Evening journal., 1917-04-13
uncle. sam Calls
FOR Volunteers
Men Who Enlist in Army
Will be Discharged at
Close of War
MANY RECRUITS IN
BOTH BRANCHES

Volunteers are now wanted. Men
entering the regular army will be dis
charged at the termination Of the
present crisis, if they so desire The
same rule applies TO the National
Guard, according TO an order receiv-
ed this morning at the United States
Army Recruiting Office. the old Fed
eral Building, Sixth and King streets.
The order, signed by Adjutant General
Mccain, Of the United States Army,
reads as follows:
1T is the policy OF the War De-
parment to discharge from SER
vice at the term nation of the
emergency all men who have on
listed in the regular army since
the declaration of war, or who
now enlist. This policy also APP
plies to the National Guard
Up to 1890 o'clock thiA afternoon no
order relative to accept men for the
war only had been received at the Of
fee of Major Reed, commanding Off
Ger Of the First Battalion, Delaware
Infantry.
Members of the army recruiting
party are making preparations for a
rush of applicants. following the new
order. In spite of the number of
men being secured by the three navy
recruiting parties in this city. the
army party has been doing excellent
work
During the past week there have
been more than forty applicants. This
morning seven men were accepted by
Major Ewing, in charge of the Baltl-
more district of army recruiting, who
visited the local Office this morning
The men will leave for Fort Slocum
Immediately. They are William A,
Massey, Chester Richardson. Her
bert A. Coles. Bernard P. McGuiness
Vincent A. Corliss, Francis w Hall
and Abraham Fox
Corporal J. Shour, in chage of the
local office. is we'll pleased by the
way Wilmingtonians are responding
TO the call to the colors. Corporal
Fred c. Wolf, who has been on duty
here for the past month. has beer
transferred TO Hagerstown. Md. He
will be succeeded by Corporal Anso1
Hall. now at Hagerstown.
Simultaneously with the order re-
ceived at the military Headquarters at
the armory. Twelfth and Orange
Hllttlos NtcltIQdNs ItldllNt ~ recruit
ing the companies of the Nationa
Guard to one hundred men each. {
sweeping campaign has been started
The campaign is in charge Of Lieu
tanant w Berl, Jr Early this after
noon Lieutenant Berl opened recruit
ing offices in the old Town Hall, Mar
ket street near Sixth. and the build
Ing of the Polish Weekly, No. 20
Maryland avenue
The city is 10 be placarded wit
posters and every effort made to re
crult the companies to full strengt
Immediately. Approximately Is
men are needed at present, but prob
ably more will be required, as marie
men with dependents undoubtedly vii
take advantage of the order, al!owin
them to be mustered out. Thoug
the campaign which was started prio
to the order disseminating recruitins
was in session but a few days, forty
three would-be guardsmen passed tn
pbysical examination. Altogethe
there we're more than sixty appl
cants Lieutenant Berl was in charg
of the campaign at that time.
The fact that Lieutenant Berl hf
been detailed to recruiting duty hf
caused First Lieutenant II. F. Sch'
ker. OF Company G, Second Battalio
to be assigned TO Company Il
duty. Second Lieutenant II. B. Va
Solver has been ordered to report