Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-10
Recruiting on the Michigan.

The United States steamer Michigan
which has been lying at the Otis elevator
wharf for a week past, will leave for Erie
this evening, remaining there week and
then going to Buffalo for another week.
After leaving Buffalo she will return to
Erie and prepare 10 spend the winter there.
As number of Cleveland lads have enlist
ed in the naval service and have been ex-
amined by the proper officers of the Michi-
gan, a Leader reporter again visited the
steamer yesterday, TO inquire rs to the re-
suits of the weeks labors.
Through the kindness of William NJ. r.
win, Master, the reporter was shown 10 the
hold, where number of Cleveland recruits
who have already donned the blue, were
employing themselves reading and writing.
The number of applicants already examined
in the port of Cleveland is twenty-five, of
whom nine have been accepted. The Off
GERS say this is a better showing than any
other city on the Lake has made during
this cruise. Since leaving Erie, on July 81,
the steamer has visited Chicago, Milwau-
kee. ShebOygan, Green Bay, Port Huron,
Detroit and Toledo, before arriving at this
port. In the above seven cities two hun
dred and twenty-five applicants have been
examined, of which fifty-nine have been
accepted; being about twenty-seven per
cent. of those examined. As stated above,
twenty-five have been examined in this
port, of which nine, or fOrty-one per cent.
have been accepted. When it is under
stood that the physical examination is very
rigid, the above will speak well for the de-
Yelopment of Cleveland youth.
The following IS a list of the Cleveland
boys who haYe been examined and accept
ed: Charles Henry Lathrop, George Eber-
lein, Harry George Lance, Newton Simeon
Ferris, George Sylvester Stevens, Leigh
Stanly, Walter julius Fenton, Peter Joseph
Ryan, Frank Herbert, Franklin Benjamin
Hartman,
As soon as a sufficient number of boys
| between the ages OF fifteen and eighteen
years are recruited thev are forwarded to
the Brooklyn Navy yard, where they are
placed aboard training ships and taught
/ the rudiments of naval warfare. at the same
time receiving an ordinary English edu-
cation.
The Michigan is a side-wheel steamer
of very antiquated and almost obsolete
model of man-of-war vessels. She is man
ned by ninety men who are trained to the
use of almost every weapon known to war
fare on either land or water. The marines
carry Springfield rifles, while the sailors
are armed with Remington rifles. The
ship carries eight guns, six "a pouders and
| two 10 Founders. In addition to these she
has on the upper deck two field howitzers
! and one specimen Of that most wonderful
derth-dealing weapon, the Gatling gun.
This ship was built in Pittsburg in 1843,
and was transported in sections by way of
the canal to Erie. where she was put to-
| gether and launched the following year.
She has confired herself to the lakes since
! then, having been constantly on the go for
thirty-five years. Her officers are as gen.
| tlemanly and courteous set men as can be
| found on any vessel and they have made
many friends wilhelm port at this city.
/ The following are the chief officers: Cap
tain Commanding, Geo. W. Hayward /;
Lieutenant, Geo. Talcut; Master, Wm.
| NJ. Irwin; Ensigns, E. B. Underwood, j.
NJ. Robinson and ]. N, Boyer: Paymaster,
A. D. Bache; Surgeon, J. S. knight;
Chief Engineer, Robert Potts; Assistant
Engineers. Geo. Hunt and F. A, Eldredge
Paymaster's Clerk, E. Mehl; Pilot, Patrick
Murphy.
Master, Vim. NJ. Irwin, who is a most
courteous and obliging officer, is an old
resident of Painesville, and was appointed
as naval cadet to Annapolis by Judge
Spaulding, when he represented this district
| in Congress. Leader.