THE BATTALION.
Entered at the College Station Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter.
Prop. W. B. PHILPOTT, - Superv. Ed. j Published on the First f F. ROSS ( Calliopean) - - Asso. Ed.
B C. PITTUCK - - Editor-In-Chief!, of Each Month, by the j ^TZGERALD (Calli.,) - asso. Ed.
FERGUSON (Austin) - - Asso. Ed j Austin and Calliopean | MERRI WETHER (Cal.) AssfcBusHfrlr
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su Ii c ps p ™um ,ce ' } COLLEGE SmiON, TEXAS, JANUARY 1,1894. ^ Vol. i, No. 5.
1 . I T K R A I v
IiipE Ifi TfiE U. S. fll*|V[Y.
BY AN EX-
Anj 7 voting man having a desire to
enter the U. S. Army will do well to give
a call to any military post or recruiting
office to he found in every city or town
of note.
Qualifications.—Any male person
above the age of 16 and under the age
of 35 years, effective, able-bodied, free
from disease, of good character, who
does not appear to be of intemperate
habits, and who has a competent knowl
edge of the English language, due atten
tion being given to the restrictions in
this article- concerning minors. This
regulation so far as it relates to age, shall
not apply ,to soldiers who may re-enlist,
nor to those who have served faithfully
and honestly a previous enlistment in
the army.
No person under the age of 21 will be
enlisted or re-enlisted without the writ
ten consent of his parents or guardians,
provided he has parents or guardians
entitled to his custody or control.
Should you apply to a recruiting ren-
•SOLDIER.
dezvous you will be conducted to the ex
amination room by a regular soldier
who is detailed for that purpose, usually
an old soldier.
He will give you full instructions and
prepare you for examination by ordering
you to strip naked. When there are a
sufficient number ready, in comes the
doctor who, with the recruiting, officer
will examine almost every square inch
of your body, by testing your lungs,
hearing, eyesight, etc., and making you
go through a course of gymnastics by
jumping over a bench or a chair, at the
same time holding up one foot with the
hand alternately; if you are limber
enough to go through this ordeal it is
likely you will have passed the examina
tion, although you cannot tell untihyour
name is called, then you are sworn in
after sorting out different colored skeins
of thread to test your eye sight.
Many a splendid man have I seen re
jected, on account of some peculiar ail-^