The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-03-09
IN The Interest Of Recruiting For
The Regular Army.

ing their utmost influence torecruit
the Regular Army to the strength
authorized by law. Do not over
look the fact that the Regular Army,
as well as volunteer army, is
composed of volunteers, and that
both form a part Of the Army Of the
United States. The Regular Army
Is already organized but needs adj
ditional men now. A volunteer
army, in addition to the Regular
Army, can be organized only under
special authority Of Congress and is
not in existence at present Under
the laws in force tile conditions Of
service as to term Of enlistment and
opportunity for return to civil life
after service with the colors are
practically equal in the Regular
Army and in volunteer army.
The regular soldier serves 3 years
with the colors and is then entitled
to furlough to the reserve, which
relieves him from further active SER
vice in time of peace. He is also
eligible in time Of peace to be fur
Laughed to the Reserve after one
years service with the colors if he
reported by bis immediate COM
nander as proficient and sufficient
ly trained, aai is serving within the
continental limits of the United
States. Thus under normal condi-
tions, the maximum service with
the colors in the Regular Army, at
the option Of the soldier, is three
years and the n minimum service with
the colors is one year. Under the
law, the term OF enlistment OF the
volunteer" is three years, but
these volunteers will be mustered
out in less time if peace is restored
or the menace OF war ceases. 1t i
unlikely that the minimum time o.
service with the colors will be less
than year. A man who enlists in
the Regular Army is Immediately
placed in training under competent
instructors and under officers whe
know how to care for him and how
to teach him his military duties in
the shortest possible time.
The First Regiment of Infantry
was organized 1913 years ago. The
Second Infantry was organized
March 3, 1871; the Third and Four
tn Regiments Of Infantry Septem-
Der A, 1892; the Fifth and Sixth
Regiments of Infantry July is,
1898; the Seventh Infantry May
II, 1915; the Eighth Infantry July
5, 1888; Ninth and Tenth Regi-
ments of Infantry 1855; the Infan-
try REGIMENTS numbered from
Eleven to Twenty three, inclusive,
were organized in May, 1861. All
these Infantry Regiments, as well
as those organized since the Civil
War, are organizations in which
anyone may he proud to serve
Nearly all Of them now need from
200 to 400 additional men.
All able bodied unmarried male
citizens under 50 years Of age who
desire to prepare themselves for the
military service in the National De-
tense, and who have no one depend
ent upon them for support, may be
safely advised to enlist at once in
the Regular Army-the great mill
tary training school Of the Nation
and the back bone" of the first
line of land defense.
Should organizations which have
been Professionally enrolled with At
view to rendering their services for
the National Defense desire to en-
list as a body in the Infantry of the
Regular Amy, Recruiting Officers
viii be promptly sent, upon request,
to the home rendezvous of the or
ganization to accept those who may
be qualified, and all those men who
desire to serve together, will upon
enlistment, be assigned as far as
practicable, and within the limits
of existing vacancies, to the same
regiment. All enlistments made in
this manner must necessarily be in
and in the grade of private.