Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-07
FOUR RECRUITS
FROM 4 States
ONE-FIFTH or TNLlSTMfNIs
COME FROM FORMER SOLDIERS.
DESERTION BIC QUESTION
Sailors DO Not Have Temptation TO
Hike Tint Resets the Man Who
stays on Shore.


-Four new recruits were accepted
yesterday nt the Tulsa 4. s. army re-
cruiting station, Uncle Sans new
men are John H. Busker, Bailcyyi le,
H., infantry; Walter Appleby, Collin T.
VILE, Tex, coast artillery; Clarence
j.. Hummcl, Curiun county, Pennsyl-
vanla, Infantry, Louis hirkwood,
Walsh county, Indiana infantry
Both Buskor and Appleby arc pre-
vIous service men this having been
the second enlistment Of each. At
least one-fifth Of the recruits taken
In are e-eulistments, answers Ser
geant Roby Of the recruiting stu II
to those who are prone to twii t e
army officials about the prccontnge
OF deaertions each year.
But how to reduce the few number
Of dosertions among sailors and sol
diers is Il ,rlous problem, For years
officials of the two departments hNNo
been trying to make NE more pleasant
to enlisted mon, with the result tat
the percentage Of dcJertiuns has been
materially decreased. But the con-
trolling forces in each department
want to go even further, They want
10 stop desertlous entIvcly
Assistant Secretary Hickman Win
throp Of the navy department and Nal.
Gen. I.comrd wood. who are advo-
eating IA change In tho systom, are
meeting strong oppo ition from The
old limo officers OF the army and
navy
Under tho law n n man Ia found
guilty of descrtlon he Is sentenced In
ime OF war To- death, ana In time o.
peace to a period at hard labor on
nom one to two years, after which he
is dishonorNbly discouraged from the
service, deprived of citizen nip and
may never thereafter cast vote or
hold n position of public trust The
law gives the Officials Of the depart
ment no discretion In the matter once
man is convicted Of csaertion and
sentenced.
It Is probable that tho navy causes
less trouble in e. niEar Of deser-
tion than the army Some attribute
this to the fact that the life Of the
sailor Is a lnfle moro attractive an
that of the soldier. Sergeant l.. @.
Roby, I'm charge OF the recruiting
work for this district, takes eNcel ON
90 this statement Sergeant Noby
states that IN his opinion II the de-
sertions are fewer III the navy than
IN the army II Is because there Is
not the temptation imposed upon the
seaman,
According to the Tulsa officer a
suilor is only allowed shore leave oc-
casionally. when he goes on shore
he has his chance to desert, but ms a
rule when sailor soN on shore he
has his jeans FUN OF money aud In
having good time forgcts any dlsa-
grecanlc things which may have gwen
him the incd1utlon to depart into reg
tons unknown.
with the soldier It Is different lie
IS practically at liberty every day
IN the year II he gets a little pit di f-
gusted with something, away he goes,
Both branches showed "A decrease
during the fiscal y"lrs OF l909-l9lO,
ns against tho yehs preceding H.
fince the time OF war with SPAN
During the fiscal year ending juno
20, 1910, there were 2,Nll dese't ms
In the navy as oguiust 3,lS4 for the
year preceding Yet there were 9t7
more mon IN the navy In the year
ending Juno 80, 1910 than in thC
wear before. In the army there were
Ai6l dose,tons last year, Whllr th'r'
were moro than 5000 the year ''iorr
The percentage or desorlion Ter t''
fiscal year ending Juno 8O l'lO was
S,Od per coet Tho year pr'c'dlnp
497 per cent of the enlisted men de-
serted.
Gcucral u. c. Ainsworth 0dIutnn'