New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
President Designates Week
to Recruit Service to
War Strength
New York's Quota
Is Placed at $500
Early Action Promised.
Only Unmarried Men Ar.
Asked to Enroll

This is Regular Army Week. Pre-,
dent Wilson has set this period asia.
as time in which 70 raise the rer,,l,,
fighting forces of the nation 10 Va,
strength. In a proclamation issued
Wednesday he called for 10000 volu,.
teers for this purpose:
hereby designate the period a,
June % TO June 80 next as recruiting
week for the regular army. and call
upon unmarried men between IA.
ages of eighteen and forty years
who have no dependents and who
arc not engaged in pursuits vitslly
necessary 10 the prosecution Of the
war. TO present themselves for en-.
lstment during the week herein des.
ignated, 10 the number Of 10000.
New York City is called upon to fur.
nish $500 soldiers before July l. Thir
means that each day at least $40 ne,
must step from civil life through ths
recruiting office into the army If ii.
city is TO fulfil its duty
Early Action Assured
The men who enlist now are the men
WHO will see the first fighting. Many
Of them will go to Europe hard on III,
heels of Pershing's First Thirty
thousand" They are the men who will
hold the Stars and Stripes firm, planted
in France, until the great national
army TO be raised through the draft
can be hammered into shape.
Only unmarried men are wanted, ard
these must have no dependents. Any
man. whether he be a citizen or not
may wear the khaki OF regular 50
lcng as he is single. between the ages
of eighteen and forty and is in gooc
pbvsical condition. Even II he has no.
yet taken out his first papers he will
be admitted 20 the army. Men who have
registered for the draft are urged "a
volunteer.
The Presidents appeal for yolunteen
tas raised some confusion in the minds
of citizens. Alexander J. Hemphill,
chairman of the recruiting COMMITTEES
or the Mayors Committee on Natlonai
Defence, issued a statement yesterday
in an effort 10 explain away THIS con-
fusion.
According to the law this reads
"those registered men who are called
~ the colors will be members OF the
National Army. II will take seyerss
north. TO train this new army and pus
:. IN .be field. In The meantime the
regular army must be filled.
Why Volunteers Are Needed
"Tbis country cannot wait until ths
National Army is formed and trained
Il il did many valuable months woaia
40 lost So the regular army must 90
the work, and 10 fulfil its woik "
must have more men-yolunteers'
The nav Of the regular has peeh
raised recently 10 $50 a month. ne Is
furnished food and sleeping quar"I,'
uniforms and equipment, med'c!hes anu
medical attendance free:
Fnlistments will be only Tor the dul,,
ION Of he war. When peace comes ~
hose who Join now viii receive hoh0''
able discharges.
Rural Recruiting Week
Tho week beginning July has beer
desiqnated By Major General John =.
O'Pvan as Rural Recruiting Wee1,
during which officers in every eouhv
throughout the state will condue. .
drive for the 7.770 men still needea
bring tho New York National Guard W
~ its full war strength Of 4l,5OO mea
Recruiting in all branches Of thesG
,,ice has taken slump within tne 1as,
few days. Major General O'Ryan sseel
statement Yesterday showing uN
,bare were 27,500 men enrolled IN m'
National Guard on May 20, ana va
this number had been increased 70 ~
730 on Thursday, a net gain Of o'0sO i0'
the month. The War Department h''
set July - as the date wheh the MAJ
mum must be obtained. g..
There is an opportunity for a.
drive in Brooklyn 70 bring quieny Wy
regiments Of the I'd Infantry 5ilgs.
70 their maximum" said Oehet'
O'Rvan. 1.-TWO Of these commands W
23d and 47th Infantry. are now 10 "
Federal service, and each require soos. %
seven hundred more recruits, the ~
Infantry being within about four I'VE
dred OF its complement"
A MONDAY recruiting rally 20 svsn
the roster Of the National Guard W.
be held on Monday az 81 Fulton suees
and a parish-to-p parish drive ior y
oruits for the 69th Infantry WIZ .
launched on the Fast Side By the Ca'D'
olic Laymen's League. -,
Only three men enlisted IN the Msnl,
Corps in Manhattan yesterday andohF
two in the navy.