The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-03
RECRUITING
NEARLY ENDED,
BY Tomorrow Rhode Islands
Quota Under Second Call Will
Probably Be Completed.

While recruiting under the second call
for volunteers lie progressing steadily In
this city, 1t Is progressing very quietly
at both the stations At the North Main
street depot up to I O'Clock today, IA
men had been enrolled. while at the
Westminster street station nine men had
been taken up to the same time. The
men accepted so far are Of excellent char
acter. magnificent physique and good in
telligence. This is, OF course. gratifying
to the recruiting Ulcers and to the mill
tary authorities of the state.
When the steamer Squantum left her
wharf for Quonset Point this afternoon
she carried 36'new recruits, some Of them
having been enrolled after the boat left the
city yesterday afternoon. The second
almost completed, and there Is q proba-
biIity that the recruiting offices Will bs
closed tomorrow evening. The enlist
ments for Battery A, Light Artillery
aud for the Machine Gun Battery are
com ing in very satisfactorily, and In
few days both com mands will te on
complete war footing.
1t has been DECIDED tt at Providence
division, Naval Reserves. will drill dur
ing the summer at the toat house OF the
Reserves at the foot Of Peok street, Paw
tuxet and IL Is expected that under Gun
nsrs Mate Il. Merle Bixby. VINO Is in
COR mand as acting ensign, good work
vii be accomplished.
Iwo more men of the division went to
Newpert yesterday and passed tne sxami-
nation. The Providence men have Jared
very we'll indeed. Lieutenant EIswaid
has teen appointed acting lieutenant and
Is executive officer OF the C0rstsllation.
Lieu tenant Burroughs has been mads
ensign and given command OF the newly
formed engineer corps. Ensign TALBOT
has been confirmed In the rank and given
command OF the First Division, which
includes the Providence and East Prov
iaence divisions
The health OF the men at the Newport
Training station is, en- the whole, good,
alth ouch there are few more cases OF
scarlet fever. all. however. In a light
form. The boys ais teiIg separated into
squads as much as possible. Some have
teen moved into the marine barracks,
whers there are now but few men, and
an endesvor IN being made to put the
boys into camp. The RESERVES are doing
plenty OF hard work although they are
not yet down to regular working basis
Work al Quonsst.
The men now ut Quonsst Point num-
bering already about 500, are working
hard to acquire the training necessary
before they are sent to swell the ranks of
the Rhode Island rRimont, now ut Camp
AlRer, and while tEe weather has been
far from desirable. the volunteers manage
TO be cheerful Capt Lythgoe Of Company
G. Second Regiment, Pawtucket. ana
Capt. Csllsn of Company q, Second Regi-
ment Bristol. are today drilling the re-
cruits la the marching movements.
These officers are assisted by two CT three
non .com IL issoned Ulcers.
The recruits have been divided into
provisional companies, with about so men
TO each company, and as fast as men ar
rive more companies are formej. Ihe
CON panies have besn equipped so far
with tlousss, iseRings and campaign
hats WI ich will be worn until the men
are mustered iato ths United States SER
vice, after which the regulsr United
states army rriforT viil leo o..
There Is reason to believe that the sur
geons who Will conuuos tho l.s a,,aI ex-
nminatiors Of ire men In camp Will to..
m erce work by tomorrow, anu then will
cone tie mastering IN.
H. Is prcbatle that about 30 men will
he sent To camp, and tbs will leave a
marRin OF those VINO are REJECTED. The