Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-27
I. Volunteers Wanted.

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l21 and also those between the
lagos of 81 and who have not
reached their 41st birthday are
eligible for voluntary enlistment.
The enlistment period is for:
Period Of the Emergency Unless
Sooner Discharged. At. the
close of the emergency, should a
man decide to re-enlist, he may
do so, and each time a man re-en-
lists he increases his pay. Alien
listments in the Regular Army
are made at the grade of Private.
la Private receives $4,000 per
month, and when taken into con-
sideration that he receives his
board, clothes and medical atten-
ton free, it is equivalent to a posi-
ton in civil life that pays from
$1,000 to $4,000.
Because of the fact that a man
|ismarried, is no bar to enlistment.
Our Government has made pro-
visions for the support of the fam
lilies of married soldiers. One
half of a married soldiers pay is
allotted to his wife, in addition
the Government gives her $500;
for one child $1,000 is added, for
the second child $3.50 and $500
for each additional child up to
and including the sixth, Fifty
dollars is the limit of the Family
Allowance plus one-half of the
husbands pay.
A man enlisting in the Army
is entitled to the benefits OF the
Government system of Insurance.
He may take out from one to ten
thousand dollars of insurance, at
a cost less than the rates charged
by Insurance companies in civil
life. In case of death the person
to whom the policy is made out
to, receives the amount of
the policy in monthly Install
ments covering a period of twenty
years. If the soldier be perman-
entely disabled he receives the
amount of his policy in monthly
, installments covering the same
period, plus affixed compensation
which varies from $4,000 to $780,
: 90 according to the extent of the
disability.
: The following branches of the
7 Service are now open for enlist
ment:
: Infantry; called the Queen OF
: Battles. The Infantry are foot
soldiers and are trained in the
5 operation of machine guns and
+ also hand erenades, in fact every
t thing destined to make the
Boche'S life miserable.
Field Artillery: The Field Ar
ltillery are trained in the use O.
mobile artillery, some in the ust
of horse artillery and others il
guns that are moved by tractors
Coast Artillery: The Coast Ar
tillery are the men behind thu
big guns in our coast defehse'
and are also used in handling thu
guns of large calibre mounted OF
railway trucks.
Quartermaster Corps: Thu
Quartermaster Corps is charged
with the supply of the Army, rat
ions, clothes and supplies of al
kinds are furnished by thi
branch of the service.
Engineer Corps: This is tn
destructive and constructive
branch of the Army and bridg'
building, road building, railwa.
operation and maintenance ar
only a part of their duties.
Medical Department: The Med
ical Department is charged witt
the care Of the health Of OH
troops. Ambulance drivers, phar
macists, nurses, and cooks are
few of the different kinds of mel
fused in this department.
Those who are interested i
any branch of the Army will b.
given any information they ma,
ID desire by calling at or writing t
e 1.-THE Army Recruiting Station