Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23
Corporal From Recruiting
Station at Boise Spends
Several Days in Town
Enlisting Men for Service.
TRAINING AND
GLORY IN ARMY
Several Branches of Service Which
Offer Opportunities for Young
Men Who Want to do Their Part
in Winning the War

Corporal H. A. Waybright, from
the army recruiting station at Boise,
was in town several days the first of
the week, interesting the young men
of Mountain Home in the various
branches of service in which enlist
ments will be accepted at this time
AS a result of his canvass, Clarence
Barrett enlisted in the infantry and
Fred Averill as a teamster behind
the lines
While here Corporal Waybright
gave some interesting explanations
of the different branches of service
and gave the Republican the follow
ing data in regard to three branches
of the service in which large num-
bers of men can now be used.
The pay is $50 per month for a
private and a much higher rate for
non-commissioned officers, There are
plenty of chances for men who take
an interest in the service to be pro-
noted The government furnishes
free, food, clothing, medical attend
ance, gymnasium and library priv
ileges.
Married men may enlist the same
as single men. The government has
made ample provision for the de-
pendents in the allotment and in
surance law
United States Guards.
Under authority conferred by sec
tion 2 of the act of congress ITO
authorize the President to increase
temporarily the military establish
ment of the United States, approved
May IS, 1917, the President directs
that there be organized for the period
of the emergency the enlisted
strength being raised and maintained
not to exceed $4,000 men, United
States Guards, National Army The
duty will be guarding war supplies
and places that are of special value to
the government.
The guards will be clothed in army
blue uniforms, for which there is no
need in the regular service during
war times. They will be armed with
Krag- g-Jorgensen rifles$ and other
equipment not suitable for modern
warfare. AS far as possible the men
will be detailed to service in the
immediate neighborhood of their
homes. Each battalion will be COM
manded by a major from the list of
those classed as unavailable for ar
duous campaigning in Europe.
Men who are eligible for this unit
must be beyond the draft age and
not more than 40 years old. Except
former soldiers with service in the
regular army who may be taken up
to As years with permission of the
war department. Applicants must
have had service in the regular ar
my, Spanish-American war, PHILIPPINE
insurrection Boxer campaign, navy,
marine corps, and men with exper-
police departments. Men actually
engaged on police and fire depart
ments cannot be taken without con-
sent of the chiefs of departments.
The war department intends where
practicable that men will serve in
the vicinity of their homes.
Infantry.
The infantry is the largest branch
of service in the army. 1t is COM
posed of foot soldiers, but these men
are of the greatest Importance to an
army. Unlike the cavalrymen or field
artillerymen they have no horses to
care for. This branch of the service
offers splendid advantages for mil
itary training and promotion.
This is the fighting branch of the
service and real -blooded men are
wanted who want to go "over the
top" Old soldiers will tell you that
the infantry unit is the very best
branch of theservice, especially for
those who have. had no military ex-
perience.
In war time most of the COM
missions are obtained by the men In