The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
MILITARY NOTES

It has not been generally understood
 that the regular army is to be filled by
 voluntary enlistment and this has no con-
 nection with the matter of registration.
 The fifty odd regiments which are now
 being organized at IS different posts throughout the United States are losing time on account of the fact that they have not the men in the organization to train.
 From time to time the war department fixes quota which it is considered should be furnished within certain periods from
 the various recruiting offices throughout
 the United States by voluntary enlist
 ment In the past 60 days but 90 per
 cent of this war quota has been obtained.
 The 51 new regiments now being formed are for the mobile army of the United States and at present are only skeleton ized. These vacancies in these regiments must be filled by voluntary enlistment The government expects eligible men to apply at the regular army recruiting sta- tion or to postma sters of the second, third and fourth class throughout Alabama Beginning June 1 the rate of pay has been increased for all enlisted men in the regular army of the United States. Men enlisting now as privates receive just double the amount of money Whlch they formerly received. After all neces- sary expenses have been paid by the gov ernment, private receives $30. Noncom-
 missiond officers and privates whose base pay formerly was over $15 per month,
 receive a relatively larger amount. Those enlisting now enlist for the pe- riod of the emergency unless sooner ols- charged Another advantage men who enlist now have is that they are able l to choose the branch of the service which appeals to them the strongest
 1 Fourteen men were sent off yester- | day by Captain McKenney. Those who left are: Alto Benefield. Samuel Phil | van, Luther Hodge. Robert L. Almon Jesse B. Emmons, Frank M. Vest Lewis A Savage, Buford E. Walters Henry J. Crawford, Levi A. West l James Mccoy John w. Halston. John P. Boniford, Edward Poindexter This 1 Is a little less than one-tenth of the men that the government expected so be sent off yesterday.
 | Seven men were sworn in by the
 naval officials yesterday; Fred Ser | nard Mccain. Robert Lawson Ellls, 1 Charlie Clyde McClough, Cuba Leary 1 Calaway, Marion Dan Bailey, William Alexander Rogers, Harry Newbury. A telegram has been received by Captain Clark, saying there is especial need Just now for telegraph operators, l both wire and radio, and that landS- men electricians and men for service at the naval reserves headquarters at | New Orleans are also needed. These
 men will be enlisted for the duration | of the war.
 l Sergeant Hill, the recruiting officer | of the marine corps, sent off one man. Onie Rufus Hill, to Port Royal yes- | terday to begin his training. Sergeant | Hill also wants to thank all the men who have voluntarily come up to his I office and offered their assistance in his advertising campaign for marine
 week, June 10-16 Still more men are
 needed for this work and Sergeant I Hill would appreciate it if any man | who has the time to spare would come up and help him.
 l The First Alabama cavalry enlisted | four men yesterday: John K. Bryan. Samuel P. Burton, Carl c. Fisher, Jo- seph A. Patterson The ranks of this
 is great need of cooks and musi-
 clans. Previous experience Is necessary
 for both these positions.
 1 Captain Estes. recruiting officer of 1 the Seventh engineers regiment en- 1 listed five men yesterday: Maurice A.
 Mott. George L. McFall, Howard C.. Lillingston, James F. Garrett. Charles
 F. Mayer. These men will be given
 brief furloughs in which to wind up
 their business affairs. They will then 1 go to Atlanta, where they will receive
 minimum of military training, and
 then to France. Their duties in France
 will be to keep the railroads behind
 the trenches in repair and to operate trains up to the firing line