Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
RECRUITS REACH
HIGHER GRADE
Marked Improvement in
Class Of Men Now APP
plying for Enlistment
OFFICIALS ENCOURAGED
only One Turned Down Out of
Score Seeking Service in
the First

There is a marked Improvement in the
.,.ss of men who are applying for enlist
= -, IN all branches Of the service
M twenty men who applied at the First
p.g,ment Armory today, only one was re-
,,ssd He was undesirable only on ac-
.o,,nt of physical disability. In order to
zach full war strength the First requires
,oo men. and there is every indication that
sssv will be readily obtained. There We're
.ore than a hundred en,stments for all
~ ocbes of the service today up to .
o'clCck> , g..
.,,ne.gun company, says the men now ap-
s,yinr for service are of exceptionally good
r.liber and seem eager for an opportunity
- 90 where there Will be real action. Six
N the men who applied today were born
In sweden
station established in the city Hall court
,ard nv the u. S. S. Kansas. batch of
ssty,v recruits all anxious for a chance to
sarve their country was sent to the navy
vnrd to receive physical examinations.
An ex-marine who has seen service in the
pbilippnes and in the Boxer uprising in
,oo1 was sadly disappointed when he was
sfused AT the Kansas srecruting station
because he was over the age limit. He is
Iobn !. Stokes forty-two years, 211O Man
son street. An attempt will be made to in
,orest on secretary of the Navy Daniels in
s,okes's case and waive the objections
onIy one man was enlisted in the coast
euard service today. He is clair Ames
sewentv.six years, 1924 Agate street. The
recruiting station for this service is in the
Anpraiser's Building, 13t South Fourth
.treet. and is in charge of Lieutenant of
Engineers J. r. Bryan.
NEW RECRUITING STATION
Major Henry Reed Hatfield, an honorary
rrsmber of the First City Troop, has given
.ho use of the Colonial mansion known
ss "Tbe Place" Eighteenth and Hunting
park avenue. for a recruiting substaton
of the United States army. The place has
been adorned with numerous flags and
nosters urging response to the call for vol
unteers.
The first floor is being used for the ex-
animation of applicants for the army and
the remaining floors will be shared by re-
crting officers of the Naval Coast De-
fense Reserves and the Marine Corps
instruction to enlist recruits for the
dnration of the, war were today sent to
every army recruiting station in the United
States Men may now enlist in the regular
army and the National Guard with the
knowledge that as soon as peace is de-
clared they will be free to return to civil
life. This amounts virtually to call for
volunteers
In order to expedite matters in the en-
animation of recruits at City Hail. Mayor
Smith has placed cots in the reception room.
Recruiting officers will, therefore. be en-
abe to devote more time to the work and
obtain quicker results generally.
Robert NJ. Brookfeld. lieutenant colonel
Of the Third Regiment, opened headquarters
this morning in the Liberty Building,
Broad and Chestnut streets to get 400
recruits necessary to bring the Fighting
Third up to war strength.
Colonel Brookfield said that he antic-
paed no difficulty IN getting the men
needed. as he had the names of fifty men
who volunteered ten days ago but were
not taken away with the regiment because
of orders from the War Department not
to accept any recruits. Notices have also
been sent out to Girard College graduates to