Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-04
TULSA TO RECRUIT
ANOTHER UNIT
War Department Has Grant
ed Authority for Organiza-
ton of New Unit in State.
EARP HAS POWER TO SAY CO.
Already Are Some Sixty Men
in Tulsa Trying to Get
Into the Service.

Tulsa should raise another ambu
lance company.
Adit Gen. A. carp. oklahoma ma
tional guard, has received from the
war department authority to recruit
in this state a second ambulance COM
pauy unit Of $50 men and five Off
| GERS.
Tulsa, the real headquarters of mill
! itary affairs in the state, by all rules
of the game should have this organi-
2atiou. This city during the Mexican
war scare of 1916 raised, within seven
weeks. company OF infantry under
| Capt Alva j. Niles which WAS the pride
of the oklahoma guard on the MeNi-
can border Company one, ambulance,
under command of Capt. H. c. La
Rcau, was recruited to fun war
strength I'm the same period, and as
one of the three like organizations in
! the country won name for Itself and
Tulsa on the border which no other
organization could have won.
They Arc Needed.
Since returning to Tulsa With his
company, Captain LaRcau has kept his
unit to full war strength. Recently
General Pershng, who took a great in
tcrcst in the Tulsa ambulance COM
pany. officially ordered Captain La
Reau to increase the strength OF his
company from 1l5 men to l55. This
was done by Captain LaReau within
two weeks and at the present time
the company stands at that strength.
But Captain LaReau has done even
more than bring his company to the
newly created war strength of l55
men He has a waiting list of 62 men
who are seeking admission into the
company They cannot become mem
bers until the war department in
croases the maximum strength, some
of the present members are discharged
or until new ambulance unit Is Gre
ated
1t Is doubtful II the war department
will increase the maximum strength.
There Is but little chance that any OF
the men will seek to be transferred
from the organization. The only thing
which will solve the problem and give
these siXty-two or more men an op-
portunity to enter the army as mem
bcrs of an ambulance company Is for
the adJutant general to give Captain
LaReau authority to organize another
company. If this Is done. Captain La
Reau in two weeks can have the sec
ond company to fun war strength. and
within month could, in the eastern
part Of the state, organize two other
companies Of 1856 men each Already
Okmugee is asking that "A company
he organized there. Differed by Tulsa
physicians
Earn Has Authority.
The United States army needs Z ore
ambulance companies. Captain La
Reau and his lieutenants can raise
two and probably three Of such units
within month. Adjutant General
carp has the authority to have such
units organized in this state. The only
tie which is keeping the young men OF
Tulsa back from entrance into such
"A unit and Is keeping Tulsa from hav-
ing the distinction of being the home
OF four and probably five military
units Is the authority which is being
held from Captain LaRcau. Cut this
tie and within a week enough men will
be added TO the waiting list of G2 Ia
bring In another ambulance company
with these two companies at full
strength. the Tulsa ambulance com
pany officers can secure another com
pany In a very few weeks Tulsa then
will be the headquarters of the first
ambulance brigade in the United
States. II is no more than right that
Tulsa should have this distinction 1t
is no more than right that Captain La
Reau should have the authority to
organize these units. and II Is no more
than right that Oklahoma should have
the military units the war department
has authorized
Tulsa can and Tulsa will. but the
first act to make this possible Is that
on the part of the adjutant general
is to place in the hands Of the Tulsa
officers authority to proceed with re-
cruiting