Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1907 — May Buy His Way Out of Army. [ARTICLE]

May Buy His Way Out of Army.

Charley Wiltshire came over from Columbus Barracks, Ohio, and returned io Chicago today. He had only a five days leave, and is spending part of it in Chicago, where he had been located for some years before joining the regular army. is not exactly displeased with the regular army, but he finds that he can do so much better on the outside that he is of a notion to buy his release, which would cost him 1120, and accept a good position he has had offen d him at Columbus. He is wearirg ! the new regulation uniform, which I is an olive-drab color and the same i goods and pattern as the officers’ uniform, except that the canvass leggings are worn. He carries an ebony swagger stick, tipped with nickle and about twentyfonr inches long, which serves the purpose of keeping the hands out of the pockets. He will be eligible to take an examination for a Mon at the end of two yeanf service, which is only six months away, but he does not know tha* -he will do it. He has been opting as company clerk since entering the service, bat receives only the private’s pay, which is 113 a month. Charley is too intelligent and a high-class a young man to devote many years of his life to the army at that price, and it is not improbable that he will get out shortly.