Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-13
|h.AN STATEWIDE APPEAL
FOR UNITED STATES navy
Campaigns to Stimulate
5af Recruiting.
COMMITTEES NAMED
Is Held by Governor With
Delegation OF Representative Citi-
zens, and Work Will Begin With
out Delay.

1; To stimulate recruiting in tho army
and navy and to arouse patriotism
Throughout the State, Governor stuart
Zwill make a personal appeal 10 every
lc.ty in Virginia. asking that IL launch
lcampaiSus. directed 10y committees
/ named for that purpose, with the end
in view of raising the states quota
fcf men 10 send against Germany.
~ The Governor made known his pur-
tSposc yesterday At a meeting of promi-
nent Richmond citizens. who were
asked TO meet him and Lieutenant
Commander John Grady. United states
naval inspector. IL the Senate chamber.
Mayor ,tinslec, chairman; Egbcri q.
kLeiEh, Jr.. w Z. Dahucy. Levin JONES.
Kirkwood Mitchell. |. !. Marcusc. Cole
man WORKMAN. W T Reed and Joseph
W. Stewart. was appointed to work
ont plan of campaign for Richmond,
and will report back to the larger
body to-day at noon.
The Governor announced that he had
Ialready written to the Boards of Su-
pervisors and the clerks Of courts in
Nercry county OF Virginia. appealing for
energetic efforts toward securing re-
tcruits The same appeal WAS tclc-
graphed by him last night to the cities
fand IL is expected that the campaigns
fthus set IN motion will have the de-
fsired effect Of arousinG the people in
tthc various sections Of The state to q
Iaensc of duty
+ Lieutenant Commander Grady pre-
sided over the meeting, and pointed
to the fact that Virginia has been slow
in responding to the Presidents call to
arms. Virginia quota Of the men
needed TO bring the navy TO full war
strength is about 500. OF this num-
Der. only cigh,y-six have been Sc
cured. In other sections OF the coun-
1y-N CO al az
has been much better
NJ The campaign in Richmond probab-
I ly will begin with a big NJ. meeting
held either in the city Auditorium or
in the Capitol square
With six white men and thirteen
TneGrocs. Il total Of nineteen recruits.
for its showing Yesterday. the United
States Army recruiting station took
first place over the navy, with its eight.
and the Marine Corps with its I'VE.
Neither the navy nor the Marine Corps
accepted negroes.
The six white men sent forward yes
Aterday for training at Fort Slucum.
N. Y. are Garland L. Toney and Writ
f. Walthall Of Richmond; Guy Nc
lowell, of Erookncal: cuthbcrt Pat
tcrson, of Petersburg; George r Low
Ing. of Ocean View. and George \.
bO'Nenl, of Philadelphia. The negroes.
who were sent last night To Columbus
H..
Arthur Gibbons. William T. Harbour.
Raymond Bland. Joseph y. C;ivcus. IN
drew " Jackson. Augustus Hunter.
George Smith. Charles II Gordon. Shad :
rick Ford Roher, -. Thornton. Holden
Crump and Jctcr e. Hudd
LIST OF MEN WHO
60 ENTEU NANN'S SERVICE!
sAfiose who enlisted in the navy ycs-
{ terday at the |Iichnond station AFRO
4 Fred Washington smith. Samuel Thomas
Burch and Vernon Houston Jennings
Of Richmond James Mason Rowlos az
Cardwell; Charles Thornton Iusmisell.
OF Roanoke; George Robert Daniel OF
Newport News; Frederick Mccoy Erv-
ant, OF Petersburg. ANA Leonard BOO.
Lancaster. OF Winston Salem ~ {,
i During the week ending las, night
the navy recruiting station. hcaduuar-
ters for tho entire state, enlisted forty
one men, or four less than tho number
secured the week before. The u,loi,
expected OF tho state by tn" Navy De-
partment, is nearly 500 a week Lieu
tenant Commander John Grady. OF New
York City. left Yesterday for Raleigh
n c, 10 assist the recruiting office
there. after having been in Richmond
for two days trying TO stimulate en-
SlistmentS in this state
{ The enlistment papcrS Of five men,
zrccruits for the Marine corps secured
at Roanoke. were received at the
Richmond headquarters yesterday and
forwarded to Washington 40 recruits
for the corps were secured yesterday
In Richmond. The E,o.nokc rockies.
who have already bee. sent 10 the
training station, are: samnei VI. Hill,
Pozay l.. Webb, Walter {. Lemon, @.
Mason Burtro". Charles y Werty.