The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-07-07
Additional Pay Per Month.

Casernate electrician 8
Observer, first 8
Plotter 8
Co4sWaln y
Chief planter Z
Cnlet loader z
Observer, second class ............... Z
Gun commander Z
Gun pointer z
Surgical assistant 5
Expert rlneman b
Nurse =
Sharpshooter 3
First class gunner 8
second class 2
Marksman 2
Dispensary assistant ................... 2
Certificate of merit 2
VIII Additional Pay.
On the first re-enlistment each priv
ate in the United States army gets So
additional pay each month, and this Is
increased for each succeeding enlist
ment. 1t will be seen from the table
that men who qualify as good shots,
or who, because Of .their capabilities,
are given certain positions, receive an
increase Of monthly pay. 1t may also
be said that each enlisted man who.
serves in the aviation corps receives an
addition Of so per cent In his pay while
he Is On duty that requires him to
participate regularly and frequently in
aerial flights, or while holding the
rating Of aviation m%echanician.
The regular army Of the United
States dates back for its organization
to the year 1889, when 1t was a body
of men barely 500 in number. Prior
to this time there was a force, the
units Of which were paid by the diff
ferent states, or 1t might almost be
said colonies, for it was not until 1879
that the United States as the United
States came into existence. The fed
eral government took W. a part of
these state forces and formed the orig
inal regular army.
The regulars fought Indians from
the very start of their existence as an
organized body. They made a fine
record for themselves small as were
their numbers In the war of 1872. Later
they took up the work of guarding the
frontier, and the history Of the army
for years and years was n of self
sacrifice, of devotion to duty, and Of
achievement in the fields so far re-
moved from civilization that the people
never realized what their little force
was doing for them. To the fact that
the high work of the regulars was done
for so many years in remote fields was
due the lack of the peoples apprecia-
ton of the heroism of their standing
army.
Long List of Achievements.
1t was the regulars who suffered In
the Fort Dearborn massacre on the
site Of Chicago over a hundred years
ago; 1t was the regulars under Major
Dade who in Florida, hopelessly out
numbered and ambushed, fought until
almost the last man was killed, the
Seminole Indians under the fine leader
ship of one Of Osceola's chieftains. 1t
was the regulars who went to death in
the country Of the Rosebud under the
white chief, Custer; 1t was a little
band Of regulars who met Big Foot and
his warriors on Wounded Knee creek
in 1890 and won the fight after appall-
ing losses. 1t was the regulars who,
fought Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Chief
Joseph, and who followed Geronimo,
The Kid, and other savage Apaches,
into the mountain Businesses Of Next
co. 1t was the regulars who from the
beginning until the present day have
dared everything for their country.
Their record Is a magnificent N
The regular army Is now being
brought up to a war standard of
strength. When the ranks are full
there will be following the colors as a
part of the regular establishment some
285,000 Americans. Any young Ameri-
can today has an opportunity to be-
come by volunteering a member of this
devoted band. 1t means service, and
hard service, but it also means high
service, and in all human probability
glorious service. Hardships there will
be in plenty; dangers, a multitude, but
there are the co~mpensations of service
that is service, and of a sense Of
patriotic duty done in a field of life
into which devotion to country calls
the young American.
Organization of the Army.
The organization Of the army today
is different from the organization of
other days. In the old days there was
no aviation service and little or no
signal service of any kind. The med
ical service was crude; the artillery
had not become the great factor in
warfare that 1t is today, and there was
less specialization along all lines Of
military endeavor.
Let us take the American army as 1t
Is provided for under the law of today,
a time when we are In war with a
great military power. OF course it
must be remembered that in addition
to the regular army we shall have the
great new national army, the National
~Guardsmen, the navy and the Marine
corps to help us win in the fight for
the liberty of the world.