The Springfield herald., 1898-06-17
COLORADO RECRUITS.
AchANcEFoR THREE HUNDRED
Omcers to Return to Colorado From San
Franoisco to Enlist the Additional
Mon.

Denver, June ia special from San
Francisco to the Republican says:
Any man at home who desires to cast
his fortunes with the First Colorado
infantry will be given an opportunity
to do SO. In accordance with decis'
lon of the secretary of war, the volun
teer regiments at Camp Merritt are au-
thorized to fill in, II they desire to do
so, from eighty-four men in each COM
pany up to JOG, the quota allowed the
regulars In order to reach this maxi
mum strength the First Colorado in
fantry has room for 3O1 recruits, 100 In
the first battalion, 101 in the second,
and 100 In the third.
When Colonel Hale found that he
would be allowed to increase the
strength of his command he called up
en- the commissioned officers for volun-
teers to return to Colorado for n short
time and recruit. In consequence the
following have been chosen to leave
for the points named as soon as pOsss,-
BILE: Lieutenant w. b. Bedell of com
pany @, representing the First battnl-
ion, goes to Pueblo; Captain d. T..
Howard Of company G, representing
the Second battalion. goes to Cripple
Creek; Captain f. NJ. Carroll of com
pally d. TepFeseutluS lue 1Hllu ph'
talon, goes to Denver.
Each of these recruiting officers will
take with him four enlisted men in or
der to assist in clerical duties and 9th
erwise to facilitate the work attendant
upon the recruiting Of SO large mum
ber of men. The recruiting officers
with the enlisted men and new recruits
will take passage with u subsequent
expedition.
Major Clayton Parkhill expects 10
leave tomorrow morning for his new
post of duty at Chickamauga Park,
Georgia. The regulations of the quar-
termaster's department will not allow
him to visit Denver, the transportation
furnished being by way of Los AnSe-
les and New Orleans. The members of
the medical and hospital corps of the
Colorado volunteers, and, in addition,
all the other officers and enlisted men
of the regiment, are n unit in deploring
the loss of Major Parkhill through his
promotion to division headquarters al
Chickamauga. On his part the major
feels that in leaving the Colorado rcgi-
ment he is leaving thousand personal
friends with whom it would have been
the greatest pleasure to campaign.
1t is now definitely known that of the
T95 men to be furnished under the call
about 300 will be used TO fill up the
First regiment to the regulation num-
ber, and the balance will be organized
Into a battalion with n major in COM
mand. This Is not relished by Tie
young men who purpose enlisting.
They claim that inasmuch as the state
has been called upon to furnish its
quota Of troops 1t is unfair that 1t
should be required to send these men
to the field under field officers from an
other state. The efforts to secure Il
change in the orders have been un-
availing SO far, and from present ap-
pearances no change will be made.
Two regiments could be raised In II
week in Colorado If 1t were thought
best to call for them, but as the case
stands now, there has been consider
able of damper put upon the enthu-
siasm Of a number Of men who hoped
to secure commissions.
T. Waln-MOrgan Draper, who is rails
ing company for the Second regiment
United States volunteer engineers, said
yesterday afternoon that he had Sc
cured seventy -first-class mechanics for
his company, and from the number of
applications he had received he had
little doubt that the company would be
filed to-day. He has telegraphed the
War Department requesting permission
to organize a second company In Den
yer. 1t is expected that the western
battalion of the regiment will be SEM
to the Philippines, and that even If the
war should close soon, the engineers
will be kept in the service in building
Notifications in the territory that the
country may secure by conquest.