Evening journal., 1917-04-30
FIVE MORE RECRUITS
FOR State militia
Delaware Boys Also Join
Navy and Naval
Coast Force
F. L. MANION NOW
SECOND LIEUTENANT

Five more recruits Joined the Ma
tonal Guard of Delaware today. The
recruiting party is still stationed on
the Court House lawn. with a subsid-
larry post on the old City Hall plaza,
and the officers in charge are untlring
in their efforts to bring more men into
the militia.
No further orders regarding the eX-
pected mobiliz'ng Of the Second Bat
talon Of the Delaware Militia have
been received.
Adiutant-Genoral /. Pussy Wicker
sham is st u seeking two competent
medical officers for the guard. When
spoken to this morning, General Wick
ersham said, not without sarcasm
The want ad for two medical officers
Is still in force. When the vacancies
are filled due notification will be given
and the want ad withdrawn"
The five men enrolled m the militia
today are. John McDonough, No. 632
East Fifth street; Richard Stanley, NO.
234 South street, Philadelphia; ALIVE
Peterson. Marshallton; Samuel H..
Ward, No. 1915 West Second street, and
Edward w. WEIGH. No. 3l2 Taylor
street, Men enlisting in the militia are
given the privilege OF selecting the COM
pany 10 which they wish TO be assigned.
The recruiting officers are anxious 70 I'LL
up the guard TO its maximum strength,
and are doing their utmost TO do this.
b The miitiamen are still doing guard
81 duty. Guards are continually stationed
h, at the Artillery Fuse plant. the Beth
b. lehcm Steel Company, New Castle; at
all the bridges, water works and at the
electric light plant of this city.
Frederick l.. Manion, first sergeant OF
Company p, First Battalion. Delaware
National Guard, has been appointed as
l second Lieutenant ia that company. by
an order issued from the Office OF Adiu-
tant General ]. T. Wickersham. lie will
not assume the duties of his new Office
a until formal approval of his discharge
y as an enlisted man, to accept promotion
y by commission has been received from
d the headquarters OF the Eastern Divis
g. ion. l.. S. Army. at Governors Island
he New oHk.
IS Sergeant Manion has served owe
& twelve years in the Organized Militia 81
D. Delaware. lie originally enlisted II
4, Company = as a private and earned
rapidly his promotions through tn
~ I various EIAllfn OF fNlIlNANl. nAlE fNNi
IN Quartemaster sergeant and first ser
k geant. and was then promoted as colo
IN sergeant ON the regimcntal non-cOm
'h missioned staff by Colonel Theodor
as Townsend. whore he served five years.
a When the Delaware troops wer
IN called into the service of the Fedora
r. government last June, Manion was re
of duced to the ranks as a private. a
l. NtuN he aattTa NJ
company them, and transferred I
Company f. Immediately he wa
promoted TO first sergeant again. an
served as such through the tour {
"A duty on the Mexican border. and agai
III on the last call. until his promotio
to lieutenant He succeeds LeuteI
ant 3. Randall Carswell. who was al
We pointed a second lieutenant in III
OF regular army early I'm April
ay Manion is one OF the best-know
sa, expert r,flemen in the United State
on Last year. at the national matches Z
he Jacksonville, Florida, where he wa
by sent as a member of the DelawaI
n rife team. from Deming he tnishe
ID second in the individual matches,
MP which experts Of the army, navy, ma
i'd rine corps. National Guard and civil
la ian rife clubs participated
He lives at No. 1903 Maple stree
this city
Samuel n Hall. of No. sol Monrc
street. who was doing guard duty
the b. and o. bridge accidentally she
81 himself in h s hand on Saturday nigl
\ while cleaning a gun az his home. TT
rife was one of his own and not h
regular militia rife. II was nece
an sary to amputate the second finger
his left hand at the Homeopathic 10
pital.
ate Three men wero sent to Philade
m phia today by the navy recruiting q
It's, fee in the Law Building. Ninth al
md Market streets They are: Villa
ed Thomas Garrett. of this city; Villa
ch, Albert Rhodes, of Newark, and Lou
lity Anthony Symansk They have pass
,tic the medical examination and will
err assigned TO ships at the League lslal
Navy Yard.
Placards appropriate for the win
ID. shields of automobiles have been 7
,,ss ceived at The office, and the office
a. in charge are anxious to have the
ne distributed. Persons desiring the
Of can obtain them by applying at
10 office. They are red and blue. So
eral women of this city requested
the officers that these placards
. obtained, and IL was in response
this request that they were procur
The recruiting party for the o..
: Wisconsin still has its office
the third floor of the City Hall, Tel
and King streets Since SaturC
four men have been sent to the b
tleship Wisconsin, and many apl
)v cations for enlistment are being
ceived.
The party is on the lookout fol
barber and a laundry man.
", Many applications are also be
received for the Naval Coast Defe
t. Force. This Organization is IN n
OF cooks. mess attendants and S
men. Before the day is over, the
had cruiting officers expect to send
ers eral men to Philadelphia for
and force.
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