The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-30

'Those men over there would run
ship aground, and these would blow
her up
Such was the comment of Past AS
sistant Engineer Denig, Of the naval
recruiting board, referring to the appli-
cants for positions as sailors and ma
chinists for the navy
Il don't know who ever told some of
the men who want to be machinists
and firemen that they were competent
for such work They certainly have
queer ideas of ships"
The board had a busy day. Twenty
five men applied for posts as machin-
lists and firemen, and five for berths
as sailors. Thirteen passed the exami-
nation for machinists and firemen and
two for ordinary seamen. DR.. McClurg
examined eighteen and accepted fifteen.
Lieut.. Cook, the chief recruiting officer,
was kept busy questioning the appli-
cants and reading the articles of en-
liStment.
The following are the names Of those
who were accepted yesterday:
Samuel Gervold, GA Lindiee street, fire.
man, first class.
Herman Frederick Koke Mankato, ma
chinist. second class.
Henry Irwin Boner, 429 East Seventh
street, fireman. second class.
Martin MartenSen, no address, machiniSt,
first class.
James Busby, ASP Minnesota street, fire.
man, second class.
Oliver Peter Belanger 1877 East Seventh
street, fireman, second class.
Charles Edward johnson. 2S9 East Four
teenth street. ordinary seaman.
August Frederick Leuchtenberger, 759 Lo-
gan street, machinist, second class.
Mark Byron McEwen, Ellsworth, Wis,
fireman, first class.
n Ferdinand s NoTdly, s26 SCed1aTavenue, Min
Harry Christian Wall, Cos Thirteenth ave-
nue. SOUTH Minneapolis, fireman, second
class.
Thomas Finton Murphy. 14O West Fifth
street. fireman. second class.
George Barth Porter, Rome, N. Y, fire.
man. second c,aSS.
Thomas McEwen, ordinary seaman
Henry Beekman Sabine, Fey hotel, fire.
man, second class.
Every man who enlisted on Monday
appeared promptly at o'clock yester-
day morning and reported to Lieut.
Cook. One young man told the lieu
tenant that he was undecided whether
to go to sea or not. He said the pros
pect of war did not appeal to his i'm
agination as much as at first and he
might change his mind about joining
the martyrs. Lieut. Cook told him he
could think it over another day and If
he decided not to go he could stay in
Minnesota. The youth will give his
answer today
All the other men stuck to their de-
termination to join the navy and some
were anxious to know when they would
be sent to Brooklyn.
The first applicant for a position as
seaman called at the recruiting rooms
yesterday. He is Frank Ericsson, of
saltwater. He was taken in hand by
Boatswain Pierce. The boatSwain was
much pleased when Ericsson took up a
rope and began to twist it into every
conceivable kind Of knot with the air
of an expert He made bOWlines dou-
HE and sin olh' r1lnninQr
bovine on a blight, carrot bends, reef
knots, fishermen's bends short spices
and long spices, and answered the
boatsWain's questions regarding ship
navigation in a manner that proved
that he knew his business thoroughly.
Ericsson said he was formerly in the
Swedish navy, but had been in Still
water several years. The prospect of
a fight with the Spanish had fired him
with a desire to be in it, and he had
decided to leave the st. Paul Business
college, where he has been studying,
and ship for sailor again. He has
not passed the medical examination
yet, but, as he is not too old to en-
list and is of robust build he will I'M
dOubtedly be accepted.
1T is not easy TO find seamen here"
said Boatswain Pierce to a reporter
for The G | o e. "a seaman must
have been at sea and know everything
about a ship. The men who live in
these parts may do very we'll as ordi-
nary seamen, but not as seamen. The
difference is very great"
A number Of interesting incidents
occurred during the examinations
yesterday Two men presented them
selves for f1remen, and after passing
Engineer Denig they were turned
over to DR.. McClurg. The surgeon likes
to quiz the men, and he asked these