Evening journal., 1917-06-21
Delaware TO DRIVE
FOR FULL REGIMENT
Campaign for Recruits Will
Open With Mass Meeting
Tonight
PREACHERS TO PLEAD
FOR MORE RECRUITS

With mass meeting at Seventh
and Market streets tonight. at which
soldiers Will make appeals to men Of
M ltary age to join them in the
night to make the world safe for dem
ocracy, the great recruiting campaisn
10 MI the ranks OF the National Guard
or DelawarS 70 war strength Will be
launched.
At noon It was still unknown wbo
were to be the speakers tonight but
a large number OF the officers and
men have volunteered to raise their
voices in behalf Of the State troops.
and It is expected that several adj
dresses will be made
rhere VII be no parade tonight -
the First Battalion is in Federal ser.
wee ana not enough men could he
round tho are not on duty az some
posi- to make good showing. A band
however. may be obtained. although at
mon no definite arrangements had
Deen made for one.
huort will be made 70 show viii
mlnston how serious the situation is
ana 10 recruit at least twenty-five
mon, a rate Of recruitment that. il is
hoped will be maintained throughout
an the succeeding days of the drive
which viii continue until the Della
ware regiment is at war strength.
All of the energies Of the guard
will now be turned towards the or
ganization Of the third battalion.
which will give Delaware a fun regi-
ment. The four recruiting bodies
who have been working on the second
battalion, securing 100 men since May
70 as a result are to drop all else
and start work on the third battalion.
Besides these. four more officers have
been detailed on recruiting work. and
these eight officers. with the medical
officer. will meet in the ArmOry at
o'clock tonight
The officers, who have been doing
the work are Capt. James Cannon,
Capt. John LeFevre. Capt Jesse A. I
Mckay and First Lieutenant John w.
Ramsay. The new officers 10 be de
tailed on the service are: First Lieu
tenant H. NJ. Jones First Lieutenant
j. A. Davis, First Lieutenant Abram
Halprin. NJ. c.. Second Lieutenant B. /
r. Foster and Second Lieutenant H. |
p. Layton. All of these officers are ]
OF the Second Battalion. it being i'm /
possible for First Battalion officers |
10 accept recruits for the National I
Guard as they are now in Federal ser |
vice. The Second Battalion ranks are /
not yet filled. and men, wishing to en- I
list in that body will be allowed 10 do /
so, but all recruiting efforts will be 4
bent towards the rapid filling up OF /
the new battalion.
The recruiting for the guard has
assumed a very business like aspect I
and an organized propaganda has
been planned. Every officer has been /
ordered to organize a citizens com
mittee in his own ward and the mem
bers of these committees will be ex-
pected to make house to house can |
vass for recruits.
Next Sunday will be National /
Guard Day" in all the churches. when /
patriotic sermons will be preached /
with especial reference to the guard /
II is pOss-~.s that on Saturday /
night there will be giant mass meet /
ing down town, in which the entire I
Second battalion may participate, as
plans are now being laid TO bring the I
battalion TO this city on parade for /
the occasion.
While the drive is being conducted !
in this city. extraordinary measures [
will be taken throughout the entire |
State. One meeting. TO which several |
of the officers and men will go from
here, and VIII oh II is their intention OF !
addressing, will be at Bellefonte, on /
next Thursday night. Similar meet |
ings VIII be held at other towns az 1
fast as they can be arranged.
In order to speed up the work Of |
actual enlistment, an effort will be |
made to obtain authorization to use /
the services Of civilian physicians, /
and thus expedite the examinations. |
which. at the present are retarded |
through lack of a physician who can |
remain at the Armory continually. |
Many would-be recruits appear at the |
aImory at such times as 1t is impos-
s.ble for Lieutnant Holman to |
be present and finding it imposs
BILE to be examined Immediately, /
leave and do not return.
With the Presidents proclamation. |
designating the week of June % as |
Regular Army Week when 10000 /
men who are not engaged in pursuits /
necessary to the prosecution of the /
war, are asked to volunteer before |
them. regular army recruiting OIL !
GERS are prepared to do their share
in making Wilmington shine forth as |
a recru ting center next week.
Five men out OF large number OF |
applicants. were accepted ar the regu- |
lar army station this morning and !
sent to Baltimore. These we're:
Dominica B. CannOvo.
George r. Bolton.
Peter Lista.
John T. Russell.
Samuel Massey
Three men we're obtained at the /
National Guard headquarters today !
these be ng:
Augusta Centafonti, No. 1117 East
Twelfth street.
Paul e. Chopper. No 1923 East |
Seventh street,
Angelo Calvetta, No, 104 Jackson
street.
A bad slump is being experienced at
the navy recruiting station. Out OF
several applicants. three were ac-
cepted today, but as they have not yet
been sent to Philadelphia, their names
were not given out.
SWALLOWED POISON.