South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-10
One Man Accepted For Army
TueSday-SeVeraI Others
to be Examined This
Afternoon.
WILL ARRANGE PLANS
FOR RECRUITING DAY
Mass Meeting Will be Held at
Mayors Office WedneS-
Experimentation
Not Patriotic?

South Bend is not doing its share
in building up an army to uphold
the rights Of the United States to
the freedom Of the seas and making
Germany paw for the American lives
that have been lost as a result OF
that country's unrestricted subma-
Hne warfare
While the young men of this city
are taking examinations at the rate
Of 10 or II a day, the youths Of
other TOW many Of them smaller
than South Bend. are going to the
colors ten times as fast Up 10 noon
today there had been about Is an
plicants at the army recruiting eta
ton on y Michigan st, while in
Muncie there were 1O4 applicants
"a one Gay. Monday.
south BEND is falling behind the
record IL started 20 set before the
war between the United States and
Germany was actually declared. At
that time the city was i'm a fair way
TO set a state. il not a national rec
ord for recruiting Today Muncie
holds the state record for one days
recruiting i'm time Of war. out Of
1o4 applicants 81 men passed the
examination and were accepted for
the federal service.
Applicants Are Foreigners.
Most of the men being enlisted
for the regular army are OF foreign
parentage. and many OF them are
themselves foreign born At the
army recruiting station this morn
ing practically every man who came
10 the office 10 obtain information
ON the service and the requirements
was foreigner. Only one young
mau. a lad Of about Is years. seemed
To have been descendant OF reIa-
tiyes who had lived In this country
Tor years
one recruit was sent away by the
army office Tuesday morning He
was Claude vs.. Reames. 2O2O s
Main ST. VINO will join the coast
artillery. Like all of the other re-
cruits accepted here. ne was sent to
Fort Thomas, Ky. the army training
station Of this section of the country.
lie viii spend about three weeks
there. undergoing the preliminary
army training and later will be sent
60 one OF the regular army posts
nloug either Of the coasts Several
other young men who were exam
iued Tuesday morning were sched-
uled 90 leave for Fort Thomas this
afternoon.
Navy Fares Better.
Recruiting for the navy Is farinE
little better than that OF the army
81 South Bend Fourteen men had
applied for enlistment at the navy
office iu the postofIiCe building this
morning and two we're enlisted.
They We're Patrick d. Blackford.
1o34 Lincoln way w. and John w.
anderson. 213 r. Eeasey 81 They
will be sent first TO Indiana polls.
where they must pass the eXamina-
tior OF the state recruiting office and
viii go from there 20 the training
station at Great Lakes. Ill
Plans for the part South Bend Will
take in the national recruiting day
on April To- the anniversary of the
battle OF Lexington az 1875. when
the first lighting OF the Revolution
airy war occurred between American
farmers and British redcoats. will be
made at a mass meeting at the city
han Wednesday evening az 8 o'clock
VIII Duplicate Ride.
The idea suggested is TO duplicate
the ride OF Paul Revere, and il will
he urged at the meeting Wednesday
evening that whistles be blown and
bells rung In all parts OF the city on
the night OF April is 20 notify the
young men that on the fouowins
day they will be expected 20 ioin one
ar the branches OF the service
The idea OF "a special recruiting
day originated in New York city. but
towns and cities throughout the
country have been asked 10 cooper
ate in making A. a nation wide az
fair In New York city aeroplane,
viii be used in the place Of horse,
10 duplicate the ride OF Paul Re
vera