Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
ARTILLERY FIELD LURES
RECRUITS TO SECOND"
Many Answer Plea of Lieuten-
ant Charles Shaw for
Enlistment
PARADE ON PROGRAM
Mass-Meetings Also Characterize Final
Day of Drive for
Enrollments
PARADE ON PROGRAM

The Second Pennsylvania Field Artillery
Is proving popular branch of the serv-
ice, if one is TO judge by the number of
young men who answered Lieutenant
Charles Shaw's appeal for recruits in the
city Hall courtyard today The field piece
which the regiment has on exhibition in the
City Hall courtyard is attracting consider
able attention and the recruiting officers
are kept busy answering questions. The
regiment has recruiting stations at the
Record Building. Ninth and Chestnut
streets: in the CITY Hall coiIrtvard and at
the armory, Broad street and Susquehanna
avenue The recruiting officers say that
they need about $50 men to bring the regi-
ment up to war strength.
The call to the colors by the bugler Of
the Third Regiment Infantry Band during
the concert in the band stand on the city
Hall plaza today was warmly applauded
by the crowd, and a number of young
men were enlisted by tie recruiting officers
Today, the last Of army and National
Guard recruiting week, was featured by
parade and mass-meeting in final effort
to bring the local regiments up to full war
strength.
The First Regiment paraded through
the central section of the city shortly before
l o'clock this afternoon
Tonight, in the court yard Of City Hall,
the Second Artillery will hold a mass-meet-
lIlB 10 Nluu up the recruiting drive. A
drill also will he given
Believing that soldiers do not fight with
their index fingers. William c. Forse, a
nineteen-year-old high school athlete from
Blhghamton, ~ Y, is in PHILADELPHIA to-
day on hike" to Washington where he
VIII try to persuade Major General Barnett
TO allow him TO enlist in the marine corps.
Young Forse, who is a husliy-looking yolun.
teer, was rejected by the CORDS because the
index finger of his right handsis MISSING.
he is walking thirty miles a day and ex
poets TO reach Washington Wednesday
ForSe competed in the Penn relay carnival
on Franklin Field and was quarterback on
this years Binghamton High School team.
p prothers enlisted today one in the
hrltish army the other in the United States
army. They are Reginald Harding twenty,
thtee years old, who applied TO become a
Iommy,' and John c. Harding. twenty
seven years old, who was accented as
sammy as American infantrymen are
called abroad, The brothers. who are school
teaGhers' OF Trappe, Nd. were born in Eng.
Tonight, recruiting meetings will, b. ho,s
at trankford avenue and Orthodox streot
AZ ''SO' and at Kensington and AIleFbenv
avenues, at $3.50, in behalf of the euarI
Roper. "e W. W.
Many parents and dependents of mon ,,,bo
a. seeking
,ilr thelr release on the grouno that their en-.
,isthehts were not regular The authorities
nave informed them that they must anheaI
70 the secretary OF War in which case the
men PROBABLY would be court-martiaiad
Tor fraudulent enlistments
Ihe officers training camp reports ana
applications About 1000 are required 70
prevent the offering of Pennsylvania regi-
''eNts Dy men from other States.
FIRST PENNSYLVANIA INFANTpv
ggohn Raskin 23, 800 S. Water st,
liiIiin liI,iini l. Illiotson, Jr., 23. 28O4 Ridge a %
Mlilam Pinkham, 2S, 54O3 BaitimoTs ave ave-
RRaihh RR1hh & ,Auerbach, 22, 1923 ~ ID ST
kkud99lph walter. % 1909 Filbert ST.
Ts@s1 TTlSasrlfH 81. Pete5Psson 23i 5407 Race st.
John r. Hume. % 36i4 n. sd st
Thomas T. Drewes, 90 i226 Woodland ave
Louis Surkln. 20. 30S Wharton 81 "u aye
Artnur IL sloan. Is, 1913 Fairmount ave
William E Spahr, ls, 558l Spruce 81 "'e'
harry sGhuek %, 4l6 s. Broad al
HTJhroeIt TohIt y. Morse "a; 5546 Angora ave.
Pa. 'u ST. JohhstoWn
John ]: Hughes. Is. 1880 DAILY st
James r. McDermott, 10, 227 De. Lancev ~
Thomas Cleayer, 10 227 Wilder ST. 81
Paul Il shsareri 22. 42s9 Westminster ave
IIUTfeaf,erick w sSeh9pb, "a 1892 y. Marshall st
Joseph Is. Ma6oh. Is Is. SssssS9SrTs $3.50 n 9th Pa "a
Charles A, johnson. rs. 2l8i 81 CarIi,ao =,
John, G. ,Klees, .25 5O21 Pine ST. N'''i''e 81
STANLEY kiel9sinsh 20. 100 KeniIworth A.
kFaymoPMa F5Ss. s. Krsft' sn ~ ~ s042 n. 18th ST.
Daniel i. TDonnei7 On 1Sna