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...soldier is sworn to protect the United States against all enemies for three years. The government expects the soldier to keep his part of the contract, and has a place for him, with a high wall around it to keep him in if he fails to keep his oath...
...jobless "Tree Army" boy receives $30 pay per month, with laundry, tobacco, chewing gum and picture shows free. He takes no oath and is free to go home any time he chooses. It has been estimated that not more than 30% of the accepted candidates for the C. C. C. could have passed the Regular Army enlistment examination, therefore the higher qualified 70?-per-day soldier has been cut to 59½? per day so that the budget could be balanced, and the unqualified, out-of-job boy may be paid $1 per day for doing useless labor...
Right arms extended, commander & crew recited in unison the Fascist oath...
...camp life. A Cyrus Leroy Baldridge drawing ("Peeling Spuds") was reprinted from Stars & Stripes. Pages of photographs showed enlistment lines, chow lines, tent lines, work lines. For the benefit of those who did not know what they swore to, the 237-word C. C. C. enlistment oath was reprinted. Local camp news appeared under such headings as " 'Sing in Rain' at Hills Grove," "Things 'Nice' at Allenton," "Camp Perkins Is Busy," "Two AWOLs Come Back." Offered was a $5 prize for the best nickname for C. C. C. workers to match...
...Yalera. President of the Irish Free State's Executive Council, wants an Irish Republic without bloodshed.* Until he can get it he rankles under "symbols" of British sovereignty. Such was the British flag which no longer flaps over Dublin's Government buildings. Such was the resounding oath of "allegiance" to His Majesty George V, his heirs and successors by law, required of all Irish Free State members of Parliament. Last week Eamon de Valera got rid of that too, despite a stone around his neck and a yapping pack at his heels. The stone is the Irish Seanad...