Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-29
MARINES HERE PREPARE
FOR RECRUITING DRIVE
Week of juno 1915 Set Aside To ELL
list 1000 Men in United
States.
CALL ON VIRGINIA FOR sIxT,
Hirhmond Will BE Expected to Sup
ply Onc-fialf That Number-Nnvy
Experiences Banner Day in Enlist
mcnts. Enrolling Sixteen.


Officers in charge Of the Richmond
recruiting Office OF the. Marine Corps
are preparing for the hiG rcrrui,in.
drive which will he instituted by
marines oughout the United states
during the week OF June lo-lG.
u ~ the intention Of the marin" Of
ciaiS L" sccur" 1000 recruits during
The sin day period. and no effort viii
hc spared to accomplish this.
Under tho allotment SprCiilcd hN thc
corps authorities. Nirvinia's quota Of
the 1000 recruits * TO lie sixty. and
Just fifty per cent Of these ar. on
rcctcd to- como from Richmond Tn.
rcmainnS thirty will hc divided
twenty for Danvillc. and ton for
Roinokc
Sergeant w W. Sibcrt of The Ei.h-
mond Office. stated last nigh, that
Invaluable assistance could be rendered
mere IT patriotic citizens who have a,I-
'omohll"s viii put th"r at the dis
rosal of the recruiting officers for cor
tain periods during tho drive The
machines viii IL" used as improviscd
platforms for addresses: 10 brine in
recruits from outlying districts. md
'or Il dozen o. more other incidentals;
attending The campaign.
RECRUITING IN MILITIA
CIRtIi:S PROVES QUIET.
the marines secured two recruits,
yesterday. the army. four. and the
navy. experiencing ono Of it's banner
days. sixteen. on" Of whom joined the
reserves for coast patrol duty
II was announced yesterday that
Everett Houston Holmes. OF Chicago.
Mh" recently visited his grandmother.
Mrs. NJ. r. Burgess. Of Richmond. has
Holmes is the son of Mrs. James
folmes. who i" visiting her sister. Mrs.
Manly u. Ramos. Of Richmond
Recruiting was dun among the lora
militia organizations. but one man he
ing secured. the Richmond Grays
claiming tho lone rookie Tho How
itZerS fell heir to some Of tho lucl
which has characterized other branches
AT one time or another and drew "a
water haul" and recruiting was sus-
+ pended at the Blues camp on account
or the absence Of Lieutenant Jane.
Anderson. recruiting officer.
The roll OF honor for the day was
as follows
Navy-liarry Joseph Williams. 1870
North Mosby street: John Madison
Slater. 3""5 West Marshall street
Hcrman Hampton Goddin, 100 North
Twenty-third Street. ind Robert
Greene Hughes. 3l4 East CLAY street
all OF Richmond Raymond C;ilrhrist,
l.HnchburG; Junius r. James Tcrgu-
sen. \. C.; Lester -. Boone. Elizabeth
town. Tenn: Kirby Smith Matoaka. W.
Va; Ralph Hart and George Lee Hart.
f:iiZabethtown, Tenn: John r Watson.
Norton. Va: Julius NJ. Firth. Rocky
Mount, y. G.: James X Palmer. Rod,
Va; Virgil Alien Radcliffe Norton, Va:
and Nicholas Gibson. Charlotte. ~ G..
Naval Reserves - Edward Thomas
Clarke. Gold Hill. Va
Army William r. Warren Reach.
va; Charles H. Williams. Petersburg
Nathaniel q Marlborough and Allen *
| steele, CordoVa, y G. In addition To
these, the Norfolk station sent for
ward tw" men. making total OF six
for the Richmond district
Richmond Stray -Richard O. Con
vrcH Richmond
Marines Willie Moscr Winston-Sa
lem. y. q. and George T.. Butcher
Richmond.