The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-18
CHANCE TO JOIN THE ARMY
CAPT. L. W. COOKE BEGINS RE
CRUITING TODAY
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to Fort McPherson and Join the
Fighting Third-Men Enlisting
Can Secure Their Discharge at
the End of the War.
Acting under general order issued
by the war department May 4, Capt.
Lorenzo w. Cooke will today commence
the work Of recruiting additional men
for the Third regiment, now in camp
at Mobile, Ala. The personnel of the
regiment as II stands now includes $40
enlisted men, but to bring 1t up to a
full regiment Of 1.272 men, 1t will be
necessary to secure 752 additional re-
cruits. In view of the prospect Of an
early invasion of Cuba, the work of Sc
curing the necessary recruits to bring
the regiment up to the required num-
Der Of men will be pushed by Capt.
Cooke with the utmost dispatch. The
same order which clothed Capt. Cooke
with authority to enlist conferred the
same on Capt. Melville G.. Wilkinson,
to be stationed at Minneapolis, and
Capt. Philip Reade, with headquarters
at Milwaukee.
Capt. Cooke now has everything in
readiness to certify to the qualifications
OF the Minnesota recruits for the Third
regiment. Three large rooms have been
secured in the Phoenix building, Sew
enth and Cedar streets, where the re-
cruits will be examined and enrolled
Two larger rooms have also been fitted
up as temporary quarters for the men.
AS fast as enlistments are made de-
tails of twelve men each will be sent on
to Fort Mcpherson, Ga.
Two additional offices will be opened
by Capt. Cooke, one at Duluth and
another at Winona, to better facilitate
the work Of getting the recruits from
outside points in shape. At present
Capt Cookies detail of assistants con-
sists of Lance Sergeant Aremdinger,
Lance Sergeant Carlson and Private
Towner, all of Company F, Third in
fantry. Two Of these men will be de-
tailed to look after the Duluth and
Winona offices. They will not, however,
be opened until sufficient progress has
been made with the work to familiarize
Capt Cookies assistants with their de-
tails. Blanks and all necessary ma
terial have been received, both from the
army headquarters and the war depart
ment at Washington. Recruiting off,
GERS instructions also accompanied the
printed matter.
Every man VINO enlists now will re-
celve a salary Of $3.50 pr month, or
20 per cent more than the pay of pri-
Yates enlisting in time of peace.
All men who enlist with Capt. Cooke
may do 80 under practically the same
conditions as If they were mustered in
with the volunteer army. Although
they enlist for three years, they have,
under an order issued by the war de-
partment when the officers were detail
ed, the privilege of demanding their re-
lease upon the cessation Of hostilities.
This. however, does not apply to men
who made their contract with the gov
eminent, but only to those enlisting
since the war. The only difference be-
tween terms of enlistment of the VOL
unteer army and the men who enlist
as regulars from now on is that their
term Is three years, but attached there
to is the proviso that the government
will release them from all further duty
Immediately upon the close of the war.
The war department took this action a
fortnight ago to expedite the enlistment
or regular army soldiers, as the addi-
tional men are mustered in simply to
meet the same contingency which call
ed for the volunteers.
Capt. Cooke stated yesterday that
there were thousands Of men all over.
the state who were anxious to Join the
volunteer army, but could not do so.
With the removal Of certain conditions
from the terms of enlistment into the
regular army, he anticipated that 1t
would only be couple Of weeks before
they had secured all the men needed.
There was hardly a town in the state
where a company of some sort or other
had not been organized. AS coon as
Capt Cooke completes his work here
he will Join his regiment in the South,
as will Capt. Reade and Capt. Wilk.n-
son.
Capt. Cooke said that he considered 1t
wise choice Of the government In Sc
Letting st. Paul, Minneapolis and Mil
Waukee as points where the new SOL
diers for the Third are to be secured.
The Third is well and favcrably
known In Wisconsin," said he. "anl
nearly one-half the men are Minnesot1
boys. The Third regiment camped for
several summers in Wisconsin, and
many Of the boys have warm friends
in the Badger state.
by opening an office down town we
will be able to make greater progress
than If the detail was stationed at the
fort. We have central location here
and expect to finish the work very rap.
icly;
AT Fort Mcpherson the men will be
thoroughly equipped and drilled before
Joining the regiment. Arrangements
have been completed with the Hotel
Northern to board the men until thew
are moved. They will be quartered in
the rooms which have been fitted up
for them. do not anticipate that T
will have on hand at any one time more
than dozen men, as they will be sent
to Fort Mcpherson as fast as possible. -
Capt. Cooke yesterday received an or
! der issued by authority of Gen. Miles
and promulgated by Adjt Gen. Cor bin
which changed the destination of re-
cruits from several forts in the West
to Fort Mcpherson, Ca, and also riv.
| ing instructions as to the movement
| and procedure Of the officers and regi-
mental commanders under whose super-
vision the work of recruiting the reg
uiar army UP to war basis is being
conducted
Capt. Cooke is well known In st. Paul.
he came here when the Third was first
stationed at the fort. and has heen IN
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