Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-16
|CAMPA|GN on FOR
ARMY RECRUITS
NEARLY $500 WANTED IN THIS
DISTRICT IN NEXT THIRTY
DAYS.
PosTMAsTERs AND
MAYORS URGED TO HELP
Hall Of Districts Quota Of 4,s10 Men
Recruited-other Half Wanted in
Next Thirty Days-First Ten Days
Of May Bring 1,164 Recruits-Drive
Necessary to Get Quota.

With only a little more than half OF
the quota of enlistments secured from
the Omaha district, comprising the
western half Of Iowa and all of Nebras
ka, Captain James +. Mckinley, il
charge Of the Omaha recruiting head.
quarters Of the district, has begun q
drive to hurry up recruiting. The quota
Of enlistments asked for the regula,
army from this district was 4,s1O. o.
this number 2,46s had been recruited
up to May 10.
In the movement to boost enlist.
ments Captain Mckinley is calling
upon mayors Of cities and towns ant
postmasters to lend their assistance t.
help recruit the regular army to wal
strength.
Want Ninety one Per Day.
1t is the purpose Of the war depart
ment to have the regular army recruit
ed to war strength within thirty day;
after the army-bill, now before con-
gress, is passed. 1t is expected thai
this bill will become a law by the enc
Of the week. To recruit the additional
men in this district needed to fill the
districts quota, Captain Mckinley
wants ninety-one a day.
In letters he is sending to each
mayor in the district he is asking that
the city and town governments lend
their assistance actively to recruiting
He wants mayors to arrange patriotic
meetings and street meetings with mu-
sic to awaken the interest of young
men in the army.
To PosttIfiasters he IS appealing tc
lend their assistance. The war depart
ment pays postmasters IS for each re-
cruit forwarded by the postmaster.
Full particulars of the method for post
masters to aid in recruiting is given
in letters being sent to postmasters.
Recruit 1,164 in Ten Days.
That recruits are responding in in
creasing numbers from the district is
shown by the report from the Omaha
office for the first ten days of May.
During those ten days 1,164 recruits
were accepted, compared with 1884 for
the month of April.
To the credit Of Des Moines the re-
port shows that 1t led all the other
recruiting stations Of the district, even
Omaha, for the period. The number
recruited and accepted from each sta
ton in the district in the ten days
was Des Moines, 347; Omaha, 25S;
Lincoln, 1876: Sioux City, no; Fort
Dodge. 10: Marshalltown, CO.: Grand
island. Neb.. so: Hastings. Neb. 80;
Norfolk, Neb., 81; Beatrice Neb., 10;
Alliance. Neb. 7.
Five Sent From Hsre.
= Five recruits douriS.of u them from
Gladbrools, were forwarded from this
city Tuesday night. They were Horace
N. Mann, Herman Bartling, Ralph w.
Freese, and Oliver H. Engel, of Glad
brook, and Edward III. Lewison, of
Story City. Shortage of the neces-
sary blanks is hindering recruiting
here again.
In the sub district, of which this city
is the headquarters, there have been
recruited 1923 from the time the sta
tion was opened Nov. to May Is. OF
these 11s were recruited up to March
81, and $50 since April l, or since the
declaration Of war. when orders were
issued to recruit the regular army to
war strength.