Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-15
ARMY CAREER
OFFERS MANY
INDUCEMENTS
PAY OF ENLISTED MAN Is GREATER
THAN IS HAS EVER BEEN AND
CHANCE Or PROMOTION is
GREATER THAN BEFORE.
ARMY NEEDS MORE AND MORE OFF,
GERS AND A MAN WHO is READY
FIND a PLACE WAITING FOR
HIN IN A SHORT TINE.

AT the present time 4 military career
offers the most alluring inducements to the
young man Of good morals and good
health. The pay Of the enlisted man j.
greater than it has ever been and the
chances OF promotion are better. The
Texas national guard offers 10 the ambi-
tious, strong and capable young man prob
ably a. good, If not better, opportunities
than any other profession. Men between
the ages of Is and 10 years have an al
most unlimited opportunity IN the guard
for advancement. There j. no limit 10 the
heights a man may reach in the Texas
national guard If he j. capable. Efficiency
will rule the army. The man who proves
himself more competent than hi brother
soldier i bound to advance. The army
viii need more and more officers. While
the nation J. training men I'd heroine Of
Ulcers. II j. almost an impo~sihility "a train
a sufficient number but that there will al
ways be vacancies which the man III the
ranks can obtain il he l. competent. Many
of the men in the regular army have risen
from the ranks. Brigadicr Gencral John
y. l%Iulen, commanding general Of the Tex
n national guard began hi- military ca
reer r. 4 private ia the national guard.
Others could be named who began their
military careers n privGteS. The army
j Ike any other profession. one must hc-
Gin ut the bottom. and, ike in other pro
tes~ions. the competent. capable and hard
working man reaches the top.
While the enlistment in the guard i now
only for the duration Of the war. those
who enlist VIII lay The predicate IN. II they
desire, continue IN a service which will
develop them mentally. physically and in
a business way. For the army II 4 hu.i-
ness. Men make n life study of military
tactics. They devote wears and years to
military affairs and when competent they
rise 10 high office. ANY enlisted man who
shows IN aptitude for handling men. will
readily become a non-eommis,ioueI Off
Ger. If he proves capable enough. and
can pass 4 mental and physical cvamina-
tion, he can become a commissioned Off
Ger.
The remuneration in the guard. also.
compares favorably with the average pay
Of men outside the army. Besides his nav
each month. the soldier II furnished with
lodging. food, clothing. When the pres
ent high cost Of everything H. considered.
il viii Ia found tho enlisted man \. far
ing better than the average man on the
outside. PrivateI IN the guard receive
$4,000 per month. fir~t-cla~- privaieSl
$500. buelers $4,000. cooks $1,000. me-
chanic~ and corporalS S33.00. -erueants
$4,000. supply sergeants and mes. ser
geants $1,000 and first ~ergeants S53.00l
per month. ~ the soldier il furnished
with a home and food. hi nay j, practi-
in the vcrnacular Of the street, ryd-l
During the Spani~h-Amcrican war 4 pri-
vate received Sl3 per month and underl
the terms Of q bin enacted in congress 20
per cent was added 10 this bringing 4 pri-
Yates pay 10 S15.60 while a sergeant re-
ceived S2l.60. Today the privates' paw
j. practically double what it was then a.
n the pay Of q sergeant.
When II il considered that 4 private can
draw $50 per month. board and room. and
n not at the great expense as i the aver
civilian. il appears the national guard
IS a good business profession for the av-
man. And then Texas needs Won.
The state and nation are calling. Men
needed. They are responding. and
companies of the national guard 1T Texas.
are being organized throughout the state.
more and more are needed. The re-
m no win progress. Every young
man who has the welfare Of the state and
nation at heart should go ut once 10 a
recruiting Sattion and offer himself ~ did
torcfathcr> and fathers IN the othar
wars IN which this nation has engaged
fathers and forcfathcrS will ~
OF their sons If they fail to pro
the free country IN which they live.