Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-09
64RECRUTTSADAY
DEMAND OF CITY.
1923 Men Needed by June 30
to Make Quota, Says
Officer
MUST HASTEN TRAINING
special Hospital Corps to Be
Formed to Accompany En-
gineers in France
MUST HASTEN TRAINING
/. AARLE7BQDIEp MALE HELP WANTED

sent out today.
In a brief statement Colonel Charles A. |
?. Hatfield United States Army. retired. |
army recruiting officer Of the Philadelphia
district, asked for sixty-four recruits a |
day until June 80 He said.
~ have been informed by .he War Dc. |
partment that It Il desired that the fun |
war quota Of the regular army be ob.
tained by June 80 1917. The urgency OF
obtaining the full quota at the earlIsst |
possible date is that IL is necessary to fn !
the ifty-one new regiments Of the regular
army and begin their training without de-
lay"
Colonel Hatfelds figures for today were:
Philadephia district war quota ........... 4oA4
Number still required -. 800 i33a
Daily average needed ............,.. 81
Later this afternoon total Of forty.1ve
army enlistments during the day were re.
ported. OF the recruits twenty-seven
showed registration cards. The navy
gained twenty-three recruits Three men
were added to the marine corps.
Harry Frank Gaffney. twenty-three years
old, 1913 North Twenty-ffth street. book
binder employed by the Curtis Publishing
Company, won in fight TO be allowed to
join the marine reserves. He was accepted
at the recruiting station. 2lO South Tenth
street. One week ago he applied for enlist
ment and was rejected because he weighed
only l24 pounds. Today. having eaten his
way to the minimum Of l2S pounds, he was
accepted.
Plans are being made for a council OF
officers Of the National Guard Of Pennsyl-
| vania units In heOcity to open a recruiting
| drive that will bring the regiments up to
war strength by July Is.
SPECIAL HOSPITAL CORPS
The War Department today ordered Ma
| jor Ebert r. Persons, L. S. A. medical
| corps, to recruit a special hospital corps at
| once to accompany the engineering regi-
| ments to France. The new unit Is to con-
| sist of forty-eight men. three of whom
must be pharmacists, three clerks and three
| cooks. The others should be accustomed
| to hospital work or willing to learn.
| Wednesday will be set aside a special
| day at Cooper Battalion Hall, 223O Chris
| tian street, for recruiting this unit which is
| separate from the ambulance units being
| organized
| The need for teamsters in the quarter
! master reserve corps is so great that
| branch recruiting station will be opened
| Monday at 234 North Front street, in charge
! of Charles S. Wesley, chairman of the
! drivers recruiting subcommittee. Lieuten-
ant L. deK. Belden will be the examining
| physician, assisted by Sergeant James A.
Gallagher, Jr
| AT MAIN STATION. TOO
Teamsters will be enlisted also at the
main station, % South Twenty-third street
| where especial efforts are being made to
| recruit the wagon companies. Each COM
pany consists of a sergeant wagonmaster
| three sergeant assistants, a corporal horse
| shoer, a corporal saddler, private farrier
cook and twenty-eight frst-class private
| teamsters
Recruiting officers emphasized the fact
| that registration for draft did not prevent
| men from volunteering.
Enlistments were brisk today, The army
obtained thirty-five men up to noon, in
cluding twenty Of conscription age.
Yesterdays enlistments were Army, a.;
navy, 20 marine corps, ,.
The following enlistments were announced
today:
U. $. NAVY
John stewart HSgfiRIns SiR 81 ET%TE De- 6.,
Reuben Aioysius Fiaszynski. %. Wilmington,
psreyal Thomas Ersnsss 81 wil%paiasfSp Del
ISsS M TsPa sb No'ia sgs r. Font IL Fo:'' St Pa
Us. ARMY AMBULANCE CORPS
Thomas ]. Anderson o. Henry Clay Del,
p.Wt So R6suG as Nfaf Nd
RhtilIiP TtItam "A j. oGltfih Gtlteishton, i aI7 s $50 ST.
@ @gsTTy fG9, TS4. q? s s3G IS5s s Poplar BoH St St
Henry Vernier, 40, 5000 Catharine 81.
NAVAL COAST DEFENSE RESERVE
Alfred clark Newman 2l5 St72 Baltimore ave
Joseph Francis C9in sIn 2l @iTs ssBsG n franklin
afgsqE. sfRSss asf.i 'g ltf &J Il lf!R st.
Raymond William Cole ~ eSho ean, ynssd"s ss5 ~ "
TSGsTScfE Ed2is 2fgSl SaHsSs HSES II T. Bsbehe@ Pa
Joseph a2as DillQ9 Ia BSGaOg F5oS 81 52 w. oakdss
United STATES MARINE CORPS
charles Harry Marshall, 20; 1901 Brewster ave
Lloyd Alvin searposs. 23' White Haven ia.
UNITED STATES ARMY
Gurden NJ HlsleX, Is S96S ,ib Chestnut s1 st.
FSgI S.sD5 sfanms anm"f L D. 2a3 ais Xlssaeny
prank MsIon FdIoT $s G s7So 4SIS cTisson Eiss st.
isH.'SE Ioa!s SEu%pf SIS 5s TiHgr Tis Ksios 81 st.
William Finn as 2i aoi ll2 pSmond k4l9S i' st.
HsTry Tsmss fSnHfs bundss s g. oil2S H5sndywips
ranf Mlf9 & dSSPS SsS Ts.S.2 NrRayunA
Sfnjfi%i3P Ra4.in J. Es'ee EJscoea; - 90 SSf
Sbsr & cu9ainsa1at|N 81 t1t h. 7th StS 81 p''rou"'
ERer E%sl NssS e. Temesen. 25, si5 F. GorpBwal st.
HGTaSsa HGTsfa fiis: HS aSS5z sz diT:Ta
Jesse NJ. K9he55S % 25s.5 Amber sTews'er st ave
iiiiiHa William F Brown 20. 2i47 M]ontrGse ] 81 81
EaT4ss Win9sld b + BsaIisa EGSiisSSt5f sos Iit6 St
| Fwn x Esler 23 Collingsdale "a;
Bernara Ca1P CaJ1aPmiiton' JT 81 c446 n Mascher ST.
GIsTsDes MlsnsSi Bseeroft as, aIl7 N. Philip st.
oUsRTERMAsTER' RESERVE CORPS
~ o,prisp Jr a2 Avoca Pa.
u,Ihiiiarn uh9iIil1n N Bartholomay. 20. Nandling Pa
| I NV Moore, 33 6S W. Parker st. scranton
PwS e. Hettes. % 7O3 Electric 81, Scranton. Pa
Ralph II. Irwin, "a IV rrSnN''n ave-
sdt,yard tSH j. Davis, Elks' club, Scranton Pa
george mnoorfman' sol Franklin ave. Scranton
Riissrd c. Parker, 1925 Delaware st" Scranton
Paia { casterline. 1920 Church ave-. seran-
ton. Pa. - g,,.,-.h ava scranton Pa
Iohn prs,,,Trcei los s. Webster ave, Scranton.