Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-01
IO COLORS.
ON DEWEY DAY
cinory Of Victory and Pas
sage of Draft Bill Spur
Enlistments
200 JOIN IN MONTH
Eleven Hundred Men Pass Ex-
aminations for Officers
Camp
JOIN IN MONTH

tt Today is Dewey Day; commemorate I'M
ehe entrance Of Deweys fleet into Manila
Bay nineteen years ago This and th'
Y tact that celectivc draft is only a matter
y of days stimulated recruiting which wa'
brisk. Enlistment stations were crowded
Y with men.
Todays enlstnents added seventy-hNt
men TO the army. thrty-one to the navy
ana ten to the marine corps up to ) O'Clock
n this afternoon. Among the naval coast
n defense reserve recruits were sydney Griei
Gest. $500 city avenue. Overbrook. twenty.
one-year-old son OF John NJ Gest. of the
Fidelity Trust Company. and solomon
Henry Harrison. isi7 Tulip street. an ln-
dependence Hall guard.
Nineteen foreigners. including five Aus
TRANS who tried to enlist in the army,
were sent 10 the Federal Building for first
citizenship papers. They went In a body.
An announcement was made today by
Captain Lewis s. Morey. T. s. A.. hero Of
the battle OF Carrizal Mexico, TO guide the
movements Of reserve officers and prospec-
tive officers I'm regard to the three months
training course at Fort Niagara. n. Y.
mo applicant for admission will be ex-
amined after May g." said Captain Morey
The training camp commander will an
nounce the final selection of civilian appli-
cants May s, The selected applicants will
be notified individually by the camp COM
mander to report at Fort Niagara on a set
date This will be not later than May IA
Instruction is to begin May l5"
READING CONTINGENT HERE
Several prominent men of Reading-doc-
tors, manufacturers and lawyers-arrived
here today for examination az applicants
for the course Among them were Or.
William H. Raser, .Ir,, j. Bennett Nolan.
Ransford Mann. James Rick, Jr.. Allen
Potts. Raymond Hendel, Douglas Kaufman,
Donald Il. Stewart Theodore Heizmann.
w. d. Hintz. r. II. Knickerbocker and
Charles Mohn. They were met by Major
William Kelly. Jr. L, S. A. and taken to
the offices Of the Military Training Camps
Association In the Commercial Trust
Building.
examinations. it was announced today. A
call was sent out for 500 additional men,
including men of mature years to take the
more responsible positions officers in the
first 100000"
The sham battle scheduled by the marines
for today among the ruins of the buildings
northwest OF City Hall, razed for the Park
way, was Cancelled account of bad
weather The combat" probably will be
held tomorrow.
Nearly 1900 men were enlisted in Phila-
delphia for the army, navy and marine corps
during April. according to figures compiled
To-Day at the recruiting stations. The army
added 93S men, the navy 751 and the marine
corps 1sl. In addition about 400 men
listed directly on the ships at the Philadel-
phia Navy Yard About 10 per cent of the
recruits live in Philadelphia
Yesterday the army gained 40 recruits,
the navy sixty ana the marine corps thir-
teen in rush that was unprecedented since
Civil War days. The Third Pennsylvania
Infantry. National Guard has moved it's
recruiting station from 1341 Chestnut street
TO S34 Chestnut street.
c The following enlistments were an
nounced today:
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