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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. CHANGE FOR HIGH Always an Opportunity for En listed Men to Secure Commissions. WELL PAID AND CARED FOR Food, Clothing, Lodging and Medical Attendance Provided Many Who Have Entered Service as Prlv ates Have Gained High Rank. By EDWARD B. CLARK, Washington. "In the regular army, or This lino Is from a song In praise of Uic regulnrs which 1m ns old ns the nnny Itself. It Is tho pride of tho regulars to say thut they are always ready und It would seem to tho civilian who reads tho history of tho standing army that tho pride Is not misplaced. There seems to bo throughout the country a misunderstanding concerning enlistments In the regular army today. Tho registration of men between tho ages of twenty-one and, thirty-one for possible selection as soldiers in the now national army docs not In any way prevent the registered mini from enlist ing today In the regular army, the navy or tho Murine corps. There Is still a chance for a man to become a volun teer and by becoming one to enter the ranks of an army which has made his tory and will continue to make It so long as American lighting men tuke the Held. in the regular army the enlisted man Is ussured of a line quality of leader ship. He Is under the command of men who know tho war gamo from Its beginning to Its end and who under stand thoroughly how to Instill it strict discipline which Is good for the men and for tho service because, while necessarily strict, it has for Its spirit a kindly consideration and u knowl edge of tho needs of tho soldier. More over, tho regular army olllcers know how to care thoroughly for the health of their men. Thoroughly Trained Leaders. It must not be understood from this that tho new national army will not bo well led nnd well cared for, but In the regular service the entire person nel of the commissioned ranks Is that of men who have had the best kind of training with special reference to the guidance of those who shall bo under their control. In the national army lit each organization thero will bo sonio regulnr olllcers, whoso duty It will bo to Impart to tho newer olllcers tho things which they havo learned by long experience. Both services will bo of the highest order. Tho young man wo enlists In tho reg ulnr servlco has every chanco of pro motion. Ho enters as a private, but there Is on opportunity for him while still an enlisted man to secure a posi tion which will pay him $81 a month In addition to his entire support so far ns food, clothing, lodging nnd medical nttendnnce aro concerned. Tho gov ernment gives all theso things gratis. Thero Is always an opportunity for enlisted men of .the United States nrmy who aro mentally and physically alert to secure commissions, and there by to pass from tho ranks of an en listed man to that of an olllccr, and bo assured of a profession for tho rest of his life. Enlisted men who re main enllBted men In tho army can re tire after 80 years servlco with good pay and allowance. Pay In tho Army. In order that tho young man who desires to becomo a volunteer through enlistment in tho United States army, for probable llrst servlco In tho Held of tho present war, may know Just what his pay will be, the following tnblo Is given by which he can de termine nlmost at a glunco what his "monthly money" will amount to, und while studying tho tnblo he should re member that the government takes It upon Itself to keep him In food and clothing, to glvo him lodging and mod leal attendance nnd, n fact, to provide for htm ovcry necessary of life free of cost. Here Is tho table: i lor .... , Month. Private Private, second class. Mui;ler,3Q Privato, hospital corps (prlvnto medical department) , 31 Privato, llrst class S3 Corporal, artillery, cavalry, infantry! Saddlor. Mechanic, Infantry, cavalry, Held artlllory, mcdlcnl department. Farrlor. Wusoner 33 Corporal, englneem. ordnance, signal oorps, Q. M. corps, medical depart mcnt. Mechanic, coast artlllory. Chief mechanic, ftold nrtlllery. Musician, third class, Infantry, cavalry, nrtll lery, engineers ' , 35 Sergeant, artlllory, cavalry, 'infantry'. Stable BorKcant, Mold artlllory, Infan try, cavalry. Supply BerBeuut, Infan try, cavalry, artillery. Mess or Kcant. Infantry, cavalry, artlllory. Cook. Horseshpcr. Radio sergeant, llreman. Hand corporal. Musician socond class, Infantry, cavalry, artil lery, engineers. Musician, third etas military academy ,. ' jg Sergeant, engineers, ordnanco, slgnai corp, Q. M, corps, medical depart ment. Stablo sergeant, engineers. Sup ply sergeant, engineers. Mess ser geant, engineers. Color sergeant, Electrician sergeant, second class Bund sorgeant. Musician, first class Infantry, cavalry, nrtlllery. engineers! Musician, second class, military acad emy u Battalion sergeant major, Held artillery, Infantry. Squadron sergeant major. Sergeant major, Junior grade. Mustor gunner. Sorgeant nugler. Assistant band leader , 43 jtegimentai sorgeant major. Regimen tal supply Bergoant. Sergeant major, senior , grade. Quartermaster ser geant, Q. M. corps. Ordnanco ser geant, llrst sergeant. Battalion ser geant major, engineers, nattnllon supply rorgeant. engineers. Electri cian sorgeant, first class. Sorgeant, first class, cnglnoers, Q. M. corps, sig nal corns. Assistant onglneer. Musi. cln, first J's, military academy.,,. M SERVICE M AM Sorgonnt, first cUss, mndlral depart ment. Sorgeant, field musician, mili tary academy W Hospital sergeant. Master engineer. Engineer 71 Quartermaster sergeant, senior grade Q. M. corps. Hand lender. Master signal electrician. Master electrician. Master engineer, senior grado. Mas ter hospital sergeant. Hand sr geant and assistant leader, military acadomy SI Additional Pay Per Month. Mess sergeant 6 Casemate electrician 9 Observer, llrst class 9 Plotter 9 Coxswain 9 Chief planter 7 Chief loader 7 Observer, second class 7 Oun commander 7 Gun pointer 7 Surgical nsslstnnt C Expert rlllelnuti 6 Nutrc 3 Sharpshooter 3 Flint clans gunner 3 Second class gunner 2 Marksman 2 Dispensary assistant 2 Certificate of morlt 2 Win Additional Pay. On tho llrst re-enlistment each priv ate In the United Stutos army gets $3 additional pay each month, und this Is Increased for each succeeding enlist ment. It will bo seen from the table that men who qunllfy as good shots, or who. because of their capabilities, are given certain positions, receive an Increase of monthly pay. It may also be said that each enlisted mn 11 who serves In the aviation corps receives an addition of fit) per cent In his pay while he Is on duty that requires him to participate regularly and frequently In aerial Mights, or while holding the rating of aviation mechanician. The regular army of tho United States dates back for Its organization to tho year 17S0, when It was a body of men barely 000 In number. Prior to this time there was a force, tho units of which were paid by the dif ferent states, or It might nlmost be said colonies, for It was not until 1780 thut the United States as the United States came Into existence. Tho fed eral government took over a part of these state forces und formed tho orig inal regular army. The regulars fought Indians from the very start of their existence as an organized body. They made a fine record for themselves small as were their numbers in the war of 1812. Later they took up the work of guarding tho frontier, nnd tho, history of the army for years and years was one of self sacrlfieet of devotion to duty, und of achievement in the Holds so far re moved from civilization that the people never realized what their little force was doing for them. To the fact that the high work of the regulnrs was done for so many years In remote fields wns due the lack of the people's apprecia tion of tho heroism of their standing nrmy. Long List of Achievements. It was the regulnrs who suffered In tho Fort Dearborn massacre on tho site of Chicago over a hundred years ago; It wns tho regulars under Major Dade who In Florida, hopelessly out numbered nnd umbushed, fought until almost tho Inst man was killed, the Seminole Indians under tho fine lender ship of one of Osceola's chieftains. It wns tho regulars who went to death In tho country of tho Rosebud under the white chief, Custer; It was a little bond of regulnrs who met Big Foot and his warriors on Wounded Knee creek In 1800 nnd won the light after appall ing losses. It was the regulars who, fought Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph, nnd who followed Geronlmo, The Kid, nnd other snvage Apaches, into the mountain fastnesses of Mexi co. It was tho regulnrs who from tho beginning until tho present day havo dared everything for their country. Their record Is n mngnlllcent one. Tho regular army Is now being brought tip to n war standard of strength. When tho ranks are full thero will be following tho colors ns n part of the regular establishment some 1285,000 Americans. Any young Ameri can today has an opportunity to be come by volunteering a member of this devoted bnnd. It means service, nnd hard service, but It nlso means high service, and In all human probability glorious service. Hardships thero will bo In plenty ; dangers, u multitude, but there arc tho compensations of servlco that Is service, nnd of u sense of patriotic duty done In n Held of llfo Into which devotion to country calls me young American. Organization of the Army. The organization of the nrmy todny Is different from tho organization of other days. In the old daysNhore was no aviation servlco nnd tlttlo or no signal servlco of any kind. Tho med ical servlco was crude; tho nrtlllery had not become the grent factor In wnrfure thnt It Is today, and thero wns less specialization along nil lines of military endeuvor. Let us take the American nrmy ns It Is provided for under tho law of today, a tlmo when wo are In war with u grent mllltnry power. Of course It must be remembered thnt In nddltlon to tho regular army wo shall have tho great nuw national nrmy, tho National Guardsmen, tho navy nnd the Marine corps to help us win In tho light for the liberty of tho world. tho regulnr army of tho United States upon tho present war footing consists of flt regiments of Infantry. lifi regiments of cnvu'ry; 20 regiments of Held nrtlllery, a const nrtlllery corps, orignue, division, army corns, nnd nrmv headquarters, with their detachments of troops; a general stuff corns, nn adjutant general's department, nn In spector general's department, n Judge mivuviiiv genernrs department, n quar termaster's corps, n medical depart ment, n corps of engineers, nn ord- nance department, n signal corps, the ofilcers of the bureau of Insular affairs, n mllltnry bureau, the regular nrmy re serve, the corps of endets at West Point, nnd other Bmnller organizations used for disciplinary grades, service schools, and record depot detachments and for some other purposes. How It Is Commanded. An nrmy Is 11 huge body of men gath ered together for lighting purposes In different units of organization. An army when It passes u certain strength usually Is commanded by u genernl. Today there Is no general In tho Unit ed States army, but It Is probable that within a few months congress will re vive the rank und name somo ofllcer, who, taking the tltlo of general, shall linve supreme command of' nil tho fight ing forces In the field. An urmy Is composed of nnny cgrps. There may bo two or three or more corps In an army. Sometimes when there Is a huge number of troops In the field one general Is put In supreme coinmund while his forces nro divided Into severul armies, each one In com mand of a Ileuteuunt general. It Is likely that congress (noon will make MuJ. Gen. John J. Pershing a lieuten ant general und put him in command of the First corps, consisting of several divisions of troops, to seo servlco In France. A division of troops Is coinmnnded by a major general. It Is composed of several brigades, each ono of which Is commanded by n brigadier general. It Is possible for n brigade to consist of n combination of cavalry, Infantry and artillery, but frequently each bri gade Is composed of regiments nil of the snme brunch of the service. The typical infantry brigade, for Instance, consists of a headquarters and three regiments of Infantry, while a typical cavalry brigade consists of a head quarters and three regiments of cliv al ry. Composition of the Regiment. Kncli regiment Is commanded by n colonel, who has under him u lieuten ant colonel, whoso duties, lire rather nondescript, although his chief duty is to tnko the placo of the colonel In his nbsence or In cuso he Is wounded or killed In battle. Each regiment Is divided Into bnt tullons, and each battalion Is com manded by u mnjor. A battalion con sists of two or more companies, troops or batteries, and each company Is com manded by n cuptnln. In each coin puny there Is n first lieutenant nnd n second lieutenant, and complete com plement of noncommissioned olllcers, first sergeants, duty sergeants, und corporals. The company is divided into squads for purposes of Instruction, discipline, control und order, ench sqund consist ing of u corporal nnd seven privates. The corporal is the squad leader, and when absent Is replaced by a desig nated private. It might be said that from tho squad, consisting ns It does only of a corporal nnd seven privates, tho whole formation of nn army Is de veloped and In a sense regulated. Tho squad Is a small bnso unit from which armies tnko their growth by a series of developing steps. Men who enter the United States army ns recruits have the same chance thnt men had yeurs ngo not only to be come commissioned ofilcers, but to reach the high place of commnnd of all tho armies of their country. Does this seem to bo nn exagger ated statement? Only recently there died n lieutenant general of the United States nrmy who coinmnnded all the forces of Undo Sum. He entered the service as an enlisted man of regulars, going to a recruiting ofllco Just us any boy of today cun go to n recruiting oiflco there to don the uniform of n private, later to enter the ranks, nnd If It Is In him to work his way up to tho top. Private Goes to Top. On July 22, 1801, Lieut. Gen. Adna It. Chaffee applied for enlistment us a regulnr In the nrmy of the United States. There was nothing to dlffer entlnte hint from other young men who npplled dally at the recruiting olllcc. Ilo wns assigned as a prlvnto to Troop IC of the Sixth cavalry, un organization which exists today and in which John J, Pershing, now commanding our forces In France, saw his llrst hard lighting duty. General Chaff eo rose from private to sergeant, to first ser geant, to second lieutenant and through tho rest of tho ranks until ho wns made lieutenant gcnoral of tho United States nrmy, tho ranking ofllcer of Uncle Sam's forces. Chaffee was u soldier of tho highest order. Ills career In tho Spanish Americnn war was markedly efficient. He fought at San Juan nnd later wont to tho Philippines. Whllo there he wns ordered to tnko commnnd of tho Amer ican forces which were to Join the al lied forces In their mnrch on Peking, the forbidden city. That was ono of the most successful nud hard-working expeditions ever dispatched by the United States. Chaffeo won fame for his service. Within tho compass of his years In the nrmy ho had served in every rank barring that of corpornl. Of tho threo living lieutenant gen- i - 11... .11 V. erillH Ul IIIU miiijr, uii ui hhuhi mu uu tho rotleed list, not ono was a graduate of West Point. They all ennio up, If not from tho ranks, nt least from tho lowest commissioned offices, working tholr way by merit, until they received tho highest military honor possible un der then existing law, promotion to command of tho army with the rank of lieutenant "general. Tho fact that nil young men between tho ages of twonty-ono nnd thlrty-ono nro registered for posslblo servlco does not prevent their volunteering for serv lco In tho regulnr nrmy, the navy or tho Marino corps. There Is u chance for high servlco "In tho regulnr nrmy, O." VENTILATION OF DAIRY BARN Setter Health of Animals Ib Assured by Supply of Fresh Air King System Described. Moro of us every year are building barns with ventilating flues or put ting flues Into stables already built. Fresh air means better health in herds. Tho system described by F. n. King, tho Wisconsin uuthorlty on vontllu Hon, never bus been outclassed. It Is the natural way. In illustration, the movement of the nlr is shown by arrows. The pure nlr comes In above the animals and the foul nlr Is taken out through the out take shafts which have their openings down nenr the floor and extend up through the roof or to the cupoln. Some builders run tho -shafts straight up through tho roof, others run them up to tho roof and then over to the cupola, and some Join tho lower shafts nt tho celling and then use but one muln shaft to the roof nt ouch end as shown here. Tho galvanized metal shuft Is pre ferred by most dairymen who have used this sort of ventilating system. Air Pressure Is Shown at D. D. Fore Inrj Air In at B. B., and Out by Sue tlon at Top of Shaft A. A general rule seems to bo well tried out that thirty square inches of out take and Intake nrea are about right for each grown animal housed In the stable. This being true, there would bo needed two shafts, each 10 by 15 for a herd of ten cows. The inlakc openings should bo of the same area. A dnmper in the celling at O can bo opened If the temperature of the stablo grows too-warm. There can be no regular circulation unless there arc as many and as large Intakes as out takes. Also, the intakes should let the nlr in at the colling, or nbovo the level of the lower openings In the outtnkes or foul-nlr shafts. HANDLING MILK IN SUMMER Whether Intended for Table, Cream ery or Market, It Must Be Sweet, to Bring Best Price. It Is no trick nt all to l:eep milk sweet In cold weather. It may stay In the sun hnlf n day In December without nny damage, but in June and July It musj be handled very care fully. Whether the milk or cream Is intended for the table, tho crenmery, or the milk mnrkct, It must be sweet If It Is to bring the best price. To keep milk sweet Just two simple things must be very carefully looked after: (1) it must be cooled ns com pletely and quickly after milking ns possible, nnd (2) absolute cleanli ness of pnlls, pans, and cows must life secured. If this Is done, thunder storms will no longer sour the milk. Tho warm, damp weather which we havo Just before thunderstorms really does tend to cause milk to sour If It lino not been properly cared for. This souring tnkes plnco because lit tlo invisible plants called bacterln get Iiil It In dirt or by lurking In the cor ners und seams of poorly clenned pnlls nnd cans. Tho remedy Is plain. Keep the bacteria out by using seamless palls and cans and seeing that abso lutely no dirt or dust gets Into the milk In tho stablo or anywhere else. DAIRY PRODUCTS IN DEMAND Impossible to Buy First-Class Dairy Cows at $80 Per Head Breed Up tho Common Stock. Tho great demand for dairy prod ucts has caused the price of good dairy cows to be very high. Reports from associations of dnlrymcn show thnt It Is Impossible to buy first-class dairy cows nt even $60 n bend. With such n demand for cows In old dairy districts, thero will be few good cows moved Into now dnlry territory. So, tho only way new districts can bo sup plied must be by breeding up the common stock by tho uso of good dairy, bred bulls. ALFALFA FAVORED FOR COWS Amount of Protein Necessary to Feed In Form of Expensive Concen trates Is Reduced. (Dy PROF. J. C. KENDALL.) Whore alfalfa is available for dnlry cows tho amount of protein thnt Is necessary to feed in tho form of ex pensive concentrates Is materially and profitably reduced. For cows that do not give large yields of milk, n bal anced ration can bo mnde by feeding alfalfa hay and ensilage. This makes n home-grown rutlon thnt enn bo pro duced cheaply, a very Important factor In the economical production of dairj products. V J Foresighted Washingtonians Making Big Money WASHINGTON. These are boom days In Washington. The town Is run ning under full pressure. Fortunes nro being made. Every hotel Is full nnd hns been full for two months past. The club bedrooms are sjioken for weeks ahead. Apartment houses which n little while ago were only apartment houses nre now blossoming ns hotels. Foresighted people who rented evernl flats in anticipation of the rush nre getting rich onthe tran sient trade. Prices have gone sknllyhootlng. The casual finds the Washington bill of fare resembles thnt of New York In everything but vnrlety. IIousp rent Is mounting. Tuxlcnb men forget to turn on the meter when you go tnxlcnbblng. Walters bring the other man's orders to you, and a third man's bill, and do not stop "to argue. They haven't time. Fifty thousand more clerks will be needed here before the summer is over. Sounds like nn exaggeration? All right. Go out and try to locate 11 stenographer who enn tnko n letter for you In nny public pluce. A big munu fncturer typed his own letter to the war department the other day, after rent ing u typewriter on which to do It. He knew how, for he was once u prlvnto sccretnry. Others nre not so fortunnte. They stand nnd wnlt until the goddess of the mnchlne can tnko their dictation. Tho government seized upon a grent part of the available supply of stenographers when tho rush began. The others nre contented where they are or nre entering business for themselves. Three months ngo one of the government bureaus Jogged along nt Its own moderate pace with one clerk and ono stenographer. The head of that bureau did not think thnt anything could over disturb his pacific routine. Ho knew there wns a war In Europe, but he nlso knew thnt the United Stntes would never get Into thnt war. Then he found his people pushed Into It. Nowadays he Is the more or less perturbed manager of a force of 20 clerks and 40 stenographers, and his family Is growing. Diplomats Sticking Close to National Capital SUMMER resorts within automobile distance of Washington are huvlng unusual prosperity this season because of the war which is keeping many diplomatists as well ns officials in Washington. Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.; Washington they will remnln ut the embnssy, which will be kept open all summer, the nmbossudor Joining his family as often as he can leave his duties. The nearest neighbors nt Monterey to the ambassador and Contessn dl Cellere will be Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Johnson of Washington. The two plnces adjoin and occupy the center of Monterey circle. The diplomatic colony there this summer will Include the minister of Norway and Mine. Bryn, tho minister of Uruguay, Mme. de Pena und the Misses de Pena. Miss Ethel Hundley, dnughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Mason Hundley of Baltimore, whose engagement to Mr. Ilugp de Pena, first secre tary of the legation of Uruguay and son of the minister, recently wns an nounced, has passed her summers at Monterey since she was a small girl, and It wns there thnt she met her fiance. Tho minister of Salvador and Senora de Zaldlvar already have taken possession of the cottnge near the Monterey circle they have leased for the season, and Mrs. W. S. Carroll, accompanied by Miss Gruce Carroll, have moved to their cottnge. Notable Summer for ITH the president and Mrs. Wilson planning to remain In the White House nil summer with no grenter diversion for the former than n game of golf after a seven-o'clock breakfast dinner, olllclal society Is making its plans to remain If not In town so close as to reach the executive offices, the capltol, or the White House by a short motor run. Scores of homes usually showing bonrded front doors nnd drawn shades nt this date nro not only open, but In their summer furnishings nre the scene of delightful hospltnllttes, even though everyone recognizes that a state of war exists. The succession of distinguished visitors Is in Itself n renson for breakfasts, dinners and receptions such us are rarely seen in Washington except In the height of the olllclal season. The prince of Udinc, the head of the Italian war mission, scored a per sonnl success only second to that of the grent Marshal Joffre. Not only has this cousin of a king and a kinsman of thnt famous Italian visitor of nine years ago, tho duke of Abruzzl, dined and breakfasted with the entire official circle, but he has danced with a number of maids and matrons of Washing ton's Binnrt set, who will remember the war summer of 1017 Just as their mothers nnd grandmothers remember the visit of the prince of Wnles nnd the bnll nt the White House In the closing days of President Buchanan's admin istration. Tho entertaining of a prince of such soclnl temperament naturally has brought out all that Is best In personal adornment from tho orders of tho nmbnssadors, nnd uniforms of the officers of nil nntlons, to the latest thing in ball gowns. Admiral Peary Urges EAR ADMIRAL ROBERT E. PEARY told n subcommittee of the sennto military committee thnt the airplane wns the cheapest and quickest answer to the submarine, nnd that If The general opinion among ex perts, ho said, Is that tho war will bo decided In the air and that soon air planes will be fighting Jn brigades of from COO to 1,000 fliers. Lieut. Col. L. W. B. Rees of tho British Roynl Flying corps said the mnchlnes used by tho British flyers have always been superior to those used by tho Gcrmnns, und now the personnel of the former also excels. He added that tho British casualties have also" been less since they have Introduced their new machines. Senator Brady asked If by the use of airplanes the landing of a hostile army could ho prevented. "It could," Admiral Penry replied, "but it would mean the use of thou sands instead of hundreds of planes." CITY S """" Monterey and Bucnn Vista Springs have ench a little colony of diplo matists nnd official folk. The Argen tine ambassador und Mme. Edunrdo Naon and the secretary of the treas ury and Mrs. William Glbbs McAdoo will be neighbors nt Buenn Vista. The Italian ambassador and Con tessa dl Cellere have leased the house of Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell Hardy of Norfolk, at Monterey, for the summer. So long ns the Italian mission stays In Washington's Smart Set nnd a motor ride after u seven-o'clock Department of Aeronautics 1,000 olrplnnes were sent nbroad they would do more to curb tho submnrlne menace than nnythlng else that could be done. "With the same concentra tion of effort as Von Tlrpltz exerted to develop the submarine In Germany; I think we will have an nnswer to the submnrlne nnd n quick decision of the war," he declared. Admiral Penry appeared In sup port of n pending bill to establish n department of neronnutics, with n place In the cabinet.
