Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-21
sIlEL ANOTHER CHANGE
!. Il. 70 ESCAPE THE DRAF t
MAJ Enlist in Other Branches OF
: 80. Service Until Call
$3.50 - Comes.
sBENEFITs NATIONAL GUARD
Both Blues and Grays Far Under
Authorized Strength - Many Va
,~e oancies in Authorized Strength Of
!: Regular Army.

Those who would escape the draft
by cnlistinE have still another chance.
Z according to telegraphic instructions
yesterday received at the Richmond
affiy recruiting station from Adjutant-
general Mccain. in Washington. Ac-
ccbrding to the ruling of the adjutant-
Z general the only bar to enlistment is
the actual summoning of draft sub
: 5ect FOR examination before the local
. board. The text of the message is as
;. fornEs:
AFTER registered person has been
called for military service by his local
board and directed to appear for
physical examination, he ceases to be
eligible for voluntary enlistment"
- -. Tbs receipt of these instructions
cleared up a point that has been the
subject OF considerable debate. mas
much as II was supposed that a draft
subject whose number was among the
drnt drawn would no longer offer him-
ee6 for voluntary enlistment. 1t now
being made clear that this is not the
Coo - expected to be prominent fac
: tor In boosting recruiting within the
nd1f few days. Not only is It e1-
peoted that there will he numerous APP
pt8cAntS for enlistment from among
fhe ranks of those who are sure TO go
= On the nrst call. but also those whom
61oeoodtng calls will draw into service.
VACANCIES IN BLUES.
: s;r~r~'- GRAYS AND REGULARS
: ,-AApyruximntely $4,000 vacancies exist
IN tia regular army, to be filled either
6Y volunteers or draft and the ma
ytne corps is in need OF about 1000
men to bring this branch of service
toswax strength.
.<TheFo is little call for other than
specialists for service in the navy,
which Is nearly at authorized strength,
and recruiting has been nearly sus-
pended for this branch.
Tho new ruling Is expected to be
especially beneficial to National Guard
Ghits that have exertcd every effort TO
MI their ranks by volunteers Both
the Richmond Blues and the Grays
are far under authorized strength,
needing approximately 800 men to fill
their complement.
- Draft day saw ,thing OF the rush
10 the colors which characterized the
period In which registration was i'm
pending. That this apparent apathy
prevailed caused somewhat OF sur
prise in recruiting circles, but under
the nov order of things it is predicted
IdN& - oCClueu Change VIII De Witnessed
within the next few days.
STAFF MAN JOINS
MARINE CORPS. HERE
Among those enlistins here yester-
day was William B. Southall. for the
uXAt.-three years a member OF the
reportorial stan of The Times-Dis-
patch who Joined the marine corps.
!. AL interesting feature of the re-
cruitinG campaign here during the past
couple OF days has been the unpre-
cedented rush OF negroes TO get in
line. Wednesday morning papers
carried the announcement that several
hundred negroes were wanted for SER
-S!ee In the hospital corps, and since
that time no less than a dozen men
have been accepted for enlistment at
tho local station.
Yesterdays recruits were as follows:
- Arfuy-Dewey Station, Petersburg,
Z And Arthur B. Num-, Pulaski and
Richard Smith. Robert F. Carter, War
WEEK Smith. George ]. Rice and Will
I, nana.H. Young. negroes. all Of Rich
mona.
= Marine corps-william B. Southei
Richmond; Hobart 4. Siegrist and An
aarew F. FaubeE. Charleston, W. Va
-Eavy-Thomas. E!ss;ck, sos East
Clay Street, and Sidney H. Trout
Flhvisw. Va
-. ,E1ues-W!lliam T. Carr:nrton and
Howard p Northrup. Richmond.