The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-18
.S|xTy-TW0 ARMY
RECRUITS LEAVE
FOR FORT LOGAN
tnfiStmentS in Army and Navy
Pass 100 Mark,

Amid tears, cheers and the waving ol
flags, slNty-two army recruits, hade
farewell 10 SwccthcartS mother, ami
sisters at the Santa ic depot a, the ,pc-
Cial car bearing the Oklahoma lads to
the training station m Fort Logan. Col.
pulled out at 7.lD o'clock this morning
200 at Station.
The hoys who left the city this morn
ing for Colorado lacked only two men
to make company OF soldiers al peace
strength, SlXW-flvc being the required
number. More than 2W person, were
at the station 10 see them of 10 tfall
Tor future service Never before m tho
history Of recruiting in Oklahoma ha,
such a large number OF army recruit,
lett Oklahoma City in ono day. accord
ing 10 local recruiting officials IN"
morning
Only fifteen men had been accepted
INTO the army at noon today while four
had been enlisted at the navy Ihl,
nan however, be taken as no indication
Of what will be accomplished IN recruit
ing before the day Is over, for twelve
were being examined at the navy with
many waiting in the halls tor a hear
ing The army had many applicants
awaiting a final examination.
100 March Reached.
Yesterday va, the first day that re
crultlng for the army and navy com
bncd has reached the lO0-mark, the
army securing slxty-iiyc men and the
navy thlrty-ilve The navy forwarded
| thr'y-thrcc last night 10 the training
station at Great Lakes, III. Among
those who left for Fort Logan TIN,
morning were four negroes. making "A
total OF six negroes accepted since the
declaration Of war.
. The Oklahoma boys who have been
accepted and enlisted al the army and
the navy recruiting station, during the
last tweny-tour hours follow.
Army Recruits.
Army cecii Hooper. James Rundcll
| Howard ilinman and Robert HedgecO,-k
/ oklahoma City; ALLEN Ilunnicutt. Grover
stephens. Fred Jclks. Roy Vowel Chick
I u.
Parsons, BenJamin Rowe, Avery Marx.
sham. clyde Powell and Cccil Dean. Mus
kogee. Raymond - Burdi,k. shawnee
! William CassIus CcoloredJ. Oklahoma
/ city; Andrew j Carter, Anadarko. Rob
ert Is Carter AnadArkO, Henry clay
/ lcolored). Shawnee; Frank n Ceilings
/ Oklahoma city; George H. Crumpicr
Shawnee; Thomas j. Doyle Duncan. Aya
/ e. Floyd, Fort Smith. ARK Charles "
Graves, Anadarko, Jennings H. Gri'fr
/ re-enlisted Oklahoma recruiting serviceI
Oklahoma city, Reagan J Hall. Oklahonl
I CITY; William II Htck"tt, Shawnee, Ma,
rion l.. Hner ord. Neb Simon L John
son. shawnee, Daniel e Jones. Grace
mont. Wills @ Johnson. blanchard
/ Charles II Kelly, Chickasha, William II
Lassiter, Ada. Charles f, Lindsey, Wash
ia Ciaud II. McAdams. Grscemont
Charles Il. McDuffy, Chlcknsha. Joe II
Mckenzie. Cleveland. Tenn. Alber, Il
McClintic, Lehigh Oscar NJ MYERS, shaw
nee; Arthur B Myers, shawnee. william
o Marshall. Rankin. Frank Merritt
Gould Houghton A. Martin, Ravia. Rob
ert +. Founders. Maud, John G Pepper
Gracemont; Amos J Powell Idabcll; Les
lie Il. Paine. Oklahoma city. Frank II
/ Raidt, Oklahoma city, Forest L. stew
ems. Lone Wolf Henry c. Smith. okla
homa City, Joseph spoonmore Okla
homa city: Paul Sloan, Thackrwel
George +. Scott. Oklahoma City: Donalt
| DEHtone, Oklahoma city, Jesse A. Ses.
sums. Lindsey Charles Standridge Ana,
darko, Fred Swan. Cement; George "
Sekavec, Shawnee. johnson Smith. We
woka William y. Thomas. AnadarkJ
Henry r. Tucker. Lindale. Texas. Johr
| T Van Glider, blanchard Irwin l. Wood
ward. Hugo Howard y. Woods. Shawnee
Navy EnIlstments.
Navy Edward Huffman and q. r. Is
bell, Tulsa. Fred Mortimer and It..
steele. Muskogee, Lee Brown. Rruc,
Spurgeon. Samuel Mcknight. Charlie Ray
Benjamin Stiles, Warren Strihling. lie,
Cunningham, II Cornwall. George Jones
Don Howl and Tom Wehmhovner, OklG
homa City, G. A. Maxwell. Enid ant
FLOYD Gould and Fronk PartenheImer
Guthrie.