Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
SIXTEEN MEN ENLIST
IN THE NATIONAL GUARD
Lieut.. Cliffs Supply Of Blanks
Exhausted at Avenue
Station.
Several Amusing Incidents Occur as
ohcers Question Prospective
Recruits.

Yesterday was a record breaker for
enlistments in the National Guard. and
at o'clock last night the recruiting
station at 1925 Pennsylvania avenue
was forced to close up because tho
supply OF enlistment blanks WAS ex-
hausted. Lieut.. DIN. in charge OF the
station, said that because enlistments
had been rather slow for the past
several weeks he had neglected to
make up for used blanks. He now is
an ardent advocate for preparedness"
Five men had enlisted In the guard
between the time of opening of the
eleven additional men were secured be-
tween noon and the hour of closing
last night. The later men were:
Lemond T. Woody. ol1 l street north
cast; Warren Coleman. 4ls Delaware
avenue southwest; Harry L. Rarrick,
l49 18th street northeast; William F
Combs 1924 Brentwood road northeast:
Paul Frank. Albany. N. Y: Albert r.
Jones, Lily. Ky: Floyd A. Truscott.
meth NJ: Ward. Gaithersburg. Md: Leon
E. Mills. Gaithersburg, Md: Steve
Capetheus. GIG 9Th street northwest.
and Joe Busey. 1912 G street northwest.
Gets Gaithersburg Men.
The two men from Gaithersburg,
Kenneth NJ Ward and Leon E. Mills,
were secured by Private McCabe of
Company L. McCabe went ION his own
hook to Gaithersburg, brought the
men to Washington, stayed with them
throughout the examinations and saw
them sworn into service. Recruiting
officers cite this case as an example
OF real patriotism.
Corp. C. T. Pfeiffer of Company z
was the first man in the company to
re-enlist. it was stated last night. His
period of service expired July Is and
he Immediately signed UP for another
bit"
The Pennsylvania avenue station
has another exhibit little negro
boy the men call Turkey" Turkey
was placed in one of the windows Of
the station yesterday and bedecked
with American flags. He gave a drill
with gun almost as big as himself.
He declares that he is going to enlist
as soon as he get little bigger"
At present he is not much oyer three
feet high.
Yesterday afternoon he brought his
asked him to draw out his deposit
amounting to s4-in order for him ito
buy a uniform" The lieutenant was
unable to comply with the request.
but one Of the men took the youngster
in charge and drilled him in some of
the preliminaries OF the art of war"
Several Amusing Incidents.
Several amusing incidents were noted
yesterday at the 9th street station
When Corp. Joseph Du Bots asked one
visitor ii he did not think it the right
thing to volunteer to fight for his
country, the man replied. why should
fight for the country-I live in the
city" But after Corp. Du Bots showed
what he meant by country" the man
enlisted.
Sergt Gingell had an interesting
little story. While asking certain ques-
lions in regard to enlistment of an
other visitor, he amplif1ed the one con-
corning who should be notified in case
Where will you want your body sent
in case you are killed." he asked.
The man looked startled and replied.
IT don't want it sent nowhere. I'm
going to take my carcass home my
self" AS he said it he made a bee
line for the door. and Lieut.. johnson,
who saw the incident, said he was too
weak from surprise to follow the man
and persuade him to change his mind
Cartoons Are a Feature.
An interesting feature of the 9th
street station is the placing of new
cartoons. drawn by Corp. Du Bots, in
the window every day. All contain ap-
peals, both humorous and serious, to
enlist in the guard A number of
placards also are put in the window.
Two of them are as follows:
Don't enlist in the Sd Infantry
o. NJ. D. c.. unless you are a man with
a sense of duty and with a desire to
serve your country at. perhaps. some
personal sacrifice"
Don't try to enlist in the Third In
fsntry. O. NJ. D. C, if you are a man
with a wishbone where your back
bone ought to be-"
Sergt NJ F. Geary and Corp. Du Bots
were vaccinated recently, but in spite
of the fact that their arms were
swollen considerably. they remained
for stump speaking duty in front
of the station. Corp. Goddard is
spending his period of leave by acting
as provost marshal for the station. He
already has caught number of de-
linquent guardsmen.
The company quartet recently has
been brought into service to boost
recruiting at the station. 1t is COM
posed of Corp. Frank Fogarty and
Privates Frank fischer. n. Cole and
Sam Luskey.