FROL: PRIVATE TO GENERAL.
Preston Brown graduated from Yale College in 1892, a young man
of twenty. He decided to make the Army his career and two years
later enlisted as a private in the 5th. Artillery. At the end of
his first enlistment Preston Brown had risen to the rank of Cor
poral. Twenty eight years later the President of the United States
appointed him lilajor General in The United States Army.
His progress represented no meteoric rise, but a gradual pro
motion from one position in the Army to another until he finally
reached the uppermost rung in the ladder of military achievment.
major General Preston Brown is not the only officer of such
rank who has risen to his position through the enlisted ranks.
His career however is particularly worthy of notice to all
branches of the Service. It shows the tremendous opportunities
that exist in the Army for promotion and advancement, It indicates
that there is something about a military career and an enlistment
in the ranks as its first milestone which appeals to men not only
of limited training and experience but to college graduates as
well.,
The Army today offers opportunities to men in the ranks to
prepare for commissions and besides there are annual appointments
to the United States Military Academy of properly qualified Reg
ular Army enlisted men.
The Army is indeed a career in which any young man may find a
brilliant future. _ ... -T
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TOO I'ANY BIG GUNS FOR HONEST WO HKkEN.
Here is an interesting story going the rounds of Washington
on President Coolidge;
!'One day President Coolidge was out riding with Harvey Pure
st one, the tire manufacturer, Thomas Edison, the inventor, and
Henry Ford, the car manufacturer. They were in
mobile when a tire blew out and they were forced
the small repair shops along the country roads'*.
"Firestone got out and asked the repair man if he had Fire
stone tires and- the man started to put one on the machine. While
the repair man was working Firestone found he had no bills with
him and the man agreed to take a check.
"As Firestone stepped inside the shop to write a check, Ford
got out of the car to watch the man at work.
"Do you know that the man who makes those tires is inside there
now writing you a check?" Ford asked. The workman looked up and
eyed Ford suspiciously without comment.
"Do you know that the kindly faced man you see sitting there
is Thomas Edison, the world’s greatest inventor?" Ford continued.
The man snickered and said nothing.
"And do you know", Ford went on, "that I am the man who makes
these cars, Henry Ford?"
The man burst out laughing and said: "And I suppose that other
guy is President Coolidge,1" "Yes", said Ford.
"Well I cash no checks for this gang", the workman said, "give
me cash or off comes the tire".
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