Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-07-06
Additional Pay Per Month.

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Chlet loader z
Observer, second class ..,............... 7
Gun commander
Gun pointer Z
Surgical assistant
Expert riheman D
Nurse .
Shnrpahooter 3
first class gunner
second class amer Z
Marksman z
Dlspensary assistant ................. 2
Certificate OF merit 2
Win 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. It 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 I'm the aviation corps receives an
addition of 80 per cent in his pay while
he is or duty that requires him to
participate regularly and frequently in
aerial flights, or while holding the
rating OF aviation mechanician.
The regular army OK the United
States dates back for its organization
to the year 1889, when It was n 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 1t was not until 1883
that the United States as the United
States came into existence. The fed
eral government took over a part Of
these state forces and formed the orig
lnal regular army.
The regulars fought Indians from
the very start of their existence as an
organized body. They made q fine
record for themselves small as were
their numbers in the war Of 1912. 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
Dnde 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 chleftains. It
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 Mexi-
co. 1t was the regulars who from the
beginning until the present day have
dared everything for their country.
Their record is a magnificent one
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,OO0 Americans. Any young Amerl-
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 I'm all human probability
glorious service. Hardships there will
he I'm plenty dangers, a multitude, but
there are the compensatlOns of service
that is service. and OF a sense OF
patriotic duty done In n 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
teal service was crude; the artillery
had not become the great factor In
warfare that It is today, and there was
less specialization along all lines OF
military endeavor.
Let us take the American army as It
Is provided for under the law Of today,
a time when we are In wal with a
great military power. OF course II
must be remembered that I'm 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.
The regular army OF the United
States upon the present war footing
consists OF 64 regiments OF infantry.
20 regiments Of cavalry; 20 regiments
Of field artillery, a coast artillery corps,
brigade, division, army corps, and army
headquarters, with their detachments
Of troops; a general stan corps, an