The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-12
ARMY RECRUITING
BREAKS RECORDS
221 Are Sent to Fort Logan
for Training,
84l JOIN DURING MONTH
Crowds Wait for Hours to Be
Examined,

take a course of intensive training be-
fore being assigned to any particular
suit OF the regular army. Including the
men who left here today. the army re-
cruiting stations in Oklahoma have
obtained a total of 84l recruits for the
army this month, the largest number
ever recruited here during single
month The previous record was last
July when 752 men enlisted in this
state.
The indications at noon today are
that as many recruits will leave to-
morrow as left today as the recruiting
station here is filled almost to capacity
with men who are waiting to be ex
amined Among these is a large num-
Der OF negroes
Bars Up Today.
Today is the last day the army re-
cruitng stations can accept men OF
registration age, though the informa-
tion received from the war department
is that the recruiting stations will con
tnue to be maintained to accept vol
unteers between 10 and Il years old
and from 81 to 40 years old.
The navy obtained thIrty-Seven re-
cruits during the last twenty-four hours.
Lieutenant c. s. Nanderbeck, recruiting
officer IN Oklahoma for the navy said
today the navy particularly needed
backsmiths, gas welders and awning
makers to repair the hydroplaneS OF
the navy.
Latest Recruits.
The names of the army and navy 70
cruits who lett Oklahoma City today
for the training camps OF their par.
ticular branch of the armed forces OF
the United States, showing the branch
of the service in which they enlisted
and their home TOWNS follow:
Navy. E. Rayburn, NJ. 4. Weayer
H. f. Fritcb. w o. Eadss. John Crouch
ertson, 8. o. Wilson, II. II. Raines, j.
r. Coleman, ]. A. Morrin, O. Nixon
A. J. Mllnan, l.. B Shobcrt. H. T.
Compton. a. ". Paris, J. @. Harris, o.
IL. Certy, f. 4. Murdoch, Frank Phelps
n W. Mcfarland, and Bryan Hcndon.
Chickasha; Thompson Newman and W.
G. Campbell, Enid; h. II. swift. II. l.
Deeter and Il, A. Higgins, Tulsa, and j.
l. Foster, f. b, Brown. A. A. Bailey; "
j. -
more and Charley Sparks, Muskogee
Regular Army-Fred r, Philips Ponca
City; Wendell p, Martin. Newton, Iowa;
Earl f. Cary, Piedmont; lsITeal B. Al,
lard, Yukon; Edgar S. Roberts, Wewoka;
Earl r. Mitchell Garden city, Kan
William j. Btowne, Leavenworth Kan;
Walter A, Glttrlch. Enid; Farris F. Kidd
tTuscola; William A. Dean, Helena; VIII
lam o. Maddox. Oklahoma city; Lon NJ
Maddox. Oklahoma Guy; Claude G
Knight. Coyle; Elden H. Bonnet, Hun
ter; Nelson @. Brown, Billings; Charley
II. Newman, Morrison: Arthur j strauss
Enid; Fred J.. McKenney, Hunter; Emil
p. Leslie. Enid; WIN shafer, Muskogee;
Andrew j. Campbell, Muskogee; Percy
y. Gumm. Haskell Omar Sessions Che
cotah; John II Farley: Wagner Bull n
Wright, Bartlesville; Leonard L. Roach
Holdenville; Frederick w. Schmiat. FL
city; Glare NJ Rudolph, Stratford; John
C. Spivey. Oklahoma city; George n
Davis, Pawnee; Robert J. Potter, OK
mulgee; william +, Smith. Yeager; Os-
car Adams. North McAlester; Erstcl
Teaser, McAlester.
Joseph II Mze. Adamson; Jack Jones
Balnco; Jack Goodman. Crowdcr; Robert
o. Pollock, Klowa; Eugene Nabours, Eu-
faula, Lee II. Williams Prague; Joseph
". Love. Oklahoma City; Lewis Wills
Bridgeport. H.; William r. Rittenhouse
Lone Grove; Jesse o. Wilson. Heta; FL
dridgr C.. Patterson, Oklahoma City; Cy-
rus I. Herrln, Ahloso; Glen V. Bradley
Saltwater; Robert L. Steward. Fitzhugh
John n. Jones. Lexington, Charles II
Peters. Lexington; Dennis Mitchell, Gar
den City; stephen II. Sturgeon, Oklqho-
ma City; Fred r. McGahe, Cherokee
George w Peacher, Tulsa; Ernest n
Tulsa; James r. Epperson, Oklahoma
City: Charles NJ, Haxton, Gotebo
Charles II. BlackSock Calhoun. Ga.
Edgar l., Jacks Coweta; Edwin $. Kline
al. n a
William A. shIpmon, oklahoma city
Henry f. Cain, Fay; Walter f. Banks
ton, Holdenvlle: otto r. LRCkey, At
wood; Ray 7 Hedges, Ralston; Paul c
Blackburn, Oklahoma city; Tyler Tutn
beauRh. HArtshorne.
Lem Bennett, Patterson: Wallace II
Hannah. Holdenvllc; William NJ Hall
payson; Walter L. Null, Shawnee George
y. BridwVll, Oklahoma city; Clair A
Haggart. Fairfax; Henry II. Ferrall, So.
Rock, Pawnee; Hugh l. Boyctt stuart
Ira J. Robertson, Stuart Winton j.
Rewley, Oklahoma city; John r Barry
Oklahoma city; Llss +. Graves SHAW
Ham 3 Lingerfct, Maud; Philip II Hod
nett, NARROW; Summer A. Sweet, 8mth
re; Hubert a. Forman. Okla; Earle ]
Bottser Oklahoma; Alfred A Akin Wa
tonga; James u. simpson Tulsa Waite
v, Snyder. Lafeyett, III Hilton p. Wal
lace, Kansas city, Kan Earl n Harris
Holdenvllle Lloyd H. Waggoner Coiiey
vile, Kan; Ed Brown, Compton, Ky.
Otville Patterson, Stryker. Ohio; Stanlo,
Mckinney, Mangum; Richard Rov Smith
Oklahoma City; George W Henln Tu
sn; William X. Wood Steelvlllc. Mo
william II. Cough. Tulsa; william "
Gregory, MuskoGee; Howard N Gray
Sand SPRING.; Hart T Ford Tulsa
Clyde =. Elliott, Tulsa; John Michael
Marshall; Zenrl H. Lowe MRnEum; Johi
@ Terry Thomas, CLARK r. Dancer
Louis Barnett Prescott. Ark: Alber
R Moore oklahoma CITY Newell l.
Vile Iowa, Cursie ~ Unsell. Oklahoma
city; James l. Cook, oklahoma city
Lester l.. Coleman Red Rock: George A
Yoth, East Enid Arthur ~. Dlrks. Lon
Wolf Erwin A. Kc0er Enid: Guy q
Gillespie. Oklahoma CITY: Rowe n Cor
bin, Bristow; William q Black Krem
llni Lawrence Coleman, Helena; Everett
mont Paul J. Martin, Enid, Dennis II
PINK Enid. Edwin G. Hollis. Hadkell
John W, Mckinney Coweta. ZHcharinl
+, Haynes, Wagner, Robert NJ Smith
MuHkoget Joseph y lliXon Muskogee
raul y, Heilman, Wagner. George =
Cooper Eldorqdo Eugene G. Hensey
SNOWFALL, Arkt Lewis r. Miller. Miami
Fred r. Wilkinson, pawncc, Clifton ~
Hoslar pnwnee. Delos Johnson Oklaho
walter v, Robertson, TwEty Texas
John v Salisbury Ardmorci Fred has
KIN, Blanoo.
Bill Newberry. Patterson Horace s
acy, Kiowa. Ebb Qualls, Eufaula. phlnI
Hardy, Qulnton; Jefferson Perry, Putin
ton Dewitt Hodges Mena, Ark; IusepI
q Thompson. Edmond Max NJ baum
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