Evening star., 1917-04-26
SENATOR JAMES A. REED.

| SENATOR JAMES A. REED.
Those of you who enlist now and do
! not wait for the draft will ever look
| back with pride to the day when you
| signed up to do your duty" said Sem
ator James A. Reed of Missouri to an
| audience of several thousand persons
who gathered in front of The Star
building. where the third meeting
under the auspices of The Star to OBJ
tain recruits for the United States Ma
rine Corps was held.
! Preceding the address by Senator
1 Reed scenes incident to the arrival in
| Washington yesterday of the members
| of the French mission, which were pho
tographed by a photographer for The
! Star. were flashed on the screen amid
4 great applause. This applause was re-
I newed when Senator Reed made refer
| ence to them. The pictures showed the
| docking of the Maytlower, Vice Premier
yiyiani. Marshal Joffre, Secretary Lam
| sing and the French ambassador COM
| ing down the gangplank, members OF
4 the mission riding to the nome OF
/ Henry White and scenes in front OF the
/ .'Now is the time to demonstrate
/ whether Won are red -blooded or other-
wise" continued Senator Reed. NOW
| is the time to strike blow for human
| freedom.
| Quarrel Only With Government.
eve have no quarrel with the Ger
man people. but with the fmperlai ger
man government. one that has deciafeu
| that treaties between nations are put
mere scraps of paper, one ina. mas cai
ried on warfare against non-comoat-
ants. women and children; one that mas
| disregarded all the accepted laws OF
You can search the history of the
| Apaches and the Sioux. and deiy you
| IL find a single example Where nun
| dreds Of non -combatantS have peen
i murdered as Germany has murdered
| them. e
| eign nations are in washington TO
night, men to whom great hohors 1 IA ~,
| been accorded. They are respected py
| the people of the United States because
the countries they represent nave no,
| carried on warfare against women ana
children. France and England hae
/ fought against soldiers and not de-
| fenseless non-combatants
Mai. Leonard Speaks.
| Great interest was manifested in an
| address delivered by Maj Henry Leon
4 ard, L. s NJ. c., retired, native OF
1 Washington, graduate of the local high
4 schools, where he served as colonel of
the cadet regiment and veteran ana
4 hero Of the peking campaign. Mai.
/ Leonard who lost his left arm in the
4 fight at Peking, told how an announce
4 ment posted on the bulletin board OF
H The Star nineteen years ago was re-
/ sponSible for his joining the Marine
N Corps He had graduated from the
H high school a short time before and
Il was then a law school student when he
i read on the bulletin board of The Star
one day that the President had Reen
authorized to commission forty addi-
\ tional second lieutenants in the Marine
Corps He set about to get one of those
commissions. and was successful.
And there never has been a moment
since then when I have regretted TAX
ing the STEP said Mai. Leonard Nor
has there been a moment when 1 did
not feel it was an honor to belong to
the Marine Corps.
"Its readiness for expeditionary serv-
ice is one of the most attractive fea-
lures of the service he said. Men of
the corps see more of the world than
their comrades in arms in any other
service.
To-day you may be in Mexico and
next week You may be your way to
some South American country to help
guarantee that the people there have a
right to live in peace. Before long you
may be on Uour way to China, Haiti,
Santo Domingo or some other foreign
land. Marines are always in readiness
to go, and the records of the past
decade show they have gone some.
Enlist now" he said in conclusion,
and do not wait until the draft comes.
You will have the satisfaction of
country voluntarily. and not because
YOU are completed to do So.
Athletes Sought for Corps.
An appeal for enlistment in the Ma
rine Corps from among the amateur
athletes of Washington was made by
Nj. C.. who has taken an active part in
amateur base ball in this citS for a
number of years, having served as the
manager of the marines team
I'VE want the boys from the sand
lots we want the shortstops and left
handers,' said the sergeant. Although
II detest umpires. ! would welcome
i them as fellow marine.
| I'VE have two big training camps for
4 bush leaguers. One is at Port Royal
and the other at Mare Island. Our sea-
never enuS. we pids bdli all tIic
year around"
j Speaker Represents Uncle Sam.
Attired as Uncle Sam in a swallow
taiIf' of red. white and blue, and the
i characteristic high hat and trousers.
I w. E. Cooper of Pittsburgh appealed
for recruits. Mr.. Cooper is living
"Uncle Sam" bearing close resem-
blance to the popular conception of
that interesting character. His appeal
was made not only from the speakers s
platform, for Mr.. Cooper also walked
i through the crowd seeking applicants
| for enlistment.
The recruiting meeting started with a
concert by the Marine Band, Lieut.. Will
liam H. Santelmann leading. A cornet
solo was given by Musician Whitcomb
and "The Marines Hymn" and The
Battle Hymn of the Republic were
sung by a chorus of marines.
The motion picture program included
a reel entitled Scouts of the Land and
lSea," which showed life aboard battle