Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27

If all men had the training that
Reginald De Lancey experienced
and received there would be fewer
derelicts in the world. At twen-
ty-one years of age he was liV-
ing with his wealthy father at
the Carleton. in London. The elder
man was a civil engineer and a
builder of steel bridges. Naturally,
he had little time to watch his son.
who is sent to an expensive but
worthless military school. where all
he learns is mathematics and naviga
ton, largely through his natural ca
pacity for such studies and his own
industry and mental activity.
Finally arriving at the point where
he found that nothing more could
be taught him in this typical school,
he begs his father to let him enter
the latters business. The young
mans parent writes him that it is in
convenient for him TO allow his son
TO leave his studies for another year.
This is the last straw The boy de-
cides to run away. His father had
Just sent him a cheque for $40, and
this he cashed and fastened to New
York. His treasures he had bestowed
upon his schoolfellows. even his be-
loved dog Togo.
Reaching New York. the boy buys
thousand mile mileage book for
Chicago where he stops week.
Then he goes to st Louis, Kansas
city and Denver. At last after a
month Of travel and sightseeing. he
hurried on TO San Francisco, his fund
of 800 having dwindlCd to 50 There
he gets a berth as member Of the
crew of the barkentine Josephine,
4 ,,
the second mate, who assaulted him.
lands him in that seaman's place
after the captain, to his astonisb-
mont, discovered that the stalwart
young sailor could take a reckoning
better than the first mate.
At Yokohama Rex. as he was
called, leaves the barkentine with $50
in his pocket and a mates certificate.
Thence he goes to Toxic and Maya
sak. Here his money gives out again
and he secures a berth as third mate
of ship bound for Singapore and
Manila Here he falls in with some
United States soldiers and he decides
to join them and enlist for three years
i'm the United States Army, which he
does. The company TO which he is
assigned is d. Company of The
Tenth Regiment, ordered TO Mindanao
to check the unruly conduct of a Ger
tain Dato of the hills. His gallantry
there and the fact that his superiors
find that he knows as much of the
tactics of the United States Army as
they themselves soon advance him
to the rank of corporal. Then, for
rcscuing q wounded Comrade under
fire, he is made a sergeant.
The campaign ended. the regiment
to (FuXrifn fThnpa Y px
becomes disgusted with idle barrack
ife but before he leaves the army
he determines to advance higher. He
obtains permission to take the exami-
ration for rank as an officer in the
'egular army. The tests he passes
With ease and he is at once commits
,ioned as a second lieutenant. The
,eXt day he resigns from the army,
treaty. surprising his fellow officers
md disgusting the privates who are
,roud of his distinction.
With the money he has saved Rex
hen makes a tour of India, and from
here he goes to Europe via the Suez
lanai and the Mediterranean. While
n Alexandria his funds give out and
he American consul procures him a
position in a large shipping house as
Rex. by this time, speaks
french, German, Italian and Spanish
we'll, and he has a very fair knoWl-
,dge of Chinese, Japanese. Tagolog,
-rdu and Arabic, as WELL besides, a
splendid presence, a constitution of
ron. convincing manner, his mates
certificate and a commission as a
second lieutenant in the United States
army.
After visiting Paris and reaching
London-hiS positiOn as Interpreter
having replenished his eXchequer and
enabled him to leave the East-he
suddenly appears in his fathers office,
4 magnificent figure of manhood.
Thus ends the first period of Rex S
career. To say that his
nasterful parent is proud of him is
quite beside the mark.
Rex had not been long in London
before he came to the conclusion that
ne must have a university education.
He takes nickel from his pocket and