The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-21
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Island since the 1st inst from tho rendezvous at New
York, Boston Philadelphia Buffalo and Rochester, Is
about eighty. Nearly one half Of these enlisted In
this city In times Of ordinary activity double this num-
WI Il men would have been obiainsd
II is fact Of some significance that an undue pfopof'
ton Of the men who apply for enis'i-ent are mar
riea The regulation that nah having wife or ehiia
can be enlisted is stu observed strictly % ever, ~
though there is authority for the suspension Of this re.
strctlon In time Of
The branch Office Of the Cedar street station In Cherry
street has been closed business being done there.
Lieut. Dcvre, Ninth infantry has taken charge OF
the Chatham street station, vice Capt Cogswe Eighth
infantry now Lieut. Coouel Of the Tammany regiment
Lieut. Devire received his commission during the present
year
It is somewhat strange that the experienced and well
tried officers general recruiting servlcc-Captains
Eagle and Banxhead In THIS city Capt Marshall at Ro-
chester, aud Capt Amory at Boston, for exapeare not
assigned to duties In the field where their services would
be invaluable, instead Of being kept TO duties which
could be efficiently discharged by younger and less expe-
rienced men.
About Hy men have been enlisted for the Twelfth in
fantry and transferred the regimenal depot Fort
Hamilton SIX Offices have been opened for this regiment
Tie officers anticipate business when the three
months volunteers return home. They say they could
easily obtain men, even now, if the torn Of enlistment
were three years instead Of five.
Recruits for volunteer regiments have been Of late
amined al the Medical Purveyng depot in Grand street,
by United States medical officers, In the manner pre-
scrbed for regular recruits The examination however,
has not been quite 30 rigid in the Of regulars.
THE UNION DEFENCE COMMITTEE AND THE
RELIEF FUND.
rnrbro AvrNVYr RESIEGED BY THE phVrpTv STRICKEN
FAMILIES OF OUR v0LUNCGERs-CRUsHING sQuEEz-
ING. FIGHTING AND GENERAL scRINMAGE For RE-
LIEP-HOw THE FAMILIES OF OUR BRAVE voLUN-
TIERS sEEA TO Be SITUATED, ETC.
rush OF hungry Office seekers at Washington, when
new President up his abode at ths White House.
IN no manner be compared TO the scene which por
trayed a, the distributing Office Of Union Deferes
Committee, Nos IA and 10 Fe.s,h avenue all day yester
day As poorly clad and miserable looking crowd Of
humanity, generally speaking could not be found amid
the den hes VI London Sr the lowest portion Of the pur
leus Of Paris But, notwithstanding that. the main por
ton Of the crowd possessed hungry and appearance
yet there that cir Of respectable poverty among them
which will Invariably 1nd in the deserving class Of
poverty stricken population For several hours pre-
v,ous TO the opening Of the doors the i'm.
mediate surroundings TO the Office 3.
pied by several hundred women, who gestcula,cd and
we alternately, relating in pitful 10 another
the peculiar eurngs Of each and the chances he she
of again beholdng the dear who had gone
ubns uattics VI tno Onion, whIe us \t4le WYNN
teor on,y relative knocking the OF charity
the metropolis of the United States for the Of
subsisterce.
As the doors opened brilliant advance move
meni made by the party and then and there ensued
seems Of struggling, moaning weeping, &c, Of which
give true description Is utterly impossible Women
culched each other frantic efforts in order 10 be the
6rs, hand 10 obtain relief fearful lest they might be-
neglected u left for the last Mothers there with
their children whose little voices sent up quite pteous
chorus swelling the murmurs Of distress which
uttered from the threats Of thousand
women One, 70 gaze upon the scene could scarcely
credit the evidence Of his that in city possessed
Of such vast wealth; there could exist for
relatives Of those who pouring out tieii blood
nay. their very livesn tho defence and security Of
common country and common government. Each f.
male provided with card Of admission, without
which impossible 70 obtain entrance cerberus
dressed blue and brass buttons carefully guarded
the door There two rooms composing the dstribut
ing departments and both Of these crammed
cess while anxious crowd waited and murmured out
side the building Several hundred tickets rejected
account Of having been furnished by parties not
thorzed TO do One thousand Of those tickets which,
II paid by tho Defence Commttoe would amount to
600 were detected BY the police - coming from in
posters
woman named Alice Doyer was taken in charge by
the police yesterday The ground that she seeking
70 obtain relief under false prctences II appears that
she has two llegs!mate children by volunteer, and
seeks 10 obtain allowance for them the soldiers
wife, which Atter also tho recipient OF aid
from the committee She locked up FOR examination
On Friday nearly eighteen hundred persons received
aid In smeuns varying from % W t and yesterday
two thousand must have been 10 the Office.