The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-04
MANY RICHMOND BOYS
HAVE JOINED C0L0RS
Passage OF Selectfyc Draft Serves to
Stimulate Recruiting At Stations
Located Here.
NAVY HAS ANOTHER BIG DAY.
Fourteen Young Men, Most of Whom
Are Residents of This City, Joined
festcrday-Ma Corps Gets
Ihree and Army Enlists Two.

Passage of the selectlre draft
measure by congress has stimulated
IN IA large measure recruiting in Rich
mona as is evidenced by the large
number OF young men who have
entered the service Of the United
states COVE nment since both branches
or the national legislature passed the
oill by overwhelmrng majorities.
PREVIOUS to the enactment Of this law
recruiting here was not at very high
"bb, but in the last few days many
young men have joined the coiors,
NO less than fourteen cast their
fortunes with the United States navy
yesterday. and most OF them are resi-
dents of Richmond Those who join
ed are: Henry B. Blvens. jenkins,
Ky; Howard +. Mcdowell, 1894 West
clay; Harry l.. Currie, Jr, f127
Brooke road; Lynwoot L. Fletcher,
II i-2 South Vine street: James F.
Butler, 1909 North Twenty sixth
street; Lynwood a Baughan, 233f
Hull street; David NJ. Biges. Hope
We'll; Arthur e.. Clark. 1925 Hull
street; Louis b. Christian 1tt7 North
street; ~ {. e,tttf h
ereth. 1921 Chaffin street; Hobert Z.
Hesfeld. Clark's Summit, Pa; Berch
A. Hamreck, North Carolina: Victor
T. Sankup. 1s12 East Marshall;
Robert 3. Sellinan Salisbury. North
Three joined the United States ma
rlne corps yesterday, they being
Frank l.. Tignor. Richmond; Fred O.
Black. Charlotte, y C., and Barton I.
Jensen, Norge. Va.
Although a number were examined
at the army recruiting station at
Ninth and Broa> streets, only two
were taken in, the others failing TO
meet the physical requirements of
Uncle Sans army. Those who were
accepted are: Henry Y. VIM. Gays,
Va. and Andrew l.. Curing, Of Nor
folk. This is the smallest mum Der
taken in at the army recruiting sta
ton for several days and the recruit
ing officers were by no means pleased
with the days work.
Many Richmondcrs Enlist.
According to the lists just compiled
by recruiting officers here. Richmond
is very well represented in all
branches of service. There are hun
dreds of other Richmonders who are
casting their fortunes
with the fighting forces Of Uncle Sam.
and they are expected to be gathered
into the fold ere many days elapse.
Following are the enlistnients in
the Blues cavalry squadron in the
last two weeks. Troop A-James
Wilfred Tuggle, Charles j Beard
Salem T. SAVIOUR. Cary A. skinner
James l. Harvey, John w. Briggs
Eugene c. Brown. Troop B-Rich-
ara NJ. Newell, James Clifford May
field, Jr. Charles l.. Bayliss. Raymond
b. Christian, Carol c. Lathrop, Fred
erick Sale, Zachary w. Smith. Jr..
Milton L, Kuhn. William J. F'elthahs.
W. NJ. Amrhein. Troop C-Allen +.
Luck. Lunius r. Christian. Joseph
Lake Robinson, Henry E. Mcclure,
G. I.ackard. George G. Taylor.
John G. Lee, Robert f. Crane, Henry
l.. Scott Jesse P. Atkins. William n.
Bailey. Charles c. Thompson, John
T. Weisiger. Thomas {. Armstrong.
Troop D--Clarence r. Glinn. John {.
Bennett. Sherard G. Mott, Cortland II.
Lincoln, James +. Gary, Moss Med.
Joseph F. Kent. Carnegie
b. Hammersley, L. G. Tucker, Claude
l.. South. John T. Boyd. William r.
wildgus, Herbert G. Wyatt, Walter
G. Carter. Medical department.
Philip E. Goodwin. Word d. Peake
De partmer headquarters--Roh q.
Parsons Supply troop--Theodore Il.