The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-07
BEGAN RIGHT AWAY
VIM. Love Joined Volunteers
to Fight.
NOT SPANIARDS ALONE
Twenty-Five CoIored Men
Have Enlisted.

recruiting Office for cfle negro bauaAOnS
that are 10 bs raised under the second
call. They were assisted by Dr. Harrison,
a colored physician Of this city, who acted
as medical examiner. A crowd Of colored
men were in waiting when the doors
opened, and the work was begun at once.
William Green. The well known porter at
McNeal's barber shop. was the first man
accepted, and he is very happy over rhe
fact that he IS going % be real soldier.
William Love was another OF the early
ones accepted, and he evidently could not
wait until he reached Cuba TO begin fight
ms 50 as soon as he left the room al
enlisted soldier, he went out hunting for
Henry Els. It seems that he and Ellis
nave had a .grudge against one another
for some time. Love, knowing he would
soon leave and having a doubt as to his
returning, thought it best to have il out
at once. He had his fighting clothes on
and found his man down by the Man
haitian. Without giving the usual twenty
four hours notice Of bombardment, he be-
gan smoothing out his enemy with neat
ness and dispatch. What the outcome
would have been is not known, as the
mighty arm Of the law collared them both
and marched them to the city prison. OF
course, the city has no jurisdiction over
Love, he being a regularly enlisted vol
unteer, but they kept him in custody
while to let him cool off before releasing
him.
Up to closing hours last night twenty
nine men had been accepted and four re-
jected. This is considered a very small
percentage of reflections and the examiner
said that most Of the men were fine spec
linens of physical manhood. Every one
could write his name without trouble and
some are known to have good educations.
On the whole, it is as good a set of coli
ored men as could be gathered together
in the state. Lieutenant Hudson left last
night for Wellington, where he will recruit
and w. A. Belts went TO Winfield and
Arkansas City for recruits. Those who
are enlisted a these two places will join
with the Wichita volunteers and form a
full company. 1t is expected to swell the
number from this town 10 fifty or sixty,
as a number who are DESTROYS of going
are now in the harvest fields and will DE
here today or tomorrow.
Mr. Gish will remain in the city until
Friday and receive men at the rooms in
the city building. Friday the local men,
together with those from surrounding
towns will leave over the Santa Fe and
Rock Island for Topeka, where they will
go into Camp Leedy.
Lieutenant Hudson is member of COM
pany H. Twenty Kansas volun-
teer infantry, and is a very competent
officer He enlisted from FredOnia and is
a graduate of Marmaduke Military acad-
envy. He has been enlisting at several
other points over the state with good sue
cess. At Lawrence he got sixty, at Leav-
enworth seventy-two, at Fort Scott and
Paola sixtythree. He expects to go back
to his regiment the first of next week.
Speaking of the war, he thought it was
lust beginning and that the hardest bat
ties were yet to come. He realized that
It was an affair that nothing definite could
be figured on, except the ultimate victory
Of the United States. He said that Spain
would not quit and our country could not
leave the struggle now that it was al
vanced so far. He believed that anoeher
call would be made within short time
and that most of the soldiers now at
Chiclamauga and Camp Alger would be
called TO the front. Their places at these
posts would be taken by the new recruits
who would be seasoned and put in good
shane for later service.
Ivagounaster Gish held about the same
oninions on the general outlook, and tur-
cher stated that prior TO coming OUT mere
ne had been IN Washington, Wnere ne
talked with several of the higher army
oficials and public men, and that the
universal opinion of these men was thar
we would have a long drawn out war.
The following is list OF the men 7c-
cepted yesterday:
William Green. Napoleon Staines,
Henry Holmes, Charley Herring
Peter c .DanfOrth, William II. stan
Iobn p. Anderson, Walter II. Howard,
. p Stewart. Henry Sneairls,
Henry Bray,ion, Henry Brahsoh
William NJ. Love, James Brown
Frank H. Ray, Albert Drane,
Henry Bvnum, B. NJ. Perry,
Richard Finch, James II. Gage
William X. Arnold. Wallace Bernal,
]. Waiter Thompson. Richard Berry,
". \. Bstcis, Henry Robinson,
: ". Jones. David Chmne,n.
The candidates for official positions in
the company are working hard % get
majority OF the company from this city,
50 that they can carry the company cleo
ton. sam Jones Is the only candidate for
captain and VIII be elected. He is We'll
educated. and IS capable Of handling a
body Of men as well as any officer In the
co.0red ranks. There are two after the
position OF first lieutenant. ". \ Belts
IS the leading one, while Giles Anderson
vii make a FRY for ?, and viii be support
ed by number Of his friends. Belts IS
a well known Colored politician and jour
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