Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-25
navy SECURES THIRTEEN
men TO man ITS Ships
Total Of Twenty Recruits Reported
From Various Stations Last
Night.
AGE FOR MARINES LOWERED
May Now Enlist With Consent OF
Parents When Seventeen Years OF
Age-Son Of John NJ. Miller Joins
Navy.

Richmonds contribution to the fight
inE forces Of the United States on yes
terday was an even score OF men. Prob
ably twenty additional applications fo:'
entrance to the army were received.
AS on previous days. the largest num-
Der OF enlistments were made at sos
East Main Street. where the naval re-
cruiting officers keep watch. The
navy's quota was thirteen men. all of
whom were passed on TO various train
ing stations. The Marine Corps at
tracted four. and the army three.
Recruits to the former branch were
sent last night TO Fort Royal. s. c..
TO train, and the latter 10 Fort Thomas.
KY. which has only recently been re-
opened as training camp.
EXPERIMENTATION ROY
JOINS NAVAL SERVICE
Out OF the score OF recruits. four
claimed Richmond as home. They
were the entire complement, OF marine
recruits, and Peter Otcy Miller. the
ffteen-year- son of John NJ Miller.
Jr., president of the First National
Bank. OF Richmond.
The youngsters perseverance in
having set aside all bars TO his en-
l!stnent on account OF youth made
decided hit with tho navy men who
are on recruiting detail here.
Already they have christcned him
"Petey and arc Dragging on his flu
ture in the navy. Young Miller was
sent to the naval training station at
Portsmouth TO set his first insight TO
the life OF Uncle Sans sea fighters.
There are at least two youngsters
In Richmond who are nursing griev-
ances to-day and are sorely tried by
the manner in which the business OF
this government is conducted.
The pair-one eleven and the other
fourteen years OF agc-climbcd the
stairs leading to the army recruiting
station on Broad street yesterday and
announced that they had come to en-
list
Informed that they had no, hecn
residents OF this country for sufficient
number OF years, they slowly retraced
their steps.
AGE LIMIT FOR MARINES
IS LOWERED TO SEVENTEEN
Announcement was made last nigh,
that the asc limit for entrance into
the Marine Corps had been lowered.
and with parental consent. seventeen
years will now he the minimum age
for enlistment. Previously. the limit
was placed At eighteen years.
Two negroes. Charles r. Harper and
James S. Taliaferro. both Of Orange.
recruiting station yesterday to train
AT Fort Thomas. The pair were en-
listed before the recent order plac-
Ing ban on further enlistment, OF ne
Groes went into effect. One army re-
cruit from Norfolk was also sent 10
Fort Thomas by local authorities last
night.
William II. Lee. OF Richmond. who
has rc-enlistcd in the Marine Corps
has been assigned to recruiting duty
here. Mr.. Leo served four years in
the marines from ooa to 1907.
The roll Of honor here yesterday was
as follows:
Navy--Charlcs H. Thames. IIcnder-
SON y. c.; Peter q. Miller. Richmond
Louis T.. Lovelacc. South Boston
Dewey l.. Yoder. lTopewcll: Claude \
Ball. Wise; William Gibson. porchcs-
ter; John w Bryant Roanoke. Rich
ard u. Howard. Scheduled. Va VIII
Yam y. Parks. Dan,lle: Linwood v
Hendricks Danviilc: Marion j. Hooker
Ruffin. Va; James Philip. Massey Hill
Va: George H. ELY. Wilmington. Del
Marines-Wendeii H. Oliver. Rich :
mond; John q, Crowley. Richmond;
Clarence r. Fearcc. Richmond
, Army--icorSc Furnival. Rapidar.
Ma; Nicholas w. Merriwe,her. Bedford
County. Va. and Paul + Zeu