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 oA Hop Around Oahu

By MARTIN S. DEMUTH

Free Airplane Rides Over "JVahoo" side and the longer Koolau on the north­

S OLDIERS in the Hawaiian Depart­

ment enjoy a certain privilege that
is denied to n-.ost civilians. Enlist­
ed men of all organizations are permitted
Are Numbered Among the Attraction*
oj Hawaiian Service.
east with a wide elevated tableland be­
tween them. We flew inland several
miles and saw Mt. Kaala, 4030 feet high,
in the Waianae Range, Schofield
to fly as passengers in the Army planes tion. Not far below were three of the Barracks one of the largest army posts
which frequently make what is known speedy scout planes flying in forma­ in the world and the home of the
as the Coast Patrol Flight along the tion. A DeHaviland soared above us. Hawaiian Division, was easily dis­
177 miles of coast-line around the island Looking downward. I could clearly cerned. It looked like a small city.
of Oahu, the third largest in size in the see the Pearl Harbor Naval Base,
Hawaiian group. This trip familiarizes which is one of the largest operated We then went northwest to Kaena
the men with the terrain of the island by the U. S. Navy. The huge dry- Point where we turned east and heae'ed
on which they are stationed and over dock, the towering radio masts, and toward Haleiwa, all-year-round "sum­
which they maneuver from time to time. the gigantic cranes appeared even mer resort" of Oahu, the island of "per­
There are civilians who would be willing more impressive than when viewed petual springtime". This is a favorite
to pay handsomely for this novel sight­ from the ground. spot for the soldiers of all posts in the
seeing opportunity; to soldiers it is en­ Climbing one thousand feet higher, weHawaiian Department and is the ideal
tirely free. flew northwest over a long stretch of place for week-end excursions and bath­
ing parties. We des­
Luke Field is situ­ cended to an altitude
ated on an island in of only a few hun­
Pearl Harbor not far dred feet in order to
from the city of NOPE­ YOU'RE NOW a " V V A H
LOOKING- AT J | HAS A MAP
O O '
observe the kaleidos-
Honolulu. Desirous of WE'RE GONNA
FLY TOO HI&H
OAHU jrq SUMPIN LIKE
copic array of colors
MY DAWG'S
making the hop a­ TO SEH ANY
in the hotel grounds
round the island, I HULA DANCERS
and in the coral gar­
reported to the dens, famous for the
Operations Office g!a?s-bottomed boat
where arrangements
were made for what trips.
proved to be one of At Kahuku Point,
the most interestirg we rounded the
features of my visit in northernmost tip of
Hawaii. S e r g e a n t the i s l a n d . We
Livermore accom­ passed directly over
panied me over to the the plant of the Radio
line where the planes Corporation of
were being wheeled America ( F o r m e r l y
out from their Marconi) and pro­
hangars. ceeded along the coast
There was a loud toward Laie, where
roar of motors being we circled over ore
tuned up as the ships of the most magnifi­
of various kinds were cent temples of med­
prepared for their ern times. I was
daily work-out. Ser­ much surprised a t
geant Murphy, who seeing such a struc­
was in charge of the ture located in the
line, identified the midst of plantations
different types of far away from a city.
planes and explained Lieutenant Hagenber­
the duties of the men ger explained that
working around us. we were over a Mor­
A huge Martin Bomber soon rolled a­ rice-fields, fields of sugar cane and pine­ mon settlement, the largest west of
long. It was piloted by Lieutenant Hog­ apple plantations that formed beautiful Utah. There are almost one thousand
enberger, who invited me to cl;mb in and designs in brown and green. In our Mormons gathered there. They are
sit on his left where I would be able cock-pit was a contour map of Oahu, on very industrious and have developed
to observe the controls of the plane. A which the lieutenant frequently pointed rich plantations. We swooped down
man occupied the machine-gunner's seat out the points of interest as we ap­ close to the gently rollirg hills which
in the tip of the pilot's cock-pit and two proached them. He would sometimes had been terraced for the purpose
other men were in the after cock-pit. shut off the plane's motors and glide of cultivation. Continuing along the
while he explained what we had just coast we viewed the fringes of coral reefs
seen. extending from a few rods to a mile
We "taxied" a short distance across
the field and rose into the air. Climbing or more seaward.
quickly up an invisible spiral stair-case, Oahu has an area of 598 square miles.
we reached an altitude of about two It is very irregular in shape, about 46 We were flying over a b?y about seven
thousand feet. While we were still a­ miles long and 26 miles wide. During miles across, when the lieutenant sud­
bove Pearl Harbor, I was able to get an our flight, we saw the two main ranges denly shut off the motors and banked
excellent view of the Luke Field air sta- of mountains, Waianae on the southwest (Continued on Page Fifteen)
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 The Army Mine Planter Service
B Y VIRTUE of its many activities
the Coast Artillery Corps is one
of the most versatile of all the
branches of the Army. Although it is
best known as the "Big Gun Corps", it
also mans the smaller calibre weapons
in defending its mine fields and protect­
ing the shore against landing parties.
Its mining activities include the operation
of the Mine Planter Service, and it is
with this phase of its work that this
article is primarily concerned.
As early as 1901 it was realized that
if a harbor were adequately defended
by an efficient system of mines and the
requisite guns for the prevention of
countermining, sweeping, or other
methods of removing them, any enemy,
however enterprising, could never force
an entrance with large ships. This con­
clusion has since been strongly support­
ed by the destruction wrought by the
submarine mines during the Russo-Jap­
anese War and the World War. Being
under complete electrical control from
the shore, a line of mines may be ren­
dered instantly destructive to an enemy
or harmless to a passing friendly vessel.
In 1903 there were no facilities for
planting mines at any Army post except
Fort Totten, New York, where a school
Facts about the "Navy" of the Coast
Artillery Corps and how it operateT.
of Submarine defense had been estab­
lished. Improvised mine planters were
sent out from this base to various har­
bor defenses to disseminate knowledge
of submarine mining. Practical instruc­
tion in mine laying and training was
given in each harbor visited.
The boats for this purpose were pro­
vided by the Quartermaster Department,
and consisted of the steam lighter "Wil­
liams", "Hie Dyne", a launch originally
built by the Engineer Department, and
five yawls to be used at the Submarine
School. Later it was found that the
"Williams" was not well suited for mine
work, while 1 he Dyne was worth only
such general repairs as would enable
her to be used until another boat of the
same type could be built.
Recommendations were therefore made
that these two be replaced by suitable
boats, "designed and built for the partic­
ular use for which they are wanted".
The lighter was to be a twin-screw, sea­
going vessel, with living accommodations
for two officers and twenty enlisted men
besides her ordinary crew; the launch
to be of the same general type as "The
A Mine Planter Ready to Load Itt Cargo
Dyne", In addition to these two boats,
it was recommended that at least three
more sea-going lighters of the Williams
type be constructed, to be used in sub­
marine work at various harbor defenses ;
two for use on the Atlantic coast and
one on the Pacific coast.
Four mine planters were constructed
in 1904 by the Quartermaster Depart­
ment in accordance with the designs of
the Torpedo Board, and turned over to
the Coast Artillery "for instruction pur­
poses in submarine mining." Each of
these boats had a displacement of 630
tons; measured 134.7 feet in length and
30.4 feet in width. They were designat­
ed as the "General Henry Knox", the
"General H. J. Hunt", the "Colonel
George Armistead", and the "Major
Samuel Ringgold". While these four
planters were sufficient for instruction
purposes on the Atlantic coast, a torpedo
planter was most urgently needed for
instruction in Mine Work on the Pacific
coast.
Experimental work done with boats
temporarily hired for this purpose at
San Francisco, California, showed clear­
ly the urgent need of a torpedo planter
for instruction purposes on that coast.
(Continued on Page fourteen)
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 History of the Engineer Corps
W HEN the advance of the army
is halted by a fordless stream,
when an inpenetrable jungle
is encountered, when transportation
of troops and supplies is delayed for
lack of railways—ihe call goes forth
for the Engineers. There are count­
less other duties that fall within the
sphere of engineer operations, for its
activities are many and varied, and its
personnel contains experts in nearly
every line of indastrial endeavor.
The work of the Corps is properly
divisible into civil and military duties.
Army Regulations dcrine
these duties to "comprise re­
connoitermg and surveying
for military purposes, in­
cluding the laying out of
camps; the preparation of
military maps of the United
States and its possessions,
including cooperation with
other government and pri­
vate mapping agencies, and
in field operations, of maps
of the theatre of operations;
selection of sites and forma­
tion of plans and estimates
for military defenses; con­
struction and repair of forti­
fications and their accesso­
ries; the supervision of the
location of all buildings in
or within one mile of any
military fortification; the in­
stallation of electric power
plants and electric power
cables connected with sea­
coast batteries; and furnish­
ing the necessary electrical
supplies connected there­
with; planning and super­
intending of defensive or of­
fensive works of troops in
the field; examination of
routes of communication for
supplies and for military
movements; construction
and repair of military roads,
railroads, and bridges; mili­
tary demolitions, execution
of river and harbor improve­
ments assigned to it; and
Major General Harry Taylor, Chief of Engineers
stub other duties as the
President or Congress may
order."
From this it is readily seen that
aside from their strictly military func­
tions, there is a great variety of other
duties which the Corps of Engineers
is called upon to perform. From the
earliest period of our history, it has
been charged with the survey and pre­
paration of plans of our sea-coast de­
fenses, and with the supervision of
their construction. Due to their early
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training and availability the officers the execution of public works such
of this corps were called upon for
much of the work of surveying ac­
complished by the government in the
as the Panama Canal. Other import­
ant public works include the harbor
of New York, locks of the Sault Ste.
Marie, the Washington Monument,
first quarter of the nineteenth century,
and the accurate methods now in use the Library of Congress and the Lin­
in geodetic, topographic and hydro­ coln Memorial—striking testimonials
graphic surveying, are in great meas­ of the service rendered by the Engin­
ure due to their skill and the practices eer branch since its inception.
instituted by them. Nor have their The history of the Corps began
talents been employed in the interests on June 16, 1775, when Congress pro­
of the War Department alone. vided for "one chief engineer at the
Other branches of the government, Grand Army" with two assistants,
including the Treasury Department, and for "one chief engineer for the
army, in a separate depart­
ment, also with two assistants."
Such an arrangement was ap­
parently not satisfactory to the
Commander-in-Chief, for in
December, 1776, we find Con­
gress providing that "General
Washington shall be, and he is
hereby, vested with full, ample,
and complete powers to raise,
officer and equip a corps of en­
gineers, and to establish their
pay." Under this law it i.i
probable that some organi­
zation styled a Corps of En­
gineers was organized under
General Washington's di­
rection and established in
the Continental Army.
In the meantime, news of
our conflict with Great Brit­
ain had traveled abroad, and
attracted to our shores num­
erous foreign officers of ad­
venturous spirit, who cast
their lot with ours. Among
the early arrivals of 1777,
were four officers of the
royal engineer corps of the
French Army, who were
promptly commissioned in
the engineers. One of them,
Louis le Begue du Portail
was commissioned brigadier
general, and given rank and
precedence over all other
engineers in the service.
The engineers thus began
to be gradually built up and
in May, 1778, it was provided
that "three companies be es­
tablished" in the engineer
the Navy Department, and the Depart­ department; on March 11, 1779, the pro­
ment of the Interior, have at times priety of definitely providing for a corps
called upon them for delicate and of engineers having become manifest, it
difficult tasks; such as running was enacted that "the engineers
boundary lines, surveys for diplomatic in the service of the U n i t e d
purposes, dock-yard construction, as­ States shall be formed into a corps
tronomical observation in the interest and shall be styled the 'Corps of En­
of science, the construction of light­ gineers', and shall take rank and en­
houses, coast surveys, the planning joy the same rights, honors, and privi­
and construction of public buildings, leges with the other troops of the con­
post-offices, and custom-houses, and tinental establishment."
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Under this provision the Corps of
Engineers was definitely established
and served with distinction during the
remainder of the war until disbanded
in November, 1783, and mustered out
of the service.
The Corps was revived eleven years
later when on May 9, 1794, Congress
passed an act providing for raising
and organizing a Corps of Artillerists
and Engineers to be incorporated with
the Corps of Artillery in service.
The organization of the Corps was
at once begun. It was stationed at
West Point, and at the same time a
military school was organized at that
place. This school at West Point was
established primarily to give instruc­
tion in the higher branches of engin­
eering and in the technical sciences.
(The apparatus and books were burned
in 1796 and the school suspended until
1801, when it was revived under the
direction of Major Jonathan Williams
of the Corps of Artillerists and Engin­
eers.)
A second regiment of artillerists and
engineers was authorized in 179S, and
by the act of March 16, 1802, the Corps
of Artillerists and Engineers was dis­
continued and formed into
two branches, a regiment of
artillerists and a Corps of En­
gineers ; with provision that
the latter should be stationed
at West Point and should con­
stitute a military academy,
and that the chief engineer
should be the superinttendent
thereof. This was the origin
of the present Corps of En­
gineers and of the present
Military Academy at West
Point.
The headquarters of the
Engineer Department were
established in New York in
1815, but three years later
were transferred to Washing­
ton by executive order.
For the next fifty years the
organization of the corps re­
mained substantially the same.
Congress provided in 1821 that
"the Corps of Engineers and
Topographic Engineers shall
be retained in the service as at present
organized." (It is proper to note here
that there had been in existence during
this period a corps of topographic
engineers, dating from the appointment
of Robert Erskine as geographer to
the Army in 1777. This corps was, how­
ever, "arranged to the Engineer De­
partment and made subject to the
orders of the Chief Engineer and com­
manding engineers," and in 1863 was
merged with the Corps of Engineers.)
By the Act of May 15, 1846, it was
provided that there be added to the
Corps of Engineers, one company of
sappers, miners, and pontonniers, to be
called engineer soldiers, and to be com­
manded by officers of that corps. This
company was organized by September
of the same year and was at once dis­
patched to join Gen. Taylor's com­
mand in Mexico, arriving at Brazos,
Santiago in October.
This was the famous Company "A" of
the engineers which made such an en­
viable record in the Mexican War.
The soldiers were later transferred to
Vera Cruz (via Tampico) and took
part in the siege of that place.
This company took part in all sub­
sequent engagements of this campaign,
includin
g Puebla, Cerro Gordo. Contre­
ras, Cburubusco, Molino del Rey, Cha­
pultepec, and the final capture of
Mexico City. The capture of the city
and its occupation by Scott's army,
virtually ended the war, and the en­
gineers are justly proud of the con­
spicuous part played by their corps
in its successful conclusion.
By the Act of August 3, 1861, the
An Engineer Surveying Party
engineers were further increased by
three companies, who went through
much of the bitterest fighting of the
Civil War.
The four companies were known as
"the engineer battalion", and served
with distinction at Yorktown, Mech­
anicsville, Gaines Mills, Malvern Hill,
Antietam, Harpers Ferry, Fredericks­
burg, Chancellorsville, the Gettysburg
campaign, Wilderness, Spottsylvania,
Cold Harbor, and the siege of Peters­
burg. During the latter campaign the
battalion moved with Headquarters
and was present at Lee's surrender,
the officers of the command perform­
ing staff duty.
A fifth company was recruited in De­
troit in 1865; and the Act of July 28,
1866, merged the existing five compa­
nies into a battalion, commanded by en­
gineer officers. The same act provided
that the chief of the Corps of Engineers
should be known as the "Chief of En­
gineers." It also marked the beginning
of the present organization of the Corps
of Engineers.
During the period of 1866-1916, seven
additional companies had been provided
for, the organization at the end of that
period comprising three battalions of four
companies each; this was expanded to
seven regiments of two battalions each,
by the National Defense Act of 1916,
each battalion consisting of three compa­
nies. When we entered the World War,
the regular engineers consisted of 256
officers and 2,228 enlisted men. On the
11th of November, 1918, this number had
been expanded so as to include 10 886
officers, and 284,983 men, an increase for
the officers of 42 times, and of 128 times
for the men.
HE engineers in France com­
posed about 12 per cent of
the A. E. F. They were formed
into sapper regiments, for duty
with divisions and corps, and
into units for special purposes
such as forestry regiments, road
regiments, railway regiments,
construction regiments, and
service battalions. They were
also intimately associated in the
early stages of organization with
the Tank Corps, Chemical War­
fare Service, and Transportation
Corps. Throughout the war in
fact, they were closely associated
with the latter. They organized
all railway personnel in the
United States, the organizations
being transferred to the Trans­
portation Corps upon arrival in
France. They procured and
furnished all railway material
and equipment. They did prac­
tically all railway construction
work in France, and operated
railways in the Zone of the
Armies.
Briefly stated, their duties in the
World War comprised the following: the
improvement of ports, and the construc­
tion of docks and terminal facilities; the
construction and repair of roads; the
construction and operation of railroads;
the procurement and operation of search­
lights and of flash and sound ranging
devices; the fabrication and issue of cam­
ouflage material and superintendence of
its use; the construction of bridges, in­
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Page Five
 History of the Defenses of Galveston, Texas
(Based on an Article by LIEUT. EUGENE R. GUILD, CAC)
government reservation of 419 acres,
S HADES of Jean Lafitte!" So
might exclaim a visitor in Gal­
vest6n, Texas, while wandering
about Forts Crockett, San Jacinto and
Travis—provided, of course, he was
familiar with the romantic history of the
old fortifications, for there is little now­
adays to remind the beholder that here
was the rendezvous of buccaneers and
pirates before the beautiful city of Gal­
veston came into being. And, if the
visitor were of an imaginative turn of
mind he might envision Lafitte and his
cutthroat crew, pistols and cutlasses at
their belts, tumbling into their boats for
an attack upon a rich vessel in the offing.
To the buccaneering period belonged
General Xavier Mina, he who erected the
first defensive woi?k in the harbor, an
earthwork on Bolivar Point. He also
built the first fort on Galveston Island,
an earthwork on the bayshore finished
in 1816. Mina was a highly adventurous
and picturesque personage, so his rule,
while brief, contributed much to the
glamour that pervades the Gulf of
Mexico.
With the departure of Mina came
Jean Lafitte, the swashbuckling pirate of
the Louisiana coast. He established the
Lafitte Commune, which in 1817 built
a fort on the site of the present medical
college. This fort was a two-story
block-house, in which was mounted a
brass 36-pounder, "Long Tom." Out­
side was an earthwork mounting a bat­
tery of 42-pounders.
The blockhouse was red in color, and
Lafitte, being of French descent, prompt­
ly christened it Fort Maison Rouge. The
storm of 1818 demolished the fort,
sweeping the remains into the gulf. No
other defense plans being promulgated,
the harbor was bare of fortifications un­
til 1830, when the Mexicans established
a garrison of twenty-six men on the shore
of the bay to protect the custom house.
Another fort was built when Texas
became a republic in 1836; an octagonal
structure placed near the site of the
present Fort San Jacinto. It was named
Fort Travis, mounted several 6 and 12­
pounders taken from the steamer
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Pirate Rendezvous of Olden Times
Transformed Into Modern
System of Fortifications
"Cayuga", and was commanded by
Colonel James Morgan. The garrison
was withdrawn in 1844.
The Civil War brought on the con­
struction of various other defenses, rang­
ing from small earthworks to more pre­
tentious strongholds. These were so
placed as to protect the city from attack
from either gulf or bay, and also com­
manded the channel and the approach
of the G. H. & H. Railroad.
The earthworks at Eagle Grove
mounted two 32-pounders and two 18­
pounders, placed to protect the railroad.
Ninth Street and Fifteenth Street
boasted a one gun fort each, shielded
with armor-plate. The other fortifica­
tions were:
Fort Scurry, at Sixth and Market
Streets.
Fort Bankhead, 500 yards northeast of
the present John Sealy Hospital.
Fort Magruder, near the gulf shore
not far from the present San Jacinto.
This was a series of earthworks mount­
ing seven guns.
Fort Sulakowski, at Fort Point,
casemated earthworks also armed with
seven guns. Brabette mounts replaced
the casemating in 1864.
South Battery, on the gulf shore at
the foot of Center (Twenty-first)
Street.
Obstruction Battery, located on the
channel opposite Hitchcock Reef.
Pelican Spit, where earthworks
mounting six guns and an eight-inch
mortar were thrown up.
All of these were but temporary de­
fenses, and did not long outlast the ter­
mination of hostilities. It was not until
1897 that permanent forts were author­
ized, when the War Department realized
the strategic importance of the port of
Galveston.
FORT SAN JACINTO
F ORT San Jacinto is situated on the
• east end of Galveston Island, on a
reserved for public purposes by an act
of the Republic of Texas dated Decem­
ber 9, 1836, and under joint resolution
of Congress, March 1, 1845, Texas hav­
ing become a part of the United States.
Construction of the fortifications began
in 1898, and continued until 1901. The
first garrison was established April 20,
1898, when Battery "G", First
Artillery, arrived under the command
of Captain Clermont L. Best.
The new fort was named in honor of
the Battle of San Jacinto, in which 783
stout-hearted Texans under General Sam
Houston routed Santa Ana and his
1,600 Mexicans on the banks of the San
Jacinto River, and thus decided the in­
dependence of the Lone Star State. In
accordance with custom the batteries of
the fixed armament were named after
valiant soldiers of the United States
Army.
The hurricane of 1900 considerably
damaged the batteries, necessitating the
transfer of Fort San Jacinto in Sep­
tember of that year to the Engineer De­
partment. Reconstruction was begun in
1901 and completed in 1906, though not
until 1911 did the Coast Artillery Corps
again assume jurisdiction.
The storm of 1915 was a repetition of
its predecessor, but the damage was not
so great and was soon repaired.
FORT TRAVIS
F ORT Travis, like its companion, Fort
San Jacinto, guards the channel en­
trance to Galveston Bay. It is sit­
uated on Bolivar Peninsula. Construc­
tion was begun April 8, 1898, and com­
pleted October 25, 1899, on which date
it was turned over to the Coast Artil­
lery. The fort was named for William
Barrett Travis, beloved by Texans for
his courageous stand at the Alamo, when
the army of Santa Ana was battering
and blustering at the gates of Texan
liberty.
Forts Travis and San Jacinto were not
intended to be permanently garrisoned,
consequently they are in the hands of
caretaking detachments. Occasionally,
 UNITED STATES ARMY RfiCRUlTlNG NEWS
through the target seasons, they are
manned by artillery companies, tut with
the departure of the troops after each
short period of training, military activity
ceases again.
FORT CROCKETT
C D R T Crockett is situated on a gov­
* ernment reservation of 125 acres at
the western extremity of the Gal­
veston seawall. It was commenced in
1897 and garrisoned two years later by
Battery "G", First Artillery, which
had likewise been the first occupant of
Fort San Jacinto.
General Order No. 43, Adjutant Gen­
eral's Office, 1903, provided that the fort
should be named in honor of David
Crockett, American pioneer, and member
of Congress from Tennessee, who lost
his life March 16. 1836, in the gallant
defense of the Alamo.
Battery "G" was relieved a few months
prior to the hurricane of 1900 by Bat­
tery "C", First Artillery, urder
command of Captain William C. Raf­
ferty.
Following the disastrous storm Fort
Crockett was without a garrison for ten
years, but in 1911 it leaped into the
limelight as a mobilization center during
the border troubles. Beginning: in Janu­
ary of that year, the First, Second and
Third Provisional Coast Artillery Regi­
ments, made up of picked men taken
from coast defenses from Maine to New
Orleans, were organized at the post.
Commanding the Second Battalion of 1he
First Artillery was Major Frrnk W.
Coe, now a major general and Chief of
Coast Artillery. These trocps returned
to their stations in July ard August,
1911. leaving the 127th and 128th Com­
pan'es. CAC, as a permanent garrison
at Fort Crockett.
The Fifth Infantry Br'prade, com­
manded by General Fred Funston, and
composed of the Fourth, Seventeenth,
Nineteenth and Twenty-eighth Irfantry
reg'ments and a company of ergineers,
arrived at Fort Crockett in 1912. The
brerade camped on the pprrde grourds,
w;th the exception of the Twenty-eighth
Infantry, which had its camp on the
flats wect of the post.
In 1914 the brigade was ordered to
Vera Cruz Mexico, and upon its return
on'-e more encamped at the fort. The
activities of the coast artillery com­
panies forming the permanent garrison
were divided between routine duty at
Crockett and patrol duty along the bor­
der until the World War.
War with Germany brought fervid
industry to the defenses of Galveston.
For the first time in its history Fort
Crockett put on real military colors.
Mobilization of troops from all over
the country was carried on at high pitch.
It is estimated that at one time there
were three thousand soldiers encamped
in the vicinity.
Every inch of available space was
covered with barracks, kitchens and ware­
houses, and the parade grourds were oc­
cupied by two regiments of marines
under canvas. Heavy artillery troops
were trained to meet the requirements
of the expeditionary forces in France,
while others were held in readiness to
sail.
At frequent intervals replacement
troops were rent to France, and in the
latter part of the war Fort Crockett fur­
nished from 100 to 200 replacements
per month. In addition to training and
organizing units for our forces in
Europe, the post kept a sharp lookout
for German submarines and held its
batteries in readiness for action at a
moment's notice.
Auxiliary defenses were established at
strategic points along the Texas coast.
Notable among these were fortifica­
tions at Freeport and Sabine Pass, com­
manding the mouths of the Brazos and
Sabine Rivers. These were armed with
siege guns and searchlights.
With the end of the war came a period
of reorganization and relative inactivity.
The garrison was reduced to three com­
panies, the 127th, 128th and 183rd com­
panies, CAC. Lessons learned in artil­
lery warfare in France were incorporat­
ed into training regulations and the offi­
cers and enlisted men began their train­
ing in new coast defense tactics.
The news that the post was to be vir­
tually abandoned electrified Galveston in
August. 1922, when orders were received
at Crockett directing that the fort be
left in care of a small detachment, that
the companies be rendered inactive,
and the personnel transferred to the field
artillery of the Second Division at Camp
Travis. The people of the city im­
mediately protested the removal of the
troops, considering them essential to
their safety and welfare. Congressman
(Pits of the Disappearing Guns at Fort Crockett
Clay S. Briggs took the matter up with
the Secretary of War ar.d in September,
much to the relief of the citizens and
garrison alike, the orders were revoked.
At this time too, the Sixteenth Artillery
Battalion, Anti-aircraft, was authorized,
and the organization of the unit was ef­
fected from the troops of the coast de­
fenses.
Today, the fort presents a pleasing
and most peaceful appearance—to the
casual eye of the visitor —with its green
expanse of parade ground, flanked by
comfortable looking red-roofed quarters.
Its garrison consists of the 9;h Infantry
of the Second Division, less the first and
third battalions and the Service Com­
pany.
There is an inexplicable air of mystery
and romance still hovering around Gal­
veston and its fortresses—ultrn-modcrn
as is the viciirty. It is but a short fTght
of the imagination back to the dpys
when, after firing enough red hot round-
shot to cripple a passing ship, it was the
custom of the hold, bad hucennoers to
row out and finish the fight with cutlass
and pistol.
There are visions of possible future
events, also.
Let the visitor conjure up a hostile
fleet approaching the city, supplcrrcnted
by Innd forces moving northward from
the border, and he wouVl see something
more than an attractive military post,
with troops marching smartly about on
a well-kept parade ground.
He would see huge gray guns lift their
long muzzles into the air to spit tons of
prmo-r-piercing steel ?nd high explosive;
hidden mortars squatting in their deep
pits would rock the ground with their
roaring. Miles out in the rulf even be­
yond the horizon, casepdes of wh'te
wnter would appear as if by map'c. He
would see howitzer regiments rumbling
across the causeway to take up positions
alon<? Galve^ton's rnilrord arteries: an
anti-aircraft battalion wru'd ro in'o act:on
?nd he wnuVl sec. high phove the city,
bipck puff balls silen+lv pppopr. cprryirg
destruction to enemv planes vontur'np too
near. At night, white rpys from P. r'ozen
mammoth searchlights would sweep sky
an^l gulf.
To do all this, to preserve the serurty
of Galveston and the T^x^s conct—that
is the m?ss;on of Fort Crockett, "strong­
bold of preparedness."
Page Seven
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Recruiting Publicity Bureau, Governors Island, N. Y.
An Army Information Bulletin containing a resume
of administrative reports, statistical tables, rules,
regulations, and official notices of recruiting for the
guidance of members of the Regular Army, National
Guard and Organized Reserves.
NOVEMBER 1, 1925.
The Canvasser
The Army with its many attractive features pre­
sents no more desirable nor responsible an assign­
ment to an enterprising soldier than a detail as a
canvasser for the United States Army.
It is desirable in the unlimited opportunities that
it offers the individual soldier for self development.
Meeting men every day, getting their point of view,
discussing with them the Army and its possibilities,
the canvasser's mind must be quickened, his judg­
ment must be sharpened and his worldly wisdom in­
creased. No two prospects present the same prob­
lem. What may prove an attractive feature to one
will discourage another. To grow so strong in
human understanding as to be able to read the
minds and interpret the motives of men of various
interests, and make them understand what the
Army has to offer requires tact, perseverance,
loyalty and devotion to duty. The more one de­
velops the traits necessary for a successful re­
cruiter, the better he prepares himself to master
all the intricacies of life both in the military pro­
fession and in civilian pursuits.
It must also be remembered that the canvasser
is a representative of the United States Army,
whose commander-in-Chief is the President him­
self. In a great many of the smaller towns in this
country the only touch that its inhabitants have
with the military profession is with the corporal
or sergeant on recruiting duty. His position is
therefore a responsible one and his opportunity
for service to the Army is unlimited.
Loyalty to the Army is fostered by the canvas­
sers themselves in the exemplary life they lead and
in the highest embodiment that they typify of the
slogan of the Recruiting Service—"The Army
Builds Men."
The Dignity of the Profession
Reports still come in, from time to time, from the
Recruiting Service indicating that misguided civil­
ians still look upon the Army as a haven for re­
fugees from justice.
Lieut. Col. Alfred Ballin, recruiting officer at
Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, has recently called
our attention to an incident in Akron, Ohio^ where
Page Bight
a civilian lawyer aided a law breaker in getting
into the Army by misrepresentation of facts about
himself. The judge in the case, who was thorough­
ly familiar with the charges against the culprit
had announced that, if after a thorough knowledge
of the facts the Army would be willing to enlist
such a character that he stood ready to dismiss
the case.
It is hard to understand why it should be neces­
sary to call the attention of civilians of such high
standing as judges and lawyers to the true standard
of Army requirements. These facts have arisen,
however, and we should never miss an opportunity
of correcting the misrepresentation that exists in
some minds. The action taken in this particular
case by-the recruiting officers will prove once and
for all to the civilians in the vicinity of that city
that the Army is an honorable profession and its
members law abiding citizens of the country.
Pictorial Publicity
The value of photographs as publicity is becoming
self evident and is being utilized to its fullest capa­
city by all the newspapers, magazines and periodi­
cals in the country. The Recruiting Service should
ever keep that fact in mind and be constantly on
the alert for pictures showing the Army in the
various phases of its activity.
Photographic publicity gets national distribution
when the written word describing the same event
does not. In many cases it gets space because it
is more interesting than a mere description. It
attracts the attention of almost all readers of news­
papers, many of whom would not be attracted to
read a story on the same object.
The Recruiting Publicity Bureau, working hand
in hand with the Army Pictorial Service which is
maintained by the Signal Corps, is in a position
to place and distribute appropriate photographs and
all officers and enlisted men interested in recruiting
publicity are requested to keep that fact in mind.
The September Fall
From all indications the Recruiting Service has
suffered a slump for the month of September.
The figures shown on the last page of this issue
of the Recruiting News indicate that very few
districts showed any increase in production during
the 30 day period.
In every industry and occupation there are sea­
sonal fluctuations in sales. The Recruiting Serv­
ice therefore can hardly be an exception to. the
general rule. To know that one is in a slump and
attempt to learn its causes, however, is significant
of better times ahead and in this respect the mem­
bers of the Recruiting Service are following sound
business policies and taking steps to bring pro­
duction back to normal.
 Tenth Field, Winner of Two Baseball Championship!

F OR the third consecutive year the

baseball team of the Tenth Field
Artillery, stationed at Camp Lewis,
Washington, has annexed the title of
Title Won jor Third Time by
Tenth Field Artillery
These two defeats did not, however,
fore a large crowd of frenzied rooters
by a score of six to three.
Colonel William M. Cruikshank, (Now
Brigadier General Cruikshank, com­
Pacific Northwest Military Baseball undermine the fighting spirit of the manding the Second Coast Artillery Dis­
Champions. Tenth. When the league to decide the trict at Fort Totten, N. Y.) the popular
On the 18th of June, by virtue of Pacific Northwest Military Champion- commander of the Tenth, led the march
having captured eighteen of his victorious ball team
consecutive games from the and his snappy regiment
best teams the permanent around the baseball park at
garrison could put in the the conclusion of the game,
field, the Tenth F. A. to the rollicking tune of
"sphere-knockers" became "And Those Cassons Go
Post Champions. At a re­ Rolling Along!"
view of all the troops in Once again G e n e r a l
the command, a handsome Johnston had the honor of
cup was presented to the publicly presenting a
victors by Major General championship cup to the
William H. Johnston. artillery ball team—the
After defeating the con­ second time in a single sea­
tenders from the Eleventh son—a record of which the
Cavalry, Fourth Infantry, Tenth F. A. gunners are
Sixth Engineers and vari­ very proud.
ous other units during the Afterward, when the en­
short summer schedule, the Tenth F. A. Ball Team thusiastic fans had gone
gunners dropped a brace of hard-fought, "ship was initiated on July 22 the Artil­ their various ways, the victors lined up
heart-breaiking games at the peak of the lerists avenged themselves by taking with an imposing array of trophies on
summer training period, one to the Re- every game played. In the decisive bat- the ground before them, while the cam­
serve Officers' Training Corps, and the tle of the series against the Seventh eras clicked preparatory to spreading
other to the Seventh Infantry. Infantry, they won a thrilling contest be­ their fame broadcast.

Pensions Awarded Old Indian Scouts

Difficulty Experienced in Identifying the aged Indians in the hope of estab­

T H E task of identifying the Indian

Scouts who served with the United
States Army in the Apache War
of 1885 and 1886, so that they can be
paid pensions is proving a difficult prob­
lem, according to Western Story Maga­
zine. All of these Indians are between
the ages of sixty-three and eighty years.
They live on the Pueblo Bonito reser­
vation in New Mexico. Recently the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in­
structed the superintendent of this
agency to search out the Indians who
served as scouts with General Nelson A.
Miles when he chased Geronimo and his
band over the Southwest and into
Mexico.
The old Indians appeared from every
Aged Navajo Veterans
part of the reservation when the super­
intendent sent out his summons for those
who had served with either the infantry
or the cavalry, but an immediate en­
tanglement ensued. Out of the entire
number of survivors who came to the
agency's headquarters and announced
that they were former scouts, only four
were able to present their discharge pa­
pers from the army.
Some had thrown their discharge pa­
pers away, thinking them useless, while
others had destroyed theirs. Many had
completely forgotten the names under
which they had enlisted. An effort is
being made to check up the records of
lishing their identities. Four have al­
ready been awarded pensions, running
as high as eighteen hundred dollars. As
soon as they received the checks, the old
scouts invested in flocks of sheep.
A few of the Indians have been able
to show wounds, which they stated were
received in the various fights with the
Apaches One old tribesman named
Jucrito Gonzales, displayed a finger that
had been shot through. The superin­
tendent of the agency is hoping to trace
back the service of the braves who are
entitled to these pensions. Most of the
scouts who served in the campaign were
Navajos and enlisted at Fort Wingate,
New Mexico. ''
 RECRUITING
NOTES
The United States Army builds Men
Another Pair of Brothers Enlisted
Major Robert L. Weeks, in charge
of the recruiting district at Syracuse,
New York, after successfully enlist­
ing four pair of brothers added an­
other to his list this month. Ralph
and Merton Cobb of Syracuse are his
latest additions.
Recruiting in the Schools
Major Malcolm P. Andruss in
charge of the Buffalo Recruiting Dis­
trict is making an intensive drive to
interest the school authorities at
Buffalo in the educational advantages
of the Army, stress­
ing particularly the
opportunities for ap­
pointment to the
United States Mili­
tary Academy from
the ranks. His plan
of campaign includes
letters to the prin­
cipals of the high | CONDUCT
schools and the dis­
semination of cir­
culars among the
students covering in
general the courses
of study that are
offered at the vari­
ous Army schools.
Ft. Hayes Leads 5th
In Reenlistments
Eight r e e n l i s t ­
ments out of nine
men discharged was
the exceptional record:
of Ft. Hayes, Oh o, for the month
of September 1925, which thereby
gained this post the leadership in the
Fifth Corps Area for the month.
New Club at Ft. Howard
The proceeds from a basketball game,
a dance and the dues of the members of
the Enlisted Men's club at Ft. Howard,
Md., have made it possible to begin work
on a Club house and recreation center.
It is planned to complete the work by
the beginning of winter.
Page Ten
Recreation Hall For Ft. Hoyle
Recreation activities at Ft. Hoyle, Md.
have been decidedly improved by the ad­
dition of a new building which has been
salvaged from old barracks. This new
building will be used as a gymnasium,
basketball court, as a boxing pavilion,
and dance floor as well as a theatre with
room for 500 people.
Gains 23 Pounds In One Year
Donnie L. Spradley enlisted in the
Army a year ago a mere stripling of
a boy. He was so light that he took
the famous water and banana diet
Military Terms Applied to Civil Life
to gain the three necessary pounds
to qualify for the minimum weight
allowed which is 120. He was recent­
ly discharged, a well-nourished, heal­
thy and strong man whose weight
registered 140 pounds. The Army
culinary department has not only
made a staunch friend of Spradley,
but also a champion recruiter. Re­
cently he ran the gauntlet of all
possible recruiting arguments with a
lieutenant, unknown to the recruiter,
and successfully encountered every
objection usually put forth by recruits
who are hard to convince of the ad­
vantages of Army service. The
"Champion Recruiter of the Fourth
Corps Area" himself has signed up
for another "hitch" with the 6th Cav­
alry at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Publicity For Michigan Recruiter
Corporal James V. Hendricks, on
recruiting duty in Jackson, Michigan,
was given a full column story in the
Citizen Patriot, which is published in
that city. From the recruiting stand­
point, this publicity was particularly
significant in that the article held up
the character and
appearance of the
men on recruiting
duty and commend­
ed the War Depart­
partment for having
such high type men
in the Service.
First Corps Area Re­
cruit Depot Moved
The recruit depot
of the 1st Corps
Area has been
moved from Fort
Strong to Fort
Warren, Boston
Harbor.
St. Louis in 6th
Corps Area
Major J. M.
Pruyn, Infantry, D.
O. L., R e c r u i t i n g
Officer of the 7th
Corps Area, has called the attention
of the Recruiting Publicity Bureau
to a popular misapprehension that
exists in the minds of a great many
members of the Recruiting Service as
to the status of St. Louis. This city,
for recruitirg and all o'.her purposes,
is in the 6th Corps Area and not in
the 7th.
By crediting St. Louis to the 6th
Corns, its resulting average per capita
production for August would be 7.97
while removing it from the 7th Corp?
gives the latter an average of
4.11.
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
CMTC Club in Winter Training Reen list merits for September
For the purpose of instruction in army Corps Dis- Re- Per-
organization, infantry drill and military Area charged enlisted centage
courtesy, a new Citizen's Military Train­ 1st 43 16 37.21
ing Camp Club was organized recently 2nd 202 76 37.62
at the 212th Regiment Armory, New 3rd 103 53 51.46
York City. Fifty citizens were enrolled. 4th 205 77 37.56
Besides a trip to West Point where they 5th 58 26 44.83
will have the opportunity of watching 6th
the Army team play in one of the sea- 7th 186 71 38.17
son's football games, the Club has 8th
planned a program of intensive training 9th 210 75 35.71
which will keep the members busy over n cluding gas mask and "tin hat." The
the winter months. Soccer and Volleyball at Camp Lewis
Soccer and volleyball are finding a
number of adherents at Camp Lewis. The
Model Recruiting Camp at Brockton Tenth Field Artillery Soccer League,
To stimulate recruiting and bring composed of six teams recently opened
home to the public the opportunities of­ the season with three hotly contested
fered young men in the Army, the First games. The Sixth Engineers whose
Corps Area established a model recruit­ members prefer volleyball have ten teams
ing camp in the vicinity of the Brock­ signed up for its league. Practice is
ton, Massachusetts Fair. The camp held every night and the soldiers are
drew a great number of spectators and finding a great deal of amusement in
was composed of various detachments these sports.
from Infantry, Coast Artillery, Signal
Corps and Ordnance units of the First Ex-Officer Enlists in Ranks
Corps Area. It was called Camp McCall Captain Clarence R. M?y, command­
in honor of the late Samuel W. McCall, ing Company "F", 169th Infantry, Con­
Governor of the State of Massachusetts necticut National Guard, Hartford,
during the World War. Conn., has resigned his commission to
enlist in the Regular Army as a staff
Bandsmen for Fort Mclntosh sergeant, Detached Enlisted Men's List,
Word has been received from the band Organized Reserves.
of the 4th Field Artillery, stationed at He will be stationed with the 97th
Fort Mclntosh, Texas, that it has va­ Division, O. R., at Manchester, New
cancies for ten musicians. Hampshire.
OH, MAN! AIN'T IT A RELIEF?
By J. Matika
AFTER YOU ENTER A BEANERYAND AND THE MOB FINDS GREAT PLEASURE
FIND HALF THE TOWN AHEAD OFYOUJ IN BEARING DONWN HEAVILY OH
^ > ,*
THE ONLY SEAT IN THE HOUSE IS WHEN A RECRUITER SHOWS YOU HOW
BETWEEN A COUPLE OF BOILERMAKERS TO GET PLEHTY OF "HE-MAN" FOOD
Publicity Equipment for Fair
The Buffalo Recruiting district is
making full use of local fairs for pub­
licity and is sending at least one man
to each of the smaller fairs and two
men to the more important ones. These
recruiting details are equipped with
tents and all the paraphernalia required
by the "Army Salesman." The larger
details carry with them a full equipment
used by the Infantrymen in the field in­
various pamphlets published by the Army
Recruiting Publicity Bureau are also
carried by the recruiters.
Difficult Recruiting Prospects
Canvassers often encounter prospects
who are difficult to convince. Sgt. Mar­
tin Krasevic, who is on duty in Toledo,
Ohio, reports that in one case he per­
sisted for months before he corrpleted
his sale. The prospect was under 21 and
the consent of the parents was required.
Krasevic was rebuked, insulted and even
threatened with arre?t by the mother.
The boy wanted to join the army and
Krasevic felt that if he could only talk-
to her he would win out. He tried for
weeks and finally gained the mother's con­
sent. Krasevic got more genuine satis­
faction in enlisting that young man than
he has in any other prospect whom he
has ever obtained.
AND HAVING FINALLY OBTAINED A HALF
PORTION YOU SKID ON A BAR OF SOAP­
THREE TIMES A DAY, AS A MATTER r
OF COURSE - O MAN, AlNT IT A RELIEF <
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Doughboy Stadium Dedicated
The "Doughboy Stadium" Ft. Ben­
ning, Ga., which was dedicated recently,
at the Infantry School is in its entirety
the most ambitious athletic project of
the Army. It consists of a group of
five steel and concrete structures, with
a central concrete stadium dedicated to
the Infantry and capable of seating
11,000 persons. Radiating from the cen­
tral point are an excellent baseball field
and a full sized basketball court; an offi­
cers' club with polo field, golf course
and tennis courts, and a modern theatre
seating 1,800.
Panama District Surveyed
The Engineer Corps of the United
States Army is engaged in making a
survey of the Panama Canal Zone with
a view of furnishing accurate maps of
the territory for military as well as civil
purposes. The survey came into exist­
ence in 1916, and considerable work has
been accomplished. From January to
June, 1926, three companies of the 11th
Engineers will engage in this activity
of surveying the Canal Zone from coast
to coast and approximately 50 miles
north and south of the canal
SoMiers as Firemen
Letters of thanks and appreciation
were received by Col. C. H. Estes of
the 65th Infantry at San Juan, Porto
Rico, from the mayor and the chief of
the Department of Health of the City
of San Juan for the effective work of
the garrison in assisting the local fire
department in putting down several con­
flagrations which threatened this munici­
pality within the last few years.
Black Panther Makes Bow
A new publication, the Black
Panlhcr, published for and in the
interest of the Post of Corozal, Canal
Zone, has made its debut. The Black
Panlhcr is starting out in an ambitious
manner, and carries many special fea­
tures in addition to a great variety of
organization news. The eight-page
magazine is neatly printed on good pa­
per and the enlisted men of the garrison
at Corozal are to be congratulated upon
the appearance and content of this new
periodical.
o Major General H. Taylor, Chief of Fn­
Benning Officers Good Marksmen
Upon completing their recent firing
on the target range, the Company Offi­
cers' Class at Ft. Benning, Ga., estab­
lished an exceptional scries of scores.
303.5 out of a possible 350 was made by
the 177 members of the class. Last
year's average was 302.11. Ninety-four
officers qualified as expert riflemen, fifty-
two as sharpshooters and the other
thirty-one as marksmen. The results
speak well for the instruction at the
school.
Page* Twelve
7th Infantryman Champion Swimmer
Excellent baseball teams and star track
men are rather to be expected in a mili­
tary organization, but it is not often that
one meets a world champion swimmer
serving in his country's army. Private
James Egan, Company C, 7th Infantry,
is such a man. Egan enlisted in the
spring and it was not until late summer
that he was "discovered". When he went
to Seattle, Washington in August, and
carried off first place in the Northwest
Swimming and Diving meet, his part as
a champion came to light. Egan is a
modest fellow, but upon being coaxed,
he brought forth two bulging notebooks
full of press notices and a box containing
an assortment of medals won during the
past five years in competition up and
down the Pacific coast.
Private James Egan
Beginning his career in 1920, at the
age of 17, Egan held the world's record
in the 100 yard breast stroke in 1922
and the Pacific coast record in the 220
yard breast stroke in 1923. He has
broken too many local records to men­
tion. Private Egan, in addition to his
exploits as a competition swimmer has
rolled up a total of 182 lives saved while
working as a life guard at various re­
sorts along the coast. He is in great de­
mand as an exhibition swimmer.
Philippine Scouts Crack Riflemen
An average of 294.5 was recently
reached by the 3rd Battalion of the 45th
Infantry, Philippines Scouts, in its rifle
target practice. The 45th Infantry has
always been among the best in rifle fir­
ing and exceeded its previous records
in battalion and regimental results by an
average of ten points.
Repair Unit for Field Artillery School
Returning to Ft. Sam Houston from
Denver, Colo., where it was engaged in
repairing motor vehicles used in connec­
tion with the Summer Training Camp
at that post, Motor Repair Section 83,
commanded by 1st Lt. R. L. Lawrence,
will proceed on November 1st to Ft.
Sill, Okla., to overhaul the motor trans­
portation at the Field Artillery School.
Upon completion of this duty the Re­
pair Section will return to Ft. Sam
Houston, taking with it all surplus
equipment in need of repair beyond the
facilities of the Artillery School.
Army Trains Musicians
The Army Music School which began
its fifteenth year on October 1, graduated
six warrant officers in the special band
leader's course. The soloist and bands­
mens' courses were attended by twelve
soloists and seventy-three bandsmen
students. Four musicians passed the
annual competitive examination for en­
trance to the regular band leaders'
course, which opened October 1, 1925,
while six warrant officer band leaders
have enrolled in the special band leaders'
course, which also commenced at the
same time.
Soldiers Beat Sai!ors at Basketball
The Corozal Basketball team on Sep­
tember 17th defeated the U. S. S. Gal­
veston five of the Special Service
Squadron stationed in the Canal Zone by
the score of 27 to 10.
Ft. Eustis To Have Musical Comedies
Lt. T. P. Walsh, recreation officer at
Ft. Eustis, Va. recently announced that
he had completed arrangements to have
good musical comedies at that post this
winter. All these shows are Broadway
hits and "bright, new, and snappy, es­
pecially the girls."
o
Chilkoot Barracks Commended
The 7th Infantry unit stationed at
Chilkoot Rarrarks. Alaska, is hirkling
a reservoir to supply the post with water.
The fine work done hy this unit ami the
neat appearance of its barracks at Chil­
koot were suhject of a letter of com­
mendation directed to Maj r General
Robert H. Allen Chief of Infantry, by
gineers, who inspected the post recently
on his Alaskan tour.
CMTC On 3rd USMA Excursion
Twenty-five hundred young men of the
Plattsburg CMTC arrived at the U. S.
Mil;tary Academy the fourth Snturrlny in
October to study American manhood at
its best. This was the tlrrd annual ex­
cursion of the CMTC students, and their
stay was enlivened by the Army-St. Louis
football game.
 Through The

# Telescope

Army-Marine Football at San Dieco Chaplains' Coat of Arms

The football team of the Ninth Corps A design for a coat of arms was re-
Social Customs of 29th Infantrv
Area, now in training at Ft. Baker, Cali- cently approved by the Secretary of War
fornia, is to meet the Marine team at to be adopted by the Chaplains' School. To be born with a silver spoon in
A torah, the symbol of the old law over one's mouth no longer is the exclusive
the Coliseum at San Diego, California which is a golden cross, the symbol of
privilege of the upper ten thousand, for
on November 1st, and will later play the new law, is the principal scheme of it is the established custom of the 29th
the Navy team, composed of men from the design, expressing the interdenomina- Infantry to present such a prize with the
the Submarine Divisions. The Ninth tional scope of the chaplain's work. regimental coat of arms to the new born
Corps Area team, called the "Army o child of any enlisted man of the 29th.
team," will contend with a number of the Camp Holabird Boxing School There are many other impressive social
best coast teams in its schedule. With the intention of training a suffi- ceremonies at the various momentous
o cient number of instructors for the de- periods of the soldiers' life. At the
Ft. Lawton Pistol Champions velopment of pugilistic talent in the vari- christening of the child of an enlisted
ous posts in the Third Corps Area a man the regimental colors are available
The Northwest Regular Army Pistol school for boxers was established at to make the sacred occasion more im-
Team Championship and the splendid Camp Holabird, Md. on October 1. Each pressive. When an enlisted man is put
trophy presented by Judge Burke of post was invited to send its most prom- on the retired list, a regimental com-
Seattle, Washington were won by the ising boxer to Holabird to be trained mendatory order is issued and published
pistol team representing Ft. Lawton, at by experienced officers and non-commis- in the command a battalion or regimen­
the Northwest International Pistol Match sioned officers and upon return to his tal parade is held in his honor ar.d the
held at Seattle on October 11, 1925, at post he will act as boxing instructor. regimental commander congratulates him
o at the end of this ceremony at the re-
which the best pistol shots of the Pacific
Chanute Fie!d Demonstrates Parachute viewing stand, the regimental band
coast were present. A total of 76 successful jumps were serenades him before his departure
o accomplished at the Air Service Tech- from the post, a special dinner is given
Boat Drills on Army Transports nical School at Chanute Field, Rantoul, him and the regiment presents him with
Recent instructions provide for boat Illinois since the first of this year. Mass a regimental ring or other appropriate
drill with actual lowering away of a parachute jumping was engaged in re- memento. When an enlisted man is sick
he is frequently visited at the hospital
life boat at sea on all Army transports. cently, five men taking off simultaneous- by his company officer, and a man from
ly from five planes from an altitude of
A splendid record for life saving was 3,000 feet and no one was hurt. his unit sees him daily. Upon his death
established when an insane patient es­ the company and regimental
caped from the hospital and commanders each write a letter
leaped into the sea on the last Things the Army Does Besides Fight of condolence to the next of kin,
flowers are sent and the company
trans-Pacific trip of the U. S. A. Griffith Park, California.—The California attends the funeral at the Post in
T. Thomas. An emergency boat District Forest Service recently requisitioned a body, accompanied by the regi­
was lowered and the patient res­ an Army plane stationed here to aid in recon­ mental band. If the enlisted man
cued and returned to the ward in is buried at the post his grave is
noitering the situation at a forest fire in the decorated every year on Decora­
20 minutes. Santa Barbara region. After the location of tion day and photographs of his
the fire was accomplished, the plane was used grave and funeral are sent to
in establishing communications and delivering the enlisted man's relatives. The
Bamboo Hose Line 29th Infantry is stationed at Ft.
the necessary equipment to the fighters of
Forced to land in the wilds of the flames. Benning, Georgia.
Mindoro, Philippine Islands,
during a recent maneuver at San
Vancouver Barracks, Wash.—The Seventh
Jose, Mindoro, on account of a
Infantry Band is very popular in the sur­
broken hose connection in the rounding cities, and is a favorite in Portland, Park Field on Sa!e
gasoline line of his airplane, the Oregon, for concerts and radio programs. An
officer piloting the plane dis­ Park Field near Memphis,
elaborate program was arranged by the band
covered some bamboo wood in Tennessee, a war-time aviation
at the recent reunion of the 91st Division at
station, is to be sold by the War
the vicinity, and using it in lieu Portland, when the playing of a number of
war time songs appropriately revived the en­ Department as there is no longer
of hose was enabled to take off
thusiasm of 1917 and 1918. any immediate or prospective
and complete the rest of the
need for it.
flight to San Jose.
Page Thirteen
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
The Army Mine Planter Service
(Continued from Page Three)
Each planter soon became to be con­
sidered as an essential part of a harbor
defense, a definite part of the fighting
materiel, as much in fact, as a battery,
and the crew of a mine planter was re­
garded as a manning body for that
planter in the same sense as the per­
sonnel necessary to fight a battery was
considered as the manning body for that
battery. Other considerations arose
which made evident that the number of
mine planters should be increased. To
have effective artillery practice, the
range sections should be exercised daily
by vessels towing targets at such a rate
of speed as could be expected in action;
frequent subcaliber target practice at
towed targets ; transportation of materiel
and artillerymen to the batteries and
range finding stations. It was apparent
from these conclusions that without such
boats, the Coast Artillery would be
greatly handicapped. The records of
artillery target practice confirmed this,
showing that the highest scores were
made at posts which had the best facili­
ties for vessel tracking.
To provide for the necessity the Quar­
termaster Department, keeping within
the limitations of appropriations, con­
structed during the period 1904 to 19C9,
five mine planters of 630 tons displace­
ment each ; one of 830 tons displacement;
three of 800 tons each, ?rd fourteen
auxiliary mine planters of 225 tons dis­
placement each.
Of the ships then constructed there
rema'n in the service today: the "General
E. O. C. Ord", built at Wilmington,
Delaware ; the "General J. M. Scho­
field" built at Camden, New Jersey;
the "Colonel George Armistead", built at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , and the
"Joseph Henry", built at Newport News,
Virginia.
At an early date the Coast Artillery
was confronted with the problem of
supplying suitable crews to man its ves­
sels. Difficulties were constantly encoun­
tered in both the engineer and steward
departments, partly due to the fact that
the duties of the personnel were not
fully understood, especially since the
srrns were the first of their kind.
Then too, the men of the crews, be­
ing civilians, quit whenever they pleased,
and at :-uch times the work of the mine
planters was seriously handicapped. At
times, from total lack of personnel, the
vessels were unable to even leave the
wharves. So soon as disciplinary
measures were applied to the crews,
when the planters were engaged in diffi­
cult work or were held at any stat:on
or in any climate that was disagreeable,
Page Fourteen
the individual members quickly sought
other work.
Various methods of combating this
evil were attempted but a satisfactory sub­
stitute was not found, until it was re­
commended that legislation be enacted
providing that mine planter personnel
constitute a part of the enlisted force
of the Coast Artillery Corps. The de­
termination to develop efficient crews re­
sulted in the establishment of the Army
Mine Planter Service in the Coast Artil­
lery Corps by the Act of Congress ap­
proved July 9, 1918.
The operation of the planters is of too
technical a nature to be entered here;
suffice it to say that the mine companies
of the Coast Artillery Corps are charged
with the actual planting of mines and
the defense of the mine fields. To ac­
complish the former, the ships travel
from post to post in their several dis­
tricts ; for the latter, the mine companies
are supplied with artillery of various
Planting the Mines
calibres which they man and operate.
The wonk of these companies is equally
divided between shore and sea duties.
There are many opportunities for ad­
vancement in the Mine Planter Service
as well as for travel. Enlisted men are
given preference in the appointment of
warrant officers who receive the follow­
ing yearly base pay: Master, $2,220;
First Mate, $1,690; Second Mate,
$1,308; Chief Engineer, $2,100; and
Assistant Engineer, $1,440.
Ordinarily the navigation duties of the
ships' officers are mostly routine and call
for nothing except a general knowledge
of harbor and inland water piloting in
the vicinity of their immediate station.
There are occasions however, when these
ships are called upon to perform long
journeys, the unexpectedness of which
makes them more difficult than those
encountered on inland boats of much
larger tonnage and greater navigating
radii. Foremost of these journeys is the
trip of the United States Mine Planters
"General Henry J. Hunt" and "General
Henry Knox", to the Philippine Islands
upon their assignment to the Coast De­
fenses of Manila and Subic Bays, Fort
Mills, P. I.
Under the command of First Lieut.
Maxwell Murray, Coast Artillery Corps,
the planter "Hunt" and the planter
"Knox", in command of First Lieut.
Wm. E. Shedd, Jr., Coast Artillery
Corps, sailed from New York, Decem­
ber 1, 1908. Sailing by way of the
Suez, the following calls were made:
Funchal, Madeira Islands; Gibraltar;
Tsland of Malta; Port Said;
Aden, Southern Arabia; Bombay, British
India; Colombo, Island of Ceylon; and
Singapore; arriving at Manila, March
25, 1909.
The same year, the Mine Planter
"Colonel George Armistead", now on
duty in the Harbor Defenses of San
Francisco, California, and the "Major
Samuel Ringgold", no longer in the ser­
vice, sailed from New York City for
San Francisco, California, by way of the
Straits of Magellan. Captain F. K. Fer­
gusson, Coast Artillery Corps, was in
command of the "Armistead", and the ex­
pedition, and First Lieut. C. L. Corbin,
Coast Artillery Corps, was in command
of the "Ringgold". This expedition left
New York on November 24, 19C9, mak­
ing the following calls: San Juan, Porto
Rico; Bridgetown, Barbadoes; Para,
Brazil; Pernamb,uco. Brazil; Rio De
Janeiro. Brazil; Montevideo, Uruguay ;
Punta Arenas, Straits of Magellan; Tal­
sahunana, Chile; Callao, Peru; Panama,
C. Z. ; San Diego, California, arriving
at destination, San Francisco, California.
April 28, 1909.
The officers of this expedition were
presented upon their arrival in Peru to
the President by the American Minister
at Lima. They also visited the military
school and the Peruvian warships. The
courtesies were unique in that they were
perhaps the only such honors ever ex­
tended an Army officer in command of
a United States vessel while visiting a
foreign harbor.
The fact that these four vessels com­
pleted their long voyage in good condi­
tion and without accident is a strong
testimonial to the efficiency of the ves­
sels, their crews, and the officers who
commanded them.
 tJNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
A Hop Around Oahu
(Continued from page two)
(Continued from Page Five)
the plane in a wide turn so that we could
conveniently look below without lean.ng
out of the cock-pit. I wondered about
the reason for our maneuver until the
lieutenant called my attention to the
peculiar formation of the shore-line. It
is believed that the bay was formed in
the crater of a prehistoric volcano.
From the air, we could see evidence sup­
porting this belief.
One of the most popular scenic fea­
tures in the Hawaiian Islands is Ku­
uanu Pali that famous twelve-hundred
foot cliff where, in 1795, Kamehame­
ha's forces put to rout the Oahuans,
thousands of whom met death by
being forced over the precipice
to the rocks below. Here was the
most beautiful panorama we had
viewed. 1 he mountains of the Koolau
Range serve as harmonious side-pieces
for this supreme splurge of Nature. See­
ing it from the air gives you a better
appreciation of the form and color. We
circled three times over the Pali, once
so low that our plane was noticeably buf­
feted about by strong winds biow.ng
through the pass which is of such
great importance in the history of
Hawaii.
We next flew over the extinct crat­
ers of Punch Bowl, Koko Head, and
the much post-card pictured Diamond
Head, which serves as the principal
site for the guns protecting Honolulu.
Then we made a wide tour over
Waikiki Beach and the city itself.
You have probably heard many of
your friends talk about the natural
beauty of this neighborhood, but any­
body who has looked at it from the
air really has reason to "rave" about
Hawaii.
Like ornamental patches in a large
garden, Fort Ruger, Fort DeRussy,
Fort Armstrong, and Fort Shafter ap­
peared to have been sketched into the
landscape by a master artist who was
intent upon effecting a composition
perfectly spaced. I was reminded that
these army posts are well located in
a practical way also, because the
soldiers stationed in Honolulu have
access to all the facilities for educa­
tion and recreation available in any
American city.
Returning to Pearl Harbor, we
looked over Fort Kamehameha and
finally landed at Luke Field. We had
been in the air less than two hours
but had seen more of Oahu than if
we had spent several days in travel
by railway or automobile. Many
soldiers of the Hawaiian Department
have remarked to me that it was
worth their enlistment in the Army
to make such a trip as this.
Li San
Veteran in American Service
THE picture accompanying this
* article is of Li San, an honored
employee of the United States Army
in China. According to The Sentinel,
published by the American Forces in
China, American Barracks, Tientsin,
Li San has served on the post longer
than any person in the command.
Born in Tientsin in July, 1861, about
the same lime the Civil War broke out
in the United States, Li San has
served more than thirty-three years
with the American Legation and the
U. S. Army. Starting in 1892 he went
to work for the Legation at Peking,
serving there until 1895, when he was
transferred to the office of the Mili­
tary Attache. In 1900 he ; gain trans-
Li San
ferred, this time to the service of the
Unived States Army under General
Chaffe, and later under General Hum­
phries, a former Quartermaster-Gen­
eral.
After the Boxer trouble, when most
of ihe allied troops had left China for
their home countries, Li SJ n went
back to work for the Military Attache
of the American Legation Guard in
Peking, where he stayed until 1912, later
transferring to the Quartermaster Corps.
As a civilian employee of the Quar­
termaster Corps this man's services
have been of the highest order. Now
over sixty-four years of age, Li Sin
is well known and liked by the great
number of officers and men who have
served with the American forces in
China.
History of the Engineer Corpi
eluding steel frame and pontoon bridges;
forestry operations, including sawmills
and the delivery of lumber; lighterage
construction, general construction; and
military engineering with combat organi­
zations, as well as combat when neces­
sary.
F ROM the standpoint of the man just
entering the service, numerous ad­
vantages are offered by the Corps of
Engineers.
Military engineering is necessarily an
outdoor proposition. All the benefits of
wholesome work in the open air naturaliy
accrue. The very nature of the work
lends interest to every drill. As soon as
a man has passed the recruit stage—his
training begins. This includes such drills
and instruction as will best fit him for
work in war. He is first taught to know
and how to use the rifle, and the bayonet,
and he has target work on the range.
Engineer drill is then given attention.
The variety of this precludes monotony.
An Engineer School has been organized
at Fort Humphreys, Va., designed to
give special training to selected men in
the duties of non-commissioned officers
and enlisted specialists of the Corps of
Engineers. It is contemplated that the
unit schools with engineer troops will
give the necessary instruction to qualify
enlisted men in military administration;
military art; and, so far as military field
equipment permits, in civil and military
engineering.
An advanced course is open to such
non-commissioned officers desiring to take
it as may be recommended by their regi­
mental commanders. The object of this
course is to train selected non-commis­
sioned officers in the duties of junior
officers of the Corps of Engineers. Grad­
uates of this course will be eligible for
temporary commissions in periods of
emergency.
The Engineer is proud of his Corps.
He is proud of its record and of the
place it has made for itself in our
national development. During the Civil
War, thirty-three officers of the Corps
of Engineers were appointed general offi­
cers of the Federal Army; of the general
officers of the Confederate Army, eight
had previously been officers of this Corps ;
in the World War, twenty-five of its
officers were appointed general officers.
The Engineer is professionally a man
of action; he takes pride in industry, and
joy in accomplishment. The glory of his
past record is gratifying and inspiring;
he looks to the future with clear vision
and confidence, in the belief that he will
be able to acqu't himself creditably, and
that he may do his full share in the
history of the nation's progress.
Page Fifteen
 Enlistments Made in Recruiting Districts

SEPTEMBER 1925

No. of

Enl. Per

No. of Enl. No. of

Enl. Man

Recruiting Districts Officer in Charge Men on Duty Enl.

on Duty

1. New York, N. Y Col. J. T. Dean, Inf., DOL 28 199

7.11

2. Pittsburgh, Penn Col. Win. B. Cowin, Q. M. C, DOL 30 172

5.73

3. Philadelphia, Penn Col. F. G. Stritzinger, Jr., Inf., DOL 31 165

5.32

4. Columbus, Ohio Lt. Col. Alfred Ballin, Retired 30 162

5.4

5. San Francisco, Cal Major E. H. Pearce, Retired 25 137

5.48

6. Indianapolis, Ind Lt. Col. R. S. Woodson, Retired 25 134

5.36

7. Chicago, 111 Lt. Col. W. B. Graham, Inf., DOL 23 126

5.48

8. Richmond, Va Capt. L. W. Skaggs, Inf., DOL 28 124

4.43

9. Detroit, Mich Col. C. E. Morton, Retired 18 119

6.61

10. Oklahoma City, Okla Capt. Chas. Lewis, Inf., DOL 17 118
6.94

11. Buffalo, N. Y Major M. P. Andruss, CAC, DOL 28 114

4.07

12. Syracuse, N. Y Major R. L. Weeks, Retired 20 111

5.55

13. Baltimore, Md Capt. C. J. Mabutt, QMC, DOL 27 110

4.07

14. Harrisburg, Penn Col. H. S. Wygant, Retired 31 99

3.19

15. Cincinnati, Ohio Lt. Col. F. G. Turner, Cav., DOL 19 93

4.89

16. Newark, N. J Lt. Col. R. E. Fisher, Cav., DOL 17 89

5.24

17. Los Angeles, Cal Col. H. B. Nelson, Retired 19 88

4.63

18. Fort Sam Houston, Tex Col. B. B. Buck, Retired 15 84

5.6

19. North Carolina 1st. Lt. W. S. Bryant, FA 11 83

7.36

20. Ft. Leavenworth, Kans Col. E. L. Butts, Inf., DOL 16 81

5.06

21. Dallas, Texas Capt. E. J. Buckbee, QMC, DOL 16 80

5.

22. Peoria, 111 1st Lt. R. C. Akins, Inf. DOL 16 78

4.88

23. St. Louis, Mo....' Capt. H. H. Reeves, QMC, DOL 14 77

5.5

24. Boston, Mass 1st Lt. Michael F. Cooney, Retired 20 76

• 3.8

25. Wilkcs-Barre, Pa 1st Lt. J. J. Gutkowski, Inf., DOL 15 75

5.

26. Providence, R. I Capt. W. J. Gilbert, CAC, DOL 18 73

4.06

27. Des Moines, Iowa Capt. E. T. Edwards, QMC, DOL 11 72

6.55

28. Milwaukee, Wise Capt. Reyburn Engles, QMC, DOL 16 72

4.5

29. New Orleans, La Major E. G. Northington, Retired 12 68

5.67

30. Fort Bliss, Texas Lt. Col. A. A. King, Retired 11 62

5.64

31. Nebraska 1st Lt. E. P. Lukert, Inf., DOL 14 62

4.43

32. Atlanta, Ga Col. W. R. Sample, Inf., DOL 10 61

6.1

33. West Virginia Col. B. P. Nicklin, Inf., DOL 12 60

5.

34. Seattle, Wash Col. G. W. S. Stevens, Retired 14 60

4.29

35. Fort Snelling, Minn Col. William Wallace, Retired 19 59

3.11

36. Little Rock, Ark Major H. M. Rimmer, Retired 10 55

5.5

37. Springfield, Mass.... ....Capt. T. W. Herren, Cav., DOL 15 53

3.53

38. Camden, N. J Capt. A. L. Barber, QMC, DOL 7 51

7.29

39. Albany, N. Y 1st Lt. W. B. Walters, CAC, DOL 13 50

3.84

40. Portland Harbor, Me 1st Lt. T. E. Winstead, 5th Inf 15 48

3.2

41. Houston, Texas 1st Lt. F. S. Mansfield, Inf., DOL 11 41

3.73

42. Washington, D. C Lt. Col. C. S. Fries, Inf., DOL 7 39

5.57

43. Memphis, Tenn Capt. J. D. Chambliss, Inf., DOL 7 38

5.43

44. Fort Logan, Colo Capt. F. G. Ringland, Cav., DOL 12 38

3.17

45. Portland, Oregon Lt. Col. C. F. Andrews, Inf., DOL 13 37

2.85

46. Knoxville, Tenn Capt T. N. Williams, Inf., DOL ['. 6 36

6.

47. Fort Oglethorpe, Ga Capt. H. D. Bagnall, Inf., DOL 5 33

6.6

48. Salt Lake City, Utah Col. F. L. Knudsen, Inf., DOL '. 13 33
2.54

49. New Haven, Conn Lt. Col. O. G Nichols, Inf., DOL .' 14 30
2.14

50. Nashville, Tenn 1st Lt. L. W. Boyd, Inf.,-DOL ' 7 29

4.14

51. Grand Rapids, Mich Lt. Col. H. M. Fales, Retired 6 28

4.67

52. Savannah, Ga Capt. P. S. Roper, CAC, DOL 7 28

4.

53. Jacksonville, Fla Capt. C. H. Dayhuff, Cav., DOL 6 26

4.33

54. Spokane, Wash Col. C. C. Ballou, Inf., DOL .... 9 24

2.67

55. Ft. Riley, Kans Capt. T. A. Bryant, Cav., DOL \ U 24

1.85

56. Alabama Capt. A. D. French, Inf., DOL ' 5 20

4.

57. Jackson, Miss Col. J. D. Watson, CAC, DOL '.'.['.'.'. 7 20

2.86

58. Ft. Benning, Ga , Capt. G. E. Kraul, Inf., DOL '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.]'.'.'. 6 18

3.

59. Ft. Ethan Alleji, Vt Capt. D. J. Page, 7th FA ... 3 5

1.67

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 Doughboys Vie In Aquatic Sports

WIMMING enthusiasts of the 29th
Infantry at Fort Benning, Georgia,
ability to swim has often proven itself
the home of the Infantry School,
had an exciting time recently when their
an invaluable asset in combat.
Second Battalion watermen nosed out the
First Battalion by 31-27 and won the
cup for the highest score in the regimental
swimming meet.
It was the Second Battalion's day from
start to finish. In the breast stroke, they
took all three places; in fact, the finals
contained only Second Battalion men.
They also "walked away" with the 440
yard swim. The relay event was almost
a procession.
In the greased pole event, after eight
men out of fifteen had walked far enough
out over the water to snatch the flag, the
tallow was replaced by slippery auto­
mobile grease. On the second trials,
all contestants tumbled with a splash
except Harper of Company "A".
In the fancy diving, some good form
was displayed, the one-and-a-half dive
Importance of Superior Water­
manship Is Recognized At
Fort Benning
being especially well executed by several
of the entrants.
Private Michael Juba, of Company
"G", was the outstanding hero of the
contest, when he won the 50-yard breast
stroke and the 440-yard free style, scoring
a total of ten points and the award of
the individual point prize. Private Juba's
performance in the meet was all the
more remarkable because he had to swim
his heats in the breast stroke and then
line up immediately for the start of the
quarter-mile.
The Commanding Officer of the 29th
Infantry, Colonel James B. Gowen, has
laid great emphasis in his training pro­
gram upon the importance of swimming
to the fighting man and the entire per­
sonnel of that organization has been un­
dergoing systematic instruction in this
work.
Aquatic sports have taken an important
place in the training of a soldier and the
In the Infantry Journal, August, 1925,
a forceful article on the subject of Mili­
tary Watermanship, by Captain Colby,
pointed out several remarkable instances
in history, including our own engagements
in the Philippines and in France, where
.swimming was necessary in reconnaissance
work and in crossing deep but relatively
narrow waterways which were obstacles
to the progress and mobility of military
commands.
Lovers of aquatic sports at Fort Ben­
ning are particularly fortunate as they
get nearly six months use of their out­
door pool every year. When Fall frosts
are striking the leaves from the trees in
colder sections of the country, "the
water's fine" at Fort Benning where
the soldiers still have several weeks of
summer weather ahead of them.

Swimming Pool at Fort Benning, Georgia

ID Circle: Pvt. Michael Juba, awarded Individual Point Prize in 29th Infantry Swimming Meet.
Page Two
 Fort Cummings, New Mexico
OTANY Bay, some wag had
B named it, from no complimentary
sense of humor, and so it be­
came known throughout the Army;
a place of veritable exile and desola­
tion, cut off for months at a time from
the rest of the world; the soldiers in
the little garrison expecting each sun­
rise to be the last they would witness.
Cochise, Geronimo, Victoria—these
chiefs and their ferocious bands of
painted Apaches were a constant and
vivid menace, and no one knew when
the lonely post would be suddenly, un­
expectedly assaulted and its oc­
cupants massacred. Indeed, it was for
years in a stage of perpetual siege;
and the soldier who found himself
ordered to duty there considered that
no worse fate could have befallen him.
Such was Old Fort Cummings, New
Mexico, in the turbulent Sixties.
New Mexico in 1862 was a seething
cauldron of sedition, threatening at
any moment to embrace the cause of
the Confederacy. And, assuming this
was not enough trouble at one time,
the Miembre Apaches elected to take
the warpath, proceeding to pillage and
burn as was their custom. So General
James Henry Carleton with a force
of California troops marched overland
from the coast to hold New Mexico
for the Union. By the time he ar­
rived, however, the Confederates un­
der H. H. Sibley had been defeated
and driven into Texas.
At the mouth of Cook's Canyon,
f i f t y-t h r e e
miles west of
the Rio Grande,
the California
volunteers be­
g a n erecting
Fort Cum­
mings on Oc­
tober 2, 1862.
Here a battle
between Con­
federate and Union troops had al­
ready taken place, and the bones of
the slain lay bleaching in the sun un­
til 1867, when they were gathered and
buried in the post cemetery.
By J. R. JOHNSTON
Here too, the Apaches had often
waylaid travelers and slaughtered
them, and the primary purpose of
Fort Cummings was to protect the
Butterfield Trail, the well used high­
way from Fort Selden to California.
Cummings was constructed of
adobe, a favorite building material in
the Southwest. A high wall complete­
ly surrounded it, with a sally port on
the southern side. The immediate
vicinity of the post was a paradise
for those who enjoyed hunting. An­
telopes were usually to be seen any­
where. They were hunted with grey­
hounds, the dogs turning the animals
and bringing them within range of
the soldiers' guns. Buffalo too were
plentiful, as were predatory animals,
mountain lion, wolf and coyote.
In the earlier days of the post's
existence the Indians frequently lay
hidden in the grass or brush sur­
rounding it, shooting at anyone who
poked his head out of the sally-port
or over the wall. As an instance of
their by no means uncommon tactics,
the following extract of an article in
the Fort Bayard Mountain Breeze
is enlightening. The article relates
the trip of a dispatch bearer with an
escort of three troopers from Fort
Cummings to Bayard, prefaced by a
few descriptive lines of the latter
post.
"In the center was the usual parade
ground with the staff of Old Glory,
and a brass Napoleon six foot gun on
each side of it, pointing toward the
main approach. It had happened that
early in the morning, before guard
mount, a considerable body of
Apaches, in war paint, dashed into the
post firing right and left at every one
in sight, and even at the doors of
the buildings as they passed. Then
wheeling, yelling and firing, they had
ridden away. They were well mount­
ed and although the gun squad had
rushed to load the cannon, before the
gun strings could be placed for firing
they were out of range, their defiant
yells dying in the distance.
"The next day we took with us an­
other packet and a good supply of
ammunition for our Sharps carbines
and our navy six shooters. We made
a cautious and rapid trip to the
Miembres, and started early in the
morning after our arrival for our re­
turn to Fort Cummings. The canyon
(Cook's) was passed safely, though all
the way from Bayard Indian signals
were increasing.
"We found the old post more vigi­
lant than ever, the sentries doubled
front and rear. Later, when the
morning or evening gun no longer
saluted Old Glory at reveille or re­
treat we learned that we were reduced
to three rounds per man for ammuni­
tion. We realized that we were in a
situation more or less desperate, for
the husbanding of every drachm of
powder suggested preparation for a
possible 'last stand'."
A favorite saying of frontier scouts
was—"When you see an Apache sign
be keerful; 'n when you don't see nary
sign be more keerful," and the garri­
son of Fort Cummings found the ad­
vice valuable
indeed. The
Apaches were
said to be the
most warlike
and ferocious
of all western
tribes; and it
is claimed that
for every war­
rior they lost,
twenty-five white men were killed.
The submission of the Miembre
branch of the nation and its estab­
lishment on the Ojo Caliente Reser­
(Continued on page seven)
Page Thrte

F OR a few months after his enlist­
ment, Private Snook had tried plain,
everyday soldiering at fifteen dollars
and sixty cents a month, and no glory, he
being merely a regular on foreign serv­
ice. At fighting Snook was as good as
the best—at least his intentions were
above reproach, although his shooting
was execrable. At soldiering, however,
he was a hopeless fizzle, in consequence
of which, following the inevitable trend
of all hopeless military misfits, Snook
eventually found himself in position to
do the greatest possible amount of dam­
age. He became a company cook, with
a sergeant's pay.
As a soldier, Snook had never had a
chance. He was a little man, and rele­
gated to comparative obscurity far down
the left flank of his company, when his
soul fairly panted to be up on the right
flank with the "Big Fours." That is
one of the disadvantages that accrue to
a short man from the "Little Fours,''
a color sergeant—not even a color guard.
Another disadvantage is that a short man,
having short legs, is apt to lose step
with the tall fellows in front, and then
irascible noncoms rasp out at him, "Hay­
foot! Strawfoot!" and a little wisp of a
boy lieutenant will rush at him with the
apparent intention of sticking him through
the stomach with his sword and yell out:
"What's the matter with you? Can't
you keep step ? Catch step there ! Hep !
Hep! Hep!" Perhaps he will demand to
be informed why the offender ever left
the old homestead, and the latter may
not hit him for this, under pain of death,
or such punishment as a court-martial
may inflict.
Snook was such a soldier. Even in a
company of his equals in the matter of
leg length, Snook could never, by any
possibility, have kept step. He was born
without a sense of proportion. To him a
thousand yards was point-blank range.
If placed on guard at No. 1 Post, he
would suddenly shout: "Turn out the
guard! Brigadier General!" Then, by
the time the guard had been routed out,
formed, and ready to present arms, in
would walk a bandmaster in dress uni­
form! If the band had played Chopin's
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By PETER B. KYNE
"Funeral March" at a Lunetta concert
and "The Banks of the Wabash Far
Away" at a funeral, Snook would have
enjoyed it, but he would have considered
it unusual.
Snook never laughed—yet he did not
appear to be unhappy. He was a stolid,
stogy little man, and unpleasant to look
at. It was a matter of general belief that
Snook's brain was a pint of bean soup,
that his spinal cord had no ramifica­
tions, and that he was impervious to
pain. It was said that Snook would never
be killed in action unless blown to atoms
by a shell.
In his very first action he was hit in
the thigh by a forty-five-seventy Reming­
ton slug. He ran two hundred yards,
with evident enjoyment of the bayonet
exercise at the end of the course, and
while frisking the body of a Filipino
major for possible loot, a mildly interested
comrade informed him that he had been
hit. At least, blood was welling out of
his leg.
"Scratch," said Snook. He was barely
interested.
He removed his trousers, sat down on
a rice paddy, and began feeling around
for the bullet. He located it on the in­
side of his thigh, about half an inch
under the skin. So he took a razor
from his haversack, made an incision,
flipped out the bullet, and, after carefully-
wrapping it in a little piece of paper,
he placed it in his pocket for a keep­
sake. Then he bound up his leg with his
own first-aid bandage, and gave it as his
opinion that about one more crack at
Aguinaldo would end the war.
No, the God of Battles had not in­
tended Snook for a soldier. Snook was
dirty, and he couldn't keep step, and he
couldn't learn his "General Orders for
a Sentry on Post." At drill, upon the
command, "Squads Right About March!"
Snook would always be depended upon to
do a "Squads Left About," with the re­
sult that he would get caught between the
whirling flanks of two sets of fours and
stand there, absolutely lost and looking
as if his feet hurt him.
In civil life Snook had been an ex­
cellent deck hand, on a Sacramento River
steamer. At the opening of the Spanish
War he was out of a job, so he joined
the regular army because a recruiting
sergeant told him he was a splendid
figure of a man, and designed by nature
for a soldier.
Soldiering wasn't half bad whuV
Snooks' skeleton company was being
whipped into shape at Camp Merritt be­
fore taking transport for Manila, for
Snook had a deal of company in the
awkward squad. But when the awk­
ward squad dwindled down to Private
Snook, "soldiering became a burden."
The noncoms hated Snook, for all of
their spare time was taken up drilling
him.
The first sergeant would say: "Corporal
Schullz, take that dummy Snook out and
drill the manual of arms into his thick
head." Then Corporal Schultz would
sigh and say very bitterly: "Doggone it,
I ain't the only noncom in this company.
I took Snook out for two hours yester­
day. I can't teach the beggar anything."
Then there would be some undignified re­
partee between the first sergeant and
Schultz, and Schultz would take Snook
out and drill him, and tell him just what
he thought of him, and urge him to
desert. To which Snook would reply:
"You wait till I'm corporal, Schultz,
and I'll lick you for that. I'm a private
now, and I can't fight you—but you just
wait till I'm a corporal."
"Man," Schultz would reply, "haven't
I told you that I'll be retired after thirty
years' service, and living on three-quarter
pay and a pension by the time you're a
corporal. Don't be so vindicative."
There were twelve corporals in Snook's
company, and Snook had definitely prom­
ised a beating to eleven of them when he
could do so without being tried for
striking his superior. Corporal Mon­
tague Havens alone had not incurred
Snook's enmity—no thanks to Montague
Havens. He was the company clerk, and
didn't have to drill Snook in the awk­
ward squad—so they had never clashed.
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Corporal Havens was all that Private
Snook was not. He was a splendid figure
of a man, young, handsome, kindly, hum­
orous, brave and courteous—a soldier,
every inch of him. He was a college
man, a born aristocrat, and it was current
gossip that he would have a commission
before long. His father was a United
States senator. Montague Havens, like
many another young man, had enlisted
for the war. Snook decided Corporal
Havens was a snob, and made up his
mind to dislike him.
The privates in Snook's company treat­
ed Snook with distant respect. If he was
a little man, he possessed weight. He
had a chest like a pork barrel, and long,
hairy, gorillalike arms that hung almost
to his knees. He never learned to stand
with his heels together, toes slightly
turned out, body erect on the hips, little
fingers touching the seams of his trousers,
following the prescribed attitude of a
soldier, as laid down in the regulations.
Instead Snook would stand with his legs
apart, his body leaning forward from the
hips, and his hard face thrust out ag­
gressively. When the Big Fours called
attention to his unmilitary figure, Snook
promptly and expeditiously trounced the
Big Fours, and the Little Fours took
notice.
Snook was rather a lonely figure in
his company. Nobody called him
"bunkie"; nobody ever went down into the
Escolta and got drunk with him; no­
body waxed warm, and friendly, and con­
fidential with him, for Snook was not a
gifted conversationalist. He had two
stock subjects for conversation. One was
the Philippine Islands, which he cursed
from Corregidor to the Sulu Sea, and
the other was steamboating on the Sacra­
mento. He was lonely for the U. S. A.,
for the only life he had ever known, and
he talked a great deal, when he could
get any one to listen to him, about the
river, and the Tules, and the sun rising
over the marsh lands, the whir of wild
ducks passing overhead, and the mourn­
ful honking of the wild geese, and the
golden mist that over-hung the valley.
"Gawd! I wisht I was back in the
Tules," he'd say. "You know where
I'd be about this time? I'd be standin'
on the bow o' the Rio Vista Belle, with
a heavin' line in my hand, and we'd just
be makin' up to Dunnigan's Landin' for
a load of fruit, or maybe a couple o'
hundred sacks o' new potatoes. The old
man'd be on the bridge—a-cussin' me,
and me enjoyin' it, and the smell o' that
stinkin' old river. And the way we'd
light into that freight and cast off and
go pokin' on up the river, scarin' the
wild ducks up ahead of us, and me and
the mate wavin' at the farmers' gals
along shore—Gawd! I wisht I was
back!"
Snook was not the only person who
wished it, for when Snook's soul was
cloyed with gloom, he insisted upon play­
ing the harmonica. Having no sense of
time or music, he simply blew into it,
and sort of flock shot the notes, for all
noise was harmony to Snook.
It was observed that he never received
any mail from home—not even an old
newspaper or magazine. Yet, whenever
he saw a man writing a letter, Snook
would hang around until the envelope
was addressed, when he would make bold
enough to read the address and remark
wistfully: "Say! That's great writin'.
I wisht I could sling a hand like that."
He was particularly partial to the old
Spencerian style of chirography—the kind
with heavy shading on the down strokes
and flourishes on the capital letters.
Corporal Montague Havens was a past
master of Spencerian penmanship, and
Snook never tired of admiring the great
art as exemplified in the copies of orders
and announcements which Corporal
Havens, as company clerk, executed and
pasted on the company bulletin board.
One day Snook gathered courage
enough to ask Havens if he would mind
writing a letter for him, but Corporal
Havens, who disliked Snook exceedingly,
excused himself on the score of being
busy.
"Well, there ain't no hurry," Snook
explained patiently. "I'd be obliged if
you'd let me know when you got time.
This is a particular letter, and I'd like
you to write it for me."
Corporal Havens made no reply to this
tentative feeler. He desired no confidence
from this man Snook. Snook brought
the matter up again a week later, but
still Havens eluded him, so Snook made
up his mind that his first estimate of
Corporal Havens was the correct one.
The man was a snob, so Snook decided
to thrash him when he should be pro­
moted to a corporal-ship.
It was about this time that old George
Martin, a veteran duty sergeant, who
was always left guide in company form­
ation, made up his mind that Snook
should either desert or be transferred to
some special duty. Martin was weary
with the effort of keeping Snook within
bounds performing the simplest evolution,
and, after considerable thinking over the
matter, he schemed a way for dispensing
with Snook.
As a preliminary he made friends with
the outcast, and when he had obtained
Snook's confidence, he sprang h:j trap.
"See here, Snooksy," he said, "how'd
you like to be a corporal?"
Snook thought of the long list of his
enemies, and said he'd like it very well,
indeed.
"Well, then," continued the veteran,
"let's have a little plain talkin' between
friends. I like you, Snooksy, my boy,
but as a soldier you're a failure. You're
a good scrapper, and all that, but you
don't take to the fine points of the game.
You ain't up on military etiquette, and a
lot o' the noncoms in this outfit are
against you. But if you can cook, you
can get a corporal-ship."
"Cook," echoed Snook; "Well, I should
say sao! I was cook on a scow schooner
oncet. I ain't fancy, but I can cook
plain grub without ruinin' it."
"All right. Fine. Now I tell you what
you do, Snooksy. You go to the compa­
ny commander and salute him with your
right hand, and say: 'May I speak to
the company commander?' He'll say: 1
'Certainly, Private Snook. What do you
want ?' Then you say to him: 'Sir, I've
tried hard, but I guess I'm a failure as
a soldier. But I'm a good cook. I can
cook circles around any cook in the
brigade. I don't care for a job as an
army cook, because if I'd wanted a
steady job cookin' I'd 'a' had it at home
at higher wages, but I enlisted to do some­
thing for my country, and I've come to
the conclusion that the only way I can do
it is to cook good grub for the boys that
has to do the hikin' and the fightin.'
D'ye follow me Snooksy?"
Snook nodded. The sergeant contin­
ued:
"This captain of ours is strong for
good cookin' for the men, and he's a
decent chap, anyhow, and'll appreciate
that speech. You know it's hard to get
a good cook. They hate to cook, and as
soon as you order a man into the kitchen
he says he's got rheumatism, and goes
on sick report, and you can't prove he's
a liar, so there you are. The army's
always up against it for good cooks,
and our company commander'll just about
fall on your neck when you volunteer for
the job. Right off he'll say: 'Private
Snook, that is extremely good of you,
and I thank you. I'll speak to the first
sergeant, and you may take over the
kitchen tomorrow mornin'.'
"Well, as soon as he says that, you say:
'Thank you, sir,' and salute him—with
your right hand—and walk away about
your business. The next mornin' you'll
be our company cook, and lemme tell
you somethin'. A cook gets sergeant's
pay. Give the boys their beans baked
instead of boiled, take extra pains and
make the most of your rations. That
Captain will have his eye on you, and if
you make good he'll be the first one to
notice it and appreciate it. Follow me?"
Again Snook nodded.
"After .you've been in the kitchen, say,
tw,o weeks,.and have made good, you.go
to the company commander again and
say.to him: , ;
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 The Camp Normoyle Shops and Schools
I N T H E pre-war days the mule and
the horse practically monopolized the
means of Army transportation. The
revolution in transportation methods
which has been brought about by the
progress of science and which has to
a large extent replaced animal-drawn
vehicles, has also invaded the Army.
While there is no danger of the entire
elimination of horses and mules as far
as Army transportation is concerned, the
automobile and motor truck have gained
a prominent part in the solution of the
transportation problem and have shoved
the horse and its lowly brother down
from their exalted position.
There never was any shortage in the
Army of the personnel known as "mule
skinners," but with the arrival of the
complicated motor vehicles now in uni­
versal use it soon became apparent that
skilled mechanics were badly needed to
take care of the equipment of the Army,
the more so, since economical handling
and expert repair were imperative by
reason of the limited appropriations for
maintenance of the transportation equip­
ment.
For the purpose of training experts
for repairing and keeping in excellent
condition the entire rolling motor
stock of the Army, schools were estab­
lished in various parts of the country,
and of these Camp Normoyle is prob­
ably the most elaborately equipped one
in the United States Army.
The Normoyle Quartermaster Inter­
mediate Depot, Camp Normoyle, Texas,
occupies 85^4 acres about 50 yards be­
yond the southern limits of San Antonio,
Texas, and about 2,000 yards from Dun­
can Field and Kelly Field, two of the
largest stations maintained by the Air
Service of the United States Army. Camp
Normoyle is easily reached by motor
buses travelling over well paved roads
to San Antonio, conceded to be one of the
most interesting and healthiest cities in
America.
tion and carburetion, machinery, moulding,
The work "camp" is a misnomer for
this thriving little city. It has none of
the ear-marks of the typical camp. This
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By W. D. QUEED
remarkable little industrial city under
military control has a population at this
time of 19 officers, 406 enlisted men and
60 civilian employees, nearly all of whom
are high class mechanics and specialists
in automobile maintenance and operation.
There are over 100 buildings, many of
them very large and of excellent con­
struction. In some of these buildings are
housed the social clubs, moving picture
show, dance hall, soldiers' service club,
library, camp exchange, tailor shop, post
office, fire station, hospital and prac­
tically every social and civic activity to
be found in the most progressive city.
The main shops occupy a building 480
by A97y2 feet, constructed of concrete,
steel and glass. It is probably the best
constructed industrial building in the
South. In this building is housed a vast
array of the finest and most modern
machinery and special equipment that
money can buy. This building is the
center of attraction for the numerous
visitors to the camp because of its multi­
tude of mechanical devices, and is a verit­
able bee-hive of industry.
The exclusive mission of the camp is
to keep in a perfect state of repair the
various types of motor vehicles used in
the Army, and to supply from its giant
warehouses the millions of spare parts
necessary for the purpose.
The Quartermaster Motor Transport
School is located at this camp and is the
principal instrumentality by which trained
personnel is provided to man the huge
shops. This school was established dur­
ing the World War for the purpose of
developing high grade mechanical special­
ists for the Motor Transport Corps over­
seas, and was so remarkably successful
in its teaching methods, that the organi­
zation was retained as a training school
for the Army.
The school offers courses in automech­
anics, blacksmithing, battery repairing,
truck and touring car driving, general
electric, millwright, electroplating, igni­
motorcycle repairing, automobile painting,
radiator repairing, sheet metal working,
spring making, tire repairing, tool dress­
ing, tractor driving, stationary firing,
wheelwright, woodworking, welding,
warehousing, mechanical drafting and up­
holstery and trimming.
Since September 1, 1920, 1153 students
have been granted diplomas in 24 of
these grades. The entire facilities of the
main shop with its extensive and wonder­
ful mechanical devices are used for training
purposes, the students being instructed
under actual shop conditions and discip­
line. The internal regulations of the
shop are somewhat similar to a civilian
plant. The soldiers punch the time re­
corder, work the same number of hours,
observe the same rules, have the same
privileges and receive compensation in
proportion to their ability and the quality
of their work just as civilians do every­
where. This plan, while rather unique
in vocational school administration, has
proven itself not only acceptable to the
students, but has greatly reduced the
cost of training by turning the produc­
tive efforts of the student into actual
operation of the plant.
The training methods follow closely
the time honored apprentice system that
has given America and Europe many of
the finest mechanics in the world, being
modified so as to use such modern in­
structional equipment as has proven effi­
cient in vocational training. Some of the
ablest experts to be found supervise the
training of these students and lead them
step by step through the problems of
their trades. Standard text books are
furnished the students free for spare time
study and to master the theory involved
in the several trades. Educational motion
pictures are a part of the splendid school
equipment and are shown at stated times.
Students enter as apprentices under the
supervision of commissioned, enlisted or
civilian foremen in the several depart­
ments of the shops, and receive all their
training under actual shop conditions and
according to approved methods and prac­
tices. The repair plant affords larger
and better facilities for trade training
than can be found in a majority of the
vocational schools.
Under the training plan in vogue here
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
the whole shop is regarded as the stu­
dent's laboratory and experiment station,
but he is required to solve all his problems
according to modern production methods
and strictly for use in the daily activities
of the plant. It speaks well for the
teaching methods and exceptional ability
of the foremen, that only 5H per cent
of the student body has failed to qualify.
Enlisted men from all over the Eighth
Corps Area have been trained here, rep­
resenting practically every branch of the
military service.
The Quartermaster Motor Transport
School differs in one very important
particular from the vast majority of
trade schools—the students are actually
paid a good salary to learn, instead of
paying tuition fees. In addition they are
furnished free an abundance of good
clothing, wholesome food, clean lodgings
and expert medical and dental care.
Instead of paying high taxes and worry­
ing where they will eat next and where
they will sleep, like many poor souls, the
Government actually pays these young
men to live in one of the best governed
and prettiest little cities in the country.
And these soldiers are well paid. Con­
sidering the liberal allowance granted the
enlisted man, the majority of them are
being paid as well as the average person
in civil life in similiar occupations. Over
three-fourths of the entire command hold
specialist ratings, which entitle the men
to a handsome increase above their base
pay. The important point is that this
pay is all net, not one penny need the
men spend for board, clothes, roomrent,
medical care, etc., that so badly con­
tracts the civilian's pay envelope. Be­
sides there is no loss of pay through ir­
regularity of employment.
Soldier Wins "Liberty's" Hero
Award
The Liberty Magazine's weekly
prize for bravery, consisting of
$1,000 in cash and a gold medal
was recently awarded to Staff
Sergeant Patrick Ahearn, U. S.
Army, instructor at the Gulf Coast
Military Academy, Mississippi, as
the Liberty's recognition of most
distinguished heroism and self-
sacrifice.
With his clothes on fire and him­
self swinging from a nearby tree
to reach the window of a burning
house, Sergeant Ahearn dragged
his young daughter to safety after
all hope was given up. She was the
last one of eight persons he rescued
single handed.
Governor Henry Whitfield of
Mississippi, who presented the
check and pinned the medal on
Sergeant Ahearn's chest, said that
it was one of the most distinguished
acts of heroism in the history of
the State.
Soldier Students Learning Motor Construction
Fort Cummings, New Mexico
(Continued from page three)
vation in 1868 brought a more peace­
ful condition of affairs to southern
New Mexico, and in 1870 Cummings
was abandoned. In 1881, however, Vic­
toria and his band broke loose and the
fort was once more occupied During
its period of abandonment it had fal­
len into ruins, the barracks and quar­
ters were uninhabitable and (he
troops were compelled to live in tents
outside the walls.
The garrison in 1882 consisted of
Companies "A" and "D" of the
Thirteenth Infantry, and Troops "F"
and "H", Fourth Cavalry, with two
companies of Indian scouts from San
Carlos. Including teamsters, families
and camp followers of all sorts, some
350 people lived in the fort, more than
fifty of whom died in an epidemic of
typhoid between the first of July and
the middle of September. The cause
of the fever outbreak was the spring
which supplied the post. No one
thought of boiling the water before
using it, but dumped permanganate
of potassium into it for purification
purposes.
There were frequent skirmishes and
expeditions against hostile Indians,
but the middle Eighties found the
Apaches under some control. In 1885
a part of the Sixth Cavalry was sta­
tioned at Cummings, and in the same
year the fort was definitely aban­
doned and the reservation turned over
to the Interior Department.
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Recruiting Publicity Bureau, Governors Island, N. Y
An Army Information Bulletin containing a resume
of administrative reports, statistical tables, rules,
regulations, and official notices of recruiting for the
guidance of members of the Regular Army, National
Guard and Organized Reserves.
NOVEMBER 15, 1925.
Army Traditions
Peter B. Kyne, who needs no introduction to the
literary world, has kindly presented the Recruiting
Publicity Bureau with a series of stories on Army
life. Mr. Kyne, or we should say Captain Kyne, for
he holds that commission in the Reserve Corps—
is particularly well qualified to write on Armv sub­
jects as he served as an enlisted man in the Philip­
pine Islands in 1899 and was a commissioned offi­
cer during the World War. His understanding and
interpretation of military characters, particularly of
the "old timers", have no equal among modern
writers. He has often been referred to as the Rud­
yard Kipling of the American Army and has even an
added advantage in that he actually served in the
ranks as an enlisted man.
From the standpoint of the Recruiting Service,
it is believed that these stories will have a great
value. They will stimulate an interest in the old
Army and the "old timer" type whose numbers are
being depleted by ordinary casualties and retire­
ments. The present is based on the past and con­
trols the future. An insight into the work and
character of those who made up our Army twenty-
five years ago will stimulate a better understand­
ing of the traditions of the military establishment
and a love for its institutions.
These articles also indicate the opportunities that
exist for wide-awake enlisted men with writing
ability in the Army who can interpret the human
strength and weaknesses of the men who comprise
our military forces. Peter B. Kyne with the short
service in the Philippines of but one year has found
enough of an inspiration there to write many an
article on the soldier of '98. The Army of today
is just as colorful as it was then and awaits another
Kyne to interpret the present soldier.
The Recruiting News considers itself particularly
fortunate in having obtained the series of stories
which it is hoped will stimulate recruiting, will
foster a. love for the traditions of the old Army
and will, in their human aspects, interpret the life
of the soldier of }98.
Bringing the Army Home to the People
The Recruiting Publicity Bureau through its
various agencies and its contacts with the news­
papers^ magazines, news and wire syndicates is in
a position to disseminate articles, pictures and sto-
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ries which will popularize service in the Army and
facilitate the problem of recruiting. To do this
successfully, it must get its data from the various
organizations throughout the country.
There are in the every day happenings on every
post or within the administration of a regiment
or a battalion the possibilities of a story or an ar­
ticle which can be sent to home town papers to
spread information of a valuable sort about the
Army and its activities which will help recruiting.
We have recently distributed a release to the pa­
pers of Arkansas which illustrates our point. A
notice had come to us of an enlisted man who had
risen from the grade of private to that of technical
sergeant in one enlistment. With this basis we wrote
the article which we distributed throughout Ar­
kansas. This article we have every reason to be­
lieve was published throughout the State of
Arkansas and brought the Army to the people in
the home towns in a way that could not be dupli­
cated in any other manner. It is this form of
publicity which will do a great deal toward im­
proving the quality of recruits which is a con­
sideration o f greatest importance. The young
men in the home town reading about the success
of their neighbor in the Army, his travels, his ex­
ploits or his promotions will be influenced to a
great degree toward looking upon the Army as
a promising career.
We therefore ask the cooperation of all organi­
zation commanders in this work by keeping us in
mind at all times and letting us have records of
promotions, exemplary conduct, distinctions and
any other item of interest pertaining to their or­
ganization or to its personnel.
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School for Recruiters
With a view toward establishing a primer or an
A-B-C for recruiters, the Recruiting Publicity Bur­
eau has recently sent a questionaire through the
recruiting officers to the various sergeants on duty
asking for some first hand information from the
canvasser himself as to the best method of break­
ing in new men and instructing them in their duties.
The article specifically requested information on
the following points:
1. A plain statement of advice for the new
recruiter who has just joined the party and who
is being sent out as a canvasser for the first time.
2. The methods he should employ, the hours
he should work and the places where he should
try to locate prospective recruits.
3. Advice as to his contacts and environment.
4. His own personal conduct.
5. His treatment to the prospect after he has
convinced him of the desirability of joining the
service.
The number of answers that have been received,
and their quality, indicate that this study will offer
the basis for an excellent guide for new recruiters.
I he Recruiting News plans to embody the results
of the study in an article which it is hoped will be
published about December 1st.
 WHAT A SOLDIER SEES ON THE STREETS OF MANILA,? I

Many kinds of vehicles

moving; at different speeds
keep the traffic policeman busy

estudiantes r~
very often may be seen
A Filipino "sport" carries holding' h a n d s A piece of paper tied around \
his pet fighting"-cock a post means ''Room for Rent'"'

Overhanging' balconies
projecting over the
narrow sidewalks offer
protection from Su.n \
and ram - bii-t- if a _
person politely steps
l
into the street bo
allow another pedestrian
to pass - his head
"becomes a target for
falling" flower-pots, etc.

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 Through The

# Telescope
26,184 Veterans Hospitalized Bolivian Officer Attached to Second

According to the latest figures received Engineers Second Division To Pick Best

from the U. S. Veterans' Bureau there Captain F. M. Riveria, Corps of En- Sergeant •

are 26,184 veterans receiving hospital gineers, Bolivian Army, has been at- Beginning January 4th, the various

treatment from the government. Of these tached to the Second Engineers for a organizations of the Second Division,

22,018 are in government hospitals while training period of six months. After with Headquarters at Fort Sam Houston,

the rest are cared for in private con- completing this tour of duty he expects Texas, will hold competitive preliminaries

tract institutions. to attend some eastern university for to pick the best sergeant. The winners

one year. of each unit will participate in the final

divisional competition. The test is base<3
New Recreation Hall for Fort Shafter upon the requirements of paragraph 6 of
A new recreation hall and gymnasium Casual Barracks at Honolulu Elimi- Training Orders 1, which require that
for Fort Shafter, Hawaii, is nearing nated officers and non-commissioned officers will
completion. It will house all the athletic Recruits arriving at the Hawaiian De- be able to properly conduct the training
indoor activities, serve as a dance hall, partment are no longer sent to the Casual of units appropriate to their present ancl
reading and card room, and will also Barracks at Fort Kamehameha and Scho- next higher command. '
contain the Post Exchange. The new field Barracks but are forwarded at once
building which will be ready by Decem- to the outfits to which they have been Sam Houston Bands Broadcasting
ber 10, is being paid for from funds assigned, to go through the usual recruit Broadcasting an hour?s program every
contributed by enlisted men and officers training before being ready for regular Wednesday, the seven army bands sta­
at Fort Shafter. duty with the seasoned troops. tioned about San Antonio, Texas, are a
very popular feature according to the
Infantry-Marines Exchange Honors Publicity in "The Veteran" great number of letters received from
The first inter-service pistol com- Sergeant Joseph G. Zimmerman radio fans throughout the South, and
from radio fans in Central and Soutji
petition with the Marine Legation Guard DEML, Recruiting Service, has been
America. :
team at Peking, China, was won by the given a free advertisement for the re­
pistol team of the 15th Infantry stationed cruiting service in the columns of The Airdrome To Move To New Mexico
at Tientsin, China, by a margin of 34 Veteran which is a magazine published
points. On the first day the Marines by the Lieut. Landsdale Post No. 67, The airdrome hitherto stationed at Fj.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United Douglas, Arizona, is to be moved to
piled up a score of 3540 points, three
States. Lordsburg, New Mexico, thereby making
more points than the 15th Infantry was it a link in the governmental
able to make, but on the second air field chain between San Aq­
day of the match, the Doughboys Things the Army Does Besides Fight tonio, Tex., and San Diego, Cal.
came back with a score of 3622
points, while the Marines were Washington, D. C.—Heroism of the soldiers of
left behind with 3,585 points. The the Army is by no means confined to the battle Building Moved With Tanks
field. Whenever there is any occasion in time
Marine Legation rifle team evened of peace to come to the aid of their fellowmen Three tanks of the Secon'd
up matters between the "contest­ in an emergency, the soldier is always ready to Tank Company stationed at Ft.
ants by defeating the Infantry in risk his life. Six enlisted men were recently
cited by the War Department for heroic action Sam Houston, Texas, were used
the second annual rifle competi­
tion on the International target and meritorious service: Cpl. Francis D. Sullivan, recently to move a building. The
range just outside the Chinese 1st Medical Regiment, for rescuing a man over­ tanks and tractors were also very
come by gas at the bottom of a cess-pool, at useful in laying out a large land­
capital. The Marines scored 7,­ Egypt, Pennsylvania, on June 16, 1925 and Pvt.
598 points to the Infantry's 7,357. Vernon M. Coffey, Battery B, 76th Field Artillery, ing field for the Second Division
for rescuing a boy from drowning at Fort D. A. Aircraft.
Russell, Wyoming, on July 27, 1925. Entering
the flaming area and shutting off the flow of gas
Recruiting Officer for New with utter disregard for personal safety after the Enlisted Men Take Factory
York explosion of a gas torch and ignition of gas from
an acetylene tank at Kelly Field, Texas on July Course ,
Captain Guy W. Skinner of the 25, 1925, was the heroic deed which won a Cita­ Six members of the Air Serv­
5th Infantry stationed at Van­ tion for Meritorious Service for Master Sergeant
Cecil O. Dobie, Pfc. James B. Ritchie, Pvt. ice Pursuit Group stationed at
couver Barracks, Washingon, has Selfridge Field, Michigan, have
Charles T. Hughes, and former Pvt. Guss Black-
been assigned to the 2nd Corps well, members of the 60th Service Squadron, Air completed a course in motors at
Area for recruiting duty in New Service. the Curtiss Aeroplane arid Motor
York City. Company recently. ;
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 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Polo for Enlisted Men
A Polo Association has been organized
by the 1st Squadron of the 101st Cavalry
New York National Guard, to encourage
the game among the enlisted men. Every
troop will have a team and the best
players of the troops will form into a
squadron polo squad. The Cavalry regi­
ment has a 100-acre farm at Huntington,
Long Island, where the members can
avail themselves of mounts. This prop­
erty has all the facilities of a country
club and is equipped for every athletic
sport, baseball field, tennis and handball
courts, and other features being part of
the Cavalry "ranch."
o
Dress Uniform for National Guard
A beautiful silver cup and the honor
of parading at the head of the regiment
awaits the company of the 71st Infantry,
New York National Guard, which will
be first in fitting out its entire personnel
with the newly adop­
ted full dress uni­
form.
Aerial Ambulance
For Panama
France Field, Ca­
nal Zone, is demons­
trating its ambul­
ance plane, the very
latest word in trans­
portation of patients
by air. The Cox-
Klemin XA-1 type
machine recently was
taken to Albrook
Field, Balboa, and
exhibited to the med­
ical authorities there.
The flight from
France Field was ac­
complished in 25
minutes by the plane
which has a speed
of 120 miles per hr.,
carrying two patients and an attendant.
Considering the difficulty of transporting
the wounded in an emergency in the
Canal Zone, the plane, it is expected,
will be of inestimable value in giving
first aid in need.
Motor Course at Presidio
Twelve enlisted men from various units
at Camp Lewis, Washington, were ordered
to report at the Presidio of San Francisco,
California, to attend a course of training
at the Motor Transport School at that
post.
o
crowds turn out to witness the bouts. A
Army in Marine Celebration
smoker is part of the evening's enter­
i The First Engineers less two compa­
nies from Fort Dupont, Delaware, at­
tended the parade held at Philadelphia
during the 150th Anniversary celebra­
tion of the United States Marine Corps.
Cricket Match in China
Trying to beat each other at their own
game, the baseball team of the 15th In­
fantry has entered into an agreement
with the Tientsin Cricket Club to play
nine innings of baseball followed by a
cricket match. As the baseball team
knows as little of cricket as the latter
knows of the popular American sport,
the contests will prove to be a source
of amusement for the soldiers in China.
Camp Lewis Trains Stenographers
Four enlisted men from the 6th En­
gineers, five from the 10th Field Artill­
ery, and three from special troops have
been detailed to attend the School of
Stenography conducted at headquarters,
Camp Lewis, Washington.
Military Terms Applied to Civil Life
Italian Commander Visits Army in
China
Captain Mengoni, the new command­
ant of the Italian Forces in China, who
arrived at Tientsin recently, made an
official call on the American Forces in
China.
Boxing at Camp Lewis
Boxing is proving quite popular at
Camp Lewis, Washington, and large
ley ball tossed; player disqualified after
being thrown from his mount and held
tainment and seats are in great demand.
The last boxing smoker drew a crowd
of over 300 and the six bouts seemed
to be quite popular with the fight fans.
New Hymn Books for the Army
The Army and Navy Hymnal, slightly
revised, is being published in a new edi­
tion and it is expected will soon be issued
to the chaplains for the use of the serv­
ice.
Army Defeats Marines
The Army Engineer School football
team won the annual game with the
Washington Marine eleven at Ft. Hum­
phreys, Virginia, recently. This is the
first time in four years that the Army
team defeated the Marines. The score
was 17 to 6, and the game was well
played.
o
Guard Mount by Radio
The Wisconsin National Guard plans
to broadcast instructions on guard mount­
ing by radio. Beginning January 25th,
1926, the University radio station at
Madison, Wisconsin will inaugurate a
weekly series of lectures and the various
National Guard units
throughout the Bad­
ger State will tune
in at their respective
armories. The re­
sults of such a novel
and unique drill night,
it is expected, will
not only be of great
benefit to the mem­
bers of the Guard,
but also provide much
publicity for their re­
cruiting work.
Memorial To
Chaplains
A national mem­
orial for the twenty-
three heroic chap­
lains of the Army
who gave their lives
in the Great War
will be erected on
Governors Island,
New York and will be situated in front
of St. Cornelius chapel. It will take the
form of a tablet resting upon a huge
boulder of imposing contour.
o
Polo on Mules at Ft. Hayes
A big turnout witnessed a most amus­
ing game of polo on mules at the athletic
field recently when the rough riders of
Company I, Tenth Infantry met the
mule skinners of Company M of that
regiment.
The rules of the contest were: mounted
on mules; brooms used as mallets; vol­
down more than ten seconds; any mule
reaching the stables during the game
ruled off the field. Eight chukkers were
played, the time of period being ten min­
utes with three minutes between periods.
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 The United States Army builds Men"
Recruiter Wins Night Ride night, having covered the course in the
Corporal Ben Tomlin of the Fourth
U. S. Cavalry, who lias frequently
shown his ability as a recruiter, demons­
trated his superb horsemanship by win-
ning a recent cross country night ride
held at Fort Meadc, South Dakota.
At seven o'clock on the night ot the
ride, when the garrison least expected it,
the signal was given. The competitors
rushed out vn the parade ground, selected
as a rendezvous, where they receive.]
their instructions. Hurriedly they saddle.1
their mounts and the ride was on.
The course, carefully posted with sta­
tions where the riders had to check in,
was laid over hills, down valleys but never
along a road. It was a difficult ride in
day time, hard to accomplish on an ordin­
ary night, but almost impossible on this
particular occasion.
For the astute colonel, a great horse­
man himself and deeply fond of "night
rides " had selected a night of inky dark-
ness with an overclouded sky and rain.
The schedule was-seven hours for the
full length of the course, but the colonel
chuckled to himself for he thought he
had his riders baffled and that the win-
ner would not ride in before morning.
He was nearly bowled over with con-
sternation, pride and joy when Corporal
Tomlin rode into the garrison at mid-
miraculous .short time of five hours, ft
was a record. with appropriate ceremonies.
To make permanent this unique ex-
Corporal Ben Tomlin
ploit and to commemorate his excellent
work in the community during the time
he had been with them on recruiting duty,
the business men of Sturgis, a nearby
city, donated a cup suitably inscribed,
which was presented to Corporal Tomlin
Football at Eustia
The first game of the season was
won by the Ft. Eustis Football team
from the Norfolk Naval Base five.
Pitted against a heavy team the score
of 13-0 in favor of Ft. Eustis is con-
sidered remarkable and the clean
sportsmanship of the soldier team
was an outstanding feature of the
interesting game.
Army Exhibits In West Virginia
Daily polo games between Army
teams of the 10th Infantry, Ft.
Thomas, Kentucky and the 11th In-
far try, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, In-
diana, were an interesting feature
of the "Come to Charleston Week",
recently held at the city of Charles­
ton, West Virginia The Indiana
team was victorious and was awarded
the trophy cup given by the city. In
addition to the polo games the Army
was represented by three planes from
Dayton, Ohio, which flew over the
city, thrilling the population with an
aerial exhibition and contributing to
the success of the civic affair.

STATEMENT OF ENLIST M E N ! S AND R E E N L I S T M E N T S DURING OCTOBER, 1925.

(Enlistment Records Received Through November 6, 1925.)

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Branches of Service
u a c £• rz

Infantry 61 240 165 22>i 221 133 139 161 190 9 1559
Cavalrv 31 61 94 48 58 90 84 72 51 8 597
Field Artillery 57 117 124 86 87 60 38 52 30 8 659
Coast Artillery 3.5 48 95 45 14 12 9 53 50 2 11 10 3^2
Air Service 3 10 21 7 8 103 11 12 28 7 2 7 279
Corps <>f Engineers 9 57 59 22 6 20 20 31 12 .... 2 230
Signal Corps 6 24 9 2 6 4 "i 13 4 1 1 72
Quartermaster Girps 11 28 69 18 28 15 21 52 40 8 1 3 294
Finance Department 3 1 2 6
Me lical Department 12 32 40 15 30 25 39 23
6 232
Ordnance Department 6
7 17 6 6 4 7 4 1 61
Chemical W a r f a r e Service.. 2 13 1 16
D. E. M. L 13 34 12 14 14 82 13 13 _208
T O T A L . .. .".".""........"' 244 658 ~72\ 491" 443 487" 414 551 446 76 18 33 4601
Page
 UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS
Private to Technical Sergeant in First
On July 17, he was selected among
Enlistment
several eligible men to fill a vacancy of
technical sergeant. With his promotion
On a rainy morning almost three years
ago appeared at the office of the Second
Signal Company of the Second Division,
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, one barrack
bag filled with "Olive Drab," borne by a
recruit who came out of the rice belt
which borders Stuttgart, Anc.
The recruit walked right into the Army
of Uncle Sam.
Recruit Everett C. Smith was immedi •
ately assigned to the Telephone and Tele­
graph Section for duty.
While the recruit dutifully attended to
his other work, he was forever hanging
around the radio room "hankerin' " after
the stuff that comes through the air.
A wise captain soon transferred him
to the Radio Section where he received
fatherly instruction from the Radio ex­
pert, Sergeant Harvey D. Bensinger.
So rapidly did he perfect himself in
this branch that within three months
he was promoted to a specialist. Shortly
he won a non-commissioned officer's
grade, and in July, 1924, became a ser­
geant.
Sergeant Smith was the chief assistant
of Captain Louis Cansler of the Signal
Corps in his perfection of the loop an­
tenna. This army invention has been
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used on vehicles, and marks an epoch in
radio on moving transportation.
Shortly before last Christmas Sergeant
Technical Sergeant Everett C. Smith
Smith, who attended the Army Signal
School, took an examination for a higher
grade. He qualified and promptly was
promoted to staff sergeant.
By J. Matika
EVERYBODY'S GOIN' SQMEPLACEJjj m^B^mm SOME FOLKS HAVE
EXCEPTIN' ME - J ^ T ~ f j « r m ALL THE LUCK/
he established a record for his organiza­
tion as he rose in less than three years
to the second highest non-commissioned
grade in the United States Army. He is
now in line for a brilliant career.
New Pontoons at Ft. Eenning
Newly designed Kapok pontoons, a
post-war development, were recently used
for the first time at Ft. Benning, Georgia,
by Company "A" of the Seventh En­
gineers in throwing a temporary bridge
across the Chatahoochee River in the
course of a demonstration for the ad­
vanced class of the Infantry school.
Three separate bridges were put over
the river just be!ow Engineer Hill, a
heavy pontoon bridge, a Lampert foot
bridge, and the Kapok. The heavy pon­
toon bridge rests on clumsy flat bottomed
boats which are difficult to transport.
The Lampert foot bridge rests on can­
vas boats which can be penetrated by a
single bullet and sunk. The Kapok
bridge, on the contrary is light and easy
of transportation. Its pontoons are made
of balsam wood stuffed with cotton pad­
ding and it takes considerable time to
sink these boats.
Page Thirteen
 UNITED Sf ATfeS ARMY RECkUITiNG N&WS
Hamburger Steak-Without Onions
{Continued from Page Five)
" 'Sir, I'm gettin' along fine in the
kitchen, and I like the job, all but one
thing.'
'"What is that, Private Snook?' he'll
say.
"Then you say: 'The quartermaster
sergeant don't like me, and the men don't
like me, and, bein' only a private, I ain't
got control over my kitchen police, and
the quartermaster sergeant won't back
me up when I give 'em an order. I'm
drawin sergeant's pay, and I'm satisfied,
but I wish I could be a corporal. Not
that I care two whoops for the chevrons,
but just so I'll have some authority over
them blasted kitchen police. In fact,
I've just naturally got to be a corporal,
because if I don't, I won't enjoy my
job, and maybe I'll be took down with
rheumatism.'
"You tell him that, Snook, and you'll
be a corporal that night at retreat."
"You ain't a-kiddin' me?"
The veteran pulled out a five-dollar
gold piece and handed it to Snook.
"If you ain't a corporal in two weeks,
Snook," he said, "you can keep the five-
spot."
"Well, you're an old soldier. You
ought to know the ropes," said Snook,
and forthwith he sought the company
commander, and made application for the
head cookship.
The prospect of getting rid of Snook
as a soldier and acquiring a willing and
efficient company cook brought a smile
of genuine pleasure to the captain's aus­
tere face.
"By Jupiter," he thought, "this fellow's
a patriot," and he thanked Snook very
kindly, and accepted his proposition with
pleasure. And two weeks later, when
Snook, following out his program, ap­
plied for a corporalship, the company
commander made haste to supply one.
Snook was really an excellent army
cook, and the captain would take no
chances on arousing his ire. So he cut
the rags from Corporal Schultz and gave
them to Corporal Snook.
Snook's ambition was achieved, but
there is a thorn with every rose. He was
now a corporal, and Schultz a private;
consequently Schultz was safe from the
promised beating. So he hunted up
Corporal O'Malley instead. There was
but one blow struck, and Snook returned
to his kitchen. While waiting for the
coffee to boil, he mourned up and down
Page Fourteen
the scale of the harmonica. He was un­
decided whom to fight next, and he was
averse to thrashing more than one cor­
poral a day. It would not do for him to
injure his hands, and thus be incapaci­
tated from cooking. Such a state of
affairs might mean the loss of his cher­
ished chevrons.
While he was cogitating over it, Cor­
poral Kane came into the kitchen. That
settled the vexed question.
"Get outer my kitchen," roared Snook.
"Corporal Snook," said Kane, "you
have a date to lick me, ain't you?"
"Sure. You'll be licked all right. Don't
worry. But I'll lick you when I get
good and ready, and not a second sooner."
Snook, it will be observed, had a con­
trary streak in him.
Kane grinned. "You'll not fight me,"
he said. "I have too great a respect for
my handsome features. And even if I
could thrash you—which I don't think
I can, havin' seen you in action a time
or two—I wouldn't fight you. You're
too good a cook, and it's treason to hurt
a good cook. I apologize if I said any­
thing to hurt your feelin's in the past.
You know you're pretty sensitive, Snook,
and there ain't no sense holdin' a grudge."
Snook scratched his thick head. He
was plainly perplexed and disappointed.
"I'll think it over," he said.
"Oh, come, Snook," pleaded Kane good­
aaturedly, "shake hands and let's be
friends," and before the surprised cook
could protest, Kane had seized his hand
and was pumping it up and down in the
most friendly manner imaginable.
As Kane departed for his quarters un­
der an adjacent banyan tree, Snook gazed
after him. "Holy sailor!" he said sadly.
"I can't be friends with the feller, and
yet I can't lick him." He thought it over
for a while. "Well," he concluded pres­
ently, "there's nine more corporals left
in this company, and I guess I can get
some fun outer this corporal-cook's job
yet."
But it was not to be. Within the hour
eight corporals invaded his kitchen, con­
gratulated him on the acquisition of his
chevrons which they attributed to true
merit, praised his cooking, apologized for
past discourtesies, and left him, frozen
with astonishment, disappointment, and
rage. Snook could not fathom it at
all, and it was characteristic of him not
to see the Machiavellian hand of old
George Martin throughout the entire pro­
ceeding. Snook was a simple soul. He
trusted implicitly the men he thought were
his friends.
There now remained but one corporal
against whom Snook had a grudge. Cor­
poral Montague Havens—how Snook
hated that dudish name I—had not ap­
peared in the kitchen to praise, congratu­
late, and apologize. Of course, Havens
had nothing to apologize for. He had
never insulted Snook, although the fact
that he had avoided writing a letter for
Snook was proof enough of a case of
"armed neutrality." . Still, Corporal
Havens might have been decent enough
to congratulate him on his chevrons and
praise his cooking, for that would be
nothing more than neighborly. His fail­
ure to do so showed a lack of taste.
"He's a snob," concluded Snook. "A
regular bloody aristocrat. I'll use a
small spoon when I dish up his slum,
and the minute he says somethin' flip
I'll pick a fight, with him."
This opportunity was not long in pres­
enting itself. Early in the first cam­
paign of the Filipino rebellion, Uncle
Sam had made arrangements to feed
his doughty nephews on Australian re­
frigerated beef. Two huge steamers were
plying steadily in that trade, with the
result that the depot commissary was
enabled to deliver a ration of fresh beef
twice and sometimes three times a week
to those troops which the activities of
the campaign had not as yet drawn too
far from the base of supplies.
Now, when the depot quartermaster
assigned to each regiment its ration of
refrigerated beef, the commissary officer
of the regiment would distribute the
beef among the twelve companies of his
regiment. As it was not always possible
to secure prime cuts for each company, it
followed that every company was ob­
liged, in consequence, to take its turn at
the chuck meat.
When Snook received ribs and sirloins,
he fed his men on roast beef au jus, pan
gravy, and browned potatoes. He would
have roast beef hash for breakfast. On
the days when his, portion was a neck
and shoulder, or a hind quarter, Snook
would set his kitchen police to work
grinding out hamburger steak. Ham­
burger steak a la Snook was justly popu­
lar, and Snook was just a little proud of
his culinary abilities in this direction.
He favored a large percentage of onions
in his hamburger steak.
To Snook's secret gratification, he no­
ticed that Corporal Montague Havens did
not favor onions in his hamburger. The
very first time Snook served it, Havens
leaned over the huge pan and sniffed
the savory concoction suspiciously.
"Got onions in that hamburger, Snook?"
he queried.
"You got a noset ain't yuh?" retorted
Snook sulkily.

Corporal Havens ignored this veiled
slur on his knowledge of, and familiarity
with, a common vegetable.
"I don't want any hamburger," he said
sadly, and passed on to the canned sal­
mon and stewed prunes. There was a de­
jected, disappointed look in his hand­
some, aristocratic face. Fresh beef to
a soldier on active service is a luxury,
and after months of canned salmon,
prunes, beans and embalmed beef, the
stable army field ration, Corporal Havens
was eating more or less automatically.
The joy of eating had grown monotonous
and repellent, and he had looked for­
ward to this first consignment of fresh
beef with something of the same delirious
joy that possesses a three year old who
is promised a wooly lamb for Christmas.
The light was gone out of his life for
that day—ruined by the devilish onions.
He hated an onion. The very odor of
them was vulgar. Corporal Havens
could not assimilate food with onions in
it without suffering from heartburn. He
had come from a luxurious home, and up
to the time he joined the army plain
food had never assumed the dimensions
greater than the ultimate salvation of
his soul.
Snook smiled grimly as Havens passed
down the grub line.
"I've got his number now," he thought.
"He hates onions. They repeat on him."
Forthwith Snook made a resolve. Per­
sonally he was fond of hamburger steak
with onions, and he believed the average
human being to be as eager for this time-
honored entree as he himself. He decided,
therefore, that a repeated and continuous
ration of hamburger with onions would
not be construed as an affliction.
It was comparatively easy for Snook
to accomplish this. He knew from his
brief experience not only as a cook, but
as a plain human being, that the fellow
who doesn't fight for his rights is ex­
tremely apt to have them denied him.
All Snook had to do was to come late
to the distribution of the beef ration.
He would get what was left, and as
long as he continued to accept it without
protest, just as long would he continue
to receive.
"I'll break that dude's heart," said
Snook, and that week he wore his kitchen
police to a feather edge grinding out
hamburger in a little family grinder. He
made them peel onions and chop them
until they wept with rage and the effect
of those peculiar attributes so prevalent
in a large red onion.
The sixth consecutive proffer of the
hated dish brought tears of rage to the
eyes of Corporal Montague Havens. He
STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEW§
gave a quick, ugly glance into the ham­ real nature makes it a greater pleasure
burger pan, and said something just as to fight you. One hates to fight a mucker,
quick and just as ugly. you know."
"Have some hamburger," said Snook "Not me," retorted Snook. "Low-brows
cheerfully. "It's great." or high-brows, it's all the same to me.
"I hate the confounded stuff," said I ain't no gentleman." He spat contempt­
Havens, in a choking voice. "I'd give a. uously and shook his long arms. There
month's pay for a big, two-inch porter­ was no doubt that he would toe that
house " scratch with a light heart.
After retreat they fought—with skin
"Smothered in onions, eh?" suggestel
the wicked Snook, and drew his breath gloves, after the fashion of the service.
sharply in through his teeth. "Well, I Snook lowered his head and rushed with
should say so." a "haymaker." He missed. Then a shot
tower fell on him. Half a second later
"No !" half screamed Corporal Havens, a pile driver hit him in the stomach,
and he cursed the cook and his infernal after which a Kansas Cyclone picked
onions. "Aren't you ever going to give him up, banged him hither and thither,
us anything except hamburger steak with whirled him through space, illimitable,
onions ?" and hung him on the edge of a particu­
"What's the matter?" demanded Snook larly luminous star. From somewhere
sympathetically. "Don't you like onions ?" east of the one hundred and eightieth
meridian he heard the first sergeant say­
"They make me sick! I can't even ing: "ten—you're out!" Then somebody
bear the smell of them," wailed Havens. threw water in his face, others lifted
"Say, Snook, I wish you'd fix up my him up, carried him to the kitchen, and
ration of hamburger without those dog­ sat him on a crate of potatoes, with his
gone onions." aching head against the trunk of a con­
"Oh, is that so ?" sneered Snook. "Say! venient tree. There they left him.
What d'ye think we're runnin' here, any­
When, presently, the universe, for
way? A short-order house? The proper Snook, commenced to assume its old
way to make hamburger is with onions, familiar aspect, he opened his eyes and
and you eat it with onions, or go with­ beheld Corporal Montague Havens seated
out. I ain't got time to be cookin' up on another crate of potatoes opposite
fancy dishes like your mother used to him.
make. Move along, if you don't want
no hamburger—with onions. You ain't "Well," said Snook thickly, "I guess
the only hungry guy in this outfit, and you get your hamburger steak without
you're blockin' the grub line." onions, all right, all right."
"Oh, go to the devil, you low-browed "Thank you, Snooksy. That is very
brute," said Corporal Montague Havens. good of you, indeed. By the way, I be­
lieve you wanted me to write a letter
"Will you fight?" retorted Snook.
for you. I shall be at your service
"Delighted. Will to-night, after re­ whenever you are ready."
treat, do?"
He arose and walked away. Snook
Snook nodded. "Wait a minute, Ha­ looked after him. "Well," he muttered,
vens," he continued, "and I'll cook you "i on might be a dude, and you might be
up some hamburger without onions. I a aristocrat, and you mightn't like me
fight fair, and I ain't goin' to lick you no more'n you like onions, but you're a
and then have it said I starved you to man, and I like you, and I'm a-goin' to
death so's I could do it." prove it to you. You got something on
He went briskly to work and cooked you, Havens, that I never seen in no
up a large patty of ground beef. When deck department on no river steamboat."
it had been fried to a delicate brown, At the door of the orderly tent Cor­
he flipped it into Haven's plate and poral Montague Havens stood and glanced
shoved a salt bag and a can of pepper across at the cook, holding his aching
toward his victim. head in his hands.
"Season your own scoffin's" he said. "Well," he mused, "you might be a
"Two hours to settle your grub, and bit of a low-brow, and you're a d'rty
then we'll fight." soldier, and you don't like me any -nore
Corporal Montague Havens surveyed than I like your onions, but you're a poor,
Snook with suddenly aroused interest. "I lonely, misunderstood devil, and you're
called you a low-browed brute," he said, dead game, and I like you. I m going to
"but I do not think you are as low-brow be your friend. I'm going to talk to you
as you appear. You have a rough code about the Tules and the old days on your
of honor, which is very pleasing to me, funny steamboat, arsi the wild ducks,
and while I apologize for calling you a and all that. You have something in
low-browed brute, this glimpse into your you that I never met in a drawing-room."
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Scholarships and Credits offered Students of Citizens* Military Training Camps, 1925.
FIRST CORPS AREA
Number Value
Town Criers of the State of Rhode Island - 1 $50 to $300
(.Choice of Brown or Northeastern Universities or Rhode Island State College)
SECOND CORPS AREA
Columbia University, New York City 1 500
Princeton University, New Jersey - - - - 1 500
(In memory of the men of Co. I, 307th Inf., killed in action)
THIRD CORPS AREA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - - 1 275
George Washington University, Washington, D. C. 1 180
Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. - - - 1 300
Loomis Radio College, Washington, D. C. - - - - 1 \ 225
Washington Business College, Washington, D. C. 2 108 and 58
(Day and Evening School)
The Temple School, Washington, D. C. - 1 6 to 15
Pace Institute, New York City - 2 418.50 and 196
(Evening and Correspondence School)

Charlotte Hall School, Charlotte Hall,z Md. - - 1 400

State of Virginia gives high school credit of /2 unit in excess of minimum of

16 units required for graduation.

FOURTH CORPS AREA

Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C. - 1 60
Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, La. 1 100
Riverside Military Academy, Gainsville, Ga. - 5 200
Gordon Military Academy, Barnesville, Ga. 2 Free tuition
Tennessee Military Institute, Sweetwater, Tenn. 1 200
Columbia Military Institute, Columbia, Tenn. 1 50
Georgia Military Academy, College Park, Ga. - 1 Free tuition
State of North Carolina gives high school credit of */A unit where student

graduates.

FIFTH CORPS AREA

States of Olvo, Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky give i^ unit of high

school credit. >

SIXTH CORPS AREA

U n i v e r s i t y of Chicago, Illinois - - - 1 150 t o 200
D e P a u l U n i v e r s i t y , Chicago, Illinois _ _ _ _ _ _ ! 150
W h e a t o n College, W h e a t o n , Illinois _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 150
K a l a m a z o o College, K a l a m a z o o , M i c h i g a n - 1 150
L a k e F o r e s t Collegte, L a k e F o r e s t , Illinois 1 150
A l m a College, A l m a , M i c h i g a n - 1 150
L o m b a r d College, G a l e s b u r g , Illinois - 1 150
No information available regarding high school credits.
SEVENTH CORPS AREA
College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota 1 110
Kemper Military School, Boonville, Missouri - 1 700
Shattuck School, Faribault, Minnesota - - - 1 500
Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Missouri 4 300
Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Missouri 1 700
No information available regarding high school credits.
EIGHTH CORPS AREA
State of Oklahoma gives }•_ unit of credit towards graduation from high school for Basic Course
NINTH CORPS AREA
State of California's Superintendent of Education has made the giving of credits optional with local high school authorities