The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-12
3 More Days Left Selectn7en' To Enlist In AM Branches
One Hundred and Forywo Recruits Sent Away Yesterday and at Least Twice Many Are Expected to Leave To- day-Aviation Branch Getting Majority of Men Who Are Enlsting- Special Branches
 Opened to Negroes

[ Sterling Brown. John Pickard. Lewis s.
 Ledbetter, George K. Dale. Benjamin NJ. Russell, Grover C. Lindsey. Watts J. | Pierce, John Smith, Enoch D. Fly, ] Charles E. Phahl, Carl w. Moose. Orda
 F. McRae, Cyrus c. Coleman, John l.. | Taunley, Wendell B. siniard. Bryant V. 1 Lawson, Wesley. A. Smith, Richard w. Powell. c. D. Williamson, Hughie NJ.
 Reed Earl B. Steed, Thomas J. Morrison. Robert l.. Pearson. Tom J. Graffo, Valley
 J. Voyles, Leonard Buzbee William T. Nicholas Isham L. Wright, Byron ITol-
 land, Jesse E. Harris, John r.. Harris.
 John F. Chapman Arthur E. Bayles. Jo- l seph M. Ford, Lawrence c. Stewart. Mar tin H. Nail, Thomas W. Witt, MaIary
 L. Batson, sam H. Byars, Tom r. Harms, Ellie M. Drinkard, James B. Chisholm, Lewis c. Chisolm, Charles A. Tobey, William E. Pearce, Jr., Russell A Vaughan, William L. Leatherwood, James R. White. Roy Bucklen, Horace l.. Buckley, Frank F. Techler, Allious w. Benton Loveret N. Carroll.
 COAST ARTILLERY Those who joined the coast artillery are: Ralph w. Yates. Leo Gturgamis, Clayton McAllister. Clarence w. McIn- tire. Beecher c. O'Brien, Joseph l. Copperidge, Jess Russell, Irvine Wad- dell, Frank B. Morley, James E. Wesson, Ira T. Hall, James NJ Laird, Arnold E. Brown, Charlie E. Brewer, William E. Grimsley, Gordon Sherrod Edgar F. Turney, William E. Perkins.
 The quartermasters corps received the following: Edgar o. Seauist, Dozier Me Bride. Donald B. Caldwell Creighton w Duffey, Samuel J. Brown, Hubert w Wiggins Jere c. Laird, John c. Mur- ray, Thomas S. Lucius. Mark Robinson Charles w. James Max Copeland. Rob Motf To, c. Smith, Harvey A. Pace
 | The medical corps received: Walter Sims Jr., John H. Grimsey, William K. Wishart, Jim c. Brown.
 The ordnance corps received Isidore
 Rosenfeld, Robert ". Harris, John W. Bradshaw.
 The infantry received: Lonnie S Young. | Jess Bruner.
 The cavalry: Carl A. Warnock. and engineers, William T. Callahan The field artillery: Don w Phinzy. Forrest M. Coleman, who joined spe- cial branch of the quarterniasters corps, was sent to Montgomery. and Will G. Steele. in the ordnance corps, was sent to Rock Island. Ill.
 Five other men who enlisted for the engineers corps were sent to Atlanta They are: George A. Kenum, Charles M Porterfed. John A. Faulkenbury. George T. Parker and Earle T Theroux. SPECIAL TO NEGROES Of special interest to the negroes is the fact that many new branches of the service have been opened to them to- day. The recruiting office is in receipt of telegram from Washington author izing them to receive enlistments of fle- groes for the following: Foot service, engineering troops, Morse and wireless
 operators, telephone construction and
 repair men. telegraph line construction
 men, gas engine men, switchboard op-
 orators, chauffeurs, auto repairmen, mo-
 torcycle drivers, men for the colored
 steyedore regiment and any others who
 have by former training prepared them
 selves to do anything particularly well.
 The following negroes enlisted yester-
 day and were sent to Mt. McPherson:
 Charlie l.. Benford, James Wright,
 Clemmie .Jones Rufus Howell and Sim
 Watkins. All these men enlisted for
 the colored stevedore regiments of the Iquartermaster corps national army {,
 Twenty-six men from Montgomery. 19
 from Selma, six from Florence and five
 from Decatur arrived in Birmingham
 late last night to enlist in the army
 They will leave today. About 80 had
 enlisted last night to leave this after
 noon, and it is expected that one of the
 largest crowds yet seen will swamp the
 recruiting office today. Two special
 coaches were provided for the detach-
 mcnt who left yesterday and more are in readiness for the next two days The
 parades will begin little after 8 o'clock every afternoon and everyone is invited out to give the volunteers cheerful 'send- off. ?