Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-06
REPORT FOR DUTY
WITH THE COLORS
District Men and Women Call
at Recruiting Stations
Over City.
NAVY'S WORKERS ACTIVE

Men and women continue to report
for duty with the colors today at the
various recruiting stations of the army
and navy IN various parts of the city.
However, the officers and men in charge
of these stations are anxious to see the
men come in large numbers. Every
effort is being made by Chief Yeomen
Jean Pape and ]. J. O'Brien of the naval
station at 800 9Th street northwest to
increase the number of men for the
navy. They expect to make Washing
ton the head of the list in the number
of men obtained during the present
week. A number of men from neQrby
towns of Maryland are reporting at
this station for enlistment
Details of men from this station are
out every day placarding the city, and
efforts have been made to get permits
sion to erect billboards on some of she
local parks. If the naval men can
obtain the permission a billposting
company has offered to erect the boards
and paste the posters on them free of
charge as its duty to the country.
Mi1itiamen Would Go in Navy.
Not a few men from the National
Guard of the District of Columbia ap-
peared at the seaman quarters at the
Washington navy yard and at the 9Th
street recruiting station today and
sought to enlist for duty in "the first
men want to get in and however much
the navy needs them, they cannot enlist
Until they obtain discharges from their
enlistments in the militia.
The navy men are doing everything
possible to get discharges for these
men. but il is a difficult task, they say.
The navy recruiting station has
placed a model battleship in Golden
bergS department store and is keep
ing enlisted men there to explain the
advantages to be obtained by young
men who enlist in this branch of the
military service and to secure the
names of prospects, to whom ltera-
ture describing the service will be sent.
Naval Militia May Be Called.
The Naval Militia .of the District of
Columbia also is keeping recruiting
detail at this display in order to obtain
men for this branch of the service 1t
is probable that the local naval militia
will be called into service within a
few days and every effort is being
Snade by the officers and men to en-
large the enlisted personnel. However,
active service with the fleet is not
coming fast enough for some of the
men, for several of them filled out ap-
: plicationS al the navy recruiting sta
ton today with the hope of obtaining
their discharges from the militia to
ship with the regulars.
The naval reserve enrolment Office
at 9Th street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast still is in need of a large
number of stenographers and type
writers, both male and female, also
messengers for duty at the Navy De-
DIrtment, navy yard and in the en-
follment office, and for men for guard
duty at the yard and at the Navy De-
partment. Examinations for stenogra-
pliers and typewriters will be conduct
ed at the enrolment Office tonight and
tomorrow night by Clerk J. A Daw-
kins.
The army recruiting tent at It'll street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest is
always filed with young men seeking
information about the army, and a
number have enlisted. There are sew
eral applicants there for service with
the Quartermaster Reserve Corps. but
these men are sent to the Lemon
building. where this branch of the re-
cruiting is handled.
Enlistments of Day.
The following men today enlisted in
the navy and. will be sent tonight to
the Norfolk training station: James
H. Trippett. Mechanicsville. Md; Clay
ton p Davis. 1909 31st street north
west: Robert +. Mackey. 513 10th, street
southeast; Joseph Tortoreno, 35 Myrtle
street northeast; Charles NJ Iashorn,
1880 18th street northwest, Douglas NJ
Springman. Lorton Va; Frank T. Sui
Ivan, 60 l. street northwest
The following have been enrolled in
the Naval reserve: Mrs. Anne Beggs
Shiunick, the Wyoming: Mrs Mary
Parks Stevens, 1914 Kenyon street
northwest: Charles Walter Scherer, 332
SeatOn Mace northeast Paul Armand
Scherer, Army and Navy Club; Bruce
Burns. Army and Navy Club: Charles
X. Berlin 2035 I'd street northeast
The following army enlistments were
reported: Robert j. Mccormick, and
Henry T. Tosch of this city. and Clay
T. Hamilton of Silver Spring Nd.