The Brunswick news., 1916-10-25
Many Have Held Back as Long
As the Troops Remained at
Camp Harris But Will Go Now
AS They Are Sure of Seeing
Border Duty.
Hereafter All Men EnIisting Will
Be Sent at Once to Fort Ogle-
thorpe Near Chattanooga
Where the Wait for Trip to
Front Will Be Short.

Georgia's S militiamen on the way to
the border are looking forward with
much pleasure to the trip to Texas,
and from the accounts sent back by
The Field artillery which arrived at
El Paso over a week ago. the expert
ence IS one well worth while 1t is
thought that recruiting will be greatly
stimulated by the troop movement.
First Lieut.. Walter Mangum, of the
Coast Artillery Corps, in charge of re-
cruiting for the district stated yester-
day that he looked forward TO a
healthy increase in enlistments. as
MANY want to join the militia but did
at Macon. Lieut.. Mangum forwarded
two men to Fort Oglethorpe yester-
day. They were Benjamin j. Green.
Of Meter. Ga. but recently of Doug
las. and Lee Burt Arnold. of Broxton.
Under the abolition of the mobillza-
ton camp at Macon all men We're sent
There. Now the men viii he forward
ed to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. just out
OF Chattanooga, Tenn. and sent from
that place to the border in patches.
The men are given their final exami-
naticn at Oplethorpe and are there
fitted out This relieves the regi-
mental quartermasters Of this work
and upon their arrival at the border
the now men are ready to start on
the ;" tour of duty.
Interest in the militia has picked up
noticeably over the entire district
since it became positively known that
| the Georgia troops were going to
the border. An evidence cf that is
interest is the large number of men
who have been applying to the local
station. During the past week Lieut..
Maneum has accepted eight men and
| turned down considerably over that
number.
Sergt. Augustus Johns who has been
on a canvassing trip along the A. B.
and A.. railroad as far as Douglas
will return to the city this morning
and it is expected that he will bring
several men with him. Private Hinc-
I ly will leave today for Baxley where
he will spend several days and from
will return TO Brunswick the last Of
next week.
Corporal John J. McCarrol who has
been on duty with Lieut. Mangum left
last night for Macon where he will be
mustered out Of the recruiting ser
vice Corp. McCarroll will Immediate
" re-enlist for the general hospital
lcorps and proceed to the border. He
has had considerable experience in
nurs' 'ng and is delighted with the pros
pect Of the change While on duty
hnre Corp. McCarrOll did good work
and made numbers of friends who re-
greet to see him leave Brunswick.
Lieut.. Mangum believes that the
boys c3 the district are just awaken
ing to the advantages to be obtained
from the militia. The term of service
with the colors in only three years
and the mon secure all the advantages
offered by the government to the men
in the regular army. Th pay IS liber-
al According TO stat t'stics the salary
paid private is equal to $1,000
monthly in civil life This is true be
cause Uncle Sam furnishes clothes.
lodgings medical attention and every
necessity and the men have all their
salary clear In addition shooting
qualifications carry extra money. A
marksman gets $500 extra monthly
sharpshooter $500 monthly and an
expert rifleman $500 monthly for the
entire period Of the enlistment A first
class private gets $500 extra monthly
and this is in addition to the extra
pay for his Workmanship If he has
qualified. Corpcrals and sergents get
additional pay and besides can also
qualify with the rifle. Altogether the
National Guard offers an exceptional
opportunit'. TO the average young man
and many OF them are taking advan
tage OF it.