Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22

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 The Swiss forces citizen army. Every citizen is liable to serve with sne colors at any time from his twentieth to his fortyeith year.
 The forces are divided into the Arszug, Or elite, the young men up to the age of thirty-two; the Landwehr, or first reserve of soldiers from thirty three to forty years old; and the "Landsturn' or second reserve, of men from forty-one to forty-eight yeas of age.
 The cantons corresponding roughly to our states: recruit the infantry field artillery, and cavalry. while tho Ccnfederates inroll the engineers, guides, sanitary and administrative troops.
 Uniforms and equipments arc furn- isEed by the cantons but the federal government reimburses them for these, and also supplies the troops , with arms.
 | Every man keeps his uniform and rifle at home and here it is guarded more closely than tho family bonds | or the baby. There is a yearly in- 1 spection of armament and equipment. at which every soldier has to appear and show that all his implements of ! war are in good order.
 | Every man IS at liberty to decide whether he shah serve in the infantry or cavalry, a number of the latter | pe ociding his own horse. Rich and | poor march side by side and mcrch- ant may find he is private under corporal who is his emploue in peace | time.
 The recruits of each year are sent 10 one of the schools for recruits located in different cities. Here the infantry receives siXty-five days pre- liminary training, the cavalry ninety dcys. field and mountain artillery seventy-five, engineers seventy-flVe. transport men forty-five and ambu- lance men sixty. The instruction is imparted by a , special corps of instructors added D! the officers of the higher and lower rank in the small standing army. Since 1907 the cavalry and all the branches of the Auszug must attend a repetition course of eleven days every wear. The Landwehr forces have n repetition course every four years. e
 The Swiss are especially proud of their rifle shooting. Every reserVlsl must do a certain amount or rh!c pys sctice each year and his record 10 carefully kept. Every village to2' has it's rifle club, or "SchuetZehsese' lschaft." It will be remembered 'ha' the Swiss took the worlds chain- rjoniship on the occasion of tne rli1e shooting con est at Camp Perr!' Ohio in 1913, and that this was the rteenth time out Of sixteen tiia, ,ho little nation had captufed shi9 co1 eted honor. 1;f.
 The Swiss army is run on very i' t1e money-bv American stahoatus,, Cn}v the instructors, the genera staff and a few other officials receNe ,eoular salary. The reserve or, F,eers receive pay only for the perioo re their brief training. me priVa,G when on duty has his travelihS '.,e 1e living expenses paid and se.s aiso cents a day. The recruits or all ;ces receive only ten cents oay, ,;st,, st, if is recorded that many .nA .';, s,y;ss youth has returned to HIS ;., H. ,.so ,ot inc end of his tralninS "i'n aimost every centime of hls pay.
 The United States army cos's ,hile do,lar per inhabitant a year times inc Swiss army, forty-fout ,,at;on lsrAer a proportion to pop"''' 'N''' cnsts $2.25. .,.o, ,,,st become
 Every Swiss citizen mus. M ,,S;ca,lv uJaI reservist unless he is phSs,oad E,sa and rrfit or less than five feet one aA cre-nalf inches tall, r.;, torces
 The officers for the SWISS SWISS lr,er There are trained in several schoo4s. r,'nr. mn ;s central military college at .n,s ,,, q tor the instruction of officers oi 'Ae