Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-22

fOun& men OF the ARMY tnat may
have a desire to desert when de-
pressed by inconsistencies or other
cause should study the fate Of Lloyd
DUR, son OF Edward Durr, Of Win.
chester, Ind. The youth. at the age
OF seventeen. year ago left his
homo and enlisted In the Coast Ar
tillery Of the Regular Army. He was
large for his age and would pass for
twenty-one. After enlistment he
was sent to San Francisco. He had
never been much away from his fam
lily and was particularly attached to
a brother, aged fourteen, and II was
not long before he fell prey to
Inconsistencies. He then did the fool
ish thing OF deserving last March.
Afraid to 20 home, afraid to COM
municate with his family. he be-
came what he thought an outcast.
lie wandered from place to place. Az
last he found himself at Girard. o.
There his dead body was found lying
by the railway tracks few days
ago. It Is supposed he was killed
while trying to board train. I'm
der an assumed name he had manag-
ed to get word to his father. who
had urged him to go to a recruiting
once and give himself up. but the
boy felt too keenly the shame his
descrtion had put upon him to take
tn way out OF his trouble and face
IT,, who had known him. It was
onl, by the merest accident, that his
body was identified and saved from
the potter's field. There is les
son In this youths experience for
every soldier who Is tempted to es-
cape the duties he has sworn to per-
form. However hard they may be.
and however lonesome young man
may deem his lot in field or post.
his condition is nothing compared
with his lot II once he steps outside
OF his oath and becomes a deserter
There is every opportunity In the
Army for the ambitious man to bet.
ter himself. and promotion to a com
missioned rank Is always open tc
him, by means of hard study and
close application. Social entertain
ments and athletic contests furnish
means Of relaxation and diversion
which the enlisted man. who has mo-
a tendency to moroseness, can avail
himself of to make life pleasant AM
varied. There Is always the posi-
bility before a command OF being as
signed to foreign duty. which mean
travel and change Of scene. Ever,
young man ought to remember thii
that the man who cries quits 30 ear
| ly in life in the Army will amour
to little In civil life later.
Practice Camps for BOYS.
Sidney Reid devOtes the thirty
third article In his series on "Ol
Brooklyn and New" in the Ne,
York World. to the subject of For
Hamilton. In II he includes a lette
from Gen. George w. Wingate, com
mending Mr.. Reds Idea Of estab
fishing camp on Governors islam
for the training of the high schoO
boys OF New York In rife shootin
and military drill. III they had
range on Governors Island" say
General Wingate, 81 would endeavo
to use for practice by the boys. an
could undoubtedly get permission.
Understood from General Wood tina
such a range would be erected whe
the improvements are completed. Blu
at present there is nothing OF te
kind near New York city. now tina
Creedmoor has been closed" ~
; New York state" adds Mr.. Reid, Nv
should have fifty of these summe
camps for turning boys into mer
and In the United States q thousan
OF them. II would take the listle,
ness out Of the boys. teach them ho'
to stand, to march to take care {
themselves In camp, to endure fat
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