The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
GOOD CHANCE
/. WITH MARINE
CORPS now
Eastern Division Chief Re.
cruiting Officer Calls
for Volunteers.

There's a golden opportunity to Join
the U. s. Marine Corps right now.
as yesterday the main recruiting sta
ton Of the fore 4o7 Star Building
received a lettc, Lieut.. Co. c. B.
Hatch, in charge .scruiting for the
Eastern Division ri the L. 8. NJ. C.,
with headquarters in Philadelphia.
asking them to speed up on enlist
ments.
This years graduates from colleges
are specially desirable and every
tchance will be given the young men
TO make their mark.
Lieut.. Col. Hateh's Letter.
, The full text OF Lieut. Col Hatch's
letter follows:
In reply to inquiry from Washing
ton. have stated that the Eastern
Division will obtain LOO applicants
for the month of April and 1,6no for
the month of May. In making this
statement. i know that / will have
the cooperation of every one in the
division in obtaining these men.
Please make every effort to Sc
cure this years graduates from col
leges. universities and high schools
by getting In direct communication
with these schools. Last years effort
in this direction was most successful.
and it is believed this year we should
obtain whole graduating classes In
great many instances"
The main recruiting station of the
L. s. Marine Corps. 4G7 Star Build
ing. reported the following recent
enlistments yesterday:
4
given; Frank Lawrence Msguth. sOS
II street northwest: Denniss Keith
Smithers. 100 W street northwest;
Robert Ray Talmer. 1l.i Twelfth
street northwest: Charles Pierce
Bricksler. Claiborne Apartments.
Sixth and II streets northwest;
Franklin Joseph Moore. 1854 Mt.
Pleasant street northwest. and Les
ter Herbert Nutting. no address Civ
en-. all of this city; Thomas Meehan.
Philadelphia. Pa; John Donald
Wade, Marshallville. Ga: William
Clair Kane, Lock Haven. Pa: Will
ian George Rabe. Jamaica, y. Y:
Edward Cooper. jr.. and Tobias An
drew Smith Johnston, both of Bram-
we'll, W. Ca: Richard Wellesley Coke.
Dallas. Tex: Wilbur Woodville Jen-
kins. New York City; Howard Cross
and johnson Orrick both of Balti-
more. Md: Bernard Frederick Macke.
Covington. ny: Samuel Herbert
Wood. Altus. Okla; John Peter FIan-
sisan. Exeter. " H.: Irving Wilbur
Williams. Newark. n. J.; and How
ard Edward Reynolds. Stoughton,
Mass.
Navy EnIistmeRts.
The main recruiting station of the
navy. jgG Ninth street. northwest,
Yesterday completed the enlistment of
the following fifteen applicants and
they will he sent at once to the re-
spective training stations. Included
IN this list are CleIand c. McDevitt.
former assistant city editor of The
e Washington Herald. and Daniel $. T.
Ring. one Of the reporters of this
PAPER Both men will leave next Mon
day for the naval teainins station at
Newport. r. I. The full list follows
Henry Ford. I:.p WaIlach Place
northwest; Charles Henry Parrott.
1915 Eleventh street northwest; Henry
Walter Frost. lJS9 ID street southeast;
Hugo Alvin Stahl. - Twelfth street
southeast; Richard Albert Shaw, 1906
kenilworth avenue northwest: Rich
ard Anton Weaver 1873 Eilbourn
place northwest: Cleland G. McDevftt.
10 Randolph street northwest: Daniel
Syeener Timothy Ring. ia r street.
northeast; Frank Wesley Haneke.
Ssl0 Volta Place northwest, and Henry
Edward Whiteley. 6l2 6 street north
cast: Arthur Mckinley La PoIt.
Liberty. y. Y; G. Q. Ward, Wells
Vile. y. Y: Byron Martin Moore.
Silver Spring. Nd; Hugo MarseIle
Mitchell Mt. Rainier. Md. and Robert
Blackwell. Charleston. w. Va.
Army EnIIstments.
At the main recruiting station of
the army. $50 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. the following recent en-
listments were reported:
Samuel Harris. 1904 Fourteenth
street. northwest: Thomas +. Cum
mings. I street. northeast: Edward
NJ West. 1916 Ontario place. north
west: Benjamin r. West, 615 New
Jersey avenue, northwest; William
r. Gray. 2100 G street, northwest.
and Francis J. O'Leary, 1879 North
Capitol street. northwest; Robert d.
Anderson. Brookline. Mass: George
T. Hayes. Wilmington. y. G: George
H. Wilhelm. South Gate, Ky; Fred
h Foster. New York City: Owen
Black. Lawton. Okla: Eppes Carter.
Danville. Va; Charles II. Keefer
Garfield, Wash: William F.. Ayers.
Cape Charles. Va. and Henry II
GrOSeclose. Blacksburg, Va.