Evening star., 1917-05-27
D. c. RECRUIT GETTERS
MEET WITH SUCCESS
Retail Merchants Delegation Works
at Leonardtown, Md.-Greeted
by 1000.

STAFF Correspondence Of The Star.
| LEONARDTOWN, Md. May 26-Before
| crowd Of more than 1000 persons-one
of the largest ever assembled in this
town-members Of the Retail Merchants
Association Of Washington. D. c., tonight
opened their RECRUITING campaign for the
Early results were most gratifying.
| large number Of young men coming for
ward almost Immediately and signifying
were turned down because they have de-
pendants and one or two were put into
the discard because they obviously were
unable to pass the physical test: About
ten however. were given preliminary
tests and tomorrow morning will receive
their final tests. Those passing will be
brought back to Washington Final ex-
morrow morning. as the eye test has to
be made In daylight and the hearing test
could not be applied because OF the
amount Of noise resulting from the fes-
| tiNties.
Enthusiastic Reception.
Despite the fact that the Washington
| recruiters did not arrive here until 10
o'clock. two hours later than schedule,
que TO the fact that the steamer Majestic
mad to buck" the tide on the entire
trip all of the Maryland town and sur
rounding country appeared to be await
Ing the party of recruit boosters. The
reception accorded the visitors was
cordial and enthusiastic one
Ross P. Andrews, president of the Re-
tail Merchants Association. in a brief
address explained the purpose of the
trip. Judge B. Harris Camalier. United
States district judge at Leonardtown,
welcomed the recruit seekers in an adj
Wainwright recited your Flag and My
Flag. Sergt. Hatcher. one of the ablest
speakers in the Marine Corps, then made
an appeal for recruits.
Recruiting During Day.
Owing to the lateness of the arrival
1t is anticipated most Of the recruiting
Will be done early tomorrow morning.
A prize of IS has been offered by the
Retail Merchants Association to the
first member Of the party bringing in a
recruit rTe ~ THIS sss is offered in addition to
killian to the man bringing in the
greatest number of applicants for ad-
mission into the service.
Reveille is to be sounded at o'clock
tomorrow morning, and the boosters
will leave for st. Marys at o'clock
Recruiting rallies are also to be held
at Cowarts. kinsale. Nomini and Colo
NAL Beach, Va.
Tonight the party will be divided
some sleeping on the boat and others
remaining at st. Marys Hotel, which is
the scene of the rally tonight.
Pretty Feature at Mt. Vernon.
One of the prettiest features of the
trip to Leonardtown took place when
the boat passed Mount Vernon. The
recruit boosters stood with barred heads,
the Marines stood at salute and the
band PLAYED THE Star spangled Ban
Another sncident which attracted
wide interest was when Capt. Barber.
the ships carpenter. hung in a perilous
position over the side Of the boat in
order to replace the bow halyard. This
was made necessary by the fact that
the nag at the top of the halyard had
fouled in such manner as to make it
Impossible to haul 1t down. SO that the
substituted. Ali efforts falling to
draw down the fouled emblem and it
being considered essential to have the
recruiting flag hoisted. Capt. Barber
In order. to do this he had to place
himself in perilous position for a
considerable length OF time. He finally
the onIookers. the recruiting nag Being
in place before the boat passed Indian
Head.
Members Of Excursion Party.
Those on the trip are Senator Robin
son Of Arkansas. Public Printer Corne-
Illus Ford. Jerry South. Russell Q.
Moores. T. B. Hughes, J. U. Dellinger.
H. G. Kneessi. Frank H. Shipe, R. P.
Andrews. Charles w. Semmes, Joseph
A. Berberich, F. v. Kil1ian, Henry Lans-
burgh. Sam Hart. Robert E. Buckley,
George s. De Neale, Theodore Picard,
II. H. Levi. Isaac Goldenberg, Charles
Ffnney. William Henderson. NJ. A.
Leese. William F. Guide: S. A. Kimberly.
Morris Simon. Eugene Young. Henry G.
Hanford. J. Crosby Mccarthy. Edward
D. Shaw. Ernest Johnston, w. E. Kim
ball. F. P. Wilcox, F. P. Avalear. Claude
E. Miller. ]. J. Bartram. Leroy King, A.
Laughlin, A. McSween, r. s. Robbins,
John M. Riordon, Charles B. Lyddane,
Albert 8. Galley, b. E. Germain, VIII
liam McReynolds, Ernest E. Herrell,
Louis Levy. B. NJ. Bridget, William
Werner. Harry Jarboe. 8. Fred Hahn,
8. A. Luttrell. William b. Grifith. G. W.
Bonnette. Charles Howser, L. NJ. Bell,
George 8. Wainwright, ]. J. Range, T.
H. Dawson. tr.: Leroy Livingston. T. A.
Mckee. W. p. Brice. Rudolph J. Bodmer,
Frederick w. Plugge. ]. Maurice Bird,
=. NJ Crandall. T. W. caddick. L. J.
Toomey. Thomas w. Brahany, M. D.
Rosenberg. Lee L. Herrell, Fulton Bry-
lawski. -. G. Hines. George p Killian,
NJ J: Falvey, A. J. Driscoll, George e.
Bedell. Edward P. Hinkel. George A.
Edmonds. Frank NJ Peirce, A. schu-
macher. William H. Clarke, webster
Ballinger, M. T. Maloney. John A
Schaefer. A. c. McElroy, E. Maury
Posey. Henry J. Rupert. M. Frank
Rupert and George H. Brown
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