The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-19
Cairo Recruiting Officer Gives In.
teresting Talk TO The Bulletin
MANY ENLISTINC HERE
COUNTRY YOUNG MEN FORM
MAJORITY OF UNCLE SANS
MATERIAL M A N CAN
SAVE A GOOD
SUM.

| II cHdlse u lue OH'tSu 5tatN9 ~
,ruiting office in Cairo, has, since
hat office was opened here January
st, 1905, enlisted twenty-five new
men for various branches of service.
During the past week seven recruits
ave been secured and Tuesday Capt
1. j. Price Of the Second infantry,
.ho is in charge Of the recruiting
tatIon at Evansville. will be in Cairo
administer The oath of fealty to the
| aen and furnish them with transpor.
alton to their various destinations.
Four OF the seven men to whom the
| 3ath win be administered Tuesday
ave served enc or more terms in the
rmy As old soldiers they are priyi-
eyed TO state TO what fort or bar
acks they desire to be sent and in
ase there is an opening at whatever
llace they name they will be furnish,
ID transportation there.
TWO Of them will 90 to the l15th in.
antry stationed at San Diego, Cal;
ne will go TO company NJ OF the 18th
Infantry with headquarters at TT.
IcKenzie Wyo. and the other will
DIN the coast artillery band at Fl
hamilton. New York. The other three
men, this being their first enlistment,
viii be assigned TO their stations en-
he arrival Of Capt Price.
Sergeant Noyes has been in the
Tnited States recruiting service for
TX years and in that time has had
lany interesting experiences and in
he course Of a conversation with a
Bulletin representative yesterday af.
ernoon he told many things that viii
lrove of interest to readers.
During Sergeant Noyes' term of
ervice in the recruiting department
# the army he says that he has found
hat the great majority Of recruits
ONE from the country and that when
i city man is found who desires to en-.
isl it generally develops that he has
net with reyerses, either financial or
some other way and desires 10 for.
ct them, deemng term in the army
he best plan TO pursue to bring about
hat end.
ITO a boy from the country" Ser
,eant Noyes said mo better business
roposition can present itself than to
Mist in the service of Uncle Sam
"Worl; on a farm is never lucrative,
fact in most cases a farm hand re.
elves no pay at all and while in the
rmy young man is under stricter
lisc pine than he would encounter
a farm, yet the consideration he
eceiyes for his services more than
iflsets the fact that he must obey the
ules down to the letter, especially is
hat so If ne has any desire 10 get
in the world and is at all inclined
20 realize that 1t is discipline and
hat alone, that makes the United
States army the greatest in the
vcrld'
The FIRST year of service in the
}rmy recruits receive S13 per month
lver and above their expenses. Each
iucceeding year they are allowed an
advance of 81 per month and in the
opinion Of Mr. Noyes amy young man
Who is inclined TO be at all saving
az easily put aside $40 a month. The
lnly actual expense that he encoun.
ers Is mis- barber bill and his wash
ng and in the majority of cases sol
Tiers do nearly all the work OF that
character fer themselves. Allowing.
however. that they eXpend So month.
y for that purpose. they should be
,bie 10 save the amount | named
In addition TO their regular pay
soldiers in the regular army are al
owed The sum of slG24S for clothing
Turing their three years Of enlistment
md in many cases no inconsiderable
part q this amount has been saved
Jy men who have taken care Of such
clothes as they purchased. Also
point OF general interest Is the fact
hat If a man is skilled laborer.
uch as a carpenter. painter. OF hav-
ng trade OF that kind he can sc.
,ure work in the department OF the
lua.' crmaster at an increase of SIS
monthly IN his pay making a total Of
US S29 or $50. depending upon how
ong he Aas been in the service
ALSO az the close oI a term of ON
islmcnt the soldier receives mileage
% the place whore he enlisted at the
rate OF four cents per mile and. as
general rule. several dollars of that
money may be saved
While in the service" continued
Sergeant Noyes. "all money drawn
and not used by a soldier may be
turned back to the quartermaster and
IL viii receive compound interest at
four per cent mp til the time when
the soldier receives his discharge.
Taking all these things into con.
sideraiicn It may easily Dc seen how
. young man OF a saving disposition
nay easily quit the army with little
over $500. in the neighborhood Of
1870 OF which he viii have received
from the quart eTmaster, allowing that
he deposits with him $40 a month
Sergeant Noyes will remain in
charge Of the recruiting office here
which Is an auxiliary TO the regular
office at EVANSVILLE. until the FIRST Of
May. when the office VIII be closed
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