Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-14
N. G. P. READY TO GO
TO ATLANTA IN 1ODAYS
Philadelphia Guardsmen Begin
Preparations in Advance
of Orders
ARTILLERY GOES TO CAMP
Many Applications Being Received IN
Last Hour Rush for Off
GERS Reserve

way TO the concentration camp at Augusta
! Ga within ten days according to opinions
/ expressed at the various armores In the
city today 40 official orders from wash
ington have been announced. however.
The Philadelphia units affected by the
order are the sixth Regiment Infantry
which has ono battalion in the city four
troops of the First cavalry. Company f.
Engineers. and the Second Regiment Of
Field Artillery. which is already mobilizing
at camp on old York road near Noble
station
The various National Guard units not
already in Federal service will assemble in
their armorlcs tomorrow morning for pre-
iminary instruction and will he mustered
in Monday morning at o'clock. The First
and Third Regiments, which have been in
tho Federal service since early spring on
guard duty viii not be required to undergo
this Formally
The Second Regiment Field Artillery will
he in its camp on Old York road near Noble
'tation tomorrow. The preparations Of the
camp site have been i'm charge ot Lieutenant
Charles Jordan and $50 men.
Motortrucks procured by the> Psrugvl-
rana public safety committee will assist
OF moving which vii Siort at $50 o'clock
tomorrow morning one battery Of the
reg ment VIII he pnCamped by tonight.
MANY WANT TO BE OFFICERS
Hundreds Of applications are being re-
2 Ccivcd in the fina rush Tor places in the
second officers reserve training camp which
viii be opened late in : ugust at Fort Ben
Jamln Harrison near indianapolis Ind. cap.
tam Richard II. williams, who t. in charge
/ Of the selection of men in the Colonnade
Hotel has filed almost 1000 applications
The time for application closes Monday
night Examination Of candidates will be-
gln TUESDAY and continue until July 25 i'm
| this city. From July &c to % Captain Will
liams and his staff Of examiners win sit in
Harrisburg and from July 2S to 80 in Pitts.
burgh.
Special advertisements are being printed
Tor carpenters. pipe-htters briClSlayers sheet
IRON workers, hlaCksmiths and boilcrmakers
to go to France with the Ninth Engineers
The men will work on shop construction and
the locomotive repairs for the French rail-
roads, These volunteers will be exempt from
draft Applications are to he made to Colo
mel Herbert Deakync, at the Commercial
Museum barracks.
Chaplain Captain G. p. Futcher. Of the
First Regiment, y. g. p. If today dis
tributing red, white and blue mite boxes.
contributed by c. A. Bisler among the
industrial plants to collect "niCkels. dimes
that the committee will use to purchase a
circulating library OF 700 volumes and
subscriptions to Philadelphia newspapers
for library tent at the concentration
camp In France The fund If to be used
for the sole purpose Of furnishing Phila-
delphla soldiers with fun.
The contributions received early today
were from Dr. J. NJ Anders, IS David II.
Lane, $50 Mrs. John Frederick Lewis, $40
Alexander D. Robinson, IS w. II. Thatcher,
$5 S. r. Wetherll. $25. and w Freeland
Kendrick. Receiver Of Taxes SO Joseph
p Gaifney, chairman OF the Finance Com
mittee OF Councils, sent in $40 late yester-
day and Elias Abrams, IS. The total
reached $3.50.
Following are today's recruits:
FIRST REGIMENT, NATIONAL GUARD
EslPh bP = asNs,i nr9wT 20 2ls oS 5 P2Efon oqFs $:
James James + Trcnd md'DI Jr Il R E2nWyd. ~ d." ps ST.
Jane M,Gowan, Is ddlS Lansdown' ave.
oUARTERMASTER ENLISTED RESERVE
Albert 6. Frank IIadd9ndeld, y. J., 81.
James A. Mcliaic, 03l w, York 81.
SIGNAL ENLISTED RESERVE CORPS
B9Tss T9ns EfSso9a gsGdo. "a e. MoS fRsSSoYie pa Pa
William A RcchsdeT(er, ,42, Milton, Pa.
William =. Bracss;y. a. S&%siiis,@tao;yn, Md,
%;p,s KsnTeSh I MHcC@a{usIanSds Me- a.a{Ss 22 Newark N !,
Rdbea&t RRbe&m wSc hgslaS So New - yoS Montgomery y Pa
b Ken. n, 2Si5 n Front,
THIRD PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY
Albert r. Uber. IS l322 s. Mole ST..
Vincent de Paul, 20. la4l $ Carlisle ~.
John f. Waters, is, a2s s Ith at.
Edward 4. Sulzer -, w. Huntingdon ST.
William j. Malchette, "a, 2128 Christian st.
UNITED STATES NAVY
John Joseph Murray II, 1908 stiles ~.
Frank a. Fleming, 22, 5l2S Hsrlcm St
William RAYMOND Miller. X. Avondale Pa
william Henry Vogt 30, 21iO e Firth st.
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
Edward McMenamin, 23, l74S y. 10Th St
William Edward Ferher, 28 baltimore, Md.
Richard Edwin smith, Jr. - IsctsdaIe Pa.
Fred Irwin Baker, ~, Beasville Pa.
Fred DALLAS CALHOUN, 10, Barnesylllc, o.
Howard Dunfee 20, Martins Ferry O.
Charles Lewis Park - Pittsburgh IA.
Thomas Knox Grant 30 Martins Ferry O.
UNITED STATES ARMY
Theodore Honer, Is, 1855 y. Marshall ST.
John q. krOkenboTger 10, 2G05 Fairhil St
Thomas J; MGGinn, 20 Brooklyn, y. Y.
[iylnETtoH 4. smith, IS, aal.? y broad st,
8eFf RobeTl sIe%aT Sg 49, 9siit%G's asi5 g Sad Na 81
Thhaplss rhaG,aro a. rao} rMo}yerSo S9 ErscIgille Pa
Nick Taddls, "a 423 Montrose ST.
Daniel b sinclair. Is. G25 Fairmourt ave.
William y. Greensmlth rs, a22O Margaret st,
Tony Verdi 2S 8lG Amin St
Grant r Bazard 81 20ls Arch St
Robert Ashenhurst 25 6s62 Vine ST ''
Giullo Gugliemo, "a, 5SIi Basnton 81.
oswin Z; Kline, ~. 3ll7 y. 10th ST
James C. McLugan, Is, summervinc. y. J.