, 1873-12-10
ARMY AND NAVY,
Work Of tho Different Chicago
1socr,titing-O11lccs.
Remarkable Increaso in Enlistments
During Last Month.
But It Is Attributed to Hard Times aud
Not to Cuba.

Dus ~ ID AIllIUHtcu " 1lAEu 1laioS AAu
Not TO Cuba.
Whcttor II Ia TINT tho Cuban butol,ory has
aroused a war1ko spirit among us, or that tho
hard tlncs arc driving tho unemployed into
Bphoro Of action which is provorblally r1uch
moro productive Of glory than Of profit, tho fact
ts that just now tho recruiting III thia city
nEo doing MI unusually active business, At oil
tlnos In the fal' OF tho year, when tho close Of
navigation adds to tho general qufotuoss OF trado
natural at TINT aeaBon, it Ia common for tue ro-
cruitiug- officer to rocoiyo moro applications for
admission to thoHorvico, but thiH year tho Increase
ia unusually marked Mt both tho army Offices,
notwithstanding TINT o naval recruiting -oiilco
has started IiYoly opposition. Aa tho Inst
nontionod place has to recommend it tho charm
OF novelty (no naval-rooruiting having been dono
it, Chicago 81 nco tic War Of tho Robol!ion), its
operations, as ot'lmitcd in scope, ehall bo first
described.
EAvAL-nEcHU1TfSa.
Tho Office is in Two rooms OIL the second door
Of the largo brick building located on tho north
Woat corner Of N1arkot aud Lake atroeta, whose
windows boar hugo placartls printed Naval
Rendezvous" There IL no ting flying to fire tho
hearta Of discharged antl unoccupiod lake-mou
ducsivo monthly sum which Uncs Sam pays tho
mon WHO man Ills frigates aud monitors There
are several employees IN the office, which ia pro-
Hit!cd over BY Commander E. Z. Potter, OF tho
United StatcB Navy. This gentleman, OH being
consulto by tribune reporter, stated that tho
ron dezvous is merely temporary affair, caused
by the pressure OF current eyontH which seem to
coll for an increase In tho naval eorvco. The
cIaeB Of mcn nelted for aro maclliuists, boiler
makers, ordinary ecarcr, lineamon, md boya.
Flo stated that tho claEs Of men offering is very
good. aud plenty Of tl:cm at that. Last week
recruits wo ro Offering ut tho rate Of fifteen a
day, but, NJ arrangements were not thon por-
fcctcd their applications had to bo deferred. At
present, thoy arc Offering quite oagor1y, aud
Capt. Potter expects this week to 10 able tosond
OF several patches Of men to Now York, whore
they will ship on tho recoivng-vosaol Vermont,
and bo initinted into tho mysteries of the Amer
lean naval service. Tho Commander attributos
the activity Of tho recruiting scrvco to tho lard
ness of tho timeu, und to tho fact OF so many
aoa1no'i being At present without work, rather
than to patriotic desire to punish Burriol by
sinking the Tornn,Io, bombartling Santiago, aud
annaxing Cuba.
TIE CAVALRY SERVICE.
At the cavalry recruiting -oiiicc, situated in
tho second story Of No. 81 West Randolph street,
the Stars and stripos float out IRON window,
and one or two, Luys in blue, whose uniforms
havo not had time to fit themselves to thor fig
ures. lnger near tho place. Tho recruiting
who cheorfuliy gave tho rope.ter all the infor-
nation which iay III lis posor on tho subject of
recruiting III general. aud cavatry-recruitiug in
particular, Ho satod that the number Of appli-
has beor ut any time during the year The ill.,
crease Lo attributed, almost wholly, to tho hnrd
ti1ncs and consequent dullucsa Of trado by TO-
fo,rng to his books, he showed that in October
trt& 1f -.
while in November it haa increased to Luz, and il,
tho eight days OF tile proBont mouth no less thnn
twenty. Tour mon havo been enrolled. The casB
Of men at present offering is much
porior p 10 10 h' tho SUMMER a stvaIiS "ppIiScants, ea
who are In most CASES men who could work il
they would, but try 10 gaiu admission into tho
service, while laboring nnder the falacious idcn
laziness aud luxury, just stli,e1 to thoir peculiar
tastes and habits. III QUO thing, however, tho
summer enliHsmenta give moro desirable re-
c1uits than those whom necessity drives into tho
lormor join tho army With their eyes fully opon
to what they nro doing, at n time when other
work can 10 had for tho asking. and in most
cases with full determination Of serving out
thctr live yours, and making tho most Of it, whiio
Nlo latter aso onon driven to enlist from tho
torce of circumstances. and frequently desert us
soon aa thoy have had O week or two Of army
uto, Outside of thls fact, however,, tho fall ar,-
ner months, both iu physique and mental quail
icatious. Tho proportion Of rcjecIcl applicants
70 recruits in tho summer iH III throo to
onc, while at present it is as nearly an oven
:lling as possible, with tho advantage Of numbers
IN favor Of tln enlisted As proof that tito
Government is not at MI anxious with regarl to
n.e recruiting Eorvice it III noteworthy that tho
Inducements to enlist have not brcn increased, nor
ans tho standard Of hoight been lowered, 1t being
Tor tie cavalry service IRON 8 feet illcllcB 10
which 1t waB lowered iu July last. as tho min
nlnin, to tcot 10 inches as the maximum hoight
HAien unclo Sam qllows for mounted soldiory.
All recruiting officers arc given to understand
HAT iheir SUCCESS as such depends not upon tho
number. but upon tho quality, Of tho men thoy
en!iht, and, accordingly tho Brcatost procaution
is used that nopo hut sound, Hearty mon aro Oh
~ vol as llleir physical development, is caro-
fully inquired iuto, and their for olisting
ie alao uade the subject OF soarsh. Uncle Sum
wants no Mon III his soryico who aro not fully
alive to tho fact TINT they are louored by being
permitted to wear his uniform.
One llAing That the recruiting officer has to bo
nulenully careful about, iH to guard against OH
listing men who will Jump" az soon NJ. thoy
Capt. Carroll ptlrsucH policy with bis recruits
Which, though 1T first 1t seems Homowhat la,l-
gorouB IN doubtless tho wiseAt that can ho fol-
lowcd. He makes it point during tho TOW days
that tho now recruit spenlb in Chicago, before
being ordered To lnrrnckH, to give tlleul much
latitude as pogslb!o, in TACT, to lot them desert
il they want to- The reason of tl.is il, tI,at it
iB much botter for !. person intending to dcsort
to DO 10 ut onco rather than postpone such nc
slon nutll tho Government hus gone to the
trouble and expense Of educating them in tho
military art, aud Of shipping them to stations.
While Oh tue subject Of desortiona and dosort-
number Of old dcserterB nro talsing ndyan-
tnse os tho pfosident'n proclamation Of
Ito 10th Of October, promulgated i'll Con-
eral e snrn ORDERS No. ,,.o,,; 1;9? Which rnrdoned