Norwich bulletin. [volume], June 27, 1917, Page 10, Image 10

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NORWICH BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1917
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'oimeciicufs Call to Her Sons! Native Born or Aclopte
THE CATECHISM OF THE HOUR
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Why Should a Young Man Volunteer in
the Regular Army or National Guard
When the Selective Draft Is Coming?
(a) Because your President and Governor ask you to.
(b) Because Connecticut, your own state, is woefully short of
its quota in these two branches of the service.
(c) Because your state, a leader in every past war, and a
leader in. this war up to the present moment, has a proud
record to live up to.
(d) Because volunteers for the regular army and National
Guard are credited to your home town and the draft from
that town correspondingly reduced.
e) Because you have only until June 30th to volunteer in
; the regular army and because volunteers after that date
t to the National Guard are not credited to your home town.
What Advantage Is There Volunteering
Instead of Waiting for the Selective
Draft?
(a) The honor jf offering one's services '
(b) The greater chance of promotion. The army of today
will furnish the officers of tomorrow. Our drafted army
will run into the millions. Who will command it? Out of
the regular army and the National Guard must be taken
the officers who will train and command the raw re
cruits of this huge force.
(c) In the regular army, the advantage of being under the
- pick of our officers at once; and in the National Guard,
; the advantage of likewise being under officers of experi
ence, of choosing one's regiment and company and with
the especial advantage of being with one's neighbors and
friends, who will be by one's side in case of sickness or
casualty,
Who Can Enlist?
(a) In the regular army, anybody between the ages of 18
and 40, whether a citizen of this country or not, provided
that he is not a subject of Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Bulgaria or Turkey, -
(d)
(b) In the National Guard, anybody between the ages of 18
andM5, who has taken out his "first papers," declaring his
intention to become a citizen of the United States.
Registration by persons between the ages of 21 and 31 is
no bar to enlistment in either the regular army or the
National Guard.
Enlistment and service in the Home Guard is no bar to
enlistment in either the regular army or the National
Guard and furnishes no excuse for not enlisting therein.
The quota of Connecticut might be filled either from the
ranks or by the efforts of this body of men a splendid
service to their state and country.
For How Long Must You Enlist?
(a) Only for the duration of the war.
(b) Probably you can remain in the service after the war, if
you desire so to do.
What Is the Pay?
(a) Thirty dollars ($30.00) a month and found, for privates;
yand for officers, higher wages in proportion to the rank;
; and a probable pension in case of disability. Our country
."' always has taken care of its veterans.
(b) An opportunity to visit strange lands, mingle with allied
comrades, and face an alien foe a satisfaction of that
instinct Gf gallantry and adventure which warms the
folood and quickens the emotions of the young men of
- , every great race.
(c) A heritage to your children, an honor to your family and
an unfailing source of satisfaction to your own self respect.
(d) The satisfaction of having defended from invasion your
- mother, father, family and native land; and of having
served the cause of human liberty throughout the world
f-at an hour when it is threatened as seldom before.
When. Where and How to Enlist?
"If you want to enlist' for either National Guard or regular army and
don't know where to apply telephone to this newspaper and get the information."
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Published by Order and Authority
of Connecticut State Council
of Defense, State Capitol,
Harford