Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
DRAFT DRAWING
BRINGS MEN TO
REGULAR ARMY
Three Among First in List
Apply at Recruiting Offices
For Enlistment,

Soon after the first names were
announced yesterday morning three
young men who stood high in the
numbers appeared at the recruiting
station for the Regular Army and
applied for enlistment, Two were
rejected and one accepted. 1t is ex-
pected they were merely the ad-
vance agents of hundreds of men
VINO Will prefer the Regular Army
10 the national one that will be
raised within the next few weeks.
When the announcement was
MADE yesterday afternoon that no
men would be taken from Harris
purg the hopes of hundreds and the
word of the War Department had
peen Justified. Several months ago
the local station took as their motto:
Let us work together to keep Har-
Tispufg out of the draft" Since that
tlne the men of the station have
worked almost day and night to Sc
cure the largest possible number OF
enllStments. Every opportunity was
used to interest eligible young men
In the Regular Army life.
Enlistments Increase ~ .
Ehilstments increased daily until
la lSpurS district was soon
leading the nation in number of re-
cruits. They reached their own quota
ana then started to increase the
number of men that were to be de-
Quoted from Harrisburgs quota if
any We're taken. More than 1000 ad-
dltlonal men were secured. Yester-
DAY, when the quota for the Harris
burg districts was announced it was
found the enlistments from April 1
fn TIIna an hod hn -
Instead of resting easy now that
the quota for the entire district has
almost been filled Captain Harrell
Immediately started a campaign to
NIL up the ranks of the Regular
Army to its required number. Many
of the states fell far below the totals
expected of them, and to avert a pos
sible draft for the Regular Army
the men of the districts which have
secured their allotment of men will
now endeavor to recruit the Regular
Army to it's full strength.
To Wage Campaign es-..
captain Harrell has sent a circu-
lar letter to every substation in his
district instructing them to make
every possible effort TO enlist men
who are between the ages of the con-
scription act. A circular letter will
also be addressed to every man who
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advising him of his opportunity for
enlistment before he is actually call
ed by letter to appear before a local
board. When an eligible receives
such a letter his opportunity to Sc
lect the branch of the service he pre-
fers Immediately ceases. A telegram
from the War Department gave the
recruiting stations their instructions,
concerning enlistments.
This will give the men who stand
high several days before they receive
notification. During that time it is
believed the local enlistments will
increase immensely Many of the
men who enlist prefer to join the
medical corps or. as ambulance and
truck drivers. Such opportunities
are still open.
!. Local enlistments yesterday were:
John H. Taylor, 502 Walnut street.
infantry; Paul ]. Anderson, PEN
brook, baker school; Mayberry H.
Rinard, Catawissa, signal corps;
Eckert z. Sheaffer, Middletown,
medical; Paul L., Daily, Middletown,
medical, and George w. Gilbert, 1917
Swatara street, medical.