The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-21
new RECRUITING
RECORD IS MADE
SevenH-FNe Young Men En-
list Here. for Service,
SIXTY-TW0 JOIN THE ARMY
Many Are Now Leaving Cotton
Fields, Says Officer

All records for recruiting in Okla
homa since July n were broken during
the last twenty-four hours, the army
having obtained sixty-two recruits in
that time and the navy thirteen The
army recruits have averaged twelve a
day since July 81 and the nay's even
smaller.
Cotton Picking Over.
Lieutenant George W Hall, recruit
ing officer IN Oklahoma for the army
said today that he attributes the large
number OF recruits obtained this month
to the fact that he young men who have
been working in the cotton fields havc
completed the work OF picking the cot
ton and are now completing their
private arrangements and joining the
armed service OF the United States.
Four hundred recruits have been
forwarded TO the army training depotS
this month
The name, of the recruits who Ell
listed in the last twcnty-iour hours.
their home towns and the branch of the
service m which they enlisted follow
Navy Recruits.
Navy r N Mmcy nd { ! Mer.
rlmau, Nu,kogec, r. A. Harris and
Byron Guiham, Ardmorc Mack g.
Edd and John $ Pryor, Tulsa, and the
following from Oklahoma City. { r
Woods. " S Klinglcsmth { D Col
Inns Alexander Bethany, Lawrence
Stand and James Grim,
Regular Army-Paul Ackarman. Sc
dan. Kas Thomas l.. Akin, Dallas,
Tex; Joe w. Alfred. Doxey Okla ,
Ambrose f. Betty Oklahoma City
Okla Rue {. Bell. Oklahoma City,
Okla: James NJ. Bennett. Elkmont
Ala Fred c BoIlen. Greenvillc. Tex. {;
Edgar n BraRgs, Foreman, Ark Lu-
ther w Bratton, Lynn county Mo (;
Howard { BroeSamle. Muir. Mich. 4;
Milo O Canada, Hominy Okla; Ar
thur ). Carroll, Wills Point, Tex;
Eugene CaSSari, North Haven, Conn. a;
Percy D. Cox. Magnolia. Okla, Joe
NJ Crisp, Rolf, Okla, Oscar l. Ed
wards, Leonard. Tex. Charles + Fan
rlng. New Heldton Okla. Berry l..
Ford, Lehigh, Okl: Ulysses Fygett Ok
lahoma City Okla Benton D. Gillon,
Ladonia Tex; David l. Couch, Le-
high, Okla
Carl Graham, Saline, La ; George w.
Greer, MortIton, Ark John {. Hadd-
ley. Miami, Okla John A. Horton.
Lylery Ga; David J. Houck, Still
water, Okla Carl Houts, Altus, Okla :,
Jack A. Howell, Providence, X /,
James A Huston, Tallahassee, Fla. /.
Harry + Irwin. Ninnckah. Okla. Jul.
ian /. Sheppard Pauls Valley. Okla. 4.
Floyd L. Slief Dover, Okla, Walter
F. Tahudy Fl Reno, Okla. Harvey
B, Boban Rock Island. Ill., James K.
Vaughn, McAalester Okla. Henry w.
Walker, Oklahoma City, Okla Lee
Witherspoon, Carter. Okla; Frank A.
Wager Oklahoma City Okla; Emmit
S. Ivie DUNCAN, Okla; Morris NJ
King, Oklahoma City Okla. Clarence
knappenberRer, Shawnee Okla James
l. LinRenfeter, Unonvile Mo; Ma
thenal Y. Moore IIeaderick, Okla I;
Guy II Morgan, Waterloo, Okla.
Thomas w Morris, Guthrie, Okla ;
Marvin Z. Mycr. Cement. Okla Stan
ley ! Olciniczak, Oklahoma City.
Okla; Robert c Peters, Lindsey
Okla Carl { Phelps, Oklahoma City
Okla Cody P Pool Hopkins county
Tex; Joe Reed Marcus. Tenn. Ed
Robinson McAlester Okla John w.
Sarver Paris, Tex; John B. Snipes
Headerick Okla. Jesse c. Shepard
PaulS VALLEY Okla; James r. Simp-
son, Paris, Tex; lack Smith, Meridian
Miss, George r Tyrell McAlester
Okla. Karl w Urban, Rock Island,
III: lanes G Wade, Lindsey Okla
Harry W Whitcley Oklahoma CITY
Okla, and Robert l. Williams, Paoli.
Okla