Chances for Promotion in Army Better

Than Fifty-Fifty

The question of advancement for a soldier in the regular army is told in a table of statistics compiled recently by the war department. Enlisted men are divided into seven grades, the low. est being that of private and the highest that of master sergeant. The grand total of enlisted men is 118,750. Of this number 59,064 are privates, and 59,686-better than one-half-are soldiers in non-commissioned officer grades. In addition to the opportunity for advancement to the grades above that of private, there are 25,342 specialists' ratings in the army held by privates and privates first class. Holders of these ratings draw extra pay.

Objection to One Year Enlistments The War Department is opposed to one-year enlistments in the Army.

According to Secretary Davis' letter of recent date to Senator Wadsworth of the Senate Military Committee, the Department wants the passage of legislation which would make it optional with the Secretary of War to suspend one-year enlistments.

Aside from the fact that short-term men are unable to take part as members of model units and as instructors, it has been figured by General Staff officers that the one-year period practically triples incidental recruiting expenses, as well as expenses for initial clothing and mileage allowances upon discharge.

Young Pershing will Attend CMTC

Francis Warren Pershing, Lincoln, Nebraska, son of the General of the Armies, has passed the required physical examination for entrance to the Citizens Military Training Camps this summer, and will, upon the completion of smallpox and typhoid vaccination, be admitted to the camp at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, where he will be enrolled as a private and enter the routine of the Basic Course required of all students in that phase of training.

Young Pershing, who is 17 years old, has just completed the junior year at the Phillips Exeter Academy at Exeter, Massachusetts.

Cuban Officer Studies Food Products

with U. S. Army

Captain Rafael Santamaria y Villa of the Cuban Army who has been authorized by the War Department to take a special course in the study of food products, is at present taking a course in the Army Veterinary School at Washington D. C.

Recruiter Avoids Fraud Troubles Sergeant Blake, on recruiting duty in Louisville, Kentucky, avoids trouble with fraudulent enlistments by having himself appointed a Notary Public and taking all applicants depositions under oath.

He has also obtained the services of a patriotic physician to aid him in cases of doubtful diagnosis.

Recruiters Win Pistol Match The Army Recruiting Station team of Rochester, New York, recently defeated the officers of the 323rd Engineers in pistol marksmanship by the score of 647 to 601. The shooting of Sergeant Walter W. Vrooman, was the outstanding feature of the match. He made the score of 235 out of a possible 240.

No Favors Asked

When the attention of Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of War, was brought to the application of his son, Dwight F. Davis, Jr., to the Citizens' Military Training Camp, the Secretary was asked whether he had any preferences as to the camp to which the young man should be sent. The Secretary emphasized the fact that his son is entering a training camp as a private and not as the son of a cabinet officer.

175 Quality Recruits for the Colonel's Sake

In a recent memorandum issued to the canvassers of his party, the recruiting officer at Richmond, Virginia, has called the attention of his men to the anticipated retirement of Colonel J. P. O'Neil, Third Corps Area recruiting officer, in December, and sounded a call for more earnest effort on the part of all recruiters, particularly during the hot, trying months of July and August. "Richmond wants to give the retiring colonel 175 "quality" recruits during July, and 200 per month until December." This spirit is typical of the Richmond district.

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A History of the Adjutant General's Department

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travel, certificates of service, discharge and elimination, examination for promotion and appointment in the Regular Army, return to the United States, discharge in Europe and personnel effects of all officers.

When on Nov. 23, 1918, the Personnel Bureau became a part of the Adjutant General's Office, A.E.F. its name was changed to that of the Personnel Division, its files were absorbed by the Record Division, its records were reduced to copies of telegrams and important pending cases and its functions were enlarged to include transfers, replacements, decorations, demotion and elimination, adjustments of personnel for discharge or appointment in the Regular Army, promotion and ultimately original appointments. Its two principal sub-divisions were the Transfers and Assignments and the Decorations Sections. The former was particularly concerned with officer replacements in Staff, Infantry, Field Artillery and other services.

The De

corations Section was divided into the American and Foreign Sub-Sections. The American subsection handled recommendations for the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, and Distinguished Service Medal. The Foreign sub-section dealt with all matters connected with decorations by governments of the Associated Powers. By April 30, 1919, the American sub-section had handled thousands of citations resulting in 5,412 awards and the Foreign subsection even more, with a result of 13,481 awards.

The Order No. 231, G. H. Q., A. E. F. of December 18, 1918, caused the replacement of commissioned personnel to pass from the First Section of the General Staff to the Adjutant General A.E.F. Although an added burden was placed upon the Department, the Personnel Division was enabled to control and co

ordinate the flow of replacements in an economical, methodical and efficient way. By April 30, 1919 the number of cases for reclassification had reached 1,024. After the Armistice, due to War Department Orders for immediate disposition of certain classes of temporary officers, this section by May 1, 1919, transferred some 1,334 who desired appointment in the Regular Army and 1,478 who desired discharge. In the short interval between Feb. 11 and April 30, 1919, the section handled 8,928 promotions and 3,165 original appointments.

Pertaining to enlisted men, all recruitments, enlistments, transfers, furloughs, discharges, assignments, retirements and other miscellaneous matters were handled by the Enlisted Division. The great mass of work thus naturally falling to its lot need not be enlarged upon save in the case of discharges. On Jan. 19, 1919, through the instructions of the War Department which gave under certain conditions full authority for discharge of overseas men to the Commander-inchief of the A.E.F., there began a great influx of applications in the Adjutant General's Office A.E.F. The Enlisted Division handled a large part of these requests and all of the discharges. By April 30, 1919, there had been ordered for discharge to the United States under the supervision of this Division, a total of 20,786 men.

The Miscellaneous Division, the normal channel through which papers passed to and from the General Staff, was divided into three sections; Troop Movement, Indorsement and Army Field Clerk. The Troop Movement Section consolidated and disseminated information bearing upon arrival and departure of troops of the American Expeditionary Forces. Its lists of changes of station of units were compiled every 24 hours. The Indorsement Section took care of indorsements, letters, memoranda, and bulletins covering such items as indebtedness of organizations, claims for lost or damaged property and civilians' travel orders, dis

charges and appointments. The Army Field Clerk Section had charge of the appointment, assignment, promotion and discipline of some 1,854 clerks.

The work of the Statistical Division fraught as it was with the intimate statistics on the killed, wounded and missing and with the development of that institution which yielded such signal service to the country-The Central Records Office-would of itself throw unusual credit upon the work of the Adjutant General's Office A. E. F. From this Division statistical sections were farmed out to the larger units and charged with the preparation of rosters of organizations, reports of changes of station, statistical cards, daily reports of casualties and changes, and supervision of returns, and of weekly reports from hospitals. As can be seen the prime motive of the Statistical Division was to keep accurate records of individuals and casualties so as to be of the greatest service to parents, relatives and friends at home. The birth and use of the Locator and Statistical Cards, the training and organizing of a competent force to handle these cards and the constant and close touch with organizations insisted upon by the Adjutant General, A. E. F., performed more thoroughly this magnificent duty than similar work had ever before been accomplished in the nation's history. To carry out this Division's functions more happily and efficiently, the Adjutant General A. E. F. in January, 1918, asked the War Department to adopt the system of numbering serially individual soldiers. On February 10, 1918, the plan was adopted. By May 1918 the Division had increased to 70 officers and 600 field clerks and enlisted men. The space allotted was inadequate, so that the new Adjutant General founded the Central Record's Office as the second echelon of the Division. [To Be Continued]

Coldiers' Tongues Wag in Chinese

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fraid that Chang Tso-lin's soldiers would come around back of the lines and blow up the bridges. A new patrol came long each day and I told them all who we were and what we were doing. One atrol came and stood outside the section mouse late one night talking loudly. I old them we couldn't sleep with so much noise going on-in Chinese-and they vent away.

Corporal Angell: Bridge 54, four days. Kuominchun also had a strong bridge guard there. Wanted to know our busiess and I told them. Several patrols came by while we were there and I alked to them all in Chinese. Two of them would not cross the bridge until I had given them a written pass, probably had orders from higher up. Also made several patrols myself to find out how chings were going at the Lanshien front. I learned that Chang Tso-lin's troops were making their heaviest attack at Yung Ping Fu. None of the soldiers spoke English. I believe we would have had trouble with the Chinese bridge guard if I hadn't been able to speak Chinese.

Private First Class Green: Wali, ten days. Chinese patrols would come along and I would tell them we were guarding the railroad in our section. They would say very good and move along. The fact that we spoke some Chinese seemed to make them more friendly. Spoke Chinese when I went out once to get water, once to get oil.

Private Robinson: Kuyeh, eight days. The night before the retreat I went down to the bridge with outguards. Chinese also had a guard out. Did not know who we were. Stopped us. I told them in Chinese and they let us go by. I believe they might have shot me if I had not been able to tell them who I was. They meant business. Everything was all right when they learned I was Ameri

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Private Matheson: At Wali, five days, at Bridge 36, three days. At Wali I had occasions to use Chinese when I was challenged by Chinese patrols. I told them what we were doing there and they told me they were doing the same thing. I told one of the section hands to go and get us some eggs. I believe my Chinese was of great assistance to us. Although the remaining members of the Tongshan class were active in the sector during the disturbances, they had no occasion to make use of their newly acquired knowledge of the Chinese language. Those who were put to the test, however, as the foregoing reports show, demonstrated beyond all doubt that the instruction which they received well worth while, considered from every angle. In view of the fact that all members of the class showed approximately the same degree of adeptness while still undergoing instruction, it may be safely assumed that had the remainder of the students been called upon to render services as interpreters, they would have acquitted themselves with as much credit as did those who had to display their skill, under service conditions.

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Members of the Tientsin class were more fortunate in not having their course of study interrupted. Their progress, from an academic standpoint, has been, therefore, much more pronounced in that they have covered more territory in the book. Those who were so suddenly transported from class room to field in Tongshan, however, are in no wise jealous or envious. While they realize that had they had more time to devote to their courses before being drafted for a practical demonstration of their knowledge, they might have been able to render more efficient service, they are nevertheless, convinced that as result of their facing and solving the problems of interpretation in real life, when every word counted seriously in the balance of affairs, they have gained something which no amount of class work could have given them. For one thing, their demonstrated ability to meet actual situations and cope with them has given them confidence, and that, after all, is the first prerequisite to in expresion in any foreign

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National Guard Has 2,969 Units According to official statistics, there were 2,969 units in the national guard of the several states on April 30, 1926. Of this number, 743 were rifle companies, 216 field artillery gun batteries, 83 engineer companies, 15 observation squadrons, 103 cavalry line troops, and 77 machine gun batteries. The remaining units embraced all branches of the service.

Draw--Saber!

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As the thirty days pass he will understand the why of this creed. A trooper and his mount must be one and inseparable. Without his horse he is a sailor without a ship, a bald man without his toupee, a girl without a beau. With his horse between his legs the trooper feels absolutely Jovian and irresistible; he may move swiftly and hit hard.

It is well that some of the best of America's youth have decided to carry on the glorious traditions of the Cavalry. Nothing could be more fitting than that the regiment who have carved their names with gleaming steel on the red scroll of battles should be the mentors and teachers of those who will in the future carry on the traditions and the glorious work of the gallant troopers of the United States Cavalry, the Fighting Yellow Legs.

Citizens Military Training Camps for Cavalry students are being held this summer at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, Fort Myer, Virginia, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, Camp Knox, Kentucky, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, Fort Bliss, Texas, Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming and Del Monte, California.

Panama: Where East Meets
West in New World
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their sides with their motley cargoes displayed for sale, the cayucas form excellent shops.

But most important of all, at least to the soldiers, is that Panama is a land where nobody walks. That is because of the carimeta, which is a form of antiquated carriage. It is a peculiarity of carimetas that they are all very old and the dauntless steeds that draw them are all very, very old also.

As for the "charioteer" who is the chauffeur of the carimeta, he too is usually old, but sometimes he is aggressively young. All "charioteers," however, have one thing in common. Though speaking little English, they have great fluency in uttering their rallying call, which is directed at newly arrived soldiers who know no better than to attempt to walk.

Across congested streets, crowds and all, they cry, "What d'yuh say?" And that call has an instantly recognized flavor to it which is nothing less than pure, hundred per cent. "Army-ese."