Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-12
RECRUITS FOR THE ARMY.

RECRUITS FOR THE ARMY.
Privates ]. r. Nicholson and Frank
A. Wagner, general recruiting SER
vice, L. s. A., were in YOrkville We'd
neSday making preliminary prepara-
tiOnS for q campaign for army re-
cruts. Recruiting stations are soon
to be established at Shelby, n. c., an1
at Lancaster, from which points this
territory will be worked.
J When asked if there were any eX-
traordinary efforts being made to Sc
cure recruits for the army at this
time, Private Nicholson said, "Oh, no,
only normal efforts are being put
forth. Most of the towns within for
ty or fifty miles of Charlotte, have
been worked over by the recruiting
service and we are now getting into
places where very little work has been
DONE
Are recruits wanted for all branch
es OF the service?"
mo. The cavalry and field artil-
lery branches are filled to the limit.
Recruits are wanted for the infantry
and coast artillery service"
What is the most desirable branch
OF the service from the standpoint of
private?"
"Well, 1 have been in the army
eighteen years, partly in the cavalry
and partly in the infantry, but If
had it to do over again 1 would take
the coast artillery. The opportuni-
ties in this branch Of the service are
greater and the pay is better You
know that under the new law the pay
Of all army men from privates up has
been raised. Well, in the coast artil-
lery service the pay for the different
classes is very good. Here we have
privates, who get SIS per month and
allowances, which includes clothing,
rations, medical attention, etc. Then
there are mappers, plotters, charters
gunners, gunpointers. electricians,
and so on with pay ranging as high as
$S9 a month. All of this is below the
grade of second lieutenant, and Is
within the reach Of any private who
goes into the service with a fair edu-
cation and a determination to work
and study. Then another desirable
feature of the artillery service is that
once q soldier is located at a given
post he is not likely to be moved
about as Is the case with the infantry
and cavalry. He may stay at one
post five to ten years" Messrs. Mich
olson and Wagner have spent sever
al years in the Philippine service, and
told some interesting stories about
conditions and the people over there.
Private Nicholson says that Aquinal-
do, or "Aggie" as he is called by army
men, is living on a farm In the Vicin-
ity of Manila, and is in constant fear
of his life. He Is always surrounded
by private detectives and has large
number Of native friends, who are
members Of all the secret orders and
clans of the islands and who are con-
stantly in touch with "Aggie's"' enc
mics. It is known throughout the
Philippines that Aquinaldo is respon-
sible for the death of General Luna,
one Of the leaders in the insurrection
of 1899 and the generals followers
are supposed to be constantly on the
lookout for an opportunity to get even
with Aquinaldo. And" continued
Mr.. Nicholson, sooner or later, they
will get him. Those little niggers new
er quit, once they start to get their
man."
Speaking of money in the Philip
pines, Mr.. Nicholson said that 1t is a
very well known fact that there is
perhaps as much as a hundred mil
lion dollars in gold throughout the
island. But q white man never sees
any of it. The Filipino gets the gold
and it at once passes out Of cir"ula-
ton. They bury it, and it is not seen
again. Any time a soldier can sell a
$40 gold piece for 22 Philippine (sil-
ver) pesos, although the peso is sup
posed to be worth dollar for dollar
with the gold. My troop was the one
which captured one Of Aguinaldo
supply trains and among other things
known to be a part Of the trains
freight were about 100000 pesos in sill
yer and about $4,000 in gold. We
captured the train and Aggie's secre-
tary of war, and large quantities OF
supplies, besides the carts and animals
that made up the train; but they in
some way managed to bury the mon
ey. A large part Of the silver was af-
forwards found, but so far as any
American soldier knows not a single
dollar of that $4,000 was ever found" t"
Messrs Nicholson and WAGNER
left Wednesday evening for Lancas-