Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
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Opportunities That Are Open to
the Enlisted Man.
HIS PAY AND HIS PROSPECTS.

nIS TAI ANU ITO TnVST6Vl Dc
Even as q Private He Can Run His
Salary Up to $35 a Month, and az =
"Noncom" He Can Double That and
In Time Retire Rich and Pensioned.
There are many opportunities open
to the man who enlists in the United
States army and wears the uniform
Of Uncle Sam with honor to himself
and his country. The pay is good. the
food is good, and the chances for adj
vancement are numerous. 1t is up to
the individual man himself to make
good and 10 take advantage Of the
situation.
Writing in the Columbian Magazine
on army affairs, Edward Marshall in
| discussing the status of the enlisted
! man says:
Summarized, this is what q man
who thinks of marching for his Uncle
Samuel as an enlisted man has to con-
| slider:
On first enlistment the soldier for
Old Glory nowadays gets $15 month.
far better pay, for instance, than the
average clerks, for board. lodging and
clothing are furnished BY the govern
ment IT he qualities as marksman
he adds 50 to his pay; if as sharp
shooter he gets So in addition; II as
an expert riheman full third more:
| Thus he may at once get $40 monthly
cash and found if he is able and keeps
busy.
i If be enlsts as musician he gets
s21 monthly to start of with, the
highest rockies" pay. In the signas
corps. the hospital corps and the en-
gineers corps first class privates get
SIS monthly, and second class privates
get SIS.
Upon enlistment every man is allow
ed $S3.7O for his uniforms. etc., and
afterward 1884 twice annually. At
Yeast one.haf the men save money on
their clothing allowance, which is more
than ample. Privates' pay increases
So a month for each three year en-
listment An expert rideman who
never gets to be a petty officer, there
FORE can run his pay up, with good
conduct and intelligence, to $35 a
month and all his necessaries found"
In five enlistments covering fifteen
years.
Noncommissioned officers are taken
from the ranks ON recommendation of
their company or troop commanders
and are often given their posts upon
their first enlistments. These men are
J really we'll paid. A sergeant major Is
allotted to each regiment. he receives
} $45 monthly when he is appointed and
81 additional per month each time he
re-enlists Regimental commissary SET.
J geants. regimental quartermaster's sers
geants and the three battalion SER
geants In each regiment get the same
high pay. Each company has first
J sergeant at $45. with an increase Of
81 upon re-enistments; second SER
{ geant at $36 with So increase for each
re-enlistment; a corporal at $1S. with
J So each for re-enlistments. The gov
: eminent acts as banker for the SOL
diers. too, if they desire to have it, and
:, noncommissioned officers have left the
: service with as much us $4,000 saved.
! not one. but many. II he sticks tighy
: to the service for full thirty years a
f noncommSsoned officer is entitled to
!. retirement on pay ranging from one
. half to three-quarters Of his service
g pay. Seventy dollars monthly is not
; unusual pay for 'noncom" to retire
). on. And every year of service seen
outside the United States counts as
two years at a home post \ man,
6 therefore, after fifteen years of service
;. in the islands may retire on his half
: pay.
The food the 'noncoms' and the
other enlisted men are given is whole
y some and well cooked. the medical at
tendance free and able. post and gar
rison schools have been provided at
all posts for the primary branches,
and at several posts trade schools
y have been established. A worthy
man. no matter where be may be sta
: toned. is almost certain to get trans
fer to a "school post" if be asks for
it. Cooking. baking. blacksmithingv
veterinary surgery, electrical and sta
tonary engineering. all are taught at
\ these trade schools. as well as many
other things Thus a boy who has
q had little chance to get an education
j, may. after he has joined the army.
/. get very good one.
;. There seems to be but one thing.
q which army life does not offer to the
;, enlisted man. But that one thing is
= home.
In its degree indeed the life of the
9 enlisted man now offers more induce
; ments than the life of the West Point
q er. The commissioned officers pay Is
n small when his expenses and the eff
= fort he must make to get commission
= ed are considered. and furthermore
9 the noncommissioned officer Is not so
= subject TO political influences as the
;, West Pointer. who gives him his COM
mands
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