channel. The
Soon after this date a few huts were period of 1826-1892. In 1807, however, old inner fort or redoubt is now used
erected on the lower end of Manhattan a piece of land two acres in area and as a quartermaster storehouse and, so
Island by the Dutch, who named the vil­ adjacent to Fort Hamilton was ceded by legend has it, much of its construction
lage New Amsterdam." New Netherlands, the New York State Legislature to the was carried on by Captain Robert E.
consisting of all the territory claimed LInited States and, owing to its shape,
by the Dutch, became a province of the Lee, Corps of Engineers, who commanded
West India Company in 1623. was called Fort Diamond. This fort was Fort Hamilton in 1856. The house oc­
The first defenses at the entrance to completed in 1822. It is now called Fort cupied by Captain Lee is still used as an
the harbor, commonly called "The Nar­ Lafayette and is on a small island about officer's quarters.
rows," were erected on the Long Island two hundred yards off shore in the Nar- The report of Surgeons Wirtz and
side about 1651 by Alexander, United
P e t e r Stuyvesant, States Army, gives
then governor. an interesting in­
Three years later sight into the condi­
the town of New tion and appearance
Utrecht, settled by of Fort Hamilton in
about twenty fami­ 1X7(1: "The houses
lies from Holland, are painted a yellii\v­
sprang up around ibh brown color, with
these defenses, the red window sashes
beginning of Fort and green blinds;
Hamilton. From the doors are walnut
that time until the color. The store
Revolution little is rooms are shelved mi
known of the activi­ all sides. The hos­
ties at this point. pital is warmed by
It is certain, how­ stoves, two in the
ever, that the forti­ large ward and one
fications were not Fort Hamilton, with Fort Lafayette offshore in the small one, and
very strong, for in one in each of the
1664 an English fleet easily entered the rows. During the Civil War several other rooms when required. The large
harbor and captured New Amsterdam. hundred prisoners were confined in it. ward contains thirty iron bedsteads, with
This town, retaken by the Dutch nine It is used at present for ammunition stor­ chairs and bedside tables ; the small ward
years later, again became New York age by the Navy Department, a small contains twelve iron bedsteads.
when the English resumed control in guard detachment of Marines compris­ "Water is furnished by two excellent
1674. Lord Howe, in command of a ing the garrison. cisterns. One supplies the kitchen, the
British army, seems to have encountered The actual construction of the present other is fitted with a pump in the open
little resistance when he crossed the day Fort Hamilton was begun on April air. It appears there has never been un­
Narrows from Staten Island and ad­ til lately a building for a hospital; and
vanced upon Washington in the Battle of 25, 1825. Captain George Blaney and it is somewhat strange that at a perman­
Long Island. Lieutenant Mansfield, both of the Engi­ ent post like Fort Hamilton such a state
The importance of the Narrows as the neer Corps, U. S. Army, were superin­ of things should have existed for over
key to New York Harbor apparently was tending engineer and officer in immed­ thirty-five years. In 1852 Assistant Sur­
not fully appreciated until 1824. At least iate charge respectively. The corner geon Eaton says: 'There is no hospital
1 lie newly-born United States did stone was laid on the 11th of June, 1825, building at this post, and since I have
not begin to fortify this strategic point and the fort completed, reported ready been stationed here great suffering and
many deaths of soldiers have taken place
completely until that year, when, on the for occupancy, and turned over for that fur want of hospital accommodations.
25th xof August, Lieutenant Talcott, purpose on the 10th of July, 1831, by
For want of hospital and other room,
Corps of Engineers, was ordered to the Major De Russey, who had suceeded to many of the sick' (on one occasion)'
proposed site of Fort Hamilton—the the superintendency of the construction. 'were exposed in the large horse stable,
southwest shore of Long Island, five and Fort Hamilton was built of gray gran­ without fire, in the month of November';
one-half miles south of the Battery of ite and intended for defense against at­ and he reports that 'twenty or thirty
New York City. tack either by land or water. It belonged died.' How such a state of things could
The piece of land upon which the post to the German system of fortifications, exist is hard to explain. A building was
now stands was covered by a deed from being quadrangular in form, its defense finally erected to serve as a hospital. It
(Continued on Page Eleven)
the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonality consisting of a caponniere flanking the
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 American Army Team Again Champions
(By United)
The Army Polo Team—left to right, Maj. A. H. Wilson, Capt C. H. Gerhardt, Capt. P. P. Rodes and Maj. L. A. Beard
HE American Army polo team is
T returning triumphant from its Eu­
ropean invasion. Facing the strong
British Army four under conditions which
were far from favorable the American
players took the first two games and thus
retained the international military cham­
pionship for the Army of the United
States.
In the first game, which the American
team won by the score of 8 to 4, the
players wielded their polo mallets in a
most accurate manner and exhibited a
style of aggressive horsemanship that
brought forth a great deal of applause
from the spectators, which included the
royal party headed by King George him-
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self. In this game Captain Peter P.
Rodes and Major A. H. Wilson divided
the scoring honors by registering four
goals apiece.
The second contest was played under
miserable weather conditions. A constant
drizzle made the field too slippery for any
spectacular playing but the American
quartet manifested its superiority from
the opening of the first chukker, when
it scored two goals. The final score
was 6 to 4.
The American team was represented in
the field by Majors A. H. Wilson and
L. A. Beard, and Captains Peter P.
Rodes and C. H. Gerhardt. Majors Wil­
son and Beard are polo veterans of the
American Army who played at Meadow-
brook two years ago when the internation­
al trophy was first taken from the British.
This is the first year of international polo
lor both Captains Rodes and Gerhardt
and their spectacular work was greatly
praised by American and British polo
fans.
The Army team was signally honored
during its stay in London with many din­
ners, chief among them being the one
given by Sir Laming Worthington-Evans,
the British Secretary of War. The guests
included a large number of prominent
British officers and the members of the
British Army team which played the
Americans.
 July Fourth—Defense Test Day
T HE President of the United States
has again called upon the War
Department to demonstrate the ex­
tent of preparedness of the country. The
people of the United States through their
representatives in 1920 formulated a plan
for National Defense, which the Army
has tried to put into operation for the
past five years. Like all human docu­
ments the act embodying the plan may
have certain weaknesses, and consequent­
ly the War Department must from time
to time indicate by actual demonstration
the mobilization plans of the United
States Army.
The date for Defense Day this year
has been most appropriately set for July
4. In commemoration of the greatest
event in American history and probably
one of the most significant episodes in
human annals, President Coolidge has
named the sacred day of independence as
the occasion for the American people to
re-assert their willingness and desire to
lay down their lives if necessary to per­
petuate their institutions.
Last year the first Defense Test Day
was held on September 12 in honor of
General John J. Pershing, who was
chiefly instrumental in drawing up the
Act of 1920. On that day the people of
the country responded in hundreds of
thousands, pledging their faith in their
Government and their readiness to serve
in its Army in case of emergency. This
year, although the time for preparation
is more limited, indications point to a
similar response on the part of the Ameri­
can people.
The War Department has received in­
dorsements from governors in all sections
of the United States promising their
heartiest support for the occasion. Civic
and patriotic bodies numbering among
their members hundreds of thousands of
loyal American citizens have promised to
turn out in numbers and answer to the
roll call. Cities, towns and villages,
wherever the American flag is hoisted
have arranged for patriotic demonstra­
tions on July 4.
The American Legion, whose members
are most familiar with the tragedies of
war and the necessity for adequate de­
fense, has gone on record in favor of the
test and promises the fullest cooperation.
Of unusual interest is the offer of the
American Automobile Association for the
defense test!" This organization, consist­
ing of 712 clubs and over 700,000 mem­
bers possessing facilities for the trans­
portation of nearly three million men in
case of necessity, stands ready to answer
"present" at the defense roll call. Motor
transport is playing an increasingly great­
er role in warfare and the readiness of
such an organization to cooperate in the
success of this project is of tremendous
Independence Day Chosen as Oc­
casion for Demonstration of Pa­
triotic Love by Nation
importance. The taxicab mobilization of
French forces in 1914 is still fresh in the
minds of the world, where within six
hours Gallieni marshalled 4,000 such ve­
hicles and transported 70,000 men to Vaux
to halt Von Kluck's march to Paris.
As a result of the Defense Test of Iy24
certain definite conclusions were reached
as to the effectiveness of the present pol­
icy of military preparedness. The test
showed the strength and weaknesses of
the project. The Defense Test of 1925
will indicate the steps taken to remedy
the defects of the previous year and point
out any features that may need correction.
The War Department concluded as a
result of the 1924 test that:
1. The citizens of the United States
have a clearer and more sympathetic un­
derstanding of the American problem of
defense; the provisions of the National
Defense Act; and the character, purpose
and objective of the skeletonized army of
the United States.
2. The War Department can proceed
with confidence to the completion of the
organization, training and emergency ex­
pansion plans for the citizen army of the
United States with the knowledge that
such action has the approval of the Amer­
ican people. Between sixteen and twenty-
five million Americans went to consider­
able effort to prove by action, rather than
by words, that they favor sound and rea­
sonable preparedness and particularly the
democratic system established under the
National Defense Act of 1920.
3. The War Department's organization
and mobilization plans, prepared in com­
pliance with the directives of the Na­
tional Defense Act, are based on sound
principles and are being worked out care­
fully and efficiently. All defects noted
are minor in character and readily cor­
rected.
4. Decentralized control and local
expansion of military units are practical
of application in the United States, be­
cause of the high average of intelligence,
the common-sense patriotism and the spir­
it of cooperation to be found among our
citizens. Future Defense Tests will rend­
er local mobilization more expeditious and
assure the fullest degree of local cooper­
ation.
5. The effective cooperation received
from state and municipal officials and
from the leading citizens of all communi­
ties indicates that they can and will assist
in the expansion of local units. Their
services will be most effective if a plan
is prepared during peace for their organi­
zation in war in conformity with the
natural channel of political authority.
6. There will be no lack of man-power
to fill the quotas necessary to bring the
units of the Army of the United States to
full strength in an emergency. Nearly
one and a quarter million young men of
military age volunteered for the Defense
Test exercises and indicated by positive
action their approval of the democratic
military system.established by the Nation­
al Defense Act of 1920, under which they
would be called upon to serve in the
event of a major emergency.
7. Approximately seventy-five per cent
of the unit mobilization plans were com­
pleted on September 12, 1924. This is a
very valuable Defense Test accomplish­
ment, for it means that the United States
now has something definite and tangible
in the nature of mobilization plans, for
the first time in its history. The practical
revision of all mobilization plans, now in
progress, will bring them nearer per­
fection. The time and cost that will be
saved and the confusion during an emer­
gency that will be eliminated by this re­
vision, cannot be estimated but will be
considerable. Deficiencies and weaknesses,
minor in importance, were revealed and
are now being'remedied.
8. The personnel of the Army of the
United States—Regulars, National Guard
and Organized Reserves—have a much
clearer conception of their mobilization
duties and, therefore, are in a better
position to perform them.
9. A splendid spirit of cooperation has
been developed between all components of
the Army of the United States and be­
tween these and our citizens as a whole.
The units of the National Guard and
Organized Reserves particularly were
brought into close contact with their own
communities and their importance em­
phasized nationally. There never existed
a better relationship between the Regular
Army and the people of our country than
is everywhere evidenced now, although
the contact between Regular Army troops
and the communities in which located is
not as close as is desirable.
A nation-wide broadcasting program
will form part of the Defense Test pro­
gram from 9 :00 to 10:30 p. m. Eastern
standard time on July 4. The Vice-Presi­
dent of the United States; the Acting
Secretary of War, Honorable Dwight F.
Davis; General John J. Pershing; the
Chief of Staff, Major General John L.
Hines; Mr. W. S. Gifford, President of
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company; and Major General Charles
McK. Saltzman, Chief Signal Officer of
the Army will take part. The principal
stations of the U. S. have been invited to
take part and a considerable number have
accepted.
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 The March of the Mounted Riflemen
ORT LARAMIE, June 23, 1849—
F The whole train was overhauled
today; the clerks were kept
busily engaged until 11 o'clock at
night, arranging papers, so as to be
ready for the march.
June 24—All the stores were over­
hauled, and inventories taken. I from a spring at the head of it.
turned over to the acting assistant
quartermaster at Fort Laramie 20
wagons and 120 mules; also other pro­
perly for the use of the post, and re­
ported the train in readiness to move-
in the morning. Having completed
the labors of the day by 11 o'clock at
night we retired to rest, pretty well
fatigued.
June 25—The squadrons left at six,
half past six, and seven o'clock this
morning, all being ready before the
first squadron crossed Laramie's
Creek. This stream was very high,
and up to the wagon bodies, which
damaged some of the stores.
Having all got across without any
accident, it may be said that we have
now fairly started again, not to stop
before reaching Fort Hall, a distance
nearly equal to that which we had
traveled, and by far worse ; for we are
to pass over spurs of mountains, and
through a broken, hilly country, al­
most destitute of grass.
June 26—The road this morning
passed along a narrow ridge; and af­
ter getting under way at the usual
hour, Captain Tucker and myself de­
scended a deep valley, being entirely
surrounded by perpendicular rocks.
There is a small canyon which led
lo the river, which is the outlet to the
water which we found in this small
valley, and accumulates principally
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The Trip From Fort Laramie to
the Last Crossing Over Sweet
Water River
(Continued from June 15 number)
There was very fine grazing in it,
sufficient for 2,000 horses, with fine
water running entirely through it,
which came from the spring. As the
view of this place, from the road, was
intercepted by other small hills and
ravines, there are but few who ever
notice it. (Here I got possession of
a fine pair of elk horns, which, from
the size, induced me to carry them to
the Columbia River, and thence to
Washington, as they are probably the
largest ever brought from the moun­
tains.)
I received orders this evening from
the commanding officer to fit out Col­
onel Porter with material to prepare
a raft at the Mormon ferry, on the
North Platte, now 87 miles from us.
Although late at night, it was complied
with, and he left the next morning
early for that place.
June 30—Although the morning was
very pleasant, we did not leave camp
until half-past seven, as the horses
and mules had scattered in every di­
rection among the hills. It was our in­
tention to go but a few miles today,
where we would be nearer the base
of the mountains. Lieuts. Frost and
Palmer left camp early to examine the
range, and did not overtake us until
we arrived at Crooked Muddy Creek,
a distance of 10 miles from our en­
campment this morning.
Old Fort Hall, Idaho
We encamped on this creek, and
sent the mules and horses to where
there was very good pasture, about
seven miles off, and have them
guarded by the teamsters while there.
The river presented a very busy scene;
emigrants were crossing in several
places, while others were engaged in
constructing rude rafts of dry logs,
which were attached together and
pieces pinned across to confine them.
By placing at the end two oars,
which are used as sweeps, they are
propelled to the opposite side, des­
cending at the same time partly with
the current. After reaching the op­
posite side a yoke of oxen are attached
to it, and it is carried up the stream
sufficiently far, so that, when let loose,
it reaches the point from which it
originally started by the force and
effect of the current and the aid of
the oars. The wagons arc taken
apart, and it generally takes about
three trips to carry over one wagon
and its load.
July 1—Orders were given for the
third division to cross at this place,
while the first and second should
move 11 miles up the river to the Mor­
mon ferry, where we might attempt
to cross on rafts, or use the ferry.
July 2—A raft was hastily put to­
gether, and every preparation made
for crossing the river; but it was soon
found that the length of time, and the
injury which the property would sus­
tain by exposure, would not justify
it, when the Mormon ferry could be
hired for $4 per wagon, and the same
guaranteed to be delivered, with its
load, on the other side of the river
in safetv. The raft was therefore
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS

abandoned, and the ferry hired. dent occurred, by the breaking of an quired it, as our march to Fort Hall
July 3—This evening several wagons bar, and, the raft being carried down was to be a long and tedious one, be­
of the first division were crossed, and by the current, produced a panic ing 400 miles distant, and the teams
instructions given by me to have the among those on board, who, rushing becoming weaker every day.
mules of the first division train swim to one side, careened it, so as to in­ The camps of the emigrants now
across early in the morning, which duce them to think it was sinking. began to bear signs of their condition.
was accordingly done. Every man, losing his presence of Provisions of every description were
July 4—The grazing on Deer Creek, mind, jumped overboard, and made for lying about in piles; all surplus bag­
and along the base of the mountains the opposite side, which all reached gage, which had impeded their march
towards the head of Little Muddy in safety but one. and assisted in breaking down their
Creek, is extremely good, and there July 8—Last night was very cold, teams, was now thrown away; some
is everything here to recommend it and a good fire of oak wood would wagons were broken up to mend
as a pleasant location for a post, have been very acceptable. The others, while some were left along
should the station be changed from morning was clear, and it continued the road; their loss of cattle was
Fort Laramie. It brings the troops cold. We got off at eight o'clock, and daily increasing, and it seemed very
nearer to the South Pass, where the after passing along a level but sandy doubtful whether many of them would
Indians on war parties often frequent, plain for eleven miles, arrived at In­ ever reach Oregon or California.
and probably would be more disposed dependence Rock, which had been the These people were very fortunate
to commit depredations here than at theme of conversation with us since in having got rid of the cholera so
any other point between Fort Lara­ leaving Fort Laramie. It was a spot early; we had seen no cases since
mie and Bear River. crossing the North Platte, as the last
An excursion could be taken by one which occurred among us was at
the troops during the summer along Crooked Muddy Creek, 11 miles from
the Sweet Water, where the horses May Reenlistments the Mormon ferry.
would have fine grazing, and would Dis- Reen- Per-
July 10—The two divisions were or­
give them an opportunity of scouring C. A. charged listed centage
dered to move at twelve noon. We
the base of the Wind River Mountains, crossed the river, and took the road
1st .. . . 247 70 28.34 which leads above the rising ground
where they would most probably meet
with the Crow Indians. About the 2nd . .. 343 169 49.27 and passes between the bills and the
mouth of Deer Creek, and along the 3rd . .. 323 119 36.84 terminus of the mountains which
river for 15 miles, the emigrants com­ 4th . . . 417 167 40.05 forms the Devil's Gap.
mence crossing; and by establishing The colonel issued a proclamation
5th at Independence Rock, offering a re­
a good ferry here by the troops, it 6th . .. 112 40 35.71
would pay for the erection of a post, ward of $200 for every deserter that
if the emigration should continue for 7th . .. 141 73 51.77 might be brought back. On reaching
a few years longer as large as it was 8th Fort Bridger, five of these men were
this year; for the price of crossing 37.42 turned over to the command, having
9th . . . 473 177 been caught by the trappers in the
the Morman ferry varies from $3 to
$4 a wagon. mountains near that place. Although
July 5—The second division crossed it did not entirely stop desertions, it
over five of their wagons last evening. often spoken of by those who had ber, had a tendency to decrease the num­
This morning, at a quarter after four passed before us, and known as a Pass asand we lost but few at the South
Soda Springs, where the
o'clock, we commenced to ferry the good resting place, and made some­ trails for California leave the Oregon
remainder, and finished at two o'clock what noted by emigrants who had Trail.
p. m., and made our encampment on been fortunate enough to be there on The idea with these men was to at­
the hill immediately above the land­ the Fourth of July. We expected to tach themselves to emigrating par­
ing, where we remained for the day. have reached it this year by the 4th ties, after passing the South Pass and
An order was issued this morning instant, but were prevented from do­ Soda Springs, as a guard, simply for
for the divisions to travel one day ing so. their subsistence, after getting clear
apart. The scarcity of grass through It is immediately on the Sweet of the command. But by the time the
the country which we were about to Water River, leaving only sufficient emigrants arrived there, it was as
travel rendered it necessary to adopt room for the road to pass. It is of much as they could do to subsist
some plan of this kind. The face of granite, and about 500 yards long, 150 themselves until they reached Cali­
the country having entirely changed wide, and 40 yards high. It stands en­ fornia, without being encumbered by
since we left Fort Laramie, it was only tirely isolated, at the east end of a men who, having violated a sacred
at certain points in our day's marches small valley formed by it and the ad­ oath by deserting the service, could
hereafter that grass could be procured, jacent hills and mountains. This rock hardly be expected to keep a promise
and even then in limited quantities. bears the name of almost everyone made them. The emigrants, generally,
The first division commenced its who can take time to carve or write gave no protection to them; on the
march this morning. In crossing the his name on it. contrary, they are ready to assist us
river yesterday we were so unfortunate j u l y 9—The day was very pleasant, in apprehending them, and frequently
as to have two men drowned, one of except that the wind, blowing as us­ gave us information which was of
whom, wishing to get something from ual, created a great deal of dust. As great importance.
the opposite side, rode his horse into we remained here today, the first di­ July 17—Having obtained an escort
the river, and being fully equipped for vision train was placed in condition to of four men, under the command of
the march, no sooner reached deep continue its march; repairs and alter­ Lieutenant Russell, we left at three
water than both man and horse went ations were also made to the second o'clock in the morning to overtake
down. In the other case, one of the division, so as to enable it to move the second division, which was now
rafts was loaded with saddles and men. with as much ease as possible. The {Continued on Page Eleven)
In the middle of the stream an acci­ condition of both trains greatly re­
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS

Twenty-three members of this class, which totaled

-106 when graduated, were appointed from the Army.
Of the enlisted men to enter West Point on Julv
1 of this year, 11 were privates, eight, privates firs'
class, and seven corporals. The Infantry naturally
Recruiting Publicity Bureau, Governors Island, N. Y
furnished the largest number—10—but representa­
An Army Information Bulletin containing a resume
of administrative reports, statistical tables, rales, tives from almost all the other branches were in­
regulations, and official notices of recruiting for the cluded.
guidance of members of the Regular Army, National
Guard and Organized Reserves Any recruiter who cannot preach the sermon of
Army possibilities from this text is deaf to the
JULY 1, 1925 knock of opportunity.
o
Common Sense and Happiness Boxing as a Recruiting Aid
No human being- ever "found" happiness. Happi­ In the not so dim past it was a difficult matter to
ness just "happens," of course. It is a gift from supply sufficient numbers of recruits to keep the en­
destiny. You cannot dig it up, pump it up, or listed force at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, at sufficient
otherwise discover it. You cannot buy it, nor make strength to function properly, according to the 3rd
it come like a conjurer by sleight of hand. The Corps Area Gazelle. Today Fort Bragg is consider­
harder you run after it, the faster it flees before you. ably over-strength and there is a waiting list of men
It is like seeking the end of the rainbow. who will take no other assignment.
Happiness always comes to you over your should­ One reason for this condition is that Fort Bragg
er. And it comes most permanently and regularly has now been definitely established on the boxing map
to those who are trying to make other people happy. of the U. S. One of the post buildings has been re­
Just help some one, give a word of appreciation to a modeled and equipped as training quarters for boxers,
s
sensitive boy or girl, cheer up a discouraged worker, the idea being to get hold eventually of the biggest and
amuse a child, forget all your own troubles, and, best professionals of the game to make Fort Bragg
the first thing you know, happiness, the wilful jade, their Southern training quarters. They will be encour­
will steal up behind you and have her arms about aged to join the Organized Reserves, to use the train­
3rour neck.—Dr. Frank Crane.
ing quarters without expense to themselves and to ap­
o
pear in local boxing shows.
The Army in the USMA
Wherever big boxing shows are given throughout the
Among the members of the class which graduated state, a pair of Fort Bragg boxers usually put on the
from the United States Military Academy in June curtain raiser. Lieut. Bryant, the local recruiting offi­
were 32 graduates who had won their appointments cer, goes along and makes a brief talk about Army box­
to the Military Academy while serving in the ranks ing. A man is then put into the ring to skip the rope
of the Regular Army. In the class of cadets which and shadow box, following which two others demon­
Avas to enter the Academy on July 1 are 26 men ap­ strate the barred blows, such as rabbit and kidney
pointed from the Regular Army. This may serve punches. A couple of rounds with 8-ounce gloves
as the text of a splendid sermon to be preached by follow.
our Army recruiters. Gold plated belts are given to the winners in the
Regulations governing the size of the Corps of various annual tournaments. The winners are com­
Cadets provide that 180 of the total of 1,334, or pelled to accept all challenges and defend their trophies
approximately 14 per cent, be appointed from within three months after receiving their challenge or
among the enlisted men of the Regular Army and forfeit. The men holding belts at the end of the fiscal
of the National Guard, in number as nearly equal as year keep them and new ones are put up. This pro­
possible. At present 83 cadets are former soldiers vides keener competition and increased interest on the
of the Regular establishment. Cadets who have part of the public toward the end of the fiscal boxing-
served as enlisted men frequently are among the year, just when recruiting is ordinarily beginning to
most distinguished members of the Corps. The slacken.
man who led the class of 1924, Wallace H. Hastings, One of the best ads the Recruiting Service of the
a native of California, was a former soldier. Earle Army could have would be a go between Lieut. Bryant's
E. Partridge, of Massachusetts, another cadet ap­ outfit of the 4th Corps Area and Capt. Mabbutt's in
pointed from the ranks, was sixth in the class. the 3rd. Why not?
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 RECRUITING
NOTES
The United States Army builds Men"
To Portray Service in Pictures
Sgt. Martin S. DeMutb, of Fort Mc-
Dowell, California, recently arrived in
Tientsin, according to the 15th Infantry
Sentinel of May 15, to acquire local color
for cartoons and publicity sketches for
Army periodicals and recruiting posters
to be issued upon his return to the United
States.
Sgt. DcMuth is a poster designer and
•advertising man by profession. In August,
1923, while in search of experience which
might furnish ideas for a newspaper car­
toon series, he enlisted as a private in the
Army, and while stationed for eight
months on Angel Islmd in San Francisco
Bay, he tried out his ideas in a series of
sketches treating the life of the thou­
sands of recruits passing through Fort
McDowell. He gradually developed a
novel system of instruction through the
distribution and display of mimeographed
cartoons designed to appeal to men who
would not read or listen but who liked
to look at pictures. Some of the car­
toons were meant only to entertain but
others were camouflaged tips on how a
young soldier should respect the uniform,
why he should save money, etc.
Eventually the Commanding General of
the 9th Corps Area became interested and
obtained the approval of the War De­
partment to send DeMuth on a trip for
the purpose of making sketches depicting-
Army life aboard transports and in for­
eign service. Starting from San Fran­
cisco almost a year ago, he has now cov­
ered the service in the Hawaiian Depart­
ment and in the Philippine Islands. In
addition, with permission of the Com­
mander in Chief of the Asiatic Fleet, he
has spent 10 weeks as a roving artist
with the Navy, traveling about 5,000 miles
on the flagship cruiser USS "Huron,"
the destroyer USS "Smith Thompson"
and the USS "General Alava." Accord­
ing to present plans, Sgt. DeMuth will
return to the United States in July.
A Switch in Territory
Four West Virginia counties—Han­
cock, Brooke, Ohio and Marshall—
which have been under the jurisdiction
of the Columbus Recruiting District,
have been transferred to that of the
West Virginia Recruiting District, ef­
fective July 1.
Advice to Prospects
A straight man to man talk upon
the Army "as is" and what the Army
has to offer to the average citizen has
been put out by Major Malcolm P. An­
druss, CAC, recruiting officer at Buffalo,
New York, in the form of a com­
bination multigraph mimeographed
pamphlet of seven pages.
Of the 18 paragraphs in which Maj.
Andruss couches his exposition of the
Army, the following are especially
worthy of quotation : "In selecting
your branch of service and the post
to which you desire to be sent, you
should consider the matter thorough­
ly. If you elect to go to Texas you
must expect hot weather in the sum­
mer. You may be more or less iso­
lated but if you are a fisherman or a
hunter you are in your element. Civi­
lization and good hunting never go
hand in hand.
"If you select Hawaii you may ex­
pect sunshine and outdoor weather all
3rear round. Some people like change­
able seasons and would not be satis­
fied here. In short, there are good
features and bad features in connec­
tion with every location on the face of
the earth and we must take the bitter
with the sweet."
o a bonus, that is, a handicap. For instance,
Orders Affecting Recruiting
Col. Beaumont B. Buck, retired, de­
tailed to duty in connection with re­
cruiting in San Antonio, Texas.
Col. Frederick L. Knudsen from
38th Infantry to duty in connection
with recruiting with station at Salt
Lake City, Utah,
Capt John H. Ball, 17th Field Artil­
lery, detailed to duty in connection
with recruiting at Fort Hayes, Ohio,
relieving 1st Lieut. Joseph R. A¥esse­
ly, QMC, who is transferred to Fort
Jay.
o
A N. G. Masterpiece
One of the finest regimental ads in
our files is the booklet just received
from the 110th Engineers—Kansas
City's Own. Paper stock, cover stock,
printing, illustrations, wording, ar­
rangement, and selection of material
are splendid. The booklet must have
cost much money, but should produce
much in results.
3rd CA Recruiting League
The 3rd Corps Area is constantly re­
sponsible for something original in the
line of recruiting ideas. The latest stunt
to be tried by Col. J. P. O'Neil, corps
area recruiting officer, is the application
of baseball league ratings to the stand­
ing of his recruiting districts. Col. O'Neil
is an old hand at recruiting and realizes
the necessity of keeping his canvassers
interested all the time.
"Competition is the life of trade, and
the only way to keep interest unflagged
is continually to keep your eyes open
for schemes to keep your men's interest
up to the highest point," Col. O'Neil
writes. "If you can always keep your
work as an interesting game you play the
game and play it hard according to your
. interest in it. When your work is play it
does not become a grind. Find out what
your men are most interested in and play
that game.
"Just now baseball is the game of the
country. Who is going to lead the lea­
gues ? Who is going to be world's cham­
pion? We get the districts in that frame
of mind. A short time ago horse rac­
ing was the particular topic of this corps
area and we made each district a horse."
Each district in the corps area is given
in the calculation of the total production
of Scranton for a year it was found to be
entitled to a bonus of 45 per cent to over­
come the superior advantages of Phila­
delphia. If Scranton enlists 10 men today
they therefore count 14.50 men for their
score in the Big League game for that
day. Scores for May 29 explain this
point: Harrisburg, 2.30—Scranton, 1.45 ;
Philadelphia, 6—Pittsburgh, 3 ; Baltimore,
8.10—Richmond, 4.
The league standing on May 29 was as
follows:
Team Won Lost Pet.
Richmond 19 5 .792
Philadelphia 19 6 .760
Pittsburgh 11 13 .459
Baltimore 11 14 .440
Scranton 7 18 .280
Harrisburg 7 18 .280
o
The day to start reenlisting a man is
the day he takes the oath of enlistment.
Page Nine
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Leading Recruiters
Sgts. Thomas J. Carter and James
A. Buckley, both DEML, constituted
the honor roll for the 1st Corps Area
during May with 10 recruits each.
Sgt. Coleman W. Lutes, with 23 en­
listments, led the 5th Corps Area
honor roll for May, two other Louis­
ville recruiters, Sgt. Clayton A. Blake
and Cpl. Samuel A. Pittman, being
second and third with 18 and 15 en­
listments respectively. Other recruit­
ers to land on the honor roll were Sgt.
Frank Raines, Sgt. John Kane, Sgt.
John J. Francis, Cpl. Alva 0. Estep,
Cpl. Lewis A. Wheeler, Sgt. William
Powers, Sgt. Wm. J. McKnight, Pfc.
John R. Atchison, Pfc. Grover Mc-
Kown, Cpl. John Vogt, Cpl. A. B.
Wilson, Pfc. Willie H. Williams, Cpl.
Caddo Thomas, and Cpl. Harry C.
Rozell.
Retired Men as Recruiters
The 10th Cavalry (colored) has
never had what white regiments would
consider a recruiting problem. Most
of the vacancies occuring in that fam­
ous outfit are through retirement.
Such being the case, use is being made
of the retired non-commissioned of­
ficers and men of the regiment to keep
the outfit up to strength and standard.
Under date of June 1 the following
letter was sent by the Adjutant to
each enlisted man retired from the
regiment since January 1, 1924:
"Colonel James C. Rhea, commanding
officer of the Tenth Cavalry, knows
that the retired non-commissioned of­
ficers are anxious and ready waiting
to do something to show their sent­
iment and kindly feeling toward their
old regiment, the Tenth Cavalry. He
realizes that they may not know just
what they can do to be of service. This
is what you can do :­
"First, the regiment is down to 535
strength and we are authorized to
have 566 right now. This leaves us 31
men short or vacancies for 31 recruits.
Now the thought is this: that you do
what you can with your friends and
acquaintances among the young men
to secure recruits for the regiment. Of
course it is understood that you would
induce only the best young men of
your acquaintance to join us. Just let
it be known that the vacancies exist
and that we can now accept recruits
meeting the physical and other re­
quirements, you explaining the advan­
tages and opportunities open to young
and ambitious men in an Army career
with the 10th Cavalry, U. S. A.
"The regiment would undoubtedly be
filled now but for the reason that
enlistments, for the 10th Cavalry can
only be accepted in the Eighth Corps
Area. * * * Enclosed is a list of
the retired members of the 10th
Page Ten
Cavalry and their addresses. A letter
similar to this one is being sent to
each of the retired members listed, and
it is being asked that each one make
an immediate and determined attempt
to secure one or more recruits for the
regiment. Let us hear from you
through the recruits you send to
us. Let's fill up the regiment by the
4th of July and let's keep her filled up.
Our losses are mostly through retire­
ments as you know. Am waiting to
hear from you through your recruits.
"N. B.—We need bandsmen, cooks
(troops), horseshoers, and soldiers—
just troops."
o Government transportation under false
Virginia Campaign Success
The 1925 recruiting campaign staged
by the National Guard of Virginia re­
sulted in an increase of strength from
New Shipments From RPB
Recent issues by the Recruiting
Publicity Bureau are the follow­
ing:
George Washington profanity
order—sent on June 21 to Corps
Area CMTC Officers in quantity
one for each CMTC student.
Pictorial—"Bibles to Help a
Fighting Regiment"—sent Corps
Area Recruiting Officers June 22.
U. S. Army Vacancy poster—
2,000 to each Corps Area Recruit­
ing Officer, on June 30.
3,905 on January 1 to 4,092 on April 30.
So successful was the campaign, in
fact, that 62 immediate discharges
were ordered as soon as the final fig­
ures were noted. In order to compete
for the $500 first prize and the other
sums of money, amounting to $2,250 in
all, it was necessary that each unit se­
cure at least two new enlistments each
month for the five months of the cam­
paign.
o snappy, well-written articles and news
Recruiters as Athletes
Pfc. Elmer Moran, of the Baltimore
recruiting party, clipped six seconds
from the local record in the special
marathon event of the South Atlantic
Championship meet at Washington on
June 6. Out of eight first places in
the boxing tournament of the meet,
3rd Corps Area recruiters came home
with five, and secured six second
places as well. The team was trained
by Capt. Charles J. Mabbutt of the
Baltimore Recruiting Office, under the
direction of Col. J. P. O'Neil, Corps
Area Recruiting Officer.
A Check for Elopements
As a means of cutting down losses
in transportation and reducing elope­
ments, the Wichita office of the Fort
Riley sub-district now uses the fol­
lowing form which must be signed by
every applicant before leaving for Fort
Riley:
"I hereby acknowledge having re­
ceived transportation to Fort Riley,
Kansas, and I do further agree to pro­
ceed to that station and unless found
disqualified, to enlist in the Army of
the United States upon my arrival
there. Failure to report will render
me liable for prosecution for obtaining
pretenses."
Publicity in Massachusetts
Another recruiting district which has
been getting desirable publicity is that
of Springfield, Mass., commanded by
Captain Thomas W. Herron. Captain
Herron believes that items on the Army
appearing in local papers are the right
sort of advertising.
A recent story of this nature told of
the travels of a recruit obtained in the
Springfield district, who was assigned
to the 6th Engineers at Camp Lewis,
Washington. This recruit left Brooklyn
on a transport bound through the Panama
Canal, where it stopped to allow the men
shore leave to visit prominent points of
the Canal before proceeding up the coast.
The commanding officer of Headquar­
ters Company, 6th Engineers, in which
this particular recruit is now serving,
has written to Captain Herron that the
Springfield boy bids fair to make a good
soldier and that he wished he could get
more New Englanders of his type.
The 7th CA Steps Out
The first number of the 7th Corps
Area Recruiting Bulletin has just been
received. While the mimeographing
and multigraphing work is well done,
the best feature of the paper is the in­
teresting nature of its contents—short,
features from all the districts and sub­
districts in the corps area.
Oneonta Star Gives Space
Sgt. Harry Diener, on recruiting
duty at Oneonta, New York, has re­
cently been securing considerable re­
cruiting publicity in the Oneonta Star.
Sgt. Diener is an old timer, and, with
the help given him by the Star in his
work, has been making a good record
for himself as a recruiter.
The day to start reenlisting a man is
the day he takes the oath of enlistment.
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Fort Hamilton, N. Y.
(Continued from Page Three)
was built without any regard for the
purpose intended, and was so uncomfort­
able that it was finally abandoned. In
the spring of 1867 the sick occupied
the upper story of an old barrack, into
which the wind blew by a thousand holes
and the rain dripped by a thousand leaks.
"A report of the condition of things
was made through the commanding offi­
cer, and plans for a hospital submitted.
A year passed by and no notice was taken
of the matter . . . However, after a
lapse of thirty-five years, a hospital was
finally built and was occupied in the sum­
mer of 1869.
"From Fort Hamilton is presented a
fine view, not only of the Narrows, but
a portion of the inner bay, and in a
southerly direction, across the outer bay,
the Highlands of Jersey are visible by
day and the lighthouses at Sandy Hook
by night. Looking to the west, the hills
of Staten Island bound the horizon, cov­
ered with stately residences and patches
of the primeval forest. Nothing separ­
ates Fort Hamilton on the southeast from
the Atlantic but a narrow strip of sand
called 'Coney Island.' Fort Hamilton,
in conjunction with Fort Wadsworth, on
Staten Island, commands the Narrows,
and Fort Lafayette, erected on an arti­
ficial island, lies off Fort Hamilton to
the east of the -main ship channel.
"The quarters for the men are stone
casemates, badly ventilated, damp and
leaky, and totally unfit for quarters. The
majority of the enlisted men sleep upon
bedsteads composed of board slats, an
inch thick, supported by iron trestles, and
better adapted for the purpose than any­
thing in use. Bedding is of sufficient
quantity, but blankets of inferior quality.
There are no bathrooms or lavatories,
. the men performing their ordinary ablu­
tions at the wells and cisterns in the bay
near the fort.
"The officers' quarters consist of thir­
teen casemates, occupied by nine officers
and their families, and three sets of one-
story frame buildings filled in with
bricks, and with mansard roofs, the lat­
ter consisting of one set of colonel's quar­
ters, occupied by the commanding officer,
one double set captain's quarters and one
major's occupied by the surgeon; they
are heated by coal in grates and stoves
during the winter months and supplied
with water from wells and cisterns."
Fort Hamilton today is modern in every
respect and is distinctly new as compared
with the old fort. Recently all grounds
have been cleared, cuts filled in, and
trees and shrubbery trimmed. Along the
water front and overlooking the Nar­
rows and Lower Bay extends a meander­
ing dirt road lined with large trees and
swept by soft sea breezes.
Extending along the north and west
sides of the parade grounds are the offi­
cers' quarters, consisting of modern brick-
buildings and freshly painted wooden
ones. On the south and east sides are
the roomy brick barracks of the organi­
zations. These all have comfortable
recreation rooms equipped with radio,
pianos, game tables and current maga­
zines. The companies all pride them­
selves on their excellent messes. There
is keen competition and, careful inspec­
tion and as a result the fare is above the
average found in the Army.
The YMCA building, post chapel and
post library are located on the east side
of the parade ground. The "Y" main­
tains a live staff of civilian secretaries.
The usual magazine tables found in any
"Y" may be found here, too, and the
movies always have an enthusiastic aud­
ience. Both the chapel and library in an
adjoining building are well patronized
by the soldiers. When a certain book
cannot be found on the post, the reader
has but three blocks to go to a branch
of the City Library where a much larger
collection is available.
The activities of the post include the
Corps Area School for Bakers and Cooks,
the Animal Transportation School, and
the Overseas Discharge and Replacement
Depot. The two schools give selected
men training which will not only aid them
in gaining higher ratings in the service,
but assist them to better themselves after
discharge from the Army. Through the
Replacement Depot last year passed more
than twelve thousand men bound for Pan­
ama, the West Coast, Hawaii, the Philip­
pines and China.
Athletics are fostered and encouraged.
A baseball league is formed in season,
which plays not only military and naval
teams, but civilian teams as well, and a
civilian coach is employed by the Ath­
letic Association for football. During
warm weather there is outdoor boxing-
each Tuesday night. Teams compete each
season for bowling trophies on the post
exchange alleys.
Polo is the major sport of the year, and
during the period May to November,
scarcely a Sunday or holiday passes with­
out a game. In 1923 and 1924 the Inter-
Collegiate Polo Tournament was played
here and many thousands of visitors came
to the post for the games.
Fort Hamilton as a whole is incom­
parable in opportunities, conveniences, and
situation. It is within forty minutes of
Times Square by subway, closer still to
Coney Island, and the soldier who is
fortunate enough to be stationed at Fort
Hamilton will never want for places to
go for amusement during his leisure
hours.
The day to start reenlisting a man is
the day he takes the oath of enlistment.
March of the Mounted Riflemen
(Continued from Page Seven)
one day in advance of us. We were
detained some time in crossing the
river as the morning was dark, and
did not get over before four o'clock
where the road diverges from it to
touch it no more, and we soon reached
the plains which form the South
Pass. There were none of the party
but who seemed to regret leaving the
banks of this little stream, where we
had passed since the 8th instant many
pleasant nights.
We soon came to the South Pass,
which had nothing to mark it except
the Pacific Spring, near a range of
high hills on the left of the road, with
an alkaline marsh to the right, where
the water collects into a small stream
which runs to the west and unites
with the Pacific Ocean through Green
River, the Colorado of the west, which
falls into the Gulf of California.
July 18—We arrived at the Little
Sandy in the fore part of the day,
where we found many emigrants—
some were lying by, while others were
looking for their lost cattle, which
had left them during the night and
returned on the road many miles.
These people could give no correct
information of the advance; and it
was not until we reached the Big
Sandy that we learned that the two
divisions had taken the Fort Briga­
dier route and that we were on Wood
or Sublet's Cut-off. As it was im­
possible now to return and overtake
them, and this being a much shorter
route, I determined to follow this
trail and hitercept the command on
Bear River. We therefore passed
down the Big Sandy about three
miles, where we made our encamp­
ment, having traveled 18 miles today.
July 19—We left this morning at
four o'clock, and struck across the
plains, taking the trail to Green River.
There was nothing of any importance
observed, the whole country from
the South Pass to Green River being
one vast plain.
July 20—The wagons were ferried
across, and, after making our en­
campment, the whole of the animals
were taken about six miles back of
the hills to graze on a small stream
which empties into Green River above
us.
There arc two ferries here, which
are only temporary. The Mormon
ferry is about five miles above where
we cross the river, and at the foot
of a range of high clay bluffs, which
we pass to reach this ferry.
(To be continued.)
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
The National Defense Badge
N the cover page of this issue of
O the Recruiting Ncivs appears a
sketch of the new National De­
fense emblem recently authorized by Gen­
eral Order No. 13, War Department,
dated June 9. A badge for service based
on this design has been adopted by the
War Department as evidence of military
service rendered.
The general description of the
design of the badge is as follows: a
dexter eagle with wings displayed
perched within a ring which displays
seven white and six red vertical
stripes, with a blue chief bearing the
words "National Defense," the dexter
wing of the eagle behind the ring, the
sinister wing in front of the ring.
Persons entitled to wear the badge
are those who have served honorably
as enlisted men, field clerks,, warrant
officers, nurses or commissioned
members of the military forces in time
of Avar; those who have served
honorably in the Army of the United
States and have been trained and
qualified in the grade of private or in
a higher grade, including warrant
officers, contract surgeons and veteri­
narians, nurses and commissioned
officers; and those who have served
honorably in a military unit conducted
under the War Department or have
been trained and qualified as a private
or in a higher grade.
The next of kin are not authorized
to wear the badge for service. Except
Gas Protection for Animals
The Chemical Warfare Service has
developed protective devices against gas
for horses, dogs, and carrier pigeons.
The horse mask is primarily intended for
draft animals when they are employed
in hauling supplies and ammunition
through gassed area. The mask consists
of a cheese-cloth bag which covers the
nostrils and upper jaw only. Horses
never breathe through the mouth, hence
it is not-necessary for the mask to cover
the lower jaw. They also do not readily
hebrymate, and consequently the mask
does not cover the eyes. The mask—
which is carried in a satchel carried on
the breast harness—has a canvas mouth­
piece which goes into the horse's mouth
and prevents the cheese-cloth from be­
ing bitten through. When in place, the
mask extends several inches beyond the
horse's nostrils, in order to provide prop­
er breathing.
The dog .mask is similar to the horse
mask, except that it covers both the
upper and lower jaw.
Carrier pigeons are protected from
chemical agents by a special gas-cover
which is drawn over the cage.
Page Twelve
Recruiter Is Hero
Cpl. Francis D. Sullivan, Medical De­
partment, now on detached service
where other regulations, govern, the with the Philadelphia Recruiting Dis­
trict with station at Allentown, was
length of service and training required cited
for qualification for the badge for inger, inJr.,orders by Col. F. G. Stritz­
commanding the Philadel­
service will be as follows, such service phia Recruiting District, on June 18,
and training to have been considered for "exceptional meritorious distin­
honorable and satisfactory by the guished service and extraordinary
commanding officer: two months' heroism while on duty as a canvas­
service in the Regular Army; one year's ser."
service in the National Guard; one
Cpl. Sullivan, while visjting neigh­
year's service in the Enlisted Reserve boring
towns with the Army recruit­
Corps, including 15 days' training on ing truck on June 17, noticing a gath­
active or inactive duty, or equivalent ering of about 150 men at the home
training during another year; one of Mr. J. E. Sheetz, superintendent
year's service in the basic course of a of a local silk mill, offered his serv­
senior ROTC unit or in a junior ROTC ices in rescuing a workman who had
unit in an essentially military school; been overcome by gas while cleaning
two years' service in other junior out a sink. All attempts to rescue
ROTC units and units given Govern­ him had so far been unsuccessful.
ment aid; or two months' service in The corporal was lowered into the
a CMTC or its equivalent. pit and brought out the victim, who
The badge will be worn on civilian by now was dead. Cpl. Sullivan was
clothing. Jt will be procured by the exhausted and overcome with gas, and
Quartermaster Corps and will be on was brought to only after receiving
sale in general sales stores. Persons medical treatment.
not entitled to make purchases from o
general sales stores may purchase the Let the Recruiter Beware
badge from the post exchanges and Col. E. L. Butts, recruiting officer at
commercial firms authorized by the Kansas City, properly warns his re­
Adjutant General to sell the badges. cruiters to use great care in accepting
Authority may be granted to private men who, finding labor in the Kansas
individuals, firms1 and corporations wheat fields too strenuous, seek the
to make and sell the badges under the recruiting stations as a means of pro­
same conditions as govern manu­ viding themselves transportation,
facture and sale of service medals while they have no intention of re­
provided tor in Bulletin No 13, War porting for enlistment. These men
Department, 1923. are often only hangers-on of the
army of harvesters and are of no use
Country's Youngest Mantletnan either to the farmer or the Army.
The youngest "mantleman" of the o
Citizens' Military Training Camps in Alaskan Service Good
the United States is believed to be
John Stephen Tillman, son of Stephen ''There is no place like Alaska for
F. and Vivian Lee Tillman, of Wash­ an outdoor man—or if there is a bet­
ington, D. C. The boy is now four ter place it is yet to be discovered,"
months old, and was enrolled for the stated Col. Frank J. Morrow, command­
CMTC upon attaining the age of ing officer of the 7th Infantry, sta­
three months. tioned at Vancouver Barracks, Wash­
Tillman Sr. is an officer in the Re­ ington, following a tour of tactical in­
serves, and Mrs. Tillman conducts a spection of the three companies of the
military column in one of the Wash­ 7th Infantry stationed in Alaska. Col.
ington dailies. She was the first wo­ Morrow expressed complete satisfac­
man to volunteer for Defense Day in tion with the training of our Alaskan
Washington last year, and is the first garrison.
applicant for enlistment, according to o
the Washington Herald of June 12, in No Money for Mules
the proposed Women's Reserve Corps For the fiscal year 1926, funds for the
of the Army Department. purchase of only 2,500 horses have been
o allotted by the War Department, while
Private's Bravery Rewarded the numbers of animals to fill the present
A silver life saving medal has been vacancies according to the tables of or­
awarded by the Treasury Depart­ ganization, are 6,000 horses and 1,500
ment to Private Louis DeFost, Com­ mules. No money has been appropriated
pany D, 16th Infantry, in recognition for mules in 1926.
of the gallant conduct displayed by
him in rescuing a woman from The day to start reenlisting a man is
drowning on April 26. the day he takes the oath of enlistment.
 Through The

# Telescope

Chinese Voice Thanks Promotion of General Officers

In the presence of a large assem- Two brigadier generals have re- They Walked to Ride

blage of prominent Chinese citizens cently been recommended by the Act- After having walked all the way from
and American officers a memorial tab- ing Secretary of War for promotion Philadelphia to Fort D. A. Russell, at
let was presented to the United States to the grade of major general, and Cheyenne, Wyoming, Harold O. Lyraan
Arm\ r Forces in China by residents of two colonels for promotion to the and Charles B. Jecker found the CMT
some 30 odd villages within the Ameri- grade of brigadier general. The brig- Camp at that post full. The boys,
can sector south of Tientsin on April adiers to be raised are General Joseph who had made the hike in order to en­
-5. The tablet, which is made from E. Kuhn, now in command of the 5th roll in a Cavalry camp, were admitted,
Chinese marble, is erected near regi- Infantry Brigade (3rd Division) at however, after Major General Charles
mental headquarters of the 15th In- Vancover Barracks, to date from Ju­ T. Menoher, commanding the 9th
fantry and contains an ' inscription ne 18th; and General William S. Gra- Corps Area, had sanctioned their en­
lauding the a c h i e v e m e n t s of the ves, at present in command of the 1st rollment.
United States troops during the recent Division at.Fort Hamilton, New York, . o
Chinese civil war. to date from July 11th. Message Delivery Via Airplane
o he colonels rating promotion are In the course of the maneuvers held
Army Economies H. C. Smither, Cavalry, at present by the Field Artillery School at Fort
Sill from June 2 to 4 of this year-, the
Among the economies effected or on duty as Chief Co-ordinater of the Infantry commander made an interest-
proposed in expenditures of funds by Budget, to date from June 18th; and
Paul A. Wolf, Infantry, now on duty ing test of the relative speed and effi­
the Quartermaster General during this as officer in charge of National Guard ciency of airplanes and the radio as
fiscal year are the following: affairs at Headquarters, 8th Corps media of communication. The message
On troop movements between New Area, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, ef- by plane was sent in the following
York and San Antonio, $96,000 through fective July 11th. manner- the observer lowered a hook
use of Army transports, and $49,000 on by means of which he caught a loop
rail movements ; $70,000 through utili­ These vacanies will be created by
the retirement of Major General Omar to which the message was attached,
zation of water transportation along then drew the message into the plane
the Atlantic seaboard; about $109,000 Bundy and Major General Harry C. Hale. and delivered it to the addres­
to be made through reductions see. Even after three unsuc­
and rearrangements in civilian cessful attempts on the part of
fire fighting crews, without in- the observer to pick up the
creasing fire hazards; $29,000 Things the Army Does Besides Fight
message, the airplane message
through closing down generat- Savannah, Georgia, May 15, 1925—Automobile was delivered to headquarters
ing plants and procurement of trips may be made simply for the pleasure to be two minutes ahead of the radio
electricity from commercial derived from them, to accomplish a set mission, or message.
agents at three posts in Massa­ to combine business and pleasure in such a way
chusetts and Maine and at as to be of benefit later to others who may follow o
the same trails. To this latter category belongs Fire Razes Officers' Quarters
three stations in Virginia; $20,- Capt. Paul S. Roper, in charge of the Savannah
000 through electrification of Recruiting District. The most disastrous fire in the
pumping plants ; and approxi- history of Fort Sill wiped out
mately $40,000 through furnish- Capt. Roper recently made an advertising trip 104 sets of officers' quarters
ing water from Government through the Georgia counties bordering on South on June 17. Luckily, due to the
Carolina in connection with the 1925 CMTC. He
sources to Fort Monroe and posted CMTC signs at every advantageous stop fact that the school year was just
Langley Field instead of pro- along the highways and byways of the border over, many of the quarters, which
curing it through commercial counties and thus reached scores of towns and constituted the greater part of
agencies. villages not ordinarily seen by the casual tourist. those available for students, were
Some of the roads he found in fine condition, vacant.
o some in good, and others in wretched state. In o

Visit Pleases Governor
Vail Cadets Use Beach
Following a visit to the CMT
Camp at Fort Douglas, Utah,
on June 12, the opening day of
the camp, Governor James G.
Scrugham of Nevada was so
thoroughly pleased that he or-
dered his secretary to issue a
proclamation in favor of the of his trip in detail.
CMTC movement.
one or two stretches, even, there was nothing but
fine sand, which made automobile travel a risky
proposition because of the skidding and the dust. The ROTC at Camp Alfred
Vail, New Jersey, is enjoying
Not content with having found the condition of
the roads through bitter experience, he charted the the bathing facilities of the
state of each separate stretch and published it in post greatly. Troops embus at
a report to the Savannah Motor Club upon his re- 3 :45 every afternoon, and a few
turn. It was deemed of such value to the public minutes later debus on the
that the Savannah papers have carried the story beach, one of the best on the
Atlantic Ocean.
Page Thirteen
 UNITED STATES AkMY RECRUlfiNG NEWS
Sixteen Year Old Heroism Rewarded O. D. Goes Marching On Eighth C. A. Governors for CMTC
The Distinguished Service Cross has The uniforms of the American and The Governors of all the states in the
been awarded Technical Sergeant Will­ Allied soldiers of the World War are Eighth Corps Area have registered 100
iam Wendell, retired, now living in South still doing their bit in the current cam­ per cent in favor of the Citizens' Mili­
San Antonio, Texas, and former Cor­ paigns which occupy the front pages of tary Training Camps. The last governor
poral Bernard A. Harty, Englewood, our daily newspapers, according to a New to announce himself publicly as in favor
New Jersey, for heroism displayed in York Times despatch from Fez under of the CMTC movement was Governor
action in the Philippines on July 4, 1909. date of June 18. "Pity the poor uniforms M. E. Trapp, of Oklahoma. He states:
The men were part of an expedition sent "I am pleased to observe that the larg­
against the Moro bandit and pirate, Ji­ of American and Allied soldiers during est camp in our corps area will be held
kiri, who for a year and a half had been the World War," runs the despatch. in our State at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla­
the terror of Jolo archipelago. The "Though their occupants are demobilized homa. Camps such as this one, where
forces of which Wendell and Harty were they go on fighting forever. After the young men are trained physically,
a part succeeded in cornering the bandit, clothing both sides in all little wars since mentally and morally, where patriotism
with six of his associates, in a cave in 1918, from the Poles and Russians near is taught in its highest and best sense,
the side of an extinct volcano. The the Baltic to the Greeks and Turks be­ furnish splendid factors, strengthening
two soldiers, with others, went with the yond the Black Sea, they are now re­ the character of the young men and teach
officer commanding them into the dark ported doing active service with Abd-el- them the proper lessons of equality, which
cave, causing the bandits to make their Krim on the Ouergha front. His army is in the final analysis, democracy.
final rush to death at the hands "The National Defense Act as
of the troops outside. The Moros approved by Congress has given
fulfilled expectations by running us a definite mission, and I de­
amuck as they left the cave, CMTC ENROLLMENT sire to offer my wholehearted
swinging their bolos and cutting June 20 support to you in your task of
down several Americans before Corps conducting these' great schools
being slain. Area a b c d e f of citizenship."
According to the official cita­ 1st 3772 2141 4400 3000 85.7 71.3
tion, Wendell and Harty "with 2nd 6810 4041 6500 4700 104.7 85.9 Soldier Gets Philippine Cita­
other men entered a cave occu­ 3rd 6445 4381 5600 3900 115.0 112.3 tion
pied by a desperate enemy, and 4th 6441 4206 5700 4000 113.0 105.1 Scores of citations of soldiers
in the face of a heavy fire, with for gallantry in action in the
utter disregard for their personal 5th 6921 4062 6000 4200 115.3 96.7
Boxer Rebellion, the Cuban Pa­
safety, aided in forcing the out­ 6th 5762 3478 5600 3900 ­ 102.8 89.1 cification, and various Filipino
laws to abandon their stronghold, 7th 4853 2156 6700 4900 72.4 44.0 campaigns are now being made
which resulted in their destruc­ 8th 4010 1456 5000 3400 80.2 42.8 by the War Department. Most
tion by our forces." 9th 4903 3194 4500 3000 108.9 106.4 of the men cited are now retired
49917 29115 50000 35000 99.83 83.1 or out of the service, but occas­
Medical Corps Appointments Explanatory notes. ionally one is found who is still
An examination of applicants in O. D. One of these is Master
for appointment as First Lieut­ a—Applications i eceived by June. 20. Sergeant Clarence W. Thomas,"
enants, Medical Corps, Regular b—Number accepted and ordered to camp. Service Company, 11th Infantry.
Army, under the provisions of c—Minimum objective. At the time of the action in which
AR 605—10, will be held within d—Number to be trainee . lie earned his citation he was a
the continental limits of the e—Percentage of quota 'applications). private in Company K of the 17th
United States from September 14 f—Percentage accepted of number to be Infantry at San Fernando, Pam­
to 18, 1925. An examination of trained. panga, Philippine Islands. He
applicants for appointment as is now stationed at Camp
Second Lieutenants, Medical Knox, Kentucky.
Administrative Corps, Regular
Army, under provisions of AR is equipped not only with captured Span­
605-25, will be held in the U. S., in the ish material but odds and ends of war Air Patrols Fight Fires
Philippine, Hawaiian and Canal Zone De­ stocks from all parts of Europe—Eng­ Ten airplanes have been turned over
partments, and with the United States lish, Italian, German and French. by 9th Corps Area Headquarters to the
Forces in China from September 14 to "Some of the Riffian regular troops Forestry Service of the Department of
19, 1925.
were found wearing American army Agriculture to be used in discovering
shoes, shirts and belts, probably part of fires this summer. Countless fires were
Reserve Officer to Write History the stock disposed of in France after the detected last summer by aerial patrols
Captain Thomas G. Frothingham, war. Other equipment originally de­ in time to extinguish them before great
QM-ORC, whose war time assign­ signed for the AEF, especially hospital damage was done. And this year, owing
ment was as chief of the historical supplies, may also be seen in the French to the greater number of planes allotted,
division in the office of The Quarter­ Army. Riffian regulars wearing khaki even better results are expected. The De­
master General, has been invited by the uniforms with trousers like zouaves are
Historical Section of the U. S. Navy to reported more numerous on the Ouer­ partment of Agriculture will man the air­
write the Navy history of the World planes, under guidance and advice from
gha front, though the majority of Abd­ the Army Air Service, one Army officer
War. Captain Frothingham is already
the author of a monograph on the el-Krim forces continue to be uniformed being detailed in charge of flying oper­
Battle of Jutland and the British Ad­ as rebel tribesmen." ations. At the end of the season the
miralty has corrected all the official planes will be returned to the control of
charts and narratives to conform to The day to start reenlisting a man is the Army at Rockwell Field, San Diego,
his account of the battle. the day he takes the oath of enlistment. California.
Page Fourteen
 Army Messenger on Duty 58 Years
FAMILIAR figure around Fort
A Sam Houston, Tex., is William J.
Harris, chief messenger at Eighth
Corps Area Headquarters. For fifty-
eight years, rain or shine, he has faith­
fully served the Government while twen­
ty-nine generals arrived at the historic
old post, assumed command, and left
again to take up other duties. Stalwart
still, despite his 71 years, he delights in
regaling soldiers of the younger genera­
tion during his leisure hours with tales
of the days when Texas was overrun with
howling savages and "San Antone" was
an outpost of civilization.
His Army career he briefly summar­
izes as follows: "I was born in Fort
Craig, New Mexico, on August 20, 1853.
My father was then serving in K Com­
pany, 8th Infantry. His total service
in this organization was ten years. About
1857 he got his discharge and we settled
in S:m Antonio. In the spring of '67
I began my service as messenger under
the depot quartermaster, Captain J. G. C.
Lee. Captain Lee was relieved later by
Captain Porter, who let me go and put
his stepson in my place. But ten days
later I was hired to drive a water cart
around the city to the houses of the dif­
ferent Army officers. At this time Army
Headquarters was located in the historic
Alamo; there were no quarters for of­
ficers and they were therefore compelled
to rent quarters in the town. There was
no water supply system in those days and
for two years I carried cistern water to
the house of each officer in a water cart.
"I was watchman at the Government
corrals for a year and half, and then
drove a six-mule-team under General
Harbord. When fifteen wagon trains
were ordered to the site of Fort Clark
in 1874, I drove in one of them, hauling
supplies for the building of the new post.
General McKenzie was in command and
I served under him for a month and a
half on scout duty after Comanche In­
dians. Then I came back to San Antonio
and drove an ambulance under Colonel
E. D. Baker. The next year I was or­
dered out on another scout which lasted
two months. We went as far as Cat
Fish Creek, where General McKenzie's
old supply camps were located, and cap­
tured 800 Indian ponies.
"When we returned to San Antonio I
drove for a while for the construction
quartermaster who was laying out the
grounds to build the present headquarters,
then the headquarters of the Department
of Texas. The old headquarters were
in the Maverick Hotel and I drove offi­
cers back and forth to their offices until
1881. Then I enlisted as a General Serv­
ice messenger in the Adjutant General's
office under General C. C. Auger, then
in command of the Department of Texas.
Potting Christmas Turkey a Mere
Pastime in Youth of This
Old Timer
I have been working ever since with the
different commanding generals and ad­
jutant generals who have come here.
"From 1881 to 1894 I served as an en­
listed man. In the latler year President
Grover Cleveland issued an order where­
by w^ were all made clerks and messen­
gers in the Civil Serivce. When the
Spanish-American War broke out I went
with General Gram, then in command
of the Department of Texas, to Atlanta,
at Headquarters, Department of the
Mr. William J. Harris
Gulf. It wasn't long before I was or­
dered back to San Antonio, and I am
still with it after 58 years.
"The generals I have served under
are: Reynolds, Auger, Ord, Stanley, Mc-
Kenzie, Schofield, Wheaton, Bliss, Gra­
ham, McKibbin, Grant, Lee, McCaskey,
Myer, Hoyt, Duncan, Steever, Gram,
Funston, Pershing, Parker, Ruckman,
Holbrook, Cabell, Dickman, Hines, Lewis,
Summerall and Hinds."
Not all of "Uncle Billy's" stories are
so statistical in nature. To the sports­
man of today, in fact, the following tale
related by him, will possibly savor of
the sophisticated type commonly known
as "fish." Other than recalling Uncle
Billy's reputation for truthfulness we
offer no comment, merely repeating the
yarn.
"We camped in a canyon one day in
75, near Camp Hudson. The walls of
the canyon were so high that one had to
strain his neck to see the top. We had
about 65 teams with us and at dark as
we were feeding them we heard a big
flock of wild turkeys. There were so
many of them coming down from the
hill-tops that even we old-timers couldn't
believe our eyes. One soldier killed six
with one shot, they were so thick, and
there were so many around the horses
at feeding time that we had to kick them
out of the way so we could feed the ani­
mals. We sure had a grand feast, but
we ate turkey so long we got tired of
it and wouldn't even trouble to kill them.
But one day I saw a big gobbler, so much
larger than the rest that I decided to
kill him. I just picked up a stick, walked
over to him and broke his neck with one
blow. He stood over three feet high
and made a meal for the entire company!"
Before Major General Charles P. Sum­
merall relinquished command of the
Eighth Corps Area, he wrote to Harris :
"It has come to my attention that you
will, on February 4 of the current year,
have completed 58 years of faithful serv­
ice to the Government, and that 44 years
of this period you have served as head­
quarters messenger at these headquarters.
To have passed one's 71st birthday and
still continue to serve the Government
fully and well is indeed an enviable
record. While material reward accru­
ing to you from this extensive service is
meager, in the conscientiousness of duty
well and faithfully performed you have
a reward that cannot be measured."
o
DeHavilands to Pass
According to a recent Air Service
News Letter the days of the DH4B are
numbered. The old reliable plane, the
standby of the Army Air Service since
the war, is about to step aside in favor
of its successor, the Douglas 0-2,
which will now become the standard
observation plane. The selection of
this ship, built by the makers of the
famous world cruisers, was made after
comparative tests of eleven types of
airplanes by a board of seven Air Serv­
ice officers having pertinent knowledge
of the requirements"of the type.
From the results obtained during the
tests it is very evident that the Doug­
las airplane proved without doubt the
logical successor to the DH4B. In ad­
dition to simplicity of design, rugged
construction and excellent accessibil­
ity, it possessed exceptional safety
features, perfect balance with or with­
out load, ample baggage space, good
performance and flying qualities espe­
cially desirable for observation and at­
tack training and cross-country serv­
ice.
In its final decision the board unani­
mously recommended the adoption of
the Douglas 0-2 design with Liberty
engine as the new standard observation
type to supersede the DH4B.
Pagt Fifteen
ENLISTMENTS AND REENLISTMENTS MADE IN RECRUITING DISTRICTS DURING

MAY, 1925

Eniist-
Enlist­ ments
DISTRICT OFFICER IN CHARGE ments in April
1. Richmond, Va Capt. L. W. Skaggs, Inf., DOI 213 168
2. Indianapolis, Intl Col. R. S. Woodson, Ret 178 165
i Philadelphia Pa -. Col. F. G. Stritzinger, Jr., Inf., DOL 172 152
4 New York ~N Y Col. J. T. Dean, Inf., DOL 167 203
5. Pittsburgh, Pa
Lt. Col. W. B. Cowin, QMC, DOL 133 141
(>. Columbus,' Ohio
L t Col. Alfred Ballin, Ret 122 117
7. Fort Sam Houston, Texas Capt. J. L. Garza, Inf., DOL 107 104
8. San Francisco, Cal Maj. E. 11. Pearcc, Ret 106 118
9. Cincinnati, Ohio Lt. Col. F. G. Turner, Cav., DOL 105 138
10. Oklahoma City Okla Capt. L. F. Crane, FA., DOL 105 111
11. Chicago, 111 Lt. Col. W. B. Graham, Inf., DOL 97 76
12. Harrisburg, Pa Col. H. S. Wygant, Ret 97 112
13. Los Angeles, Cal Col. H. A. Hanigan, Inf., DOL 91 141
14. Baltimore, Md Capt. C. J. Mabbutt, QMC, DOL 88 .110
15. Boston, Mass 1st Lt. M. F. Cooney, Ret 80 57
16. Buffalo, N. Y Maj. M. P. Andruss, CAC, DOL 78 115
17. St. Louis, Mo Capt. H. H. Reeves, QMC, DOL 75 44
18. Dallas, Texas Capt. E. J. Buckbe, QMC, DOL 75 101
19. Detroit, Mich Col C. E. Morton, Ret 70 40
20. Knoxville. Tenn Cant. T. N. Williams, Inf., DOL 69 67
21. North Carolina M~ Lt. W. S. Bryant, FA 69 95
22. New Orleans, La M„•. G. V. Heidt, Inf., DOL 69 64
23. Fort Leavemvorth, Kan Cji. F. L. Butts, Inf., DOL 68 60
24. Syracuse, N. Y Maj. R. L. Weeks, Ret 64 77
25. Peoria, 111 Capt. Reyburn Engles, QMC, DOL 63 26
26. West Virginia Col. B. P. Nicklin, Inf., DOL 62 46
27. Portland, Me 1st Lt. T. E. Winstead, 5th Inf 61 52
2t. El Paso, Texas Lt. Col. A. A. King, Ret 60 77
29. Newark. N . I Lt. Col. W. R. Taylor, Cav., DOL 58 65
30. Providence, R. I 1st Lt. E. R. Thorpe, Inf., DOL 57 63
31. Denver, Colo Maj. E. W. Mumford, Ret 55 52
32. Nebraska 1st Lt. E. P. Lukert, Inf., DOL 54 51
33. Fort Snelling, Minn Col. William Wallace, Ret 50 33
34. Memphis, Tenn Capt. J. D. Chambliss, Inf., DOL 49 42
35. Scranton, Pa 1st Lt. J. J. Gutkowski, Inf., DOL 49" 54
36. Houston, Texas 1st Lt. F. S. Mansfield, Inf., DOL 46 47
37. Nashville, Tenn 1st Lt. L. W. Boyd, Inf., DOL 45 43
38. Washington, D. C Lt .Col. C. S. Fries, Inf., DOL 43 44
39. Atlanta, Ga Col. W. R. Sample, Inf., DOL 43 51
40. Portland. Ore Lt. Col. C. F. Andrews, Inf., DOL 43 42
41. Little Rock, Ark Maj. H. M. Rimmer, Ret 42 49
42. Wichita, Kan Capt. T. A. Bryant, Cac, DOL 41 25
43. Albany, N. Y 1st Lt. W. B. Walters, CAC, DOL 40 42
44. Seattle, Wash Col. G. W. S. Stevens, Ret 40 28
45. Springfield, Mass Capt. T. W. Herren, Cav., DOL 34 47
46. Des Moines, Iowa Capt. R. T. Edwards, QMC, DOL 31 41
47. New Haven. Conn Lt. Col. O. C. Nichols, Inf., DOL 31 46
48. Milwaukee, Wis Capt. J. V. Stark, Inf., DOL 30 32
49. Savannah. Ga Capt. P. S. Roper, CAC, DOL 30 24
50. Camdtn, N. J Capt. A. L. Barber, QMC, DOL 28 41
51. Fc.it Oglethorpe, Ga Capt. H. D. Bagnall, Inf., DOL 27 32
52. Salt Lake City, Utah Capt. Roy F. Lynd, Inf., DOL (Acting) 27 47
53. Jacksonville, Fla Capt. James L. Ballard, Inf., DOL (Acting) . 21 24
54. Jai kson, Miss Capt. Daniel Becker, Cav., DOL 19 16
55. (_,rand Rapids, Mich Lt. Col. H. M. Fales, Ret 18 20
56. Alabama Capt. A. G. French, Inf., DOL ' 16 15
57. Spokane, Wash Col. C. C. Ballou, Inf., DOL 16 10
58 Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont 2nd Lt. J. F. Williams, 7th FA 9 12
59. Fort Benning. Ga Capt. G. E. Kraul, Inf., DOL 4 5