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Why Guarding the Flag Is the World's Finest Business
Unequalled Opportunities for Red -Blooded Men in the UNITED STATES ARMY
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Dlt) you think your opportunity to become a soldier
passed with the signing of the Armistice, or that
Uncle Sam no longer needed soldiers?
The men who are returning from the Lig victory are
entitled to immediate discharge. Many are eager to re
enlist, others are going back home and to work. Replace
ment troops are therefore necessary. Uncle Sam will
maintain a ready, efficient, patriotic army to guard the
Flag, which flies in many parts of the world.
This must be a volunteer army, made up of men who
believe with all their hearts that being a soldier of the
United States is the finest business in the world.
50,000 MEN WANTED
for Immediate Service in France
and on the Rhine
Replacement troops are now being recruited for immediate
overseas service. Do you want to go along as an active
participant in the interesting events during the period of
occupation? Do you want to see battle-scarred France, and
the great River Rhine, which the Germans thought no
enemy wuld ever cross?
Or would you prefer to go to Panama, Hawaii, the Philip
pines, China, or Alaska? Well, if you're the right
kind of chap, Uncle Sam wants you.- Thousands urruiericans
would gladly jpaz for this experience. You will get paid for it.
What is meant by "the right kind of chap"? One in good
physical condition, with a clean mind, ambition, alertness,
intelligence. That's you, isn't it? You have the stuff of a
good citizen in you, of course. Then you have the stuff of
a good soldier. And, when you have served out your
enlistment, you should be twice as good a citizen !
Good Pay
Enjoyable, Inspiring Work
and Man-Building
Recreation
YOU are the Sort of Chap Uncle Sam
Wants: Read What He Offers
Food, clothing, living quarters, medical and dental attention
. all of the Very best quality absolutely FREE. The pay
starts at $80.00 a month. This seems small until you stop
to think that you get pretty nearly everything FREE.
In other words, with the exception of tobacco, if you use it,
and such extras as you may choose to buy, you have a net
profit of about a dollar a day.
Can you pay all your expenses from' your present income and
have a dollar a day left over t Probably not.
The work Is of two kinds : Military and educational.
The military work comprises your duties as a soldier. This
is mainly "tyut-of-door work. Some of it is almost athletic
in character. It is usually interesting, ofttimes inspiring.
It is sufficient to give your body and mind useful, con
structive' discipline. It inculjates self-control; quick-thinking,
alertness, regularity, exactness, bodily fitness. It makes
you hard as nails; a trained, co-ordinated Unit of clean bone
and muscle. If you're plump, it turns your fat into brawn;
if you're thin, it fills out the spaces between your ribs and
builds muscle in chest and" arm. Most men gain weight as a
result of army life I
How Uncle Sam Makes His Soldiers
Into Useful Civilians
Uncle Sam offers h soldiers absolutely free many opportune
ties for educational training. '
In the Army, a manwho wants a common school education
can have" it. A man who wants to learn a technical trade can
obtain bqth instruction and practice, if he takes advantage
of this possibility. -Uncle Sam pays you while you study.
EARN WHILE YOU LEARI
Vocational Training in the Army
Fits You for Success
Suppose you are a young man looking about you for a trade
as a stepping stone to success in life. To learn such a trade
you must either work for very low wages during your appren
ticeship, or else go to a trade school ; and in both these cases
you have to find yourself while learning. Uncle Sam gives
you your living, gives you the opportunity to learn a trade
and pays you real money at the same time. And when you
complete your enlistment and obtain your discharge, if you
have made use of your opportunity you find yourself a
trained man, and your services will be in demand wherever
skilled men are employed. Among these skilled trades are :
Switchboard Installs- Lithography
Now, Men, What Do You Want? Name It
and the Chances Are You Can Have Ijt!
Wheredoyouwanttogo?. Doyouwantto see foreign lands?
France and the Rhine (50,000 going right away)
Panama Philippine Islands China
Hawaiian Islands Alaska
Men are wanted for certain branches of the Service in each
of the above places. You can go anywhere you choose,
provided the branch'of service you select is open for that place.
' What branch of the Service do you like best ?
Land Surveying
Auto Repairing
Telephone Repairing
Road Construction
Wireless Telegraphy
Drafting
Telegraphy y
Steamfitting
and a great many others.
Medical Dept.
(including Veteri
nary Corps)
Motor Transport
Tank Corps
tion
Motor Mechanics
(air or ground)
Baking and Cooking
Carpentry
Photography
Electrical Work
Bricklaying
Blacksmithing
Masonry
Welding
(Acetylene and Electric)
Airplane Mechanics
Plumbing
Air Service
(Balloon Corps)
Quartermaster Corps
Corps of Engineers
Construction Division
Liberty and Recreation
The army is run like a business, with hours for work and
hours of freedom. The soldier off duty writes letters,
smokes, plays baseball, pool, football or most any other game
he likes; goes to the movies, or theatres; calls on his girl,
if he has one in fact, does about as he likes. Being in
uniform, his-self-respect as well as the rules of the Service
demands that he conduct himself as a soldier and a gentle
man. He has no difficulty in obtaining permission to leave
the camp or post at proper times, ,and he may obtain leave
when his turn comes. He meets agreeable people, including
lots of nice girls, at Hostess Houses, etc. He goes to dances,
if he wants to. In fact, he usually has a better time than a
Infantry
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Ordnance Dept.
Coast Artillery Corps
Signal Corps
You can select the branch of the Service you like. You can
enlist for Foreign Service if you wish. This means extra pay.
What sort of education do you want? What useful skilled
trade would you like to learn ?
Well, men, in the Air Sen ice alone there are'Porty-one Skilled
Trades, and in some of the other branches there are still more.
You can learn almost any trade you wish, and quit at the end
of your enlistment with money in the bank and an absolutely
certain livelihood in your brain and at your finger-tips,
provided you really want to do these things.
Do you want to stick in the Army ?
Very well. There are vacancies for Corporalsv Sergeants and
the Non-Commissioned Staff grades with increased pay, op
portunity and experience. Appointments of qualified en
listed men to West Point are frequently made. The regula
tions provide that at all times there shall be men so appointed,
to a number not exceeding ninety. Many men also receive
commissions direct from the ranks.
Call at the nearest recruitind station and ask all the
questions you wish., You incur not the slightest obligation by
doing so. Courteous non-commissioned officers on duty will
cheerfully tell you whatever you 'want to know and give
you printed matter that you can look over at your home.
What eke do you want to know? This advertisement tells'only a part of the story. Get the rest today. Don't delay. Act now!,
, United States Army Recruiting Office, Philadelphia
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Chester, Penna.
301 Market St.
Norristown, Penna.
Boyer Arcade Bldg.
1345 ARCH STREET
Coatesville, Penna.
242 E. Main Street
Pottstown, Penna.
259 High Street
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