The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-29
COMPANY | NEEDS
MANY RECRUITS
Enlistments in Guard Have Been
Lloht Since Order Was Received
to Recruit to War
Strength.
WANT FORTY-EIGHT MEN
May Visit Neighboring Cities and
Towns In Endeavor to Boost
Recruiting-News From
Camp.

More men and still more
XM men Is the cry from Com
H. pany L camp today.
Recruiting has been eX-
tremely light since the order was re-
ceived here to fill the company up to
was strength. Company l. must have
one hundred and fifty men by the
middle of next month when 1t leaves
here for training on the border pre-
liminary to service abroad.
At present there are lO2 enllsteo
men and non-commissioned ofncers
and three officers. Since the re-
cruiting order was received here but
three men have joined the guard.
They are M. Rose of Warsaw; John
Bentley of this city, formerly of Fort
Madison; and C. Sprott Of Montrose.
To Boost Recruiting.
A scheme to boost recruiting in
cities in the neighborhood OF Keokuk
will probably be used in the next
week or two. 1t has been suggested
that it would be a good move to send
a squad of Company l. men in auto.
mODlleS 10 uelSuuoIlh6 SiIicS oAAN
towns in the interest of recruiting.
Speeches would probably be made
and everything possible done to inter-
est, the young men of the surrounding
neighborhood in the guard. If this
plan is carried out it is probable that
men who have already enlisted from
towns. in the neighborhood of Keo'
kuk will be taken along to urge their
friends and companions to join the
guard.
New Promotions.
New Company l. promotions are
announced today. Ray Atkins has
been elevated to corporal from first
class private. Private Bell has been
selected as Company l. clerk to take
the place Of Corporal Vaughan who
has taken charge of a drill squad.
Quartermaster Sergeant Ward left
last night for the officers training
camp at Fort Smelling, Minnesota.
He was the alternate for Sergeant
Bunyan who was turned down at the
camp on account of defective eye
sight Sergeant Buffers who went to
the camp from Company l. some time
ago was accepted and is now In
training.
$17 Worth Of Chicken.
The members of Company l. con-
sumed seventeen dollars worth or
chicken Sunday noon. For this treat
each member of the company was
assessed fifteen cents and the bal
ance was raised through a collection.
The men are still talking about that
dinner and are praising the cooks for
the fine spread prepared for them.
The chicken was just right, they say.
And then they also had dumplings,
mashed potatoes, green peas, lettuce
salad, bread, butter and coffee and
peaches.
Company L claims to have a champ
ion baseball team and the soldiers
have issued a challenge to any team
in the city or vicinity for game OF
ball to be played some Sunday when
the men have no tasks to perform.
If there is a team hereabouts that
wishes to go up against the soldiers,
it should put in bid Immediately.
Thousand at Camp.
1t is estimated that thousand
people were at the camp Sunday. The
Community band was out and for the
benefit of the spectators the guard
mount was put on. Captain Hout OF
K Company, Washington. now sta
toned at Fort Madison, was down
and acted as officer of the day.
The following local officers and non
commissioned officers acted as Of
ficials during the mounting Of the
guard:
Captain Chase, new officer Of the
day.
First Lieutenant Moore. adjutant.
Brown, officer of guard.
Wharton, sergeant major.
Russell and Reynolds, sergeants of
guard.
I'VE, Hewitt. Grogan and Burk,
corporals of guard.
Ex4Sergeant Ben Moody acted as
drum major.
Skirmish Formation.
Under the command of First Lieu
tenant Moore, squad of Company
l. was drilled in slirmish formations
this morning at the camp. Advances,
retreats, the finding of ranges, ETC.,
are a part of this drill. All move
ments of the squad was by hand sig
nails which the men must learn. AL
though trench warfare has made
skirmish fighting obsolete, it is still
system of soldering that must be
learned.
New Explosive Discovered.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK, May 29.-Discovery
of "terrorall." an explosive so power.
full that five grains would be suffi-
cient to crumble the Woolworth
building, was announced here by DR..
DAVE B. Dewaltoff. The discovery
was made public during meeting of
the Medico- Pharmaceutical league, at
which DR.. Dewaltoff was speaker
Working to compound a chemical