The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-07-27
RECRUITING OFFICERS
APPOINTED FOR IDAHO
EFFORT TO BRING IDAHO REeI.
MENT UP TO MAXIMUM
STRENGTH.

Captain Spoerry, of Bonner's Ferry
Captain Cupp, of Caldwell and Lieu
tenant Shadduck of Occur d'Alene are
commissioned with the task of bring
ing the Second Idaho infantry up to
war strength, 1870 men, or, If they
cannot do that, to see that it does not
fall below its present strength. They
are the officially designated recruit
ing officers by the war department for
Idaho. Captain Spoerry has been or
dered to open a recruiting station at
Pocatello; Captain Cupp at Caldwell
and Lieutenant Shadduck at Occur
d'Alene. They are now awaiting the
arrival of transportation from the
war department. All three are in the
city and have reported to Adjutant
General Moody.
While every effort will be put forth
to recruit the Second Idaho to war
strength, the recruiting officers will see
to 1t that the regiment does not fall
below its present strength for should
1t happen to do SO there would be a
possibility if not probability, of the
Second Idaho being divided into units
and these units assigned to other regi-
ments. Nothing like this is going to
happen, however, If the recruiting Of
Ulcers can prevent it. They will need
the cooperation of all Idahoans in
their work.
Recruits are Needed.
Recruits are needed to fill up the
ranks made vacant by death, sickness,
disqualification or otherwise. 1t is
very probable that shortly the war de-
partment will proceed to relieve from
duty those married men woh have de-
pendents so that unmarried men may
take their places. 1t is understood not |
to be the desire Of the department to |
Keep such men in the service longer |
than seems necessary.
To protect the state from the un-
necessary great expense of transpor-
tation back and forth, of applicants
FOR enlistment who will be rejected on
rigid examination because of defects
which should have been recognized
before any expense had been incurred
IN their account, Col w. w. Wood,
surgeon for the regiment,
las issued the following instructions
q recruiting officers:
/. Age: They must be between Is
md 35; if under 81, must show ply
sique of maturity.
2. Height and weight (stripped):
They must be at least GA inches in
height, and should weigh about two
pounds for each inch in height up
o 81 inches with three to seven
pounds for each added inch. The min
mum weight should be at least 125
pounds, unless the applicant is we'll
mature, active and Wig
'rous.
g. Chest: Chest should be well
ormed and well proportioned. Elk
'ansion at least two inches, with more
VI oudCu ACLSiL GDONc VI luCIleSs
Heart and lungs must be normal, free
rom disease, from tachycardia, or
'ther irregularity of the heart.
4. Vision and hearing: Vision
hould be normal, not less than 2O-30
light and 20-40 left, with correction
o normal by spectacles. Hearing must
e normal. Each eye and each ear
aust be tested separately with the
Their eye or other ear excluded from
he test.
S. Limbs and joints, and hands and
eet: All the joints of all the limbs
fingers to shoulders and toes to hips
must be supple.
Disjualiflcations: Deformities and
'ss of power or motion from old
r recent injuries; fractures or dislo-
atoms. Total loss of either thumb.
otal loss of any finger but little fin
er. Loss Of two palanges of any
NO fingers of same hand. Loss of
reat toe, or of any two toes on same