The sun., 1919-06-16

TO young men as educations, opportunity
appeals to them"
Tho War Department has chosen the
second plan In the belief that it will
furnish the stronger appeal to American
youth and attract more men Of the type
the service wants to foster.
Full cage advertisements that win ap-
pear from time to time during the pres
ent week in all the leading newspapers
OF the country will give - the par
ticulars regarding service "a lie new
army. Whatever information may not
be included In the Advertisements may
ra"fS-' &c had at any one Of the re-
cruiting offces.
In a few words the War Departments
plans are outlined In it's announcement to
create a university In Khaki" a great
school where skilled training in any
one OF 100 or moro technical lines may
be had absolutely free by the enlisted
man who signifies his desire to join
up. Earn While You Learn" Is to be
the slogan used. and the picture Of an
honorable discharge, with certiflcation
OF finished apprenticeship in a we'll
paid trade, three years of experience
and travel, new and firm friendships,
something substantial put by and new
and definite outlook on life Is what the
department holds out as the prime In
ducement to the service It wants to ill
Tive Methods Discussed.
or the two methods Of attracting
young men to the service-the first Of
higher pay and the second Of greater
MISUNDERSTANDING Baker in the
article referred to says:
by the nrst of these suggested al
ternatives the army would be brought
Id A
basis Of pay purely as a colpmercial or
Industrial proposition. Service would be
regarded ~ work. enlistment as a
Job, mad the whole spirit of doing
something for America would be absent.
1.-THE second p,nn, however, presents
possibilities gof the most inviting kind.
The peace time army should In fact be
made up OF young men from IS to 81
years OF age. Their period OF enlist
ment should probably be for three years
and enlistment ought to be limited to
the years IS to 10, SO that the termina-
ton Of the three year period would
come at the ages Of Fl and %.
"For the most part instead of study
Ing mountains, rivers and highways. the
modern wsr college will study electric
ity. chemistry and physics. and its maps
will be charts Of the Industrial estab-
lishmenb Of the nation suitable for the
producfsin at the highest speed of vast
quantities OF intricate and move, devices.
Sound-ranging devices, anti-submarine
protection and gas warfare are apt IL
lustrations Of the essential characters
| tics Of modern combat.
THAT there must be obedience sub
ordination and discipline goes without
saying. hut these virtues In a modern
army must rest upon comprehension and
intelligent consent. An army in peace
7 time shotld not be a thing alienated
from the common interests Of men, but
should be a part of the life of the ma
ton. The boy. who in the future goes
Into the army should, to hiss people at
home, be { boy who has gone to school,
and who after graduation will return
with addsd capacities for civilian use
fulness"
To the kind Of men Uncle Sam wants
he is PREPARED to offer much including
n choice BIZ the service he wants to en-
ter and 4 pretty fair chance of going
to the particular spot in this world
that the may have been hankering to
see.
Replacement troops are now heing re-
cruited for immediate overseas service
in FRINGE and to relieve the American
Army OF Occupation along the Rhine.
Their will however be plenty Of oppor-
tuni6 FOR the youth who wants to see
T'anlma, Hawaii. the Philippines, China,
Alaika or Siberia.
Has EconSmic Argument.
fhe War Department has decided that
firures talk n tho matter Of obtaining
eflistments just as much as In making
at appropriation bills. and It Is going
o appeal to the class of men It wants
With n strictly economic argument II
asks of youths OF eighteen, nineteen or
twenty:
|, Can you pay all your expenses from
4, your present income and have a dollar
a day left overT'
In a pamphlet prepared at recruiting
headquarters from actual statistics
gathered from men in various branches
| of the service 1t Is shown that the op-