The Washington herald., 1917-05-08
D. c. RECRUITING LAGS"
in ALL ARMY BRANCHES
Few Enlistments for Day Though Many
Applications for Service Are Made.

HPPhSouOnS lot service Are Made.
Recruiting lagged yesterday despite the
nearer looming OF conscription. Efforts
TO interest men were continued with
unaoated activity. however.
The navy recruiting station, 3Os Ninth
nearly the daily average for the last few
weeks.
Inc regular army. however. enlisted
only one recruit, while the Marine Corps
signed up only two. Five others made
appheauon for the regular army service
at the recruiting tent. Seventh street
and pennsylvania avenue, and tive
others examined yesterday for the
Marine branch probably will be sworn
The District National Guard which
has room for 500 more members re-
eeived only two additions to its force
yesterday. Oficers still believe that oul
OF the scores who have sought In
formation at one or more of the hall
dozen recruiting Offices, many will return
In time to enter the service OF theiT
country as volunteers instead OF con,
scripts
Efforts to hn out the ranks of Troop
started yesterday following the enlist
ment far beyond war strength last week
Of Troop B. Many of the men on Troop
BIS waiting list probably will be trans
terred to Troop A, but there will still be
room for forty picked men.
Selections for Reserve Corps,
Thirteen officers of the Third Regi-
ment, District National Guard, were ap-
pointed yesterday to enter the Officers
Reserve Corps training camp at Fort
Myer Col G. B. Young expects within
a few days to designate twelve others
from the Third Regiment to Join the
training camp
Those already selected are as follows:
Regimental Sergt. Maj. James Sullivan,
Regimental Supply Sergt. Francis p.
Connolly. First Sergt. Walter c. Rath-
bon' Headquarters Company; Sergt Her
bert H. Balkan. Machine Gun COMPANY;
Sergt. Alfred X. Gilman, Company B;
Sergt. Joseph A. Dubois, Company H;
Sergt William Pinkston, Company I;
Sergt Chester W. Buchanan, Company
X; Sergt. w. A. Riley, Company L: Pri-
vate Don y. Holmes, Company c; Pri-
vate Robert Gustin, Company D; Private
Henry P. Ewing. Company G, and Pri-
vate William NJ. Johnson, Company L.
ID. c. Citizens Appointed.
The War Department yesterday made
public the names OF thirty-six Washing
Ton men who have been appointed Of
hcers in the Reserve Corps, They are
First lieutenant, infantry, Charles c.
Rossire' tr.. the Congressional Apart
ments; first lieutenant field artillery.
Ben B. Boon, 12n Monroe street north
east; major, ordnance corps, James A.
Drain, l720 Seventeenth street northwest;
majors, engineers corps. Joseph n
Wheat and William Griffin. Geological
Survey; captains. engineers corps, James
W. Bagley, Calvin F. Giffn, Alfred II.
Brooks, Geological Survey: Clarence A.
Peterson, Treasury Department; Thomas
]. Powell, 212 Thirteenth street north
east; Melville P. Hite, Coast Guard Ser
vice; second lieutenants, engineers corps,
Russel NJ. Harrington, 81 V street north
west; ElwoOd Keene, 1864 Columbia road
captains. quartermaster corps, William
MACMILLAN. 2O65 Park road; Henry T.
Stanclif, depot Quartermaster's ONCE;
William c. Harrow Metropolitan Club;
Arthur E. Williams, 2951 Tilden street
Fred NJ. Fogle. 3715 woodley road;
captain, Signal Corps, William A. King,
chief Of the telegraph room, War De-
partment; John T. Graf, POI L street
northeast; FIRST lieutenant. Signal Corps.
Harry T. Lewis. sergeant Signal Corps,
Office OF chief signal officer, War Depart
ment; majors, Medical Corps, Joseph NJ.
Heller, the Marlborough Apartment:
Fielding H. Garrison. 25S2 Thirteenth
street northwest; Charles L G. An
derson, 9lS Eighteenth street northwest,
Arthur c. Christie, 2O27 Park road;
Abram B. Rees, I22O Sixteenth street
northwest; captains. Medical Corps,
Mathew j. Shields, 1924 f street north
west; Joseph n. Bryan, s1s Seventeenth
street northwest; John NJ. Boyce, 514
Thirteenth street northwest: Moses
H. Darnan, I012 Ninth street northwest
Edward NJ. Parker, 1796 NJ street mort 70
west; John E. Devereux, Bradley Lane,
Chevy Chase; first neutenants, Medical
Corps, William z. whitson 929 NJ street
northwest; Howard Hume. 1917 Con-
nectlcut avenue; Charles f Ralph 90S
Rittenhouse street; Adam Kemple, the
CeCil Ana rtroaDts