The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-18
SECOND BATTALION FULL
RECRUITS COME FROM vARI-
GUS TOWNS IN THE STATE

They Slept Last Night at the Armory
and They VIII BE Examined NV
the Surgeons Today-It Is Prob
able They VIII Start for the
South Tomorrow Night-More to
Come Next Week.
MAJ. Bidwell. commanding the Second
battalion Of the Fourteenth regiment.
arrived In the city yesterday from
Duluth with a squad Of thirty recruits,
secured In the Zenith City, to assist in
making up the 300 men required to
bring his regiment up to the full COM
plement.
Ills men were marched to the state
csspitol building, where they remained
until late in the afternoon, when or
ders were given for them to move to
the armory building, where they found
ra1rly comfortable quarters for the
night. Blankets were furnished them.
Durlng the day the squad was rein
rorced by company of tWenty-three
men from Anoka, under the command
OF PRIVATE John H. Cook, Of Company
3, and later another company came
IN from Long Prairie. commanded by
IL.
During the forenoon Private Van
Praag, OF Company e, Of Merriam
Park. opened up a recruiting office in
the capitol for the Merriam Park com
pany. Before noon the 100 men neces-
sary for the Second battalion was Sc
cured.
It was the intention of Maj. Bidwell
When ne arrived in the city yesterday
morning, to proceed Immediately with
the examination of recruits, but DR..
Hesseigrave, the examining surgeon,
Gid not arrive on the scene until la tie
IN the afternoon, when 1t was decided
to postpone the examinations until 8
a. m. today, at the Armory. Maj. Bid
well hopes to be able to leave for the
SCUM oy tomorrow night with his men.
capt. Eva, of Duluth, and Lieut.. Ern-
stad of Zumbrota, the recruiting off,
GERS for the First and Third battalion.
are working Independently Capt. Eva
will not be in st. Paul before next
Tuesday, as he has yet to go to Crook
ston. Lieut.. Ernstad Is expected in St.
Paul some time Monday with his Third
battalion men.
The troops will be equipped when
they reach Chickamauga, except that
they will be fitted with brown overalls
and leggins, so far as they will go
around here.
The officers Of the Twelfth regiment
are still busy in the southern part Of
the state, with the companies in Col.
'McCoy's command.
Capt. Gallien, Of Winona; Lieut.,
Frank Rensberger, Of Winonassand
Lieut.. O. H. Day, Of Albert Lea, will
bring the recruits from their towns to
st. Paul on Wednesday in company
With those from other towns in SOUTH
ern Minnesota. In all there will be
about ESQ men in the three battalions
represented. as only one st. Paul COM
pany Is to be recruited for, that being
Company L. the Sons Of Veterans vol.
unteer company.
1t 1s not improbable that Sergeant
Gregg. of this company, may be detail
ed to open a recruiting office for this
company to enable the immediate
transport of the troops as they reach
st. Paul, There are a score or more
men waiting for chance to enroll their
The Examination to which the men
Will be subjected today Is not near as
rigid as that in vogue In the regular
army. Chest development is one OF the
most important requisites. Unless the
applicant can expand two and one-half
inches and over he is rejected.
The members of Maj. Bidwells detail
handed in their lists of men yester-
day, and Surgeon Hesselgrave will ex-
poets to complete the work some time
tonight.
Lieut.. Caswell, of Long Prairie, spent
part of the afternoon in company with
Maj. .Bfdwell. He secured leave of
absence for two weeks, on pressing
business. He expects to accompany
Maj. BidweH when he returns.
Maj. Bidwell reports that his health
has been excellent as well as nearly
every man in the regiment
"The cry Of short rations and Door
food Is no longer heard" said the ma
jor, "and the boys are all happy as
POSSIBLE under the circumstances. The
Fourteenth boys are camped about
mile and a half from the Twelfth"
Maj. Bidwell says the Fourteenth
boys set great store by the band which
was recruited from the regiment by
Leader Dillery, an old regular army
band man from Smelling. The band
numbers fourteen pieces and more than
holds It's own with some Of the bands
OF regiments from other states
Maj. Bidwell further stated that
when he left Chickamauga on Satur-
day last, the regiment was under Or
ders to move on days notice. The
boys were in great hopes of being sent
improbable that they might have their
wish acceeded to.
The Fourteenth was attracting much
attention at the camp, as 1t was one
of the best drilled regiments on the
grounds.
The suffers around the camp took
advantage Of the soldiers by charging
wartime prices for everything from q
cake Of soap to tapioca pudding
Cakes were fifty cents piece, such as
could be purchased in st. Paul for ten
and fifteen cents, and cookies were sold
four for five cents. AS consequence
most Of the boys were broke. However
neither officers or men had any COM
plant, as the food was wholesome and
Of high grade. At the end Of every
month the regiment wss credited with
a surplus which was sold to the suffers,
the money being divided among the
The government was liberal
in supplying it's soldiers with rations.
TO LOOK AFTER SOLDIERS.