Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-03-04
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U. S. ARMY ADVANTAGES.
What Uncle Sam Offers to Ambitious
Young Men of Coed Habits, Not
Afraid to Work.
U. S. ARMY ADVANTAGES

Since the visit of Recruiting officer
NJ. G. Brien to Norwich Monday, the
Bulletin has had number of inquiries
regarding enlistments and army life,
young colored men as well as white
men asking for information.
A number of promising young col
ored men have enlisted during the last
few months at the New Haven recruit
ing station, 500 Chapel street, with
First Lieut.. G. Y. Heidlt, recruiting
officer, U. s. A., but others are needed
to complete the ranks, as the telegram
indicates. The recruiting office at 756
Main street, Hartford, and that at So
Cannon street, Bridgeport, also report
to Lieut. Heidi
An enlisted man receives free board,
lodging, clothing, medical attendance,
| medicines, baths, lights, and the ad-
vantases Of schools, libraries and
gymnasiums, etc. Full pay and al
lowances while sick and while on fur
Tough. He has no doctors bills. A
pension for life if permanently injured
or incapacitated in line of duty. A
steady job for from three to thirty
! years. or longer, if desired. Retire
ment after thirty years service with
| q government check each month for
| S2g.25 to $50. according to grade held
| at time of retirement. In computing
service for retirement each year Of
| foreign service counts asl two. Each
receives during enlistment a clothing
allowance of S172.52. This will buy
| all the clothing needed and allow a
saving of $40 to SIS or more which
will be paid in cash upon discharge
| During a second enlistment this saw
| ing can be doubled. Each man is
| paid upon discharge four cents per
mile from place of discharge to place
| of enlistment.
The pay is from SIS to $99 per
month, depending on rank and length
| of service, with 20 per cent. increase
for foreign service. Ali necessities are
! furnished free by Uncle Sam and
man can spend his pay or deposit it
| with the government and receive per
cent, interest per annum.
| Applicants for first enlistment must
| be between the ages of Is and 35
years. of good character and temper
ate habits. able bodied, free from dis
ease, and must be able to speak, read
and write the English language.
No person under IS years Of age viii
| be enlisted, re-enlisted, or accepted
with view to enlistment, and minors
| between the ages of Is and II years
must not be enlisted, nor accepted with
view to enlistment, without the writ
ten consent of the father, only surviv
| ing parent, or legally appointed guar
dian, to the minors enlistment.
AS Private Brien pointed out, Uncle
| Sam is q pretty good father to his boys
who are not too lazy to work or too
! Indifferent to give DIP bad habits for
a busy, useful life, and offers special
inducements to pharmacists, must
clans, bandsmen, electricians, clerks,
bakers, cooks, BARRIERS, tailors, shoe
makers, tea49sters, carpenters, black
smiths, farriers and other mechanics.
A favorable opportunity is offered
active, intelligent young men of tenn
| perate habits, who may enlist as pri-
Yates and develop the necessary quail
fcations to secure promotion to be
| commissioned officers. There are in the
army over 500 commissioned officers,
ranging in rank from general officer to
| lieutenant, who enlisted as privates
and obtained commissions ir this man
! ner.
| Private Brien left circulars, etc,
with the postoffice force and carried
| back a number of inquiring letters
| from eastern Connecticut young men,
who see in possible enlistment an op-
portunity for advancement