The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-26
CITY ATTORNEY
is NOW FIRST
LIEUTENANT
f. R. Jeffrey Receives Commits
sion i'm Battalion of Field
Artillery
MANY YOUTHS ARE ENLISTING
All Men Under Draft Can Enlist un-
til Their Numbers Have Been
Posted by the Board

City Attorney f. r. Jeffrey has been
commissioned first lieutenant of the
field artillery in the National Guard
of Washington and for the past week
has been the busiest man in Benton
county. He received his commission
last Thursday from Major Paul II.
Weyrauch, of Walla Walla, and since
that time has been doing recruiting
duty in Yakima, Benton and Franklin
counties and has been meeting with
very gratifying success.
The battalion to which Lieut.. JEFF
frey will be attached is now being or
ganized under the direction of Major
Weyrauch, retired regular army Of
ficer, and for the past few years q
prominent business man Of Walla Wal
La. Its organization was authorized
several months ago, but no active
steps looking toward its formation
were taken until recently. Permission
has been obtained from the federal
government to use the old fort at
Walla Walla, which was abandoned
several years ago. The buildings and
grounds are now being prepared for
use sometime before September 1.
The battalion will consist Of three
batteries of 100 men each, one battery
to be organized in Spokane county, one
in Walla Walla county and one, in
Yakima, Benton and Franklin counties.
"This is the finest opportunity that
men of the conscription age will have
to get into the service" says Lieut..
Jeffrey. "The field artillery is unques-
tionably the pick Of the land service
for the reason that it is mounted SER
vice and trench digging, trench fight
ing and some other rather undesirable
features are eliminated. / believe that
those who have a choice would prefer
to ride a horse or caisson than to dig
and wade around in the mud.
"The battery which will be recruited
from this section will be officered by
local men Of military experience, none
Of whom have been selected except
myself. The officers will be especially
interested in the personal welfare of
their men, and it will be much more
pleasant to be in an organization
composed Of your neighbors and
friends than to be put in with hobo
for bunkie, as will sometimes hap
pen in the conscript army. The per-
sonnel of this battery is going to be
unusually good, and among the 25
men that / have enlisted during the
past two days may be found lawyers,
oank clerks, business men and farm
,rs.
Furthermore, il a man enlists now
he knows that he will serve in field
artillery, while if he waits to be draft
ID he will have no choice, but will have
20 go into any branch Of the service
% which the government officials as
ign him."
Lieut.. Jeffrey states that those who
enlist now can continue with their
present vocations until the camp is
allied, which will probably be about
he LIST Of September. The camp being
It Walla Walla will give the men an
opportunity to get home on short fur
oughs. Those who are likely to be
allied in the first draft can enlist at
ny time before their names are post
d by the local exemption board, which
viii be within the next few days.
All Of those who enlisted with Lieut..
effrey prior to July 25 are already in
ederal service and will receive their
ay from that date altho they will
robably not be called for active SER
ice until the battalion has been full
' recruited and is ready to be muster
d in. Lieut.. Jeffrey left yesterday
Or Prosser and will go from there to
Torth Yakima returning to Kennewick
1onday afternoon when he will be in
is Office to receive enlistments.
Arthur T. Forsyth, of this city, and
as. Sells, Of White Bluffs, enlisted in
ne battalion when Lieut.. Jeffrey did,
[r. Forsyth has been assisting in the
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