Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1920 — Page 2

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3,000 Men Join Army Weekly

At Present Rate of Enlistment the 254,000 Personnel Will Soon Be Filled. SOLDIBS HOWLEARH TRADES Military Organization Becoming Vast Trade School—“ Earn While You Learn" Is Popular—New Recruiting Policy. ■Washington.—Surmounting the Inroads of demobilization, the recruiting campaign begun early this year has - brought the total strength of the regular army to within 35,000 of the 254,000 personnel authorized under the national defense act of 1916, according to latest war department figures. If the present rate of enlistment is maintained throughout the year, and nearly 3.000 men are being accepted weekly, it will more than balance losses through expired enlistments, furlough to the reserve and other causes. Most of these enlistments, recruiting officers report, are by men anxious to take advantage of the army’s vocational education, an “earn while you learn” system, to fit a soldier for a trade by the time he leaves the army. Last year 75,000 men were accepted who never before had been in the service. Nearly half of the enlisted men are going to school, and the army is becoming not a “university in khaki.” but a vast military trade school. Much* of the instruction in technical subjects is given not by officers, but by civilian teachers, lent to the army in many cases by corporations desirous of employing trained men at the expiration of their enlistment. The war department has received communications from concerns who have sent untrained applicants for employment to the army for a year’s .enlistment and trade Instruction with 'promises of Jobs at the end of their service. Farmers, musicians, stenogrnffhers, masons, bookkeepers, pharmacists, mechanics of all kinds, wireless and telegraph operators, printers, gas engine experts, even embalmers, are among the vocations taught. In large cantonments barracks are being transformed into machine shops, laboratories and school rooms. At Camp Dodge. la., where the Fourth division is stationed, there is a 200-acre farm where army students do practical work in agriculture and stock raising under the direction of Dean C. B. Waldron of the North Dakota agricultural college. A committee from the Chicago Church federation visited Camp Grant, Illinois, the home of the Sixth division—the “Sightseeing Sixth.” as Its members in France called their division. which hiked from one sector to another without getting into action. The committee inspected the division’s schools and returned to Chicago, reporting, "the aim of those who have this work In charge Is to train men so effectively that at the end of their three years in the army tony cannot afford to re-enllst." Teaching Pharmacy to Men. At Camp Pike, Ark., the home station of the Third division, which won Its spurs at the Marne, a building baa been needed to house the school of chemistry. Training In the dispensing and manufacture of drugs will be given, also Instruction In the use of the microscope for the detection of Impurities in drugs. Students who show toe necessary proficiency will be given special tutoring for the. examinations of the Arkansas state board. nii isartt to lparn a trade in the cmy, a had to be assigned to toe ordnance or signal corps,' the air service or motor transport corps. Soltoers to such combat branches of the gardes as too Infantry had few op-

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portanities aside from fatigue duty, drill, guard duty and “bunk fatigue.” In the “new army” men In all branches of the service not in the field have opportunity to learn trades of their own ■satonttan. — .. — Following demobilization, when thousands of men chose to remain in the service, few recruits were obtained by recruiting depbts. The recruiting service overlapped to some extent, parties sent out by regiments and divisions allocated to certain states competing with established recruiting stations. Then the new system of vocational training was Instituted, followed by a drive for recruits beginning the middle of last January, and the recruiting service was properly co-ordi-nated.

Enlistments rose from 1,800 for the week ending Janunry 24 to 2,800 acceptances weekly the latter part of March. At present one-third of the army may be enlisted for one year, about 85,000 men. Add to this 55,000 three-year enlistments expiring annually and the total number of men leaving the service annunlly is 140,000, figuring on the authorized strength of 254,000 under the national defense act. The present rate of enlistment should yield 145.000 annually, a surplus of 5.000 over expiring enlistments. “The. campaign begun January 19 of this year has been successful in every respect.” said Maj. Samuel A. Green-? well of the recruiting publicity bureau, which sends out recruiting leaflets to all army recruiting stations. “The personal contact work of the general recruiting service and the parties sent out by allocated organizations followed the same instructions. They did not beg for recruits, they did not offer to send men around the world on a Cook’s tour, and they did not tell prospective recruits they would bfe fdU&ht forby eager employers offering fabulous salaries. They received Imperative orders that under no circumstances must they ‘oversell’ the army’s attractions to obtain a recruit; they were told that the army wanted a very high class of young men, men who would apprecate and take advantage of the training and at the same time make the kind of soldiers that should represent our country. “At the beginning of the campaign many civilian organizations offered their assistance. Chambers of commerce, Rotary clnbs, American Legion posts, Veterans of Foreign Wars, ministers’ associations and others did valuable work in arranging meetings where their own members and officers of the recruiting service explained the plans for the new army. Governors and mayors Issued proclamations calling attention to army activities in their states and cities, and In many cases set aside special dates as “Army weeks.’ ”

Many branches of the service are over their authorized strength, pending possible Increase by congressional action; The motor transport , corps, the need of which was demonstrated In the war, is 160 per cent above qntoorizgd strength. Chemical warfare v>% per cent, medical department 150 per cent, quartermaster corps 112 per cent, and signal corps 126 per cent. Offsetting this surplus,.the infantry Is bat 75 per cent of authorized strength, cavalry 81 per cent, field artillery 71 per cent and coast artillery 52 per cent. Strength of Combat Units. Restoration of the army to a peacetime basis shows many apparent differences in the strength of combat units such as infantry regiments. The national defense act provides for 65 Infantry regiments, Including the Porto Rican regiment, totaling 88,000 men. an average of L 350 to the regiment. During toe war an infantry regiment □umbered over 8,000 men, and some infantry regiments, because of toe

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emergency, must be maintained at over peace-time strength. The Eighth Infantry, stationed at Coblenz and oq the right bank of the Rhine, has 118 officers and 2,950 men. The Fiftieth infantry, also in Germany, has 75 officers and 2,330 men. Just back from Siberia, the Thirty-first infantry has 89 officers and 3,100 men. The Twen-ty-fourth infantry, along the border In New Mexico, has 52 officers and 3,485 men. ~—~ With the Infantry only at 75 pei cent of authorized strength, and the necessity of maintaining a number of regiments above a peace time basis, many regiments are far below the average strength, particularly the regiments back from France and made up when they returned, of- casuals, of replacements and men enlisted only for the emergency. The famous First division, now at Camp Taylor, Ivy., has only 5,000 officers and men. The men of all the infantry regiments of this division wear the French fourragere looped over the left shoulder. The present strengths of these regiments are as follows: Sixteenth infantry. 35 officers 642 men; Eighteenth infantry, 37 officers; 680 men; Twen-ty-sixth infantry, 33 officers, 649 men; Twenty-eighth Infantry, 34 officers,626 men. Some War Divisions. Down at Camp Travis, Texas, Is the Second division, which had the heaviest casualties of any division in France, and took one-quarter of the prisoners and artillery captured by the A. E. F. The marine brigade is no longer with this organization, and no infantry brigade has yet been assigned to Its place. The total strength of the Second division Is 211 officers and 2,056 enlisted men. Like the First division, the Infantry regiments of the Second are proud wearers of the fourragere. The Ninth infantry, which fought in China and took the village of Vaux in a brilliant attack In the Chateau Thierry sector, has 8 officers and 372 men. The Twenty-third Infantry, which fought alongside of the Ninth in 1812, in the Civil war and in France, has 39 officers and 331 ..men. — The Third division, which fought at the Marne, St Mihiel and the ArgonneMeuse, has 513 ofacers and 2,795 enlisted men at Camp Pike, Ark. The Thirty-eighth infantry, which repulsed six German regiments and took 600 prisoners at the Marne in July, 1918, has 36 officers and 312 men. The Thirtieth infantry, which stormed Hill 204, west of Chateau Thierry, has 47 officers and 228 men. Of the other Infantry regiments of the Third division, the Fourth has 39 officers and 352 men, and the Seventh 34 officers and 278 men. The Fourth division, thrust Into action for the first time near Chateau Thierry, Is stationed at Camp Dodge, lowa, with 245 officers and 1,577 enlisted men. Strengths of Its infantry regiments are: Thirty-ninth, 31 officers, 136 men; Forty-seventh, 33 officers,’ 133 men; Fifty-eighth, 31 officers, 120 men; Fifty-ninth, 31 officers, 13? men, ' In battle for the first time at St Mihiel, the Fifth division Is at Camp Gordon, Georgia, with 206 officers and 2.156 enlisted men. The Sixth division, which boasts of having done more hiking than any other A. B. F. division, Is now at Camp Grant, with 277 officers and 3.227 enlisted men. The Seventh division, which arrived In France In time to hold the left hank of the Moselle river until the armistice, Is at Camp Fnnston, Kansas, numbering 243 officers and 2,246 men. The total strength of the seven tactical divisions now stationed In this country, each of which would have a wartime strength of 28,000, is 20,770 and men.

Gives Till It Hurts.

New Castle, Ky.—-A case of rare unselfishness has been brought to light here. When toe families of Noah Pettit juad Dave Roberts, near Flat Rock, were ill and no help came, their food gave out Qulntis Razos, himself po«; supplied their larder until his, to* was bare, and be hfmealf faced atom... - - "■

PERSISTENCY

That persistency has Its reward has long been a truism, and a golfer who, after a poof round, thinks It’s useless and might as well give up trying, may get some encouragement from the following: Charles Hutchings, British amateur champion In 1902, was Over 30 years of age when- he first took upjhe game. He was a member of the Royal Liverpool Golf club, which had .monthly qaedal com-, petitions —scheduled. The club book contains a record of this event and at one stage of the game the entry read thus: Charles Hutchings, 114 —30 —84.”

DIAMOND NOTES

No big leaguer has shown better all around work this spring than Bobby Veach. * * * Rumor has it that “Stuffy” Mclnnis has been placed on the market by the * * * —a miicTcase of flu, has recovered and is once more guarding the shortstop spot. * • * Fred Thomas Is a fine fielder, but his weakness as a hitter mean a new third baseman for the Athletics. * * * Marsans, the Cuban player, has found it a tough job trying to regain his old playing form after his long layoff. * • • Rabbit Gharrity, with Galveston last year, is playing with the Caspar, Wyo., team, managed by the Texas veteran, Arbogast. • • * Gene Robertson, infielder, has been released by the St. Louis American* to the Columbus club of the American association. Pitcher Grimes expects to do a 10l of work for the Brooklyn team this season, having declared that he will pitch 36 games * * • A rather tough season is In store foi Babe. Ruth, if he tries to deliver all the wonderful stunts expected of him by Gotham fans. * * • With Pitchers Joe Bush and Ham Harper lined up, Manager Barrow looks for a big improvement in th« Red Sox pastiming. * * * Joe Boehling, the left-hander, who was quite a pitcher with Washington, predicts that he will make a sensational comeback this season. • * * Tris Speaker says that the greatest handicap under which the Indians are working is that all the writers ars picking them to win the pennant. * * • Pitcher Bill Ryan, formerly of Holy Cross, has made a brilliant showing with the Giants and will most likely win a permanent berth with McGraw’s team. • * * Pat Moran says that he will make no changes in the lineup of the Champion Reds this season. “The team is good enough as it stands,” he declares. * '* * Horace Milan* brother of the veteran Washington outfielder, will be In the Western league again this year. He had a couple of trials with the Nationals. * * • Pitcher Wayne Wright of the Lou* isville club, has been completing his college work at Ohio State university, and has been late in reporting as a consequence. * * * Yankee fans are hopeful that Fewsster will entirely recover from his in-juries-and that some time next summer he will be able to resume work on the ball field. v-* • Baseball has become one of the features of Peoria. It has a club in th« Three-I league. The other day th« city voted a bond Issue of $50,000 to build a baseball stadium. __ . • * — • .* - • * Akron got Ray Morgan from Baltimore for the International league waiver price, of SI,OOO. It paid the same sum for Billy Port ell, -claimed on waivers from Toronto. •* • ■ Ted Easterly, the old Cleveland catcher, and lefty Bill James, whc once toiled on the Cleveland slab, both are now members of the Beaumonl team of the Texas league. • • * Tris Speaker is raising an object! oa to the player limit. He Is the only playing manager In the majors and thinks that he should be exempt, thus giving the Indians one more athlete. • • • Last season fit least three dubs in the American league drew more than 50.000 people in the home games. By way of comparison, the. Atlanta club led the Southern association with 195,033 paid at home. • • • Sand lots In St. Paul are very fertile. They graduated a half dozen to the professional ranks this spring. They are scattered all the way from the Southern association to the Pacific Coast International league, _

REDLEG PITCHERS HAND IVY WINGO FINE BOOST FOR PATIENT WORK BEHIND PLATE

Ivy Wlngo, Cincinnati catcher, may not be regarded generally as a star receiver, but since Cincinnati won the National league flag and then copped the world’s championship from the White Sox, he has two boosters who never pass up an opportunity to sing his praises. The boosters are Walter Ruether and Jimmy Ring, members of the Cincinnati hurling group. Ring and Ruether both declared Wingo has been cheated out of his share of publicity for his work behind the bat. They say Ivy does not court publicity, nor does he expect any, and consequently be is overlooked by the scribes. , * Best Work Never Seen. According to Ring, Wingo’s best work fsntiever seen by the fans, because he Is most valuable as a help to pitchers. “A pitcher never worries or frets in a critical situation when Ivy Is behind the bat,” he said, “because Ivy kfiows how to encourage a man and dwarf the danger of the situation regardless of what* ** rna v bft " r lt seems Wingo is one of the precious few big league catchers who

PRICE OF ATHLETIC GOODS DUE TO SOAR

Poor Man Is Barred From Privilege of Exercising. Walking Is Only Thing That Won't Cost More If It Is Done in Bare Feet — Increasq Hits Every Sporting Article in Sight. Exercise Is no longer a poor man’s privilege. Inquiry among leading sporting goods dealers showed that prices of all sporting goods are coming up this year. The only thing that won’t cost more Is walking If you do It In your bare feet: Hiking shoes will cost from $lO to sls, an increase of 20 per cent The increase hits every sporting article in sight and even that whicir Isn’t Athletic underwear Is on the upward grade. “There’ll be twice as many baseball teams this year as last year,” predicted an official of a big sporting goods house. The only new frills In sports this year will be in golf. Bloomers for women and a new set of iron clubs which allow the golfer to hit the ball from any angle are being displayed. There are ten dubs to the set. Swimming suits will be one-piece affairs this year-—both for men and women. Men’s suits will be the baggy affairs of old, but women will have a creation in colors. Under the new list of prices, just out, baseballs will cost 50 cents more. League balls will cost $2.50 apiece. Balls for sand-lot games will cost 50 cents. Baseball gloves will cost as high as $25. The cheapest will be $1 —a boy’s fielding glove. Baseball shoes which sold last year for sl2 now cost s2l; chest protectors and masks have increased. Golf clubs will cost $6 and upward, while the minimum charge for golf balls will be 60 cents. Footballs, boxing gloves, weight exercisers, punching bags, basketballs and other sporting paraphernalia experience similar boosts in prices. The Increase Is due to higher costs of labor and material, it was said.

SANDLOTS FURNISH STARS

Mordecai Brown, Former Cub Pitcher, Says College Boy It .at Big Disadvantage. The boy from the sandlots mikes a better ball player than the college youth, according to Mordecai Brown, the one-time three-fingered pitching marvel of the Chicago Cubs. “If I were to select one of two players of equal ability—one of them a boy off the sandlots and the other a college star —I would take the sandlot youth every time,” says Mordecai. “I do not mean to deprecate the ability of college players. Some of the really big men of the game have been developed by the colleges. But It has been my observation, both while In the major league and since leaving It* that the college player Is at a disadvantage. “This, I believe, Is due to the fact mswy of then have net been up against the world. They cannot jfam and take as the player who has had bla start In semlpro baseball."

never seem to lose patience with a hurler, and when the hurler gets into a tight place Ivy tries to think of all the kind things he can say, instead of yelling at the flinger and otherwise exhibiting a full-grown peeve. Praia* FromTontV. •- • Fred Toney of the Giants recently declared he never saw such a patient receiver as Wingo, and this confession was made before Ring or Ruether broke into print with a good word for Ivy. ■ In every assignment In the recent world’s series Wingo acquitted himself with great credit, exhibiting a grand * throwing arm, directing his pitchers with rare Judgment and responding with a wallop as often as such could be expected from the ordinary receiver. Umpires are all strong for Wingo because he never fusses about decisions. He fights for everything he thinks Is his, but he withdraws from the battle when a verdict Is rendered. Pat Moran has a pair of stars in Wingo and Rarldeq, and a genuine comer in Allen, who had little chance to show his ability last year.

BAN JOHNSON BEHIND PLATE

Chief Executive of American League Once Caught Game for SemiProfessional Team. To look at Big Ban Johnson today one would not believe that somewhere back in i dark ages the American league president was a ball player and a catcher at that. Ban can remember the time when all ball players were looked upon

Ban B. Johnson.

with suspicion. His parents objected to his indulging in the pastime, but he nevertheless did catch for his college team. One day a semi-pro team in his town needed a catcher badly. Its regular backstop had been injured and Ban sneaked out of the house to help his friends. Everything was lovely until a foul tip broke one of his fingers. He Joined the ranks of the voluntarily retired players then and there.

GOSSIP AMONG SPORTS

University of ' Wisconsin football team has scheduled annual games with. Chicago at Stagg field for the next five years. , ** * V This country doesn’t want war with France, but, there’s .no telling what will happen If Carpenter fails to lick rbp shipyard slugger. • * • One hundred and ninety-three nominations have been made for the eight early -dosing events of the Kalamazoo grand circuit meeting. • • • The Massachusetts Institute ors Technology plans to enter a crew in the intercollegiate regatta. The sport was recently taken up in the Boston college. • ? Lou Dillon, the trotting queen,, has foaled a bay colt by Etawah. It is her tenth and last foal, as C. K. CL Billings announced that she will not be mated again. GV'VS "3* r • • • The Polo association has added ail army representative to its executive board In order to aid in promoting the sport in the United Kates army. CoL William Lassiter to the .first delegate thus honored. t;'