The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-18

WENT TO CAMP ALGER YEsTER-
DAY.
Captain Robling is Of the opinion
that when his side Of the story is
known there viii be less Of n DISPOSE
tiOn to find fault with the provisions
made for the sixty-six recruits who
left here a few days ago for Camp
Algcr To begin with. Sergeant de
PasChalis personally saw to it that
every recruit got good substantial
breakfast Of steak. potatoes. bread
and coffee before leaving and a basket
containing 1872 sandwiches. two for
every man, was put i'm the car in
charge OF the recruit who had been
detailed to act as convoy
After the journey was begun the
basket of sandwiches was not guarded
so that each man would get his pro
rata, and as a consequence some men
got six and others got none. II the
supply Of water in the car was eX-
haustcd carly, that was the fault Of
the railroad company The officers say
they did all for the recruits that the
government allows
The recruits who left yesterday
morning are: William u. Williams.
Robert Hewitt, Charles II. Constan-
tine. Louis a. Huguenin. John T.
Thomas. William w. BeddUe. Charles
f.. AtWatcr, Reese Jones, Fred j. Phil
lips, Evan ZaChiar, William J. Bur
Chell. John Phillips, Percy II. Johnson,
Richard Davis. Lemucl Phillips, Syl-
vester Deitrick, a. j.. Meredith, Ed
ward j. O'Bricn, Morgan Powell,
Charles T.. KetChcm, Louis d. jaime,
llson II. Maritime. Frederick Brooks,
Thomas J. Avery. William a. Kenney,
Claude f. Blessing. Joseph Z. Barney.
Carl r. Ramps, Fred. w. Knapp and
Thomas j. Cronk.
OTHERS LEAVE TO-DAY.
Another squad of recruits will so to
! Camp Alger from here on the o'clock
| train this morning. They are as fol-
| lows: i. NJ. Nealon and L. =. Rich
| ardsun. of Hawley; Samuel Richards
| 1888 North Washington avenue; Mel
vim Walter, Factoryville; Carl j. Frank,
| Sli Marion street; Charles Ketchum,
| William Kenney, Scott Ward. John
| Smith and Percy Barnes, all of Hall
| stead; Frank O'Neill. of Susquehanna ;
| William q. Bees. Joseph Raine Robert
| Lloyd, David stevenson, John r. Ly-
| ons and Thomas l.. Davis, of Scran-
ton: and the following nineteen mem
| bers of the Hallstead band: NJ. $.
| Lamb w. II. McCreary, Alfred Tpde-
grove, +. II. Tenney. William Rein
hart. \. II. Chichester. W. \. Chiches-
ter, William Staples, j. Fred. Barnes,
Austin Staples, William Gruslin, w. F.
| Simrell, T. j. Gruslin, Fred. w. Knapp,
Burt L. Decker, Alfred Rice, G. NJ.
Bailey, l.. l.. Putnam and Andrew
| Hayes.
The band arrived here on the milk
| train at $50 yesterday afternoon, went
to the armory. and recruited with Cap
tain McCausland. They will he known
as the Thirteenth regimental band
when they get to camp. The members
are sturdy young railroadors and they
are bubbling over with enthusiasm.
They serenaded Captain McCausland
last evening at the Jermyn.
Recruits NealOn and Richardson. of
| Hawley, are members of the Young
Mems Institute and they were enter
tanned last night by John Boyle
| O'Reilly council.
Lieutenant Dcntler, Of the regular
| army, is Gratified over the number of
| young men who are onlistinG with him.
| TWenty-four went away on the 12.55
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
train yesterday to Fort Mcpherson
During the day nine recruits were mus
tered. AS soon as he has twenty OF
twenty-five recruited again he will
send them to the front.
FOR PORTO RICO.
The corps to which Lieutenant Dent
Ter belongs and To which all who en-
list with him are assigned will he
moved to Porto Rico within the next
two weeks. The probability is that the
recruiting office will be abandoned by
him here in another week. Those who
went away yesterday were in charge
Of Benjamin Doll, who until recently
was employed by the Scranton Rail.
way company.
They were as follows: George Short
Scranton; William W. Burgess, Scran.
ton: Patrick Dempsey, Dunmore; vii.
liam j. McHale, Pittston; William Il
Williams, Olyphant; George \. Trent
Pole Green, Virginia; Thomas G. King
Minooka: Evan \. Paul, Freeland: Ira
Fctterman, Scranton; Michael l.. Joyce
Minooka: James r. Moyles, DunmOre
Harry Foy. Scranton; Michael p. Rut
ledge, Oiyphant; Lincoln q. Anderson
! Allentown; Thomas Alexander, II
Watkins street; John Joseph Fisher
Scranton; James V. Purcell, Scranton
Edward Mcclure, Scranton; BENJAMIN
Doll, Scranton; William ]. Carroll
Scranton; James Fl. Powell, Scranton
Edward Gerrity, Scranton; William NJ
Grose, Scranton; Peter Mahon Greel
! Ridge
Those who We're recruited yesterda,
We're as follows: Thomas Duffy, Rich
ard J. Collins, Patrick CosgroNe o, Franl
Gwisedosky, John Higgins, Edward u