Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1887, Page 11

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: NDAY, BRISBIN'S BOYS IS BLCE. A Open Letter to Ymme Men Desiring to Enlist, SOLDIEPS' SUNSHINE AND SHADE Make-Up of the Army—M vice, Pay and ties at ilitary q,.r Advantages—Du- Fort lobinson— Valuable Suggestions. ynrssox, Neb. Feb. EF Iam constantly from young men who to en] in the Ur They want information about t length of term, pay, allowsnces antages to be derived from a service in the army. Of course all private letters and cover Juiries fully, wo ty, and a p 1l way is the only sired information : Bee ches all classes of people, 18 written for the Bee starting of the in- on 1ts travels over the country. Look, in a day or tw will find thisletter or parte of it copled intg the Chicago, St. Louis, New York and Philaaelpha papers, and from these agam into hundreds of country papers ITiere is certain_information the people iceire, and this information travels and travels until it gets everywhere To illustrate: How many young men in the United States te-day think of be coming soldiers? Probably a million And how many of these know about the ny in which they wish to enlist? Prob ably not one in a hundred. Let give a plain and comy and start it the kind of information the people desire to have, and especiaily our young men OUR MILITARY MAKE-U The army of the United States of 25,00 enlisted men desire srmy. service term of to answer the possibi gene blie method com- and 2,177 i into ten regiments of | infantry, ndan nts of ey, twen. A corps of srduance of engineers, a signal cory department bere ure the r neers and ¢ 500 enlhisted men in 400 in the ordnance gineers’ battalion rent of e avalry composzed of 1 and 44 commissioned _ A regiment of artillery 530 enfisted men and 5 A regiment of infa 0605 enlisted A compan mwmgm tenant mh. s icers is composed of 5 officers. is composed of ted men and tirst lieu- nent of artillery is composed of batterics and heavy batteries. ight battery sixty-five enlisted menand five of One captain, two first lieutenants and two second lieu- tenants. heavy )wn(n ry has forty and four 2 first lie ant A company of infantry has (average) v enlisted men and three oflicers, viz One captain, one first licutenant and one second lieutenant, A company of listed men nlisted men, aptain, two ieu ers has 132 en ers—the same as infantry ‘and cav ry. One of the companies of eers has only fifty men and threc officers ln-mu“l)rpum’ company of the bvattalion, and only young men who are orphans can enlist in it Ina cavalry first sergeant, sergeants, “duty sergeants,” four vurx-urni , tWo trumpeters, one farrier, one blaci k:mhh one saddler, one wagoner, and the are privates. In artill engin and three o tive 11 there are in each light battery, the officers, one first sergeant, six duty sergeants, four cor- two musicians, two artificers, one wagoner and the rest are privat In a heavy battery, besides tue officers, there are one first sergeant, four duty sergeants, four corporals, two musicians, two artificers, one wagoner and the rest are privates. In infantry, there are in each company esides its officers, one sergeant, four duty sergeants, four cc rpora musicians and the rest are private In the engineer battalion, there are in each of the strong companies, besides its officers, nine duty sergeants, nine corpo- rals. two musicians and the rest are pri- “Orphan’’ company of engineers sidesits officers,five duty sergeants, , two musicians and the rest are private: Every regiment, besides its company icers, h: cotonel, lieutenant colonel, three majors, (except infontry which has only one major) one regimertal ad- jutant and one regimenta nl-qu.\rurmuur the two latter besring the rank of first lientenant and the style of cardinals. Besides the sergeants in the compani each regiment has a sergeant major, a guartermaster sergeant, one chief mu- cian, one saddler sergeant and one chief trumpeter ENLISTMENT AND PAY The term of enlistment in all the service is five years. Any sble bodied man between the ages of 31 and 35 can enlist in the army. For artillery they must be not b b feet 4 inches hi mfi and Weizk 7ot less than 120 pounds 572 ot more than 190 pound For cavalry they must ba not than five fect four inches five feet ten inches, and weigh not more than 1 All men must be of good char- acter, sober and intelligent when en- listed. For infantry & man must be five feet four inches high. and weigh not less than 1% pounds nor more than 190 pounds The pay of soldiers is as follows: Ser- eant major uha\-xlrv $28 per mouth; ffl.opfl year, §1,380 Ytr enbistment. Ser- geant, majorsof artillery snd infantry receive the same as sergeant majors of cavalry; regimental quartermasters, ser- geants of cavalry, artillery and infantry receive the same as sergeant majors of cavalry. The pay of prineipal musician of all armsis as follows Twent luo doliars per week, $264 per year, e per enlistment. Chief trumpeters, sad. dior sergeants of cavalry and first ser- geants of a company of cav infantry ana artillery r e each §34 per mo $408 per “year, $2,040 per enl ment. Commissary sergeants posts and quartermasters, ser- geants of posts receive the same pay as orduance sergeants of posts. Hos pital stewards of the mx class receive $30 per month, §360 per year, §1,500 per enlistment; second class $33 per mouth, $264 per year, $1,820 per enlistment llux\ sergeants of cowmpanies in cav alry, artillery and infantry receive each $17 per month. §204 per year, $1,020 per enlistment. Corporals of cavalry, iu- fantr; :nd artiliery receive each: §15 per mont! 150 per vear, $90 per eulm- ment rumpeters of cavalry receive each $13 per month, $15¢ per year, 750 per enlistment. Musicians of artillery and infantry receive each: $18 per moath, $156 prrzelr $750 per enlistment. Far: riers an Nuh\m\lhi of cavalry and saddlers of cavalry receive each: §15 per | wonth; §150 per year, $900 per enlist- arms of less nor more than of and sou | ccmposed of | company there are one | | bread, ban ¢ ment. Privates of cavalry, ar infantry get 813 per month, $1. | ¥7%0 per enlistment. In addition_to the above rates, éach soldier gets $1 per month_for the third year of his enlis | ment, $2 per month for the fourth year of | his enlistment and #3 ver month for the | fifth year of his en) | SOLY | ives his clothing, rat mnr-m and bed, et | t advantage army; for a man wb | lodged and doetored save all of his money i The money ‘value -»( a owed by the gove years' enlistm: A soldier can eas , $75, which he » government has mac for the saving of a sol- It allows him to deposit it all 5 with a interest © it ret ety and 56 per year, ft t nt for | and ont of to his pay aimnple provisions dier’s pay 18 provi Idiers who remain in the ty years and who become i barged for wounds receiv a comfortable home of ¢ he balance # hal fre. of their lives er month is during feducted g mis enlist port of this hom ach military post providad @ room Where a good as | sortment of books, magaz and news- papers are kept, and the reading room are g vost schools, where every a g V\A"Pn"J\ edu- ) free of When & ldier harged he is allowed travel , Which is more ths ry him back to al rs fr ies of a rstood by ca we are not soidier has and unprove himself kes ST oF ll' CALLS “r]or-\m 18 utes iress parades cred by post Mma cnool Tues- 10 11:45 2. .. instr HOW TO GET IN THE I am often asked this question, Ip me to get into the se if 1 enlist with you? SERVIC he can enl sent himself any he will e im. given him after heisin service is entirely im man bas capacity and behaves well, soon raises to & company cory sergesnt and may get to be a re sergeant-major, ordnance serge y sergeant, or post quarter -rg Aboutone in a thousand commuission. Many strive but fe and it 1s hardly worth while fc man to enlist in the Untted States with the view of being promoted from ng officer, help can_be service. The artial, 1f to (list b recru No he he ernment gives each recruit e woven bunk bottom)pillow, . sheets and blankets. Lights nd fuel are free of course. The food 13 abundant and of good guahity ts of soups of various meat and vegetable with the exception of butter, i me as found st any gool R Ws' ren: cru ts and are ond class ve vacan glud to get them. ln\ ere statioved in near! e cities, and a 1 add lo the Recruiting Oflicer, U. S 5, city, state of ,'" inclosing a stamp or postal card for answer, will generally bring a reply satisfactory to ant. Each military p or fort generally has a recruiting officer and 8 letter with stamp or postal in- closed, addressed to “'Recruiling OF r, U. S. army, Fort state or territory of will bring an auswer. ies for re My recruiting officer here is Lieuten- ant R. H. Wilson, and his address is Fort Robinson, Nevraska. Heenlists not only for my post but for others. The infantry companies are commanded by Captain Gordon Wi ow and Captain Augustus W. Corliss, and the cavalry compan- jes are commanded by Captain Parker, Cuptain Clarence Sted- aptain B. S. Humphreys. The swpanies are composed of white men, and the alry comnunies of ack mey, Al troops in my regi- Dt are black n We generally arms. At present there cies in Captain Corliss' company, fifteen in Captain Winslow’s, both white com- panies. There are also fifteen vacancies in Captain Parkers’ troop, fifteen in Ca tain Stedman’s, and fifteen in Captain Humphreys'. Farmers' boys are pre- ferred for the infantry, and good horse- men of any kind for the cavalry. We als0 enlist for white cavalry. Applica tions from young white men or colored men who desire to eulist in the United States army, should be addressed to Lieutenant R. H. Wilson, recruiting ofi cer, Fort Robinson, Nebraska, and not to me. RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVICE 1 can recommend the companies here as excellent companies in which to cn- in both are five vacan- need recruit nd drills, | ¥ An "Barthqua Clerk’s Preseuce. Senator Gorman—W hite House Life—1he Visit of Miss Cleveland. Wasmmyeroy, Fel the national ¢ thetic terms of t clerk 1 for sad gov world b most ur the gr: u glad t ntsof Was partme ticket to H-"lun [ruly ladies trying to a ism they turned und a x.m wo s prized above arful accident in sonic tion. O, my Hu T accident could they bLorses, as we dred t Catholic nere. I bel clever sort of a girl, and the reins mos: ApY ifu and han ars on -Varden horses, mer ner wagons negroes, who human life companied sitting ol Toe the seat daintily into her her business well; but a steady pull, and now encouragy word to the r , which are well protected r the 1d dayst blankets artisti hioned embroidered with red and g she understands how to hand robs there 1s not a doubt: that j the attention she attracts is evident the bright pleasant sparkle ana rosy face, I shall not guess ber age— never me Suceess in guessing & woman's way —u 15 enowgh that Miss Ca a sia ul fine horses and is rich '\"'_4\ at d ua\\‘ are fyll of snitors f fair 1 d, but it is otherwis: zed driving her own team: SOCIETY 1S AT FULL SPEED e same old set go it morning, driven are on the ear, ind tip right has honor tal most against y pretty green T list. Young men desiring to enter the service will tind it as pleasant and . able here as any plac I tains are kind and Captain Corli young men are doing w and improving reading and study As to my adviee 10 youn sought, about enlisting th would say, 8 young man of tw or twenty-two cannot do bett will be tarough his enlistme six or twenty-seven, in time begin the world. 1f be saves his m. while in the service, he will haye laid up enough to start on in some business, and the training he bas received in the army will have developed his mind and muscl, ana laugm him selt-rebance. Oar young soldiers in the west generally look up a good piece of land during their en listment, or & business opening, snd when discharged become farmers or busi- ness men in the west. Many of those who served in the army a few years ago are new among our best cuucnl in west era hhruu. and are Jufib Blunu. ty-one att enc d night, day in and day out, s not expected kfast \lLr‘1 Dash gives Lasb gives a tea; Mrs. Sp gives 4 dinner—always have tea before dinner in W gton;) Mrs. Rash gives & per at midnight, and Owl and Lark bs have a set-to the re nder of enty-four hou dish cloth h: briar fen s T od limp-l these roing sun of Liberty This kind of o luce secure *'Washington and then another appropria- tion to up the Potomac flats! Good cavens, it will be impossible to sppro- riate money enough to fill up the “‘Aats in about congress, snd there are some of the homo variety thateven the malaria would be 100 proud to associate with. ‘inALTHE WHITE HoUsE everything is uveu. 80 to spesk. € pru.l)dx’n\ 1s behaving h;mm“wh 'e?h c2n be gxpeeted under the circumstances (when circumstances bave a fellow under its 0o laughing wmatter.) The president amusement is bound to attacks of rheumatism and walaria, SENSELESS SOCIETY SNOBS. <" Cansed by & Department ALL ATTENTION ON THE AVENUE How Mics Caldwell Handles the Reins | Mrs. Smash gives | | wife and uve ek | FEBRUARY - l. 1887 ~TWELVE I‘AGES is still sufferjng with keen in his knea joints changes 8nd new ap There's taken care of president isn't ots of pai when he weath Hointm 18 to make HONEY FOR THE LADIES. anywhere w ntly rej down the back c t ornament, just tou; Anxious moth selves Lo provid are about 1o be v by some preity need not bestir them- Leir ¥ daug ntroduced with muc elry, Bracelets can very well be dis with when fong gloves are worn, and nine girls out ¢ w' every ten Lave nothing but a siu- ple row of pearls round the throat, which in ninety cases out of 100 are not the veritable Orieutial pearl. The most accepiable gift of the kind would be some of the inuumerable little brooches wl used to fasten bon- hey take the form of wrocks. of some small s revolution in the setting of Destls, eaud belog oiwployed As the ba ground, which renders thein far wore sub- ftantial thay the ola m er-of-pearl setting, that was sure W be damaed if wu n. ung e SINGULARITIES. A prospeetor found a nugget worth Big Creek, Ore. T bave just been admitted to the poor- house of Beaver county, Ps., 8 wan and bis idren, wiree of whom were triplets. The latest big 62¢ story comes from Gibsen Ga. This particular ezg 1s about three inches long aua measures six and one-guarier in circumference, and weighs a little over turee ounees. An owl was captured in buffalo county, Wiseonsin, that measured more than n\e Xoel from Htp 10 tip of 118 wings, hibition in s meat A Cazzlian lynx or loup cervier was cap- red in 2adian l7as ot lons aefvier was gab- Me., last week. The apimal was about forty In weight, and 50 savage e rap had Lo b each of lie w-nmu “ Sprung o lezs ™ T 1 DENMARK'S POLITICAL DANGER | The Fortification of Copenhagean—Fe- trup's Cabinet a Ministry of An- tagonism — The Will bt 1y first class lots in Saunders & Himebaugh's Highland Pa ive or ten dollar: balane be beat, and we those buying by the acre. public Lots in Was ¥ |CONSTITUTIONAL CONTESTS, | 2 Ba! ing, i with n ther ttention o what' we eay or do. when the bill reaches the land is amended 16 accordance wishes of the n v as a result, the n the two houses. The ministry, in pes not strive to act as & mediat juite the coutrary 410 s wi to widen the breach, and th end of t finan, course is had to tional proceeding, aw and the 'k to carry by v for t and a few monihs T g decre 18 necessary | — | | | Folkething Consarvative. way on the 1 ha »ne m T eventually b h v WAS FOOLISH ENOI ouse of Danist much nmon constitu the same limit ishing s bods of the Danish people w hlegmatic tem Ty measures were toh'S 6o ot calm and erar (r.\u havin, t d an excuse other bl fanat deal the w. On whose folkething October 21, a mind w un ug and bitter political vrime minis t of th the a8 ju e ministry has been c an » Zoy What a violat ntary to on governme nbers < the Estrup cabin folkething ch of the favor of the the the the I servative m Denmark used to n onary ally Russia, wonld s with a military Denmark 1 sof the west—-En, France—would look upen her - | contin of danger. Rendering 1 ft | coprxu MILITARY STRONGHOLD raw Denmark prob of The rea espe \' Zn just v of JEN A Rigaitiet ok course would the nentralization ¢ bly bring t when verge of a con- ndence of the three the guar; run!m" Balt: the Med rth, would be urope. But the this wize vie trup cab; e abroa Europe i vulsion This indey Scandmavian states, ‘-”nrm'-n into th of the of all E ation, so t gering Dan at home. nd now, a as to the n the f.n.m* ing i st n e years we sess] t t the between uch on public to | have, unfortunately, negative co | against s “cessive | entroachments tutional rights, and have lieved that gradually the cabinet we be deserted by following and & yne. But such has not been the® is now necessary that we pursue & policy unless we wish to lose hold upon t‘». country, that we prof and carry out certain reforms, and we show the people how this reaction | ministry opardizing the best inter f the nation by preventing the resl tion of the progressive measures Sl Ty o I'he moral suppot trics will strengthen ug May we count on that of § 1 trust <o 1 know we n 0K DAJER. EDUCATIONAL President Ellot, of Harvard, has safled Europe, where be will spend 8 year, At Yale the most popular senlor optiel re political economy and soclalism. Willian lege has just received & | quest of $100,0% from & lady in New Xe& | Dr. Sehooler. dean of the lowa Med | colieze. has bech arrested for complieltyd | grave robbery. | Durinathe last thirty years mr stat | Michigan has given to ‘the Ann Arbore | versity the sum of §1,000,000, Mark Hopkins, the venerable ex of Wiiliams colleze, 'muncmmm one of the 1,726 liviog graduates of thatl titution. Harvanl sum of m [ | [ { has fallen heir to another Is ney. By tie beg Willlams, the university ate is lett in trust m Sidbley, s prev ons lib tution§§250,000, The centennial snniversary of Colun coliege w rated April 1% B harter in ollege was first knows K I Dr. Samuel Johnson President W hite has a good word to say le.e athieti Uy for boating, eriticises arply hanical way teaching at Yale w he cntered tte phowore class of ‘51, Dr. Waldstein, the archmologist, has be asked to take the directorship of the At can school at Athens in October, 1588, on tion that 8 permanent endowiment all have been raised at that tiy d’s enthusiasm over miversity in € have reached such a pl ates resigning his seatin W devole his whole time ‘st ere T'en per cent of tnefstud devts in the Uniy itv of Zurich ar women. Twenty-nine medicine, fourteen phil and two political economy. 'There & it fe nts ‘of medici and in P Lee & Shepard, Bost ve nearly res ation Professor A. P. Peabod. P " being ‘the lecture § vered to his students in Harvard colles na adapted for text purposes. There & twelve essays in the series. | 1 Johnson Whittaker, the colored cadet was chiarged soma 2o with mutilati Bis own ears at West Point, is now a_ mef of a successful law firm in Charlestd He al<o does a little newspaper wei and is doubtless ziad that ne escaped a mi life. “ook, who _fills the chair re in the University of Ca r-\-w-n:l_\ organized the Califors b, the object of which is to proet! est new books for members. 1t aireal emve: of 171, including sever 2 professional men of San Franecisc younz San Francisco women, Miss vel Price, have been engaged Japanese government as teachers, T former is to be “instructor in the Girls® Hif Normal school of Tokio, while her sl will orzanize a school of domestic sery: the chief objeet of which is to familiar Japanes s With American customs. will finish a music hall 1s claimed will be the fing. Two M Bu ffalo, October. 3 in the cot OCUT RATHS & AR E\ F. BROWN, THE POOR MANS FRIEN: Northeast Corner St. Marj 10 1w lections of t. 1100 opposion was_in over one-balf to of the Ave. ana 19th St. | Corn men i Loves o NO BLANES! BIG PRIZE: MORE THAN E ONE | participate i unil the year 1944, | sides the certain and so come f xl in Dec were r dissolu ng of Prizes of of receiv into possession of a fortune. Ton Dollars oterest, and 9 various K Makes and Sells These Goods. 1 course Our »priations wher, i | | i | i | | For b before monthly payments. sk investors to examine it s invited: Lots in Saund tion to The Beit Wal ut Hi ghis addition, Lots $330 to in month L land Park Ad One-tent m $50. in Ba M Iy paym ) casb, P ments of §5 or $10 - a ngton Square to $3.000, city water in frout of every lot Terms es Line depot is within 1wo blocks a Ten per cent cash ats, §5 or $10 ers & Hime ition, from $250 to 350 balance in monthly pay- ssal i Lots in Kilby Place, $0%0 to 82 3% Lots on Saunders street, from §1 000, Lots on to $4 000 Lots in Hart’s Addition Heart Conyent, for 1,500 Myers, Richards & one lot for $5%, one-th for three days ouly First class corner on Dodge street, now renting for §3.000. Good for a few days for §33,000. Terms easy from §1,500 0 to North 20th street ii trom $2,000 T to §1,000 Sacred t Addition, trom balanes don, 9 Good aughs High- ERY YEAR OVER DRAWING TWO DERAWINGS IN FEBREUA $2.00 required to secure one Royal It 225 drawings, four drawinzs ev 2,001,000 1,000,0( g back 100 francs i s first payment you can | A MILLION DISTRIBUTE! EVERY MONTH. THE 1ST AND 20TH. an 100 francs gold bond. These year ard retain their original 530,00) &e. francs will be drawn, . you may win 4 times every yeq ) Austrian government boné nds, are drawn 31 Gme on casy installments. Saf id back and many chances to win & bi or by express, and in return we wi nalance itted (By law of1878* ‘Millard Hotel Block Omaha k. Ounly onetenth cash wuty of location this property can't | parchasing. We also have the following list to which the attention 10 nt discount te of the per on Farnam streef portion, for § On Douglas st and for $ A good corner 44 feet 000. Good terms . in busines 0, or 22 feet for $16,000 et, 41 feet, between 1898 s, two buildings on same A bargain on Do 13th st 00, as for §25,000 »n Farnam, well improved, fg iot on South 16t Real Estate & Trus 1504 FARNAM STRERET.