Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-16
10M IN RECRUITING;
/ 50 JOIN ARMY BY NOON
,..ord Equals Nearly Whole
pay's Total of Enlistments
Yesterday
sorHER BRANCHES TRAIL
loo of Recruits Only for Duration
of War, Government
Announces

"a ,.,rui,ing, fuctuating like pulse, beat
.ns TODAY in n boom that added more than
Y baIu Ian 10 the army before noon. This
s.arly equaled the totai e"'is''hehls LOT
~ entire day yesterday.
tne en a,har branches of the service trailed
\ ..,nd the army in enlistments.
pe',a,rance from the war Department
A.aaoy that enlistments in the National
Cna C.a are for the duration or the war only.
.a,eoram from Governors Island said
'n,en now enlisting or enlisted since
\ that .,aration of war in regiments. whether
tne tn.us Iraderal service or not, may be as
Wy ,hat upon application they will be
Y suts,rged at the termination OF the war;
c.,,ng 10 the rush OF It's members TO at
"a the officers training camp at Fort
w"s w,ssara, the First City Troop has started
rscruitlng campaign to bring the troop
A. its full strength of 100. Only six
oriyates and the coniii'SS'o"e" '.'
E.n on the troop roll.
y co,onel Thomas s. Lanard. OF the state
y ..o,hies left for New York today to
snsare with Colonel Roosevelt Definite
s.,ormation has not been received as yet as
a. whether the Fencibles will accompany
sSo hrst Roosevelt division II II Is per-
sr,,ted to sail for France.
A regiment to be known as the First Col
"a Reeiment of Volunteers for Europe
"n, start recruiting as soon as recruit
~ station can be obtained. All former
, s.g,Iar army noncommissioned officers
iii be given the same rank they held when
fhey were discharged from service. Under
tbs laws of the United States army regula-
fions there will be a chance for a man to
6ecome a second lieutenant
The Ninth Regiment Of Engineers, with
( headouarters in the Hale Building, enlisted
+ sixty-four men, making total of 900.
]. within ten days this regiment expects to
n M into barracks that are now being fitted
m in the Commercial Museum.
J Among today's recruits was Harry Claude
ylaherty, twenty-three years old, of the
pelleyue- Stratford, an ex-coast artillery
man. who enlisted as a gunners mate in the
naval coast defense reserve Charles john
son. of Morton, a nineteen-year-od engi-
neering student at Villanova College. who
unlisted in the aviation section of the army
4 slgnal corps April 1S. has been promoted to
sergeant, according to word received today.
Ne Is stationed at Fort Sam Houston
4 Texas
Thirty-eight Berks County physicians
have been ordered to report for examina-
tion for commissions in the medical section
\ of the officers reserve corps before Dr. E.
n Setter. 1918 South Rittenhouse square.
sxamning surgeon. They are among the
forty-eight who volunteered their services
last month.
The following enlistments were an
aounced today:
NAVAL COAST DEFENSE RESERVE
FAsn aasy s 4isi aIsS sfnsSm son ST.
9ssss Miller BpnnE J a. Arch Chester Pa"
George George Bullock Parham, 2s. 23o7 N. 18th st,
fSSn ayan Bea n ih
Arthur Marcus Poak. %. 1875 N. Bambrey st.
s Nam syfR Tut6Sd KHrs 2s D. SSrs ss r.
psssss:s Ssss asysRa a. s s sss baltimore ave.
iSs. ASSs fFSi HsSsr " :ss'
Frank Frank Gordon Derr ~, 5s4 E. Washington
Robert saT Dryden schiller. "a. West Pittston, Pa
Thomas Russo a5, s3s Greenwich st.
Joseph Clifford Maginn. 23 G519 Haverford ave.
Frederick Frailey Shoemaker. 30, 51a6 Wayne
Philip Joseph Iecklner. %. 1912 S. I'd ST..
Leo Frederick Tete, "a, 217 $. 4lst st.
Roy Kennis stackhouse; 22: West Pittston, Pa.
Herbert Mark Ellis, 2s. North Wales, Pa.
John Michael Murphy. 81. 4ol1 Walnut st.
s~n 1 Fsnss RTs g ss ss assson st ave-
Charles Edward Williams. "a 5126 Spruce st.
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
WheEles WiSg RosfSs pnermans ParkesburE Pa,
UNITED STATES NAVY
James Crowley 2S Conshohocken, Pa.
raymond Nanaman. 21. Cape May, N. J.
William Cameron, 49, 1928 ". Marshall st.
UNITED STATES ARMY
SMslter e Gruver, 20, 6034 Az man st.
Ss:sSS i 4 GRrs Bruce So a4s H9%' g. s4th I'll st.
Joseph Joseph Maei' fei." a5 ii4s ntSrSd snSder "a; ave.
fssi's s1i. G. cG 81 iyiSsstOn ST.
Thomas sterck, 90. Norristown Pa.
yohn l.. Stiles 49, 39I2 Warren st.
wIirten warren A. McCarus. Il. 5l4I Ogden st.
VILLAIN :. McDermott, %, 514s Locust st.
Louis 8 Schuster. 25, 34O8 N, 10th st.
sF1Ianey KTupicki. q. 4sl0 Stiles St. Frankford
Soert Gsi1t N Kern. 81. 500 Perkiomen st.
AlsIsnd.Er AMlfam X Ne, Better 2S. 37lS Fsirmount ave.
essris eessSrss /; Caves. 25. SO brooklyn st.
lds Sm!s SIi65 I'll 5Ga seiiieiS N an ass ss
David Jones. %, scoaldaie. Pa. PiN st.
H.ee,. lane A, !, schofeld %, 2243 N. 18th st.
AHslLT ASlaT,y E. MeCauleys 81, Carney's Point, N. j
Wlieei RWahiei A; Kane. 22,. ss6 Windsor sa. So -
c.n,nlsam cmm,lam A. Brown. 28, 30l N. Watts st.
TTnGrse TIIsse r. koder. %, ,Hellertown. Pa.
FGfsnpElin GpsEl q, kawton. 5a. 4oi4 Haverfofd ave,
NnrhsImI NNmhhsm ! O'Brien, 81. 40l4 Haverford ave,