The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1917-05-11
VAST ARMY
RECRUITED BY T. r.
Names of $4,000 Men on
the Roster in Gotham.
Colonel Roosevelt Can Mobilize the
Sum of SIO,OOO,OOO as Soon as
He Receives Permission to
Leaue the Country.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Colonel theodore nOOSeVell, tlTouSi
sheer force of patriotism, prestige and per
sonality, has recruited $4,000 men who
are eager to follow him to France to hgh
against the Germans.
The rosters at the headquarters of the
Roosevelt Division at 753 Fifth avenue
contain the names of more than three
times as many volunteers as the United
States Government has been able to gel
up to date
Since February 2, when the Colone
and his aides definitely took UP the task Of
enlisting American citizens who desire moi
only to get into the fight quickly, but to
get in under Roosevelt, responses have
poured in from every state ia the Union
The plain figures indicate that the for
mer president could have at least 100000
fighting men if he desired so many. He
doesn't The big problem on the quiet
almost secretive enlistment for the Roose
welt division has been to sift and select
from an overwhelming flood of applica
tons just the type and character of volun-
teers required by the special and peculiar
necessities OF the plan.
Putting it generally, the Colonel has &C.
cepted only such men as ale above the
CONSUMPTION age and whose means are
such that dependents would be we'll cared
for without public assistance in case OF
death or permanent disability OF volunteers
His legionaires are all between Is and
40 years old and with settled incomes
ranging from $500 to $4,000 year,
with the large majority more nearly ap-
preaching the latter class than the former.
They have signed up in every state at the
call of recruiting officers, who were ex-
tremely diligent in selecting only first
class men, mentally and physically.
1t can be stated that the Colonel is in a
position to offer to the War department
two completely equipped divisions, includ.
ing infantry, cavalry und artillery, engin.
GERS, signal corps, motorcycle, machine gun
commands, motor transports, aviation
corps, hospital and quartermaster corps.
He has men enough already pledged to
constitute three divisions, but his desire
and ambition is to mobilize an army corps
r 49, l:,,,o;o,,e 9th b;YooaIf &c ;,,Dior IF
Ger, merely a brigade commander.
The offer of financial assistance from
wealthy volunteers and from wealthy citi
zens, who cannot go themselves, but are
mighty eager to have the Colonel go, have
been astonishing in number and size.
1t is not possible to divulge the names
OF contributors, real or potential, but il
may be said that in one Southern city alone
$l,OOO,OO0 has been pledged. In another
city rs men have signed their checks fol
$1,000 EACH There are offers of $4,000
5000, $4,000 and $4,000, and the
number of smaller offers is almost beyond
count.
These offers come from everywhere in
the country-North, East, South and West
The estimate has been made that the magic
of the Colonel's name can mobilize $40,
100000 in voluntary offerings the instant
he receives permission from the President
40 take his men to camp for short train
ing period preliminary 10 boarding trooF
ships for France or England.
The site OF the mobilization camp has