For one, they offered high wages. Yang Ching-ke (Hirayama Isamu) of Taiwu Rural Township in Pingtung County, a veteran of the 5th Volunteers, recalls that a monthly wage of 80 yen was promised--a highly attractive sum to people who in those days had little experience of working in return for money.
為了誘使個性純樸的原住民當兵，日本人一方面給予高薪﹘﹘屏東縣太武鄉的第五回高砂義勇隊員楊清課（日本名平山勇）回憶，當時說好每月支給八十圓。這對當時少有貨幣收入的原住民很具吸引力，一方面也以心理戰向原住民遊說。