The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-29
SERGEANT MANDY IS HERE ID RECRUIT FOR THE MEDICAL CORPS Says Fifty More Men Are
 Needed to Complete
 Alabama's Unit
TELLS OF ADVANTAGES OF THE CORPS WORK
Recruiting Officer Will Be Estab- lished For Next Two or Three Days In Front of the
 City Hall

Fifty more men for the medical corps guard are needed and Sergeant Charles H Mandy is here to recruit them.
 Sergeant Mandy arrived last night and will open the recruiting office in front of the city hall here this morning. Until the necessary men are enlisted, the office will be open from 9:30 o'clock until late in the afternoon.
 The medical corps is one of the most important and attractive branches of the service and the opportunities for promo ton are said to exceed those in the other organizations. Included in the medical corps are the sanitary corps, the ambu- lance corps and the field hospital. All of the men now in the corps are from Bir- mingham and 1t is planned not to enlist any from any other part of the state.
 Capt. w. F. Ashworth is in command of the hospital corps and Dr. J. B. Cooper and Dr. Leon A. Fox are first lieutenants of the corps. Charles H. Mandy is first sergeant.
 We need 50 more men to complete the organization of an efficient hospital corps" said Sergeant Mandy last night.
 ITO get these recruits, I will have a re- cruiting station at the entrance of the city hall for the next two or three days. All of the men now in the three branches of the corps, the sanitary, the ambu- lance and the field hospital divisions, are from Birmingham and we have decided that the best interests of all will be served by recruiting the entire number necessary from this city.
 There is no more important branch of the service than the medical corps and the members of this organization will stand 8 splendid chance of promotion. We are especially anxious to secure the enlistment of number of men from the mining towns who have had experience and training in the first aid work. These men will doubtless be advanced very rapidly on account of their former knowl- edge and experience. In addition, they will be in position to render great service to their country in case of war. I am hopeful that we will be able to get number of them as well as other men without any delay. We are likely to be sent to the border within the near future and we are anxious to get our full quota of men and complete their examinations at once"
 Sergeant Mandy, who enlisted as a private some days ago, is one of the ten employees of The Age-Herald who an- swered the call for men to go to the border. He was for many years a captain in the national guard, being at one time the commanding officer of Troop D, the local cavalry company. he has been in the service but one week, he has already been promoted from private to first sergeant and it is probable that he will soon receive a 
 Another employe of The Age-Herald who enlisted last week as private who has received promotion is Charles Rus sell. MT. Russell, who joined the hospital corps as a private has been promoted to a sergeant. Sergeant Russell has had several years experience in the national guard and prior to his retirment some time ago held the rank of sergeant