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Drive For Recruits

100 Years Ago

Herald of Jan. 30, 1920

Opening an intensive army recruit drive in this county to extend over the present week, Sergeant Luther Jones, in charge of the Altoona recruiting station, received a squad of helpers from Harrisburg Monday morning and sent them out to establish temporary stations in Blair county towns during the drive period. Sergeant Tom Tullor is stationed at Claysburg, Corporal Agustus G. Goldstein has charge of the station at Williamsburg and Private First Class Henry R. Gray is in charge of the Martinsburg office.

A jolly party of young people journeyed from Leamersville to Mar...

 

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