Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-13
SET NEW RECORD
FOR ENLISTMENTS.

fOR ENLlS IMENI rs
SPOKANE, DEC. 12-With 574 en-.
listments in the army and navy yes.
terday as compared with 1856 the
then rccord-brcakcr total of Monday
the barometer in the recruiting at.
mosphere," as Captain kelso, Officer
in charge, remarked, "is surely risin,
steadily"
Thronged as We're the lobbics anC
staircases on Monday, they were
more SO yesterday. Weary as many
of the recruits were with all-niphl
journeys from points in Idaho ano
Montana, they good-naturedly scatec
themselves in the Zeigler building
is best they could on the steps OF
i've flights of stairs, on the lodges o.
the lobby windows, on their suit.
cases, on the lobby floors and or
the floors. All could not sit, ant
some had to stand, leaning against
stair rails or walls.
ndHule wen quickly.
Meanwhile the staffs of both army
md navy recruiting stations deal
With the lnen as quickly as possible
he navy necessarily taking longer
as DR.. Sinclair conducts the physical
Nominations on the spot, which the
army recruits undergo when they
get to Fort Wright, whence the,
we're forwarded by every car, il
addition to several special cars, un-
il nearly midnight.
In spite of their discomfort the
ioung men took the situation philo
sophically. One of them said, "Th
sergeant says you are all surprised
here at the number coming in. Yo,
yet none of you are more surprised
han we boys are. We had no ide;
We should come against such
:rowds." The crowd, for the most
art, was a well-dressed one, healthy
md clean looking, quiet and courte
)uS.
Brings His Irish Terrier.
One Montana recruit brought hi
IRISH terrier with him, and when las
;een was getting into Fort Wrigh
ar with his dog, which he evidentl
lopes will bear him company in th,
renches in France.
Of Captain Kelso's staff Of IA a
he army recruiting station not on,
las taken off his clothes since Sun
lay morning. In the navy recruit
ng station a somewhat similar stat,
If affairs obtains. After seeing {;
zig party of recruits off to Portland
~ the 8 O'Clock train Surgeon J. A
Sinclair, assisted by Pharmacist C
1. Jarvis, set to work to examine
another set of applicants which
Kept them busy until well after mid
light.
In spite of the spacious extra room
given to the navy by the courtesy o..
Gverybody's Trading company tho
pressure on the accommodations OF
the station was so great that the
loors, during a large part of the
lay had to be kept shut and appli
,ants admitted by parties.
Sends Out s. O. s. to Citizens.
II send out big S. O. S. to the
good citizens of Spokane" said DR.
Sinclair last night. "To some ex.
tent the present state of affairs
might be foreseen, as far as the army
is concerned, but it certainly wa,
not foreseen or prepared for in thi:
navy recruiting district. Portland
can't send us any more help, ant
there, dealing with fewer numbers
than Spokane, banks, business offic
IS and colleges patriotically send
stenographers, men and women, to
help at the recruiting station. Here
in Spokane, in spite of the request
IF Secretary Ford of the chamber
of commerce, no volunteer helper
has come to our aid except the boys
On furlough, who are giving up g
considerable part of their short holi-
lay 10 aid us. We need volunteer
ste1ographers in the emergency"
AS the recruits poured in by every
train it became necessary to obtain
further accommodations for them, so
in addition to the Pedicord, Arling-
ton and Empire, the Riverside was
added to the list of hotels. The a.
vailable room in each is filled to
capacity. The arrivals are met at
each train by members of the re-
cruiting staff day and night and
taken to the quarters arranged for
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