Recruits dribbling in, waste effort. It is as much bother to a company to train and get one recruit into the company as a squad of eight. The large number of men held at these recruit depots would give a very desirable increase in strength to our companies if we could have them. The vaccinations that are attended to at the depots could just as well be done at the posts. [Sidenote: Plan of recruiting] The following is offered as a plan of recruiting that it is believed, would improve that branch of the service and greatly improve the training of our infantry: All recruiting stations and recruit depots in time of peace to be abolished. Each regiment in the U. S. to be assigned a permanent district within which its recruits are to be found. The regiment may never be stationed inside this district but its recruits are all to come from there. Early in November of each year, each regimental commander to select a few recruiting parties composed of an officer and three or four men from his regiment to beat up this district for recruits. They should visit the small towns as well as have stations in the larger ones. Before enlistment the recruits to be physically examined by a doctor, either of the Medical Corps or one hired in the district. These recruits are to be sent directly to their regiments in detachments as enlisted and their training commenced. As there are many young men who will not enlist for service in the U. S., but do want to go on foreign service, each home regiment will, in addition to getting its own recruits, be given the task of getting a certain number for the Philippines, Hawaii and Panama, the number being allotted by the War Department. Men reënlisting should be sent, as far as practicable, to foreign service. These latter will be sent to designated posts and held long enough to be properly equipped, vaccinated, etc., and then be sent to their regiments. Large cities like New York and Chicago should not be assigned to a single regiment but three or four regiments to have stations there and part of the outlying districts to be theirs to beat up. These recruiting parties to remain out until they have completed their quotas then to return to their stations, but never later than February 1st. [Sidenote: Advantages of plan] This plan offers several advantages and some disadvantages, but is believed to be an improvement. Its advantages are: All the recruits of the company come in at one season and that the best one. They come directly to the company on enlistment. Companies can be larger without increasing strength of army. The officer enlisting them belongs to the regiment as does his recruiting party and will exercise more care to get only suitable men. The recruiting will be more widely distributed and as the men go back to their homes knowledge of the service, and trained men in case of war, will be generally distributed. Fewer men from the slums of the big cities and more from small towns and rural districts.