Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-23
PARADE TONIGHT To
SWELL ARMY RANKS
Patriotic Sons in First Bat
talon Ask Others TO Help
Bear Burdens
RALLY ON STEPS
OF POST OFFICE


tary demonstration on the streets. in
which all the men Of the First Bat
talon who can be spared from ac-
tive service will participate, follow
| ing which there is to be monster
massmeeting at the Federal Build
ing. at which prominent citizens will
make appeals for recruits.
About two hundred and fifty men
Of the First Battalion will be in the
parade that will start from the
Armory at 7.30 O'Clock Major Reed
will be in command and to the music
OF the First Infantry Band the troops
will march from the Armory to Elev-
4 enth street to French street. to
Front street, to Market street. to
/ Ninth street. to the postof1ce build
/ ing.
IN the line will be the Ambulance
Company, Regimental Supply Com
pany and members Of the other units
of the First Battalion. Officers are
planning. with the assistance Of the
stirring speeches that will be made.
TO obtain from 200 to $50 men to-
night, and there will be facilities at
the armory for the examination ana
]
/ brought in Several examining physi.
clans will be in attendance and the
men who remain at headquarters will
be ready to handle 300 men, if that
number is obtained.
Besides the mass meeting at the
postoffice, other recruiting meetings
Will be held at several Of the Market
street corners.
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The recruiting meeting at Fifth and
Market streets last night was productive
of ftv-siv applicants for enlistment,
which number. added to the ffty-four
obtained on the night before. makes 40
men received in the first two days of the
campaign through the medium of the
personal appeal method of recruiting The
| number, however. does not constitute all
OF the names that have been received,
as yesterday and last night seventeen
more men gave their names and will be
notified when to report at the Armory
for examination.
The National and State coIors were
borne by the recruiting party last night,
and fervent appeal was made by Ser
geant Turner for 100 men to Join up and
follow the two flags into battle.
Al the conclusion Of his opening nd
dress, in which he told of the atrocities
Of the German army; Of how they had
cruciied Canadians and forced women
and children to advance in front OF their
forces, thus driving back the British
who could not fire into the ranks Of tho
innocent ones who were protecting the
! Huns, Sergeant Turner waving the
t starry flag on high, shouted:
ffXNbo will fnIln,t-- xs.hn x.-,lI F,lIa,,- m
Glory across the sea with us and put al
J end TO these outragess Who will b,
J man enough TO enlist under the Blue anc
7 Gold Of Delaware and fight for theil
State and America 2"
The result of this stirring appeal
; was startling large crowd OF meu
: pushed forward, and in less than five
minutes the army transport truck was
\ filled with human freight willing Ia
give their lives for the nation As
they were driven Off to the Armory
shouting back to the crowd to join
them, a spontaneous burst OF applause
burst xrom the big audience, and be-
fore the truck returned others were
waiting to take a ride
II After the first batch Of recruits had
been sent off the work was slower, and
II was early apparent that the guards
mems hopes Of recruiting 100 men
from the crowd last night we're doom
ed TO disappointment
/ Once during the meeting a little
} elderly man climbed on to the truck
beside the speakers and asked to
speak.
Here is man, so years old. who
says he will go If we'll take him., p said
one OF the guardsmen.
The man proved to be a Civil Wal
veteran, and, turning on the crowd
shaking his fist, he shouted you are
lot Of slackers If you don't go witt
these boys. Come up and be men in.
stead OF monkeys"
His efforts were productive Of an.
other large batch of recruits, as were
those OF an Englishman. who was in
! eligible, but who desiring to do some
thing, asked to be allowed to speak.
"What are you waiting torl' h'
/ shouted. go you want to wait unit
the Huns are in the Christiana and xii
, few Of your wives. daughters, sweet
hearts and children before you shoulder
a puny Do you first want to see tn,
! manned bodies OF some of these boy
, / brought home and driven through tn,
streets on gun carriages under the flas
, they fought for before you find the nerve
to do your part How many Of yoI
, love this flag Raise your hats
+ Two hundred hats were raised aloft.
sWell then continued the speaker
eight for IT, Now's the time for action
Get into that truck"
His words were followed by anothe
! rush to the colors, but the crowd by tina
time had furnished about all the fight
ing men it could last night, and the re
: mainder of The time was productive o
but a few struggling recruits, VINO wer'
brought in BY the soldiers circulating
, through the crowd.
! Although the expected 100 recruits
we're not obtained, Lieutenant Berl an,
Sergeant Turner, who were in charge o
the detachment. expressed themselves al
well pleased with the result, although
they said that the men must come in a.
a still greater rate of speed.
With the growth of the Delaware
National Guard to q full regiment. II
will hecoms necessary for the State
troops 70 have band. as we'll as regi.
mental colors. The recruiting fol
/, the band is being left TO J. Norris Rob
I inson, bandmaster of the First In.
: fantry Band, who has already started
> on the work. and reports that he viii
= have no diffrulty in giving the new
: regiment a good musical organization
Reports from down-State where
y eight officers and medical officer ars
combing the small towns for recruits
while not stating how many recruit.
have hoau paacad are ontinofs5ic am