, 1873-12-10

IN Il0 tliGEB 1lECp lph-kAPG3 DHk u kIdk
Of mans capabilities, mid II 10 bnvo apy d.
fcutn, they aro protty Huro TO DO found out. Tllo
medical examination ovor, tho applicant IL
Obliged to give answar to number Of qiostions
rrottty 1nnclt tho sn'no ns thcao propollndcd by
cltof causo for rojection3 ia tho preaonco Of owl
tloncoH Of tlrnting llabitp. For man to prosont
himself for enlistment while III the slghteas do
groo nDdor tho ittltlonco Of liquor Is to insure
Ills lnHtnnt dismissal as BOON rs his nnnao haa
been outerod. and tho reason for not accepting
him recorded opposite 1t III tho register Of aprl-
cnrtB' names. Among tho othor ca,,sos may DO
mentioned an inability to speak English correct:
", moral disability, whlol means lIavlng n bud
character. physical dcfcctB. among which may DO
mentioned as tho moro common hornia. short
slight, knoclk-ineos nat-fcct, Insufficient Btan,-
Inn, unaer-sizo, n,d general lack Of physical
development. Tho number Of those
s s snoSsa 1SsaSF'a eass S Is msn eotos
than would DO supposed, hardly .dny passing
bts otto or two inferior wathers Of tho Hook,
whoso chests nt the fullest imitation measure
but 27 or ~ iucllca, mo refused admission into
tho service. Another comalon cause Of rojec-
t.on is tho applicants being undor or oyor age.
Mon yorging On aonility, atd boys only just vol
Into thor teens, frequently try to enlist: Tho
former aro OF courao invariably. refused tho
lattor aro occasionally accepted, when The appli.
cation ia supported by parontB certificate Of
their Willingness that tho boy should enter the
service.
Capt. Walker coinoidod with tho previously
moiltionod recruiting oicors, as tho real cauao
that ho thought tho Cuban business Ind nothing
to 10 with it. Al the samo time, llo lad no doubt
that, woro war really to arise, Chicago would In
weok s,p provide oooo mon onts 1ondy to fight
ut tho infantry recruiting Office aro those who
have alrondy seen Herylco. An idoa Of tho OK
tronely. cosmopolitan nature Of tho rank-and-
flo of tho American army may bo obtained by
orrsory glance over the columns Of namca in tho
applicants reglstry, where aro to bo found de-
sorlptons Of mon hailing from Drooklyn, Lon
don, Eng, Tpperary, Germany, Michigan, Ba-
yai1n, Canada, PrlHaia. Norway and Sweden,
nusBin, nnd all quartors Of tile globe. Tho
American, then como Gor1nana and Irish In
about equal proportion, tho remainder being
made up OF representatives from tho rest OF tho
world. Old soldiers who sock ro-onliBtmont nro
not subjected to as rigid an examination aa tho
now-oomors, thoirdiscllarges recommending them
to 10 takou back to tho service, providing tloro
is no roason known agninst tholr re enlistment.
Capt. Walker ie especially firm ngatnst running
the ribk OF taling drunka1d into the gervlce,
and it Ia hardly possible not to draw contrast
betwoou recruiting MS carried on hero and as It
ia IN 'Norfio England" in times Of war, when
tho smart recruiting-Bergeaut mikes his loutish
victim drunk and then porsuades hl'n to accept
the fatal shilling. In an order isaucd by Gen.
y
nccruiting Service Of tho United States, recruit
ing-ollcors arc warned against en1isting naon
"lnsa1lo, idiotic scrofulouJ, or coneu1nptlve, or
tho nous Of felons or drunkards. Us tho tendency
Of vice y not, not only hereditary, but also Of tho
Capt. Walker reported that large number Of
mon nro returning to service under the provisions
oftho Presidents proclamation aud in Ills opinion
many Of ttom are worry glad to got rid Of tho
undor. lilo quantity of clorical labor @ in Ills
ofllco ia very great, description of zach appl-
cant being taken, aud the renHon of his rejection
recorded. That it iB well done, is Hhown by tho
alaority with which the Sergeant, at mu1nont's
any ono which the Captain required for rcfor-
enco to illustrate a pofnt. Tho number OF mon
enlisted hore il about the Same al ut tho cavalry
ofllco, tho main advantage which the infantry
tho latter are obliged to got up very carly III tho
morning to attend to their horses. As soon M q
batch OF ilfteon or twenty mon nro got together,
which occurs about twico overy wook they
arc shipped to Newport, Ky:, noarly opposite
Cincinnati. whore thoy aro instructed in tho
manual, marching, and skirnliahiug, and made
ready to tako thor place in tho rauAs OF tho
regular army.
rho recruiting -ofIlcors arc at all timos ro-
queutod to mako public the advantages Of q posi-
cd that the lifo OF soldier Is honorable. aud by
no moanB as devoid Of pecunary profit AZ ia
generally imagined. What tho exact induco-
ments are which Uncle Sam oi1ora to tlouo who,
s @onoy by byy ongaging in those COM commoroai is puf.
quits which are the natural fold OF action for
Amoncan brains, become units in the
gsoat So,ooo J., who stand ready to guard
our a9 square 9po miles afa, OF terri
or elsewhere, may bo summarized az followa: a
pound, able-botlicd man between tho ages Of 21
and 35 years., not loss than five foet four inches