Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-02
TWENTY-ONE MORE
JOIN THE COLORS
Recruiting for the Guard and
Regular Army Goes on,
Regardless of Sunday.
WOMEN VISIT STATIONS

enlistments in the regular army. Blu
the day was gala one around tn,
numerous temporary posts of thu
Guard companies, where the khaki
clad men are OH active duty, guard
ing strategic points, somewhere il
Nebraska"
1t was Ladies Day. and many
sweethearts, wives, mothers, sisters
and friends of the guardsmen visited
the posts to inspect the tent quarters
watch the boys wolk the sentry lines
and visit with those off duty.
Recruits Rest a Little.
Guard recruiters rested Sunday as
much as possible, after their strenu.
GUS work since last Monday when the
Fourth regiment was called out. Nc
recruiting scouts were out I, line up
prospects and bring them 4 I, but men
were on duty at the Sixteenth and
Farm street station from s a. m
until 10 p. n., to write up" all appli-
cants who appeared.
DIR. Stacy B. Hall, lieutenant and
examining surgeon, examined only a
few of the fourteen applicants, and
took most Of the day off for rest
as he was much over-worked man
last week, having examined over 200
recruits in five days. The remainder
of Sundays recruits will be examined
this morning and all are expected to
pass the physical tests, so are being
counted as already enlisted.
Machine Gun Brought Out.
A feature of today's recruiting ef-
forts will be publicity for the machine
gun company, with Lieutenant Wal
lace Fellers, commanding. 1t brought
its tive auto trucksaof machine guns
and equipment from headquarters
Saturday, and was put under secret
orders for active guard duty. How
ever, the orders were postponed till
Tuesday for execution.
One of its machine guns will be
set up for instruction of recruits this
morning. Another gun will be dis
play in a department store window,
and the remainder of the company's
equipment will be paraded and ex-
hibited for the purpose OF attraction
of more recruits.
Company B Of the Guard now has
over 100 members, which is at least
twenty-five more than any of the
other companies has. This showing
by Company Be is largely due to the
efforts of Lieutenant Connolly and
his assistants, who have worked ex-
ira hard, while most of the company
was away on guard duty. Connolly,
himself, has written up fifty-four re-
cruitssihee the cali to the cotors was
issued.
Lieutenant Waddell and his navy
recruiters were at their station Sum
day morning and received five appli-
cants. Charles L. Clifford, 10 years,
2404 South Sixteenth street, South
eide, was the only one examined.
and he was refused enlistment, be-
cause he failed to meet the weight
requirement.
Girls Are Enrolled.
Miss Louise Fillmore, 4422 Pierce
street, Omaha's star girl recruiter, was
"on the job" again Sunday. She Sc
cured two more girls to join the Girls
Preparedness and Recruiting club, and
tried to induce more young men to
enlist. Today she plans to enroll
Council Bluffs girls in the recruiting
club.
At army recruiting headquarters
Sergeant Hansen was on duty Sunday
morning. No new applicants appeared.
but seven lads, who had been recruited
at branch stations, arrived and were
formally enlisted and sent to the
training school at Fort Logan, Colo.
With Sundays recruits added to
those secured last week BY all
branches of the military forces, Oma-
has. muster roll of enlistments now
totals 3l4 since the calls to the colors
were issued last onMday.
Orators in Demand.
Recruits for the ranks are not the
only men being sought by officers of
the National Guard. Orators are also
wanted; in fact, they are badly needed.
Recruiting rallies, where young men
are urged to volunteer, have produced
good results last week, and the Guard
officers desire to hold more rallies this
week. However, they are having a
hard time finding speakers who are
willing and able to talk on the streets,
especially at the noon hour and early
IN the evening. Lieutenant James
Connolly, in charge of this phase of
recruiting, is anxious to hear from
speakers who will volunteer to talk
at these rallies.
South Side Company.
Polish and Bohemian young men
OF hte South Side were addressed
Sunday afternoon by speakers inter-
ested in boosting the military organi-
cation of volunteer soldiers, which
will be raised among patriotic youths
of those nationalities, in case of war.
Mayor Dahlman was to have been
one OF the speakers, but through a
misunderstanding as to the hour of
meeting, he appeared before the rally
was held, and another engagement
prevented his remaining for it.
Others who attended or spoke, in
cluded Lieutenant Colonel Elsasser
OF the Fourth Nebraska National
Guard, DR.. H. L. Karrer, Police
Judge Madden, Representative Jack
Shannon. Deputy County Attorney
E. d. O'Sullivan, Joseph Walker.
Richard Ruptlinger and Jack Latov-
ski. Father Mike Kalamaja helped
arrange the meeting.
Latovski Mentioned.
Latovski has been mentioned for
captain of the company to be organ
lzed as starter. Il Is pronosed TO