Desertion - American Style

[oskar2ndchev]

Desertion was a serious problem in the prewar Regular Army. Here's an interesting article from the period published in the New York Times in 1910:

query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0CE5DE1E39E333A25755C1A9609C946196D6CF

I can't say this soldier was too bright...