Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-24
SPECIAL EFFORT TO SECURE
MACHINISTS .AND EIItEMI:N

Lieutenant the officer III
charge OF tho Navy Recruiting Dis
,rict II Nirginia. received notice yes
to-day that narhinists and :ir"Incn
we're especially needed for active ser
Vice. The telegram follows:
Refreshments 49, q whole arc salts
factory in numbers, but VIC are not
onlisting enough macninists mates and
iircnrn. You viii. make special efforts
in your district, to secure Il larger num-
her OF cnlistrncnts in these two
branches. In time Of cIncrGcncy. en-
ploycrs. heads OF industrial establish
ments. civic and patriotic bodies VIII
he glad 10 cooperate for purpose OF
securing trained machinists mates and
recruits for hrenen. You vii! en-
6cavor to secure At least 20 per cent
OF recruits in these two branches. Call
attention TO excellent pay and posi-
biiity Of quick promotion for Efficient
men. single men arc preferred. iou
are expected TO produce his required
percentage without undu" delay. In
'orm main recruiting stations and sub
stationa"
The pay OF third class IN
addition to food and a clothing al
lowance, is .2t.20 = month. second
class fireman. So; first-class fireman.
S3S.50. That OF q second class ma
chinist. tho lowest grade, is 80 "A
month: irst-class. $3.50; chief. so.
After a man has confirmed his appoint
ment AS chief machinist by "A Gears
service In that grade. his base pay is
increased TO So.
Although The message from the Navy
Department spoke Of recruiting az be-
INK. on the whole. satisfactory. it il
believed at the Richmond recruiting
station that reference is had To the
entire country and not Ia Virginia.
Only one state has furnished a smaller
percentage Of its quota to tho navy
ttap Ntrrtnf. ..,.nr1inr m rpnnr.G iS-
sued by the department.
SEVENTEEN MEN GO FORWARD
FOR EtNICE ~ NAVY
seventeen recruits were sent away
Yesterday from Richmond TO be made
into sailors. They were Lilburn Earl
C:rostic. Fred Marion Robinson. Hugh
Franklin linton, George Haslcy Burch.
Roy Henry Taylor. Beverley Souther-
land Martin. Jacob Edward Foster.
Joseph Andrew Painter. Jr.. John Har-
grove Brock Leslie Foster, Jr., and
James Edward Cumher OF Richmond;
Lee Gibbons W'erner. OF Staunton; Cliff
ION Arthur Bowlcs. OF Petersburg; John
samuel Jordan. of Shipman; Roy Keen
Hartman, of Four Oaks. y. C.: Dewey
FiobsOn Crawford, Of Greensboro, y.
g. and Earl Wesley Payne, OF Lynn,
Mass.
Among those who will leave Rich
mond to-day to become bluejackets
will I've Peter Otey Miller. son OF John
NJ. Miller. Jr.. president of the First
National Bank. Although he is only
fifteen years and five months old. the
disqualification OF youth was waived
in response TO a personal appeal made
by the future sailor himself, George
Bryan and Senator Claude \. Swanson
Yesterday TO the Navy department in
Washington.
There were -four enlistments yester-
day in the Marine Corps recruiting
district OF which is head
quarters. The recruits were Ellis O..
Winstead. OF Durham. y. c.: Andrew
NJ. Crowcll and James E. Lafferty. of
Charlotte. and William n. n. Lee. of
Richmond. The latter had seen SER
vice in the corps before. He was re-
tained at the local office TO assist in
recruiting.