Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-27
RECRUITING. OFFICES
ALL HAVE BUSY DAY
Army Secures Sixteen, Navy Five,
Marine Corps Eleven and
Guard Six.
SENT FORWARD FOR TRAINING
Many Reservists Report for Duty
With First Squadron Of Cavalry.
Electricians and Telegraph Opera
tors Needed by Signal Corps.

All day yesterday recruiting officers
at all the military units in Richmond
worked and perspired and by shutdown
the ranks OF the United States Army
mad been Increased sixteen; the navy.
nVe; the marine corps. eleven. and tho
TWO regiments OF Virginia troops. six.
Tho army is sending its recruits
away as fast az they are accepted. and
those taken into the service yesterday
were sent last night to Fort Thomas,
Ky. where they will be given inten-
sive training.
AT signal corps headquarters II was
announced that many telegraph opera
tors are in demand at $sl a month or
better. and Sergeant Freeman, in
charge Of the army recruiting station
summed up much In little when he
mopped his brow and added: I'VE need
a lot of telegraphers in the signal SER
vice Of the army"
William j. Parish. OF Richmond. be-
came marine yesterday and went into
]. Parish. OF this city. and nephew
OF General L. w. T. Waller, of the
marine corps.
LIST OF THOSE WHO
ENLISTED YESTERDAY
Those who enlisted or went into ac-
tive service in the various units Of tho
army or navy yesterday. follow:
United States Army-w. J. Birtch.
colored. Petersburg; Rumyom Hart.
colored. Rock Hill. S. c.: A. A. Miles.
colored. Richmond: Hugh NJ. Dickson.
Richmond; c. N. Houston, Meadow:
Carmeal Herell. Cassie; ]. z. Curtin.
Richmond; Francis Craig. Wilmington.
n. c.; Will r. Hicks. Hopewell: French
Donald. st. Marys. Pa; Sollie Wolfman.
Petersburg; Frank L. Kelly. Brook
hill; George H. Figner. Jr.. Richmond:
Joe l. Hicks, colored, Emporia; Harry
E. Love, Charlotte. N. c.: Allan G.
Scott. colored, Boydton.
United States Navy-c. r. Pitts,
Kidds Fork: B. D. Thomas. Endneld.
N. c.; w. H. Price, Geina Mills; w. c.
Garbce, Route No. 2. Lynchburg:
Charles Goodman, Cumberland Court
house.
United States Marine Corps-R B.
Stuart. Newport News: C. b. Wilcox.
Theodore ]. Wool. ]. d. Waller. Nor
folk; w. J. Parish, Richmond: F. Butt,
Portsmouth,; r. H. MCGOWAN. Charles
ton, w. Va: w. II. Trent. Richmond:
H. r. Turner, Winston-Salem. n. c.:
Charles Long. Winston-salem. N. c.
First Squadron. Virginia Cavalry
John e. Lumsden, OF Richmond. Joined
as 4 recruit and the reservists report
following: Russell II. Kuhn, F. E. Bran
men. l. L. Nichols, Palmer Hancock,
G. B. Peasley. C. p. Ward. Johnson Nc
Rae. Leon Ruskeil. Brumby Heinrich.
w. c. Leo.
First Battalion, First Virginia In
fantry-Hospital corps. with Giles B.
Cook In command. and including Cap
tain White and Lieutenant Stickley.
mustered into the Federal service. The
recruits for tho First Cavalry for the
day included A J. Baker, Richmond;
John L. Carr. Richmond: Harry L. Ak
sell. Richmond, William A. Richardson,
Columbia, Va: Herbert NJ 'McIntosch,
North Carolina.
BLUES SQUADRON NEEDS
ONLY ABOUT SIXTY MEN
Lieutenant Crump. of tho First
Squadron. said yesterday that the
squadron needed now only about sixty
men to bring It up TO It's war strength,
and added that he expected the squad
ron would be ready for any emergency
by August S.
1t was stated yesterday at the Grays'
Armory that the men undergoing ply
steal examinations preparatory to be-
Ing mustered into the Federal service
were passing generally. and that high
compliments were passed On somo of
the troops
Adjutant-General Sale said that all
tho divisions ordered to mobilize and
prepare to be mustered into tho SER
vice of the nation had reported to his
Office. and added that work OF making
the transfer would be pushed as rap
idly as possible.