Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-07-29
RECRUITING FOR UNCLE SAT-.
Capt. E. P.Andrus will be here next
Tuesday.

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Since recruiting for the new volun-
teer regiments has begun in St. Paul,
Minneapolis, and Fargo, there has
been an unusual rush of applicants
largely on account OF the advantages
offered to the men who go to the
Philippines now, to serve in the army
until June 80, 1901. It is asserted,
on information based upon War
Department investigation, that the
men who are on the field at that
time will have an opportu nifty for
Investment that will not again be
offered in the history of the Island.
Some of the men who are now being
enrolled are going largely for the
porpose of getting in on the ground
floor when the business revival comes
with American rule.
Many who are unfamiliar with army
conditions have scoffed at the idea
that soldier could save money out
of his pay, yet tne majority of the
men who are in the regular army
have managed to accumulate bank
account in time of peace when their
pay is $500 less per month than it is
now. The pay of soldier is better
than that of farm hand. He not
only gets his board and $l5.6 go per
month, but he gets his clothes, and
the allowance for that is so generous
that few ever use it up, getting the
difference in cash when they are mus
tered out of the service. The oppor-
tunity for spending money In the
Philippines is not SO plentiful as in
this country and many Of the men
now there are keeping their pay in
tact. He can deposit money with the
Paymaster in sums not less than $500
per month and draw interest at the
rate of per cent until date Of dis
charge.
The pay Of private soldier
for two years amounts to
$374.4O and when mustered
out he gets land travel pay from
the place Of enlistment and free trans
portation by water to American shores
any time within a year after honora
bile discharge. Some of those who
have figured the thing out have deci-
ded that they can thus come out of
the service with about $4,000, and
this they purpose to invest inthe Orient
This sum would furnish fair start to
business in this country where com
petition is sharp, but it is believed that
it can be much more advantageously
invested in the Philippines where the
field is still open. Al any rate there
are a great many men who propose to
try it and should they fail, they still
have an opportunity to get back home
at the expense Of the government,
any time within year:
The new regiments will he differ
ent from the volunteer regiments that
were organized during the war with
Spain in that they Will have at their
head competent regular army officers
who know and will supply the wants
Of the men. The government has
a most satisfactory al
for securing rations and
fresh meat and army fare has greatly
The physical qualifca
tons for applicants for admission to
the volunteer regiments allow little
more leeway than in the regular army,
although those who are accepted |
must be in robust health. A man
is not required to be a citizen, and |
it is not necessary that he
can read and write he must be able
to speak the English language,
Arrangements have been made by
Capt. E. P. Andrus, who has charge
Of recruiting in the Northwest, to
visit towns where half dozen or
more men are willing to enlist and if
upon examination they are found to
be fit for the army, he sends them to
one of the recruiting stations at gov
expense; otherwise they
must pay their own way to the near
est recruiting station. The recruiting
officer will be in Morris Tuesday
August LIST. i
AS the commanding officers OF
these volunteer regiment have
to organize the men into
and in order to form
Minnesota companies in the 34th U.
S. Vol. Infantry, the men of this
otato shonld come forward promptly |