Recruiting Collection

Measuring Substitutes for the Army of Reserve, 1815. 1815. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Measuring Substitutes for the Army of Reserve, 1815

A Cribbage Party in St. Giless Disturbed By A Press Gang, October 26, 1787

RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. The U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds during World War I

The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Scene at a recruiting-office at Mozart Hall, Broadway

Kilties enter 71st Regt. Armory, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Kilties enter 71st Regt. Armory, July 1917. Canadian Highlander soldiers (Kilties) entering the 71st Regiment Armory, Park Avenue (between East 33rd and 4th streets), New York City

Captain Adams addresses recruits, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Captain Adams addresses recruits, July 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929), a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the U.S.S

Colonel Guthrie on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Colonel Guthrie on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Colonel Percy Albert Guthrie (1884-1948), leader of the 236th Canadian Infantry (the Maclean Highlanders), speaking on the U.S.S

Kilties in New York, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Kilties in New York, July 1917. Canadian Highlander soldiers and band marching in New York City. The Highlander regiments were in the United States in July of 1917 for "British Recruiting

Recruiting Parade, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruiting Parade, 1917. A parade during World War I in Union Square, New York City.

Geo. Chu, Lee Koon Yu & Com. L.E. Trim, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Geo. Chu, Lee Koon Yu & Com. L.E. Trim, 1917
Geo. Chu, Lee Koon Yu & Com. L.E. Trim, 1917. Chinese American boys, who have joined the Junior Naval Scouts, with their Navy commander during World War I.

Captain Adams receiving "Kilties" on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Captain Adams receiving "Kilties" on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929) a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the USS Recruit

Mrs. O. Harriman, Blaine Ewing, Lieut. McKinney, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. O. Harriman, Blaine Ewing, Lieutenant McKinney, 1917. Grace Carley Harriman, Blaine Ewing, and Lieutenant McKinney on the U.S.S

Junior Naval Scout on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Junior Naval Scout on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. A Junior Naval recruit semaphore flag signalling on the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square

Major Gregory, Medical Inspection, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Major Gregory, Medical Inspection, 1917. Major Gregory doing health inspections for soldiers, probably at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids' Island, New Rochelle, New York

Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Margaret Murray Crumpacker, Commandant of the Women's Auxiliary for Naval Recruiting, addressing Navy recruits under the guns of the U.S.S

Reverend Herbert Shipman addressing recruits, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Reverend Herbert Shipman addressing recruits, 1917. Episcopal suffragen bishop and military chaplain Herbert Shipman (1869-1930), addressing Navy recruits under the guns of the U.S.S

Officers of the U.S.S. Recruit, 1917 Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. C.F. Pierce, Lt. W.P. Vickerman, Ass't Surg. J.J. Kaveny, Com. C. Adams, Lt. Com. T.N. Taylor, Lt. C. McKinney, Ass't P.M. Wells Hawkes, Ass't Surg R.H

Rookies leave U.S.S. Recruit for Newport, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Rookies leave U.S.S. Recruit for Newport, 1917. Navy recruits disembarking from the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square

Mabel Garrison on U.S.S. Recruit, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mabel Garrison on U.S.S. Recruit, 16 Jul 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) with sailors on board the U.S.S

Mabel Garrison, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mabel Garrison, 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963), digging a spade into the ground at a demonstration garden next to the U.S.S

Christening party on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Christening party on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. A view from the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square

Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917
Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963), with officer and sailors on board the U.S.S

Mrs. Hugh [i.e. Hugo] Johnstone, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Hugh [i.e. Hugo] Johnstone, 30 May 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929) (left), a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the USS Recruit

Mabel Garrison, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mabel Garrison, 16 Jul 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) with officer and sailors on board the U.S.S

Capt. & Mrs. Mitchel, Jack Adams, May 31 1917 (date created or publishd later). Creator: Bain News Service. Capt
Capt. & Mrs. Mitchel, Jack Adams, May 31 1917 (date created or published later). Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929), a U.S

Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917
Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) with naval officer on board the U.S.S

Junior Naval Scouts on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Junior Naval Scouts on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Members of the Junior Naval Scouts aboard the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square

Mayor Mitchel boarding U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mayor Mitchel boarding U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. New York Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) boarding the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square

Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). A group of Native Americans inspecting the model weapons aboard the USS Recruit

Recruiting Parade, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruiting Parade, 1917. A parade during World War I in Union Square, New York City.

U.S.S. Recruit, Union Sq., between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S.S. Recruit, Union Sq., between c1915 and c1920. The "U.S.S. Recruit," a wooden battleship built by the Navy in Union Square, New York City

Leaving Ft. Slocum, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Leaving Ft. Slocum, 1917. American soldiers on a boat, leaving Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids' Island, New Rochelle, New York

Recruiting Parade, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruiting Parade, 1917. A parade during World War I in Union Square, New York City.

Mrs. Chas. Farnam, Mrs. F.H. Dike, Mrs. F.P. Adams, George Tolly, 16 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Chas. Farnam, Mrs. F.H. Dike, Mrs. F.P. Adams, George Tolly, 16 May 1917. Ruth Stanley Farnam, Millicent G. Hayes (Mrs. F.H)

Medical corps, Fort Slocum, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Medical corps, Fort Slocum, 1917. Medical corps soldiers standing and sitting on a cannon on the grounds of Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids' Island, New Rochelle, New York

Fort Slocum, Shacks built for draft men, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Fort Slocum, Shacks built for draft men, 1917. Housing built for soldiers at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids' Island, New Rochelle, New York

Gun Squad, Fort Slocum, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Gun Squad, Fort Slocum, 1917. American soldiers in a gun squad at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids' Island, New Rochelle, New York

14th Infantry Camp, signing recruit in, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
14th Infantry Camp, signing recruit in, 1917 or 1918. Soldiers at a table signing up recruits at a camp of the 14th Infantry, probably in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York during World War I.

Rest after inspection, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Rest after inspection, 1917. American soldiers sitting in a field at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids' Island, New Rochelle, New York

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Lt. Wells Hawks (1870-1941), a member of the Navy's public relations team with "Chief Bald Eagle"

Col. F.G. Mauldin, Maj. A.T. Ovenshine, Capt. H.R. Smalley, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Colonel F.G. Mauldin, Major. A.T. Ovenshine, Captain H.R. Smalley, 1917 or 1918. Military officers including Frank G. Mauldin (center)

Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Native American "Chief Bald Eagle" shaking hands with Lieutenant Wells Hawks (1870-1941)

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Native American "Chief Bald Eagle" during his visit to the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square

American Volunteers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
American Volunteers, between c1910 and c1915. American recruits holding an American flag during World War I.

Toronto recruits drilling at armory, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Toronto recruits drilling at armory, between c1914 and c1915. Canadian soldiers drilling at the armory, Toronto, Canada, during World War I.

Recruiting, Montreal, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruiting, Montreal, 1914 (date created or published later). Soldiers standing in front of a window which displays a recruitment poster for the 5th Regiment Royal Highlanders of Canada

Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Un bureau de recrutement pour engages volontaires... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Un bureau de recrutement pour engages volontaires a Petrograd, en juillet et aout 1917: tandis que l'armee reguliere se desagregeait

Recruiting Sergeants, 1879. Creator: Gustaf Cederström
Recruiting Sergeants, 1879

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