Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
Site Sought Near City for
Instruction of $500
Recruits
U-BOAT'S ATTACK HELPS
Fifty-fOur marriage licenses were
issued today. There were 265 appli.
cations to recruit at various Govern
ment stations in Philadelphia.

quarters. The Dill provides for an increase
of 12,600 men in the Marine Corps
Brigadier General S. W. r. Wallace Wis.,
tied a number of places near PHILADELPHIA
IN search of a suitable site for a training
station that would accommodate 1900 men,
The present training station for the Ma.
rjue Corps is located at Port Royal s c.
All the enlisted marines until yesterday had
been sent there to receive first instructions
Today. however, the men are being sent to
the navy yard 4
Reports of an attack on the United States
destroyer Smith by a German submarine
off the New Jersey coast caused leap in
recruiting figures today
Applications for enlistment in the REGULAR
service sprang far in advance of these for
the auxiliary forces. the coast artillery be-
ing especially popular on the assumption
that this branch of the service will have the
first crack" at the enemy.
The rush for enlistment. which kept re-
cruiting officers on the jump. began late
Yesterday afternoon, after a somewhat de-
pressing day coming in the wake of the
record of the day before. BY nightfal ap-
plications for enrolment IN the regular
service had equaled those of the preceding
day but those for the naval coast defense
reserve and other auxiliary organizations
fell off.
In the morning forty applicants passed
Che physical examination for the regular
N Y
a. lii In th. navy twenty-thraa na.saa
and five were accepted in the Marine Corps.
In the Naval Coast Defense Reserve only
. few we're accepted
accepted yesterday. The enlistments were
divided into 17S for the regular service, 1913
for the naval coast sesd defense reserve and 20
10! The t,' need s for men in the marine corps is
Imperative. Major General George Barnett,
peal today for all former service men to to
iesp p,. W Wv e' " " "
urlli recruits
Today's list of recruits follows:
MORRIS nsN wEISsTocR nIn",een
william NGr'S MGaHE TaagHin sISGGf bSiE Ee0mas 1aeny,bree
CLERK; CLERK; lo2$ SM5ackamay9p1 b 1 street; yeoman.
2I0o stewart street; seaman.
- Rockledge, Pa: electrician.
band ial Rpka street M takinefn airW factory
FRANCIS MICHAEL SMYTH. twenty-seven,
Ssaa!s%an' ms", % asO' south hemDerFer street
h papsrmafsr' West Port Royal % Avenue sSfisHa Psa
viSGFST vSiG%s@ RoBFRr ROBERT JAGGAnD eighteen. clerk
HsRvET Rs1ISS0 A. JoHSso%. sss%sn thr,ysix macnnst
M'n aS%.G s'Tssi %st fA'l'ds
Ndts HESm& ssysn MtKK sirsst Nam 24's
UNITED STATES MARINES
'sMEs sesEs EEARSE4 .Isss sws"'yve crane
@ pa.5st. ISL BurI1nTton. % n hh' j. twenty-five ma
%i s%ith. siss Senly Sh' s!rssii '~e"'s-'00r saw
rEaSK AISysiTs Aii HfSs 9SsT Ia
AkTMKi isis EDWRD NG,is BRScKE Ssgee
ASbRE@ sSss S0wsT TEfpER Hpsand VI
piSiEI heff1 MfIToS CAMPBELL. nineteen, stu
The Tf"' accep,eG em1i.msn,, rn today are
rRylS YIN, lyAN ,Ss r; SCMULTz thirty-eish, rc-cn
enAkTEs Jar Isss PETER KAMf: twenty-five, team
JOHN MEEkHS. Nr,1S%a t%enty.fcur stess! boermAker
THOMAS J. JACKSON. twenty -four. printer,
sAMTE rGFs TAGGEN stffs a%sen tWeatytwo N mschnst
oESkcE' '?FsEf " sElcHE Siffs' ,wen,ynne policeman
'' ''''," ,'S,r,n ma"p0s@ sr s.rss.' ,,rrs
HOWARD j. RosENBERGER. twenty. clerk.
RtDoLfH PHih0f2f EFpTER. fEfs! seventeen machins
CLIFFORD CORBETT ALTON, eighteen. ship
CARTER GsEpsa YoUSGfIEsH twenty-three. con-
JoRpNSs HSMEk HRS'fS,lls lAfafHEws seventeen shoe
wxLTER REARDES HrhI S"'Ia MILEEF ssse' twenty-five.
WILLIAM HENRY DUFFY, twenty, machine
SAMUEL EDWARD Killings. nineteen (no
=, trade). Beverly, N. j. -. -.
MAN JOSEPH GERBER. twenty, clerk. Brook
RALPH WILLIAMS. nineteen, munition worker.
EDWIN WILLIAM CARR thirty-two (no trsde,.
1872 Wolf street - -''
JOHN 0GDEN. twenty, chauffeur, Chester, Pa.
:, hosiery knitter. ess4 Mutter street e's"'ee"'
ESttsr. $50 North Hancock Msats ssPeet hosiery
GEORGE JOSEPH WOLF eighteen textile
worker 2444 North Howard street
FRED r. BILLETTER, JR. nineteen (no trade),
oCamdsn II. j. ~ 1.''''se'' WV ''''''
GEORGE RODGERS FRY eighteen (no trade)
kansas City. Mo
MURRAY CbiFYa MICHAEL NORRIS. twenty-four, ma
JOSEPH MARSHALL, nineteen, machinist.
THuWI.ssd NJ sJ,ox .nu.,. ,,,z ro.,,
c,i h0pe street -
Pennsrrovs Raymond HURLEY eighteen
ogden street NoNH'" sN'ee" -o'o
AARON JOHN NUNEvILLER. seventeen,
=, f413 Greene street.