The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-05-01
Voluntary Enlistmen's
Open For !. S.
Army.

Word has been received from Ma
jor A. r. Emery, recruiting officer,
Central officer. Salt Lake City, who
is in charge of recruiting in the dis
trict covering the entire state of Utah
and the southern half of Idaho, that
voluntary enlistments are now open
for all branches of the U. s. army
This includes infantry cavalry. ar
tillery, different staff departments,
medical corps, aviation tank, and mo-
tor transportation corps, etc.
The enlistment period for rsonlist-
ed men, that is men who have had
previous service ether in the regular
army. national army, or federalized
national guard, is one or three years.
Men reenlisting Immediately are en-.
titled to the discharge bonus travel
pay of five cents a mile, and a thirty
day furlough. Then there is the
three year enlistment for men serv-
ing their first enlistment. Any man
enlisting for three years and desiring
service overseas will be sent on over
seas service almost Immediately. In
this connection the government has
just called for $4,000 volunteers for
overseas service these men to re-
place those now serving with the A.
e. F. and DESTROYS OF returning to
their business life. which they left
at a personally sacrifice In answering
the governments call for men during
the war.
Men enlisted for three years,
though serving their first enlistment
may be discharged on the competition
OF one years service. The details of
the regulation covering this one year
discharge for men in the first enlist
mentare now being worked out by
the War Department.
STATIONS OF THE UNITED,
STATES ARMY
Different organizations of the U. s.
army are at present stationed in the
following places: All over the Unit
ed States. China, Philippines, Haw-
allan Islands, Alaska, Panama Canal
Zone, besides those forces engaged
in active service overseas in France
and Russia. An enlisted man at
present has more opportunity to Sc
lect the branch in which he will serve
and location in which this service
shall be rendered than ever before.
The pay is still on the war basis,
the lowest rank on his first enlist
ment getting thirty dollars, besides
his food, clothing, lodging, and med
ical attention. II you compute the
pay of an enlisted man, giving credit
in money value, 70 rthe things which
he is furnished. you will see that 1t
amounts to about one hundred dol
lars per month, his thirty dollars ac-
tual pay is velvet. spending money,
with the exception of that paid out
for laundry toilet articles. etc.
A man with proper attitude under
the conditions offered by the Army
may live clean self respecting life.
improving himself physically as well
as mentally. The conditions that will
shortly exist in the regular army will
be quite an improvement over those
that have necessarily existed in our
war camps and cantonments. The
army will soon again be stationed at
its regular posts, where men are
housed in substantial modern bar
racks, each organization company.
troop, battery OF other detachment)
having Its own amusement room,
which contains such things as books,
periodicals, monographs. pianos. pool
tables, etc. At the proper season ath-
letic games of all kinds are encour-
aged. They will have baseball. bas-
ketball and football teams and every
means is afforded SO that the
men may live healthful and pleas