South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09
South Bend is Asked to Ar
range Plans For Her Part
in National Recruiting
Day, April 18th.
DOCTORS MEET TODAY
TO PLAN COOPERATION
Recruiting Officers Inform
Mayor City is Not Doing
Its Share-Eight Men
Enlist in Army.

South Bend patriotism Will be
awakened 20 its full capacity We'd
nesday night when plans will be
made az a mass meeting for a ma
tionaI recruiting day. National re-
cruiting day will be observed all
over the United States on April 10.
the anniversary Of the battle of Lex
ington in 1875 when the "embattled
farmers drove back the red coats
in the first clash for liberty.
Mayor Fred W. Keller announced
Monday morning that he had re-
ceived a telegram from the recruit
ing committee ON national defense
in New York urging South Bend 10
cooperate in the nationwide move
ment
Like in the days Of - when the
news OF the coming OF the red
coats was flashed from house TO
house by Paul Revere. so will the
citizens Of South Bend be summon
"a 20 snswer the call Paul Revere's
:Se will be duplicated here as In
every other city in the union on the
night OF April IS. In like manner
church bells will he rung. fire and
factory whistles blown and various
other methods employed TO arouse
Tho city TO the real significance of a
state Of war witt Germany.
All Asked TO Help.
Every man. woman and child in
The city viii be asked TO help make
the day success. All organizations
are 20 be invited 20 take part in the
meeting Wednesday night. Com
lnittees will be appointed for various
duties 10 Doe performed i'm getting
oar the young men OF the city TO
enlist.
Local recruiting officers have con
1erred with Mayor Keller and in
formed him that recruiting here is
not mp 20 the standard.
The United Spanish war veterans
are one Of the first organizations i'm
ihv city 20 come forward with reso-
luticns offering their services to the
nation. According 10 these resolu-
jions the United States citizens at
this time appear 70 be timid about
offering their services to their gov
eminent"
a special meeting OF the 81. Jo-
seph County Medical society will be
held this afternoon 20 consider the
matter of county physicians and sur,
Eeons Offering their services 10 the
country Dr Walter Baker presi-
dent OF the society. has received a
letter from Jewett Need United
States navy surgeon az Indianapolis.
asking that the matter he taken up
here az once
Army Lands Eight.
Recruiting at the local army and
navy stations went on apaCe sun
day and Monday OF 10 applicants
at the army station. eight have been
accepted and will be sent TO Ft
Thomas barracks within a day or
two. Since April LIST. 50 men have
applied az the army station and %
accepted
Three men were accepted and
sent 10 the Great Lakes training
station by the navy Headquarters
Monday morning They were
Charles w smith. SIS : Lafayette
ST.. Hubert =. NIishler. Goshen. and
Joseph n. Miller OF New Carlisle
Bert ILszewski 1871 W. Colfax av.
OF the naval reserve. left Monday
Tor indianapolis Tiszewski Is a
cunner's mate. second class. Smith
AMI MishIer went as apprentice sea
men while Miller signed up as a
maCh'nist
James L. Schleiger 500 f. Jeffer-
son blvd. aaS Raw Robinson. 1918
Van Buren, ST. TWO boys who were
sent from here Co the Great Lakes
station. have been added TO the Local
station 20 assist I'm recruiting
Schleiger enlisted Feb. 90 OF this
year while Robinson left here Lass
pecemb Der. Twenty men have
applied for enlistment papers since
Saturday but lack OF birth Ger
tiHcates has held up their sc-
CeptanCe
CHICAGO. April s.-NO longer Is
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