New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
w John Flfrcth watkins.


A TITLE before your name, pre-emi-
~ ncnce in tho favor Of milady falr'
Il n a career Of fuss and feathers brass
buttons and gold lace; the guarantee oil a
home and salary so long as you shall hNe
honorably. and when YOU die free iunerai
with brass band thrown in-young man.
haukercst thou for these?
n dost. sit up now and take lively notice
likewise nota hene, For II you are sun
onjoying single blcssedness ana are neither
under onc-and-twenty nor above one
score and seven; II YOU can stretch up 10
feet I'm your naked feet and tip the beam
I'm accordance with your stature; ii you
can exhibit chest bellows that has
manly circumference and eXpansion-why,
for aught that YOU know YOU may be one
Of the 80 lucky fellows upon whom Will
now he heapcd the honors and slores OF
such a picturesque career.
As a result Of the recent increase or that
service the army now finds itself snort OIL
over 80 more second lieutenants than west
Point can supply. So TO fiji these vacancies
appointments will have 10 he made from
enlisted men In the ranks and from eligible
young men in civil life.
on September the final examination for
all candidates will be held al the various
military posts throughout the country, ana
II YOU are a citizen Of the United States
answering the requirements specihed-also
some more in the bargain-now. perhaps. Is
your chance 10 add a military handle TO
your name and 20 carn-suitable for franz
ing and hanging upon the wall-an en-
sraved commission signed by the Presi-
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tho Senate thereof
In the filling Of these vacancies-accord-
Ing to the law and the propbets--prefcrence
over the man in civil life must be given to
the soldier in the ranks. If the latters mt
ness for promotion shall have been deter
mined by competitive examination But
tho chances I'm this exceptional year APP
pear 10 be that $50 civilians will be needed
after tho mon who work up from the ranks
have qualified. 50 there now are eXcep-
,ional opportunities for our young men who
have never shouldered a musket or flour
ishod sabre in the paid service Of the
United States Of America.
There are lots of irs and outs to be I'M
dorstood before YOU can get even so far as
the examination room. The first step is the
filing Of an application with the adjuiant
general Of the army at Washington. This
done YOU are merely an applicant for
designation" and 1t rests with the War
Department whether or not TO grant YOU
the status Of a candidate for eXamina-
ton" Your application must state your
date Of birth. citizenship, marital status
and the branch Of tie service in which you
aspire 10 become an ofiI.l whether the in
fantry. cavalry. field on coast artillery.
Then if your statement is satisfactory you
Will be authorized TO report for eXamna-
ton AT some military post as near TO your
home as the department can arrange.
The course of sprouts through which you
must now be put will depend upon the
diplomas which you can show. II YOU can
not prove yourself a graduate Of a first
class university or military college-if you
ere a mere graduate of the university of
experience or the college Of hard knocks
YOU must. before September ., run the
pantlet Of preliminary mental examina-
ton" differing according TO whether You
aspire 60 enter the mobile army or the
coast artillery II YOU would become an
infantry. cavalry or field artillery lieuten-
ant this preliminary test Will include Eng
llsh grammar and photography. algebra.
geometry and trigonometry, geography and
history. But II YOU would enter the coast
artillery the examination in mathematics
Will be made SITTER by the addition OF cal