The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
CORPS
And NAVY GET
MANY RECRUITS
Offices of Both Service
Branches Crowded with
Applicants.

| Both the main recruiting stations
of the navy and the United States
Marine Corps are crowded with ap-
plicants for enlistment these days,
and, there does not appear to be any
let-up on the rush..
| The Marine Corps has established
| an information bureau in the huge
concIave at Union Station, with First
Sergt. Hugh McDermott in charge
Seret. McDermott formerly was
member Of the local police force.
More than q hundred inquiries have
been registered already at his desk.
Two Swift Paperhangers. -
| sergt. Robert A. Clayton and Sergt.
I George l.. Tighe. of the Marine Corps
have been indefatigable In their ef-
forts to paper neighboring towns
with literature affecting their branch
Of service. particularly Chesapeake
Beach, Chesapeake Junction. Glen
Echo, HyattsviIle and other nearby
points. They report great success.
Privates John r. Breslin and STAN
ley J. Dyer. also OF the Marine Corps,
have been ''whooping II up" amons
local colleges, with the result that
! the quota Of 100 allotted the main
recruiting station for May has been
exceeded.
Among recent eniistments with the
Marine Corps are William Thayer
Webb, q grandson of Senator Thomas
Sterling, of South Dakota, and Will
lam Marshall Darlington. a near rela-
tive Of Col. Smedley d. Butler, U. 8.
M. c., who has been recommended
for Q medal Of honor on two occa-
sions.
John Newell. Of West Mentor. Ohio.
who Joined the soldiers Of the sea"
last week, measures six feet, four
and one-half inches In height, and
Is built in excellent proportion. He
had to get q special waiver from
headquarters on account Of his ex-
ceeding the speed limit for height
by more than two inches.
The Names Enrolled.
Yesterday the main recruiting sta
ton OF the U. s. Marine Corps, at
407 Star Building. reported the fol-
lowing enlistments:
Jack Roseberg, 1855 Quincy street
northwest; Earl Dewey Thompson.
$500 Georgia avenue northwest:
1 IndItcb 01CSdTNcyR So4h =
street northwest: Thaddeus Nelson
Sandifer. 2 Sixth street southeast;
Herbert Gardnen Lake. 352S T street
northwest: George Edward Edelin.
800 East Capitol street southeast. and
Charles Forsburg. 40s Rutland Courts,
all Of this city.
Tenn; George Washington Mason.
Pawhuska, Okla; William Thayer
| Webb, Vermillion, s. Oak: Kenneth
Gardner Shipley. Annapolis, Nd:
Houston Pridmore Sewen, Jonesville.
Va; william Marshall Darlington,
West Chester, Pa; Dayton Arthur
Gordon, Everly. Ia; John Joseph
March, Hotel Chamberlain. Old Point
Comfort. Nd: John Newell. West
Mentor, Ohio, and George DALEY
Pickett. Rosslyn, Va.
Yesterday the main recruiting sta
! ton OF, the navy, 3o6 Ninth street
northwest. reported these enlist
| ments:
Alexander Gray Dawson. 1s1l
Riggs pla, northwest: willard
Moore Oliver. 1916 w street north
west: Fred J. Zegowitz. jr.. s12 G
street northwest: Henry Leroy Haw-
kins, 1000 z street northwest; Fred
Samuel Seger, 201 F street north,
west: Daniel Frederick Noone, s3l
Thirteenth street southeast: Harvey
Gilbert Grimm. 91S NJ street north.
west; James Beverly Fades, 40t
Seventh street southeast: Loui,
Otto Lautermilch. Ill Third street
northeast: Nicholas Masino, jr., 10:
First street northwest; George FL
wood Shipe, 500 Kenyon street
northwest: Ernest Loffler. Bladens.
burg road northeast: Leonard W
Reed, 1888 G street southeast: Lloy6
Livingston Britt. Alabama Apart.
ments; Ernest Eugene, Pons. 121;