The sun., 1919-06-16
j. S. STARTS DRIVE
FOR $4,000 ROCKIES
Extra Inducements Offered to
Volunteers for Nations
Peace Army.
UNIVERSITY IN KHAKI
Figures Cited to Show Eco
nomic Advantages Of Serv-
ing With the Colors.
Young man, 60 East !

Young man, 60 East
Pick out a skilled trade that YOU
would master, decide what part Of the
world you would like to see, enlist for
three years In the peace army OF the
United States. and when you quit the
service---if you are the right kind OF
man-you will have your trade. you will
have gained wide experience and been in
parts of the world you never expected to
see and, again IL you are the right kind
Of q man, yuo will have money In the
bank
In simple terms this Is the advice that
hundreds of recruiting sergeants in Nifty
two Of the largest cities in the country
are to hand out this week to youths and
men Of the right type, but who through
circumstances or accident have not de-
cided upon any definite line of endeavor
The War Department wants &c, 200
men Immediately for service in France
and along the Rhine as a replacement
army to take over the duties Of the
American Expeditionary Force, and it is
with this objective that nation wide
recruiting campaign is being conducted
Many of the men who are returning from
overseas duty are offering themselves
for reenlistment in the pence army. but
many Of them ind 1t necessary to return
to their homes and take up work where
they left of.
The war Department feels that these
men are entitled to discharge, and that
IN many cases they are OF moro potential
raiue to the nation in the period of re-
construction at their old lines of in
dustry than In the service, but their dis
charge makes necessary the creation of
4 great volunteer peace army. to men,
bers Of which the Government is now
prepared to offer far greater facilities
for Industrial education along skilled
lines than was possible during the build
ing or maintenance of the American
Evolutionary Force.
II Is for this reason that the War De-
psrtment has paraphrased Horace Gree
isys famous remark and advises: Go
East, young man, 90 East"
Campaign Opened.
ne recruiting campaign, which opens
ahis week, will be handled in the met
rcpolitan district from two main Offices
IN New York city, one at 46l Eighth
avenue and the other at rs Third ave.
nue. In addition there have been es,
tabllshed Offices at 14e Ashland place
Brooklyn, and 112 Newark avenue, Jer.
sey City. At each place a stan Of non
commissioned Objects Will Dc Tcduy u
give every sort Of Information to youth;
who want to avail themselves OF the op
portunity offered for a free education
travel and adventure during the mex
three years.
The War Department officials fee
that the unusual attractions offered anS
the opportunity to see something OF tn
world while history is being written dur
ing the reconstruction period Vill ap
peal strongly to the great numbers o
young men who year ago were jus
below the draft age land whose you'll
alone kept them out OF the army befor'
voluntary enlistments ceased.
In a recent article on the creation o
Americas peace army Secretary OF Wa
Newton d. Baker wrote:
There is only one way to secure tn
necessary number. and that Is to max
service In the army so attractive tho
men will seek it. There u again a chote
OF methods. One is increase Of pay aud
emouments. and the other is the presri-
tstion OF opportunity which will apfal