The Washington herald., 1918-05-22
MARINE CORPS
RECRUITS KEEP
OFFICERS BUSY
District May Quota of 100
Likely to Be Far
Exceeded.

Although the quota for enlist
ments in the United States Marine
Corps has been set at 100 for the
District of Columbia during May.
In all probability this number will
be exceeded greatly il activities
around the main recruiting station
at 4O7 Star Building. are any crit
erion.
Here everything Is hustle and de-
termination on the part of the Of
fee force to earn an enviable record
for enrolment. Major Low, the Of
ficer in charge. has his hands full
with the appli tions that are pour
ing in daily. and with Privates
John T. Breslin and Stanley j.
Dyer whooping it up with recruit
ing rally speeches among the col
leges OF this section, and First
Sergts. Bob Clayton and Hugh Nc
Dermott spreading a propaganda of
recruiting literature all over the
city. it seems certain that the crop
OF recruits bids fair to exceed all
expectations.
Yesterdays Recruits.
Among those enlisting with the
Marine Corps yesterday was Martin
Edward French, son of the COM
mandant of the Washington Navy
Yard, while word was received from
Representative Young. of West Vir-
ginia. that his son also expects to
Join the marines Pat Doyle. or
The Washington Herald. and Stan
ley ]. Dyer, former news editor OF
this paper, already have enlisted,
and a high class OF young men are
flOcking to this branch of service
from all directions.
Yesterday the Marine Corps re-
ported the following new enlist
ments: Olin Tonic Childs. 200 \
street southeast; James Rowlins
Jones. 302 Indiana avenue north
west: Daniel Percy EeTmiIlion, $40
Kennedy street northwest; Ogle
Ridout Singleton, 2020 II street
northwest: Vincent DePaul Reid,
and George Edmond Edelin,. all of
this city.
Clarence Lee shotwen. Falls
Church, Va; Martin Edward
French. Annapolis. Nd: Edward AL
len LOben. Detroit. Nigh: WyIis
Coleman Banks, Columbus. Miss. !;
Alfred Raby Southard. Santa Fe. y.
NJ: John Walter Tavenner. AIexan-
dria, Va; Milton Darlington Moore.
-NNOAAOelANf a. -LEA lAlldn W dlAAOll
Bertrem. Ouantico. Va: George ID.
Pickett, Rosslyn. Va; Jay Lee Rob
inson, Baltimore, Nd; Harold
William Radford CoyIe, Bethlehem,
Nd.
The main recruiting station of
the navy at SOC Ninth street north
west. has also been busy. The re-
overwhelmed with applications.
Lieut.. J. Frew Hall. in charge, pre-
diets all sorts of drives when the
Naval Appropriation bill becomes
effective.
Navy EnIistments.
Yesterday Lieut.. Hall reported the
following enIistmCnts:
Stephen Joseph Downs, 627 L
street southeast; Charles Aloysiu5
kaelin, 31S G street northeast; Ros-
Coe Conklin Speith, 2163 New York
avenue northwest; Thomas Francis
Kane, 1881 Calvert street north
west; Thomas Francis Kane, 1851
Calvert street northwest: John Rus
sell Van HOuten, Takoma Park
William Kesley Herndon, 1906
Rhode Island avenue northwest;
Bennie Miller. 1880 Church street
northwest: Thomas Lee Hall. 2913
Dumbarton avenue northwest: Col
die O'Day Wines, 1865 Emerson
street northeast. and Clarence Swat
Creel, $3.50 Q street northwest, all
Of this city.
Ernest Harry EIbert, and Edward
John Bremen. Saginaw, Mich; Carl
W. Weber, LOckport. y. Y; Cor
nelius Joseph Hill, Alexandria. Va;
Harry Manning, KeleTton. Ia; Will
bur Dee Parrish. Clarksburg, w
Va: Roland Alvin Thomas, New Or
leans, La; Paul AIoysius COnklin,
AnsOnia, Conn; Benjamin Levy.
South Washington, Va: Joseph Rey-
mold Marlowe. New York City. n.
Y; John Andrew Mccall, Lexing-
ton, Tenn; Jay Emmett Hcaley,
New York City, y. Y: Walter Ken
Meth Barnes. Fairmont. W. Va;
Werner Jasper Kcown. Rome. Ga;