The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

true that very large percentage of the
recruits are picked UP in city slImIs.
where a glass or two Of ale and a good
i0llytng from a splendid fellow, like a
recruiting sergeant are far more likely
tlIaEn- anything else tn produce the de
SIZED results. Recruits obtained i'm
sluns Reighb0rIloods are youngsters out
Of work in the main, often without
family ties and 1metlnnes quite will
ing, if well persuaded to get away
from their current surroundings. even
if the prospects be fairly favorable for
service against the haspf savage native
rebels in India. the still more savage
blacks in Africa or the Beers. more
dangerous, because of their superior
craftsmanship. than either HtEdus or
blacks. a guarantee of the recruit $
good moral character is required oS-
tensibly. but the regulations upon this
point are not administered with great
rigidfty in many instances. and E1e con-
tingency of rejection upon the moral
record of the recruit is very remote III
deed.
Very many of the men recruited in
the more crowded sections of the cities
go into the militia, which is about as
unlike the national guard here as can
easily be imagined and whose MEM
bers are regarded with less favor by
the middle-class population off Great
britain LEldh LEb0SE OIL GtHS 0GRAGA @A cSAbNAA
Of the service. 1t has been commonly
supposed both in and out of England
that the militia could not be ordered to
do foreign service, but this is an error.
The militia may be sent out of the
country is occasion arise, and, further
more, if it's ranks be not filed by vol
unteer enlistment, limited e0fscrfp-
ton may be enforced to that end. FMS
has not been resOrted to in thirty years.
Lon stsrft if CffM the
statute books, and would be effective
any year in which the customary
militia ballot suspension act were not
passed by parliament
In the regular foot regiments re
cruits from the English peasant class,
or rather, as some one has sard. peas
ants deterfOrated by TWO generations
of life as mill operatives, are much
in evidence. The recruit of this class
in general is a. somewhat understood.
ma arrow cheSted. ftaxen -maired lad OF
what would be termed ESItmer directive
education i'm America. and with alb
normal appetites SO far as ale and TO-
bacco are concerned. The Bfteish
"crutty'' of this type is decidedly In
feri0r in body, mentality ana general
trainine, to the average American reg
MAR army recruit in time of peace. or
volunteer as accepted while the war
with Spain was OIL. but probably NOT
below the bodily standard maintained
during the greatest demand Ter soldiers
in civil war times.
There has been much criticism by the
English themselves of the low physical
standard of the army recruits, and
more than one British authority has
referred to them as q lot of half grown
bows" A British officer of high stand
ing. who admits that many immature
Youngsters find their way into the
ranks. SAYS this is q good thing on the
whole His theory is that tine recruit
I who begins his service before attaining
I full growth will soon "fIl out, thus
acquiring the proper size and welSht.
| Meanwhile he viii receive his training
as a soldier at just the TIME 1t is most
likely to produce a lasting impression
uuon him in every way. I'm fact he
continues, many commanding officers
have reported that young recruits Of
/ TEN develop into more satisfactory sol
| diers than older men, because tEey re-
ceive their military training during
II and not after the formative period OF
4 their lives. 1t should be understood that
/ not all British recruits are OF inferior
\ physical types. Men from every walk
Of life enlist in her maiesty's service
( and many of them are splendid chaps
4 bodily. They enter the crack regiments
/ of course. ut is not expecfed tina 7 any
i of the raw recruits Will be Sentsout at
\ this time. The British aim is always to
have the lighting done bN seasoned sol
4 diers and should it continue IN any in
4 stance till they are exhausted the new
soldiers will have BEEN pretty we'll
4 trained meanwhile.
Recruiting sefgeanfs arc paid so cents
Il for every ordinary reGrutJS fQrs ~ recruit
suitable To- enter the Scots Guards the
Cavalry. the engineers or the artillery
Y whose dualif icatfons nlust be Of a highs
i er order than those of recruit for most
regiments Of foot Soldiers. the pay is
$i25. Much.T more Il often allowed for q
man fts to- be a life guardsman; the