Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-17
WHAT ATTRACTION
THE ARMY OFFERS.
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Lieut.. Goedecke, in Charge Of Lo-
cal Recruiting Office, Talks
Of the Service.
INCREASED PAY IN ALL ARMS.
Scrgcants OF Experience Receive Com
pcnsation Equal TO 500 Per
Month in Civil Life.

| Army recruiting In this city is pro.
crossing a a fair rate, but is becom-
| ing more circumscribed as certain
branches of the service are filled up
No more raw recruits are received for
| field artillery here, and no more re-
| cruits are received for the marine corps
| at naval recruiting stations. us those
| branches of the government service are
| full. However, -enlistments in the
| cavalry service are received. as 1t Is
| desired to retain experienced men. AT
| arsenal or ordnance stations, such SOL
| diers as may be needed there for cleric
! al work and guard duty are drafted
from other arms of the service, and no
| new enlistmerts are put in there. New
men are needed in the infantry. coast
| artillery, hospital and signal co"nt
| 'pecially good opportunities for pro-
motion occurring in the Two i..t,ei
branches.
Lieut. Goedecke Of the Seventeenth
infantry. In charge of the recruiting
stations in this city and Ogden, called
attention today. when a News" rep
fesentative called on him. to the adj
Iantages offered to n young man for
enlistment and life in the military serV-
ice of the United States, and require.
nents for enlistment. He said appli-
cants must be between Is and 80 years
of good character, temperate habits
a BILE bodies, free from disease, and must
be a BILE to read. write, and speak the
English language. Young men between
is and q will only be enlisted with
The consent of parents or guardian, and
married men will only be received up
on approval of the rcgimcnta! or post
commander TO get into the engineers
81 signal corps, something of a techni-
al education is required, including a
high school education. The minimum
weight for all arms of the service is
IFS pounds. and the maximum weight
80 pounds. except in the cavalry, where
the maximum weight Is 165 pounds. The
minimum hight Is feet inches for all
arms of the service. Extra height In
the infantry. coast artillery and engi
7eers is not considered OF special inn
aortance; but in the cavalry. feet ~
inches is the limit. In field artillery,
Seet is the limit. All soldiers receive
rom the government without cost lin
addition to their pay) rations, clothing
bedding. medicines and medical attend
tnce. Cash pay for enlisted men III
he army ranges from SIS to SIS per
month, and pay and allowances of a
frst sergeant of experience amounting
TO what would be an income Of 500 III
civil life.
GONIlN uOuSs SERVICE,
For continuous service the pay of
enlisted men is increased as follows
viz: For those whose initial pay Is S36
Or. more an Increase of 81 Il month fol-
md during the second enlistment, and
\ further increase of 81 Il month for
and during each ubsequent enlistment
tp to and including the seventh. Flo,
those whose initial pay is SIS, 81, s24
z II $40. an increase of IS a. month for
md during the second enlistment and
~ further increase of SO II month for
ind during each subsequent enlistment
Up to and including the seventh. For
those whose initial pay is s1b or SIG. an
Increase of So a month for and during
The second and third enlistments each
md further allowance OF 81 q month
for and during each subsequent enlist
ment up to and including the seventh.
When a soldier re-enliSts within three
months from the date of discharge at
the termination of an enlistment period
his service is continuous for the pur-
pose of the. increase of pay. When Il
soldier has been honorably discharged
At the termination of his first or any
succeeding enlistment period and re-
enlists after the expiration of three
months he is regarded as in his second
enlistment, and soldier who receives
IN honorable discharge for the convent
.nce Of the government after having
.,arved more than half of his enlistment
is considered MS having served an en-
istment period
FOREIGN SERVICE
The pay OF enlisted men Serving be-
yond the limits of the states comprising
the Union and the territories of the
United States contiguous thereto Eek.
cepting Porto Rico and Hawaii" Is in.
creased 90 per cent. and the time of
such service Is counted from the
states to tho date Of return thereto
Increase accrues on additional pay for
hangth of service. sunntrs, expert rifle
men, casematc electricians. etc.
Whenever q soldier Is honorably dis
charged at the expiration of his term of
enlistment. or on account of disability,
his travel-pay Is ample to carry him to
the place OF enlistment BY care and
economy a soldier can save from his
clothing allowance n considerable sum.
payable to him on his discharge. The
soldier can deposit his savings in sums
of not less than S. with any army pay
master. and for sums so deposited for
the period of six months or longer, the
soldier. on his discharge will be paid
interest at the rate of per cent per
annun. These deposits are not forfeit
able except by deScrtion.
RETIREMENT OF SOLDIERS.
Soldiers who have served honestly
and faithfully for 20 years. or who have
been discharged on account of wounds
received or disease contracted in the
line OF dLty, are entitled 10 admission
to the soldiers Home in the city OF
Washington, Distct of Columbia. Aft.
er 30 years service enlisted men are
entitled to be retired, and upon retire.
ment Will receive three-fourths of the
monthly pay allowed to them by law in
the grade they held when retired. $3.50
a month additional as Communication for
clothing and subsistence and 1926 a
month additional In lieu of quarters.
fuel, and light. In computing time for
retirement credit will be given to a
soldier for double the time Of his actual
service in China Cuba, Philippine is
lands, Island OF Guam, Alaska, and
Panama. A certificate of merit for dis
tinguished service entities a soldier to
81 a month additional while in the
army, whether on the active or the re-
tired list.
In case an enlisted man on the active
list dies from wounds or disease con-
tracteU in line .f,f RI m, hi