Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-28
TROOP B WILL PARADE
TO OPEN-AIR THEATER
Members to Be Guests Of Proprietor
in Recruiting Campaign-Free
Movies at Station.

| One of the many novel features plan
| ned for this week during the recruit
| ing campaign being conducted to I'LL up
the ranks of the 1st Squadron, p. G.
Cavalry, N. G., is to be held tomorrow
evening at o'clock. George Schultx.
manager Of Penn Gardens. on Pennsyl-
vania avenue, will have the entire per-
sonnet of Troop b, commanded by Capt.
Leroy w. Heron, as his guests at his
open air theater.
Capt. Heron will tell of the advan-
tages of army life The troop will
parade from the recruiting station,
1927 f street, to the theater, escorted
by the Boy Scout Band. Tho theater
has been decorated with the national
colors.
Starting with this evening and con-
tinuing tomorrow and Saturday even
ings, special moving picture is TO pc
opposite the recruiting station on r
street. This picture is entitled. 20
lumbia's Call" patriotic photoplay
in five reels. This will be the first
public showing of the picture.
Sixteen applications for enlistment
were received yesterday, Four were
| received up to 1880 o'clock today. They
are Virgil E. Barley, Henry H. Hooe,
| Frank NJ Startling and Horace n Ian
caster.
Only Four Applications.
| noon today in the efforts Of the recruit
ing officers to obtain recruits for the army.
The District of Columbia's quota for the
week In the drive for recruits ls 1913, but
the number of young men who have vol
unteered Is far below that number.
But four men applied for enlistment at
| the recruiting tent, It'll street and Penn
sylvania avenue today. They were Will
liam M. Walker. Rinnerdale. Pa; Elvin j.
Smith, Riverfort. X. l.; Henry L. NC
Tnh ,or1 Il
Shlesinger, 361 l street southwest.
The motion picture show and band con-
cert scheduled for last night adjoining
the recruiting tent was postponed because
OF rain. A picture program, band con-
cert and a speech by a member of Con-
gress Is scheduled for this evening at 8
o'clock.
The recruiting officers were disap-
pointed at Laurel, Nd, last night, as
the rainstorm prevented the showing
of moving pictures and hearing speeches
by prominent citizens of the town in
the interest of recruiting for the army.
Pictures are to be shown tonight and
speeches delivered at Marlboro. Nd.
5000 Men Still Needed.
Regular army recruiting continues to
lag generally. in spite of President
with recruiting week more than half
gone about IS. 600 men still are needed.
Only 400 additions were reported yes
terday, the best showing being made
by Illinois ard Massachusetts. both of
which have exceeded their quota
A plan for stimulating recruiting in
New York and possibly In other states
was submitted to the War Department
yesterday by Capt. George Carr Henry.
director of New York's military census.
tabulation of the first $4,000 Of the
states men between twenty-one and
thirty-one shows that $3.50 Of the num-
Der expressed a desire to enlist, giving
preferences as follows: Army. 1923:
Guard, 1883, and naval militia, 1894
At this rate 1t is estimated that 9
per cent of New York's men eligible
for the draft want to enlist and will do
SO II given the opportunity. The names
and addresses of all those expressing
cruiting officers nearest their homes.
Enter D. G. Forces.
Enlistments in the organized militia
OF the District of Columbia today
We're: Charles P. Campbell. Ballston,
Va. Sd Infantry. Headquarters Com
| jany; William ]. Rocket, 918 9th street
Earl l. Long. Woodstock, Va, Sd In
| fantry, Headquarters Company.
Three men enlisted In the navy at
the recruiting station, 9th street and
L
e. H. Koontz, Roanoke. Va; $. A. Will
| liams. 621 21st street, and Joseph l.
Frost, Baltimore Md.
Galen NJ. sturgis Of Hyattsville. Nd,
was the only applicant to pass the ex-
animation for the Marine Corps today.
A small blue button badge, on which
has been stamped the initials, "U. S.
| 10 the prize decoration in the Polish
centers of the country today. 1t has
been adopted by various Polish socie-
ties as an insignia to be worn by the
girls who have man in khaki. Al
ready 1t has displaced the cameo and
the bar pin from their positions of
honor. This little decoration Is to be
awarded and worn only by the girl
who has persuaded a man to enlist
For those who have sent their future
husbands to the front, a red. white and
blue striped button has been devised.
The button plan 10 now being used al
a special aid to encourage the enlistine
Poles in answer to the call of Presidenl
Wilson for 10000 men.
The scheme originated at Polish re.
cruiting station in Chicago and wa,
found very effective. In the Mflwau