Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-24
SUBJECT TO RECALL.
Seventeen Army Enlistment
Term Is Ordered.
FOUR IN ACTUAL SERVICE
Soldier Then Is Transferred to Re.
serve for Three Years.
OTHER ALTERNATIVES OPEN
Order to Recruiting Officers Goes
Into Effect November Add
vantages of Service Cited.
OTHER ALTERNATIVES OPEN

Adjt. Gen. George Andrews has issued
an order to all recruiting officers that
after November l all enlistments in the
army will be for a period OF seven years
instead of three years. as at present. This
is the first application to the recruiting
service of the provision inserted by Con-
gress in the last annual army appropria-
| ton BILL as the outcome of a long strug-
gle between the General STAFF Corps and
| former Adjt. Gen. Ainsworth.
While the full enlistment term will be
seven years hereafter only the first four
years will be In actual military service
After that the soldier. il he does not care
to re-enist for another seven-year period.
will be furloughed and transferred to the
army reserve. without pay or allowances,
but subject to recall to the colors at a
moments notice.
Alternatives Open to Soldiers.
The following alternatives are open to
q soldier who may be thus enlisted:
At the expiration Of four years contin-
| uous service with organizations. either
under first or any subsequent enlist
ment, he may be re-enlisted for another
period of seven years. in which event he
| will receive his final discharge from his
prior enlistment; or
At the expiration of three years conun-
| uous service with such organizations.
either under a first or any subsequent en-
| lstment upon his written application ne
may be furloughed and transferred to the
army reserve, in the discretion of the ~ec-
rotary of War. in which event he Will not
| be entitled to re-enlist in the service until
| the expiration of his term Of seven years:
or.
Subject to good conduct and physical
fitness for duty. upon his written appiica-
ton to that effect. he will have the right
of remaining with the organization to
which he belongs until the completion OF
his whole enlistment, without passing into
the reserve.
Advantages of Service Cited.
AS an inducement to enlistment in the
army. Gen. Andrews states some OF the
advantages of military service as follows:
All soldiers receive from the govern
ment during active service. without cost
Tin addition to their pay). rations. CLOTH
| ing. bedding, medicines and medical at
tendance.
Soldiers who have served honestly and
| faithfully for twenty years, or who have
been discharged on account of wounds re-
! ceived or disease contracted in the line
| of duty, are entitled to admission to the
Soldiers Home in the city of Washington.
| D. c.
After thirty years service enlisted men
are entitled to be retired. and upon re-
tirement will receive three-fOurths Of the
monthly pay allowed to them by law In
the grade they held when retired, $3.50
month additional Communication for
clothing and subsistence and $S.2S a month
additional in lieu of quarters, fuel and
light.
A certificate of merit for distinguished
service entities soldier to 81 month
additional while in the army. whether on
the active or the retired list.
Benefits to Widow.
In case an enlisted man on the active
list dies from wounds or disease not the
result of his own misconduct, his widow
or any other person previously designated
by him is entitled to an amount equal to
six months pay at the rate received by
him at the date of death. less $50 or such
part thereof as is expended by the gov
eminent for interment
A favorable opportunity is AFFORDED FOR
active intelligent young men of temper
ate habits. who may enlist as privates
and develop the necessary qualifications,
to secure promotion to the grade of a
nom commissioned officer. Unmarried SOL
diers under thirty years of age, who are
citizens of the United States, who are
physically sound. who have served hon.
| orably not less than two years in the
army and who have borne a good moral
cha racter before and after enlistment,
| are permitted to compete. by examina-
| ton, for promotion to the rank Of second
| lieutenant.