Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-08-04
BADGERS MAY GO
TO REGULAR ARMY
WISCONSIN BRIGADE OFFICERS
SEE BIG CHANCE IN SOL
DIERING AS PROFESSION.
GOOD PAYING POSTS OPENED
euardsmen Become Eligible to Draft
for Positions as Second Lieu
tenants in Federal Service.
Pay Is $17o Month.

San Antonio, Tex.-A number of
officers of the Wisconsin National
Guard may not go back home when
the Badger soldiers are released from
service on the border. The indications
at present are that many Of the off,
GERS of the state troops will join the
regular army and make soldering
their profession. Attention of the
the Wisconsin officers has been turned
in this direction by the announcement
that General Funston has received
permission from the war department
to draft second lieutenants in the mill
tia service to second lieutenants in
the regular service.
Under the recent army bill all sec
ond lieutenants in the regular service
were made first lieutenants and the re
suit was that the entire regular army
is at the present time without second
lieutenants. officers figure that it is.
a great chance to be drafted into the
entire service and especially among
the younger officers that matter of
transferring is being seriously con-
sidered Second lieutenant's pay is
$170 a month.
The authorization from the war de
partment will make room for hundreds
of second lieutenants. In the regular
artillery especially there is great
need of lieutenants. 1t is not known
whether or not an examination will be
required of militia officers desiring to
enter the regular service, but it is the.
opinion from the tenor of the advice
from Washington that no examination
will be required.
Each correspondent in camp with
the Wisconsin brigade must give bond
toinsure that he will send to his paper
nothing but correct reports of the
events in the Wisconsin camp. This
is the order of Genaral Richardson,
commander of the Wisconsin brigade.
Every newspaper correspondent also
must file his credentials at headquar-
tiers.
Sanitary Rating High.
A report from a reliable source says
that the Wisconsin troops are to be
given the highest mark for sanitary
conditions of any state soldiery in the
country.
The sanitary officers of the Wiscon-
sin brigade have worked unremittingly
TO bring the sanitary conditions of the
camp to such a state that there would
be no room for improvement. There is
not a speck of refuse in the whole
camp. And as result there is no
place where flies or other disease car
ryfng insects may feed. Carelessness
VIII not be tolerated.
Because Gen. Richardson is anxious
70 have the guardsmen learn how to
shoot, the Wisconsin soldiers will
probably go to Leon Springs before
gong to New Braunfels. Part of the
Illinois troops are now at Leon
springs, and the Wisconsin troops are
expected to go there when the Illinois
men return to Fort Sam Houston.
Badgers Know How to Shoot.
Army officers here were surprised
"hen they learned that Wisconsin re-
crutts had all received some instruc-
uon In target practice before leaving
camp Douglas. Practically no other
state soldiers had such training before
being sent to Texas.
Every recruit had some practice on
the Wisconsin range. This was not
gwen with the view of making them
niarksmen as the time was too short,
out 10 familiarize them with the rifle
"s many of them had never had an
army rifle or any other kind of rife
III their hands before enlisting when
Aoolllzation was ordered.
ms training will be big advantage
70 the Wisconsin men when they are
.aAen out for rife practice in Texas.
any men in other regiments will
lave TO start where the Wisconsin
en started at Camp Douglas, with
1ue inevitable result that the Badgers
VIII stand in the lead.
Change Guard Mount System.
II mas been the custom in the Sec
una and Third regiments for the days
suara to be selected from the various
'lpanles. In the future one COM
pony VIII furnish the guard and regi-
Irien'ai details for twenty-four hours
pany B of La Crosse was the first
upany selected to furnish the regi-
enIal guard for the Third infantry.
pU Herman A. Rupp was officer of
Jay and Lieut. Emil o. Schultz,
0 -. of the guard.
ioliow1ng promotions have been
--souneed in Company G of the Sec
'AQ Infantry: CorporaI Aueust Arens