The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-07-26
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SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1890.
THE ARMY.

and in attendance at the National Edu-
cational Association, of which he is a
director informed The APPEAL that
young men in this and other cities seek.
ing fields in which to distinguish tnem-
selves on preparatory field for sue
cessful carrier can find it in the Army
that in the army as in civil life there is
room at the top for all who reach il :.
That the pay and accommodations are
superior to that of the average all-round
man or jobber, that aside from the pay,
the discipline received by young man
during term of five or ten years SER
vice is fully worth the time invested,
that no one can succeed in business
without the discipline of obeying orders
and complying with the requirements
of the rules of method and order.
There are men in civil life, scores of
men, doing successful business, occu-
plying places of honor, trust and respon-
sibility, who eve their success to the
discipline they received, and money
saved while IN the army. The soldier
has the privilege to attend a post
school, where appliances and books are
ful nlshed at the expense of the govern.
ment. He has from three to five hours
day free from his line of duty. This
he can use to advantage, if he has a
trade of any kind, in making more than
his pay as SOLDIER in a number of in
stances he is employed by the govern
ment on extra duty paw and relieved
from guard and fatigue daty. At each
post is a good library of hooks at the
soldiers service and a reading room
where he can put in as much time as he
may wish. .a
Good clothing is issued and at the end
of all enlistment the soldier is paid
for the clothing not drawn. The food
furnished is as good in quality and guam
tity and in ma ny cases better than that
used by the average laborer, and the
pay better when allowances are takenin
to account. Pay from $l3 to $50 per
month, board, clothing, including bed
clothing; spring bottom bed with soft
cotton mattress, medical attendance
and medicine, when sick the govern
ment looses the time and when a law is
violated and quarters are taken in the
guard house his position is kept open
until he returns to duty. u.
Men of merit and worth are desired
for the 9th, and 10th, cavalry, oath, and
25th, infantry, that these regiments
stand very high at Army Headquarters,
and that when young man enters one
of these regiments and makes up his
mind to be soldier and man, it is not
long before he is advanced to a non
commissioned officer with increased
pay and privileges; that he is anxious to
have number of first class young men
enlist for the Gath, infantry, whose off.
GERS are kind, and encouraging which is
shown by the number gone out of the
the Oath, into the commissioned
officers staff where every desirable posi-
ton await the meritorious and worthy
soldier. We advise our young men of
patriotic turn of mind to write to the
Chaplain at Fort Bayard N. M for further
information on Il e subject, He also In
formed us that law has been enacted
which allows a soldier after three years.
faithful service to obtain furlough Of 1
three months on full pay and at the ex Z