The Washington herald., 1917-10-20
NEGR0 TROOPS
BEING ENLISTED.
White Men to Command
Battalions Called for
Service.

That It Ii the intention OF the gov
ernment hereafter to devote consid-
erable attention to the enlistment Of
colored troops for army service. was
Indicated in a dispatch received yes
terday by the main recruiting station
at Seventh and Pennsylyania avenue
northwest, from the army recruit
ing station at Baltimore. This infor-
nation came in the form Of tele-
graphic instructions from headquar-
ters to the effect that all recruiting
stations should accept, for immediate
service In the 505th and 560th Ser
vice Battalions, Of Engineers of the
, National Army at Camp Lee; 570th
Battalion, Camp Taylor; sos Battalion.
Camp Pike, and 5oeth Battalion. Camp
Travis, white applicants specially
qualified for handling colored men
preferably men with previous ser
yice-to be appointed non-commis-
stoned officers in these colored bat
talions.
The wired instructions directed that
applicants as outlined should be sent
for enlistment to the camps indicat-
ed, or nearest depot post en- route,
IL enlisted at depots or depot posts.
to be yaccinated and given one ty-
phoid prophylaxis and dispatched at
once. to their proper camps.
Other Fields Open.
Telegraphic instructions were re-
ceived also through the same source
to the effect that acceptance would
be received OF qualified applicants
with experience as chemist. gas
worker, steamfitter, mechanic. gas en-
gineer, blacksmith, plumber. fire-fight-
er, or acid worker authorized for the
Thirtyth Engineers Corps, Of the ma
tional army. to be sent to the nearest
depot or depot-post enroute to this
city for enlistment. vaccination and
typhoid prophylaxis treatment and
subject to immediate shipment to
American University, District Of Col
umbia, where they are to report to
the commanding officer OF the
Thirtyth Engineers. II found to be
more economical, the accepted ap-
plicants may be sent direct to the
American University here for enlist
ment.
The main recruiting station here
likewise received yesterday from Adj.
Gen. Bates, instructions to accept for
enlistment in the surveying and
printing battalion, Engineers Corps,
national army. qualified applicants
who present cards signed by engineer
officers requesting such enlistment
Applicants accepted under this
authority will be sent to the nearest
recruiting depot. depot-post, or mill
tary post enroute to Aver, Mass, for
enlistment. Thereafter they will be
| vaccinated and given typhoid pro-
phylactic treatment, and sent at once
to the commanding officer at Camp
Devens. Aver. Mass, for assignment.
For Coast Artillery.
Directions were also given the
local recruiting station by the ad-
jutant general that in view of the
fact that vacancies are reported in
the Coast Artillery Corps, qualified
applicants with or without prior
service may be accepted for enlist
ment for coast artillery. general as
signment, without special authority
in each case from headquarters.
Enlistments continue to pour in
at the main recruiting station here.
another large batch of men eager
to fight for Uncle Sam having been
! received yesterday. and includes the
! following: John Mestrogionome,
902 Fifth street northwest; Pavlo
Quattrone, 20S C street northwest;
Joseph r. Murphy. 316 Union Trust
Building; Samuel d. Coe, 1902
Eleventh street northwest; william
l. Trew. 1887 Fourteenth street
northwest: Joseph Longo, s24 Nine
teenth street northwest; Harold c.
Jackson, Ashley apartment; Her
| bert Weston, 3s E street northwest;
Leroy Hamilton. 1926 NJ street
northwest; Wilmer A. Hill, no ad-
dress given, and Edmund ]. Fla
herty, Z Sixth street northwest; all
of this city; Mike Kabulish. New
Salem. Pa; Charles A. Gaude, Lis
bon. n. H; Robert E. Adams, Han
over. N. H; Alva A. Starky, Ills
Ninth street northwest, Baltimore,
Md; Isaac Q. Lord, Brookland, D.
c.; Leo w. Biegley and John ].
Kennedy, both of New York; Robert
Duncan, Mount Rainier, Nd; Her
bert s. Beeks, East Orange, n. j.,
and James Moore. Alexandria, Va.