The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-27
ARMY NEEDS MEN. /.


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4hk ~<Atement was accompanied by
n rpemorandum from the Office of the
o91neent general Of the army under
on>e % June IA. 1917. as follows:
Va 1rxt y desired that tho greatsat pos
~ publicity DO given the enclosed
{ irtement Of the secretary of war.
"Douhtiess the newspapers in each
N'ofuieing district will desire to pub
H - @ as news Item. If SO II should
published In its entirety"
,. n submitting this abatement with
Guest that you publish 1t In fun.
\ ~ to call particular attention to the
~ and sth paragraphs. which read
- kulI0ws,-- t
~ Facilities are In readiness for tho
= icing of,thesA 10000 men in proper
\ Uunins. Any delay In obtaining this
~ uber Will necessarily cause the loss
90 Invaluable time"
\ The undersigned has observed from
re newspapers in his recruiting dis. =.
u1ct that the editors have. In general.
tAowed great willingness to cooper
- with ~ governmental agencies in
Dcir efforts to render the most vaiu-
1ooDe service possible to the govern
Mt.
1hh has been noticed as regards
leovy recruiting. Marine corps recruit
~ National Guard recruiting, army
lYcruiting.. and particularly as re-
(Nrds the campaign for selling Liberty
(Pnds. The issue Of Liberty bonds has
(een oversubscribed. but the men re.
>oired to carry the war to a success
aul conclusion are apparently not
qwake to the vital necessity of early
'q'ainipg. not only for the good of the
rsrvice. but to the great advantage of
uss Individual himself. The value OF
uainins 70 the government and to the
q individual during the next two months
cknnot be- ovcremphasized. and may
nean success or failure i'm our early
battles In Europe. depending upon
whether In these early battles we have
>vuined or green men.
Gen. Pershing and his star are now
in France. where his troops will un-
eeubtedly Join him. possibly before
>hls letter reaches you. His COM
uAnd. when II reaches the trenches,
v1ll undou ubtedly have to receive q
very vicious attack from German vet
erHns. Upon the first report of our
easuality nst. our young men will GER
tajniy wake up. but in the meantime
they are losing Invaluable time" for
eAining and the consequent loss OF
pvomotion. and 1 appeal to you to give
the subject OF regular army recruiting
space not only In your news coiumns.
but In your editorial columns as well
~ think that you will agree with me
that this Is tho first appeal that tho
regular army recruiting service has
made to the newspapers This on ac-
count OF the greater Importance of
the early recruitment OF our SCI
forces. but the time has now como
when the army must he recruited
without further delay to Its full war
strer 9Th.
quote from a speech made by Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood on June 18th, as
follows:
f"This war In no child's affair. We
do not know when It will end nor how
great a sacrifice we will have To make
IL looks like we must put a million or
. million and q half men In Europe"
|. In spite OF the above, II has taken
from April LIST to June 18th (75 days)
10 secure $4,000 men Yor the regular
army. At this rate when viii we be
ready to nght! 40 = sSS
Z Resiste$sd men (under the univer-
sal service law) may volunteer until
drafted.
All OF the negro regiments of the
regular army are now at FUN wal
strength With n surplus OF recruits
For this reason negroes may not vol
unteer. bug will be drafted and or
sanizsd into separate forces from the
white men under the draft law on
esptembes LIST.
In the meantime the regular army
needs 10000 men. single. without de-
psndants. between the ages of 1s and
- years. and II Is of vital Importance
that they be secured before June aOth
BY volunteering now they may secure
one Of the $4,000 vacancies In the non
commissioned grades or one OF tho
5000 vacancies In the commissioned
grades now existing in the regular
n