New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-27
ACTIVITY IN RECRUITING.
LAFAYETTE POST HAS TWO REGIMENTS
READY.
STATUS OF THE BANKERS AND BROKERS RDos-

STATUS OF THE BANKERS AND BROKERS' RDot-
MENT-LrTHUANIAN POLES TO VOLUNTEER
The call for 1900 additional volunteers has ~
vved the activity of the various recruiting stationA
Lafayette Post has already done effective work In
raising recruits and has contributed many men
TO both the Regular Army and the regiments or the
National Guard. Many Of the posts recruits went
to I'LL vacancies in the regiments OF the National
Guard left by who failed to pass the medical
examinations of the Army surgeons Despite the
men thus surrendered-more than two thousand
the post is able to furnish two regiments or fairy
drilled recruits at forty-elght hours notice, ana
General Daniel Butterheld has informed both
Governor Black and Adjutant- General Corbin, U.
S a.
Five hundred men already enrolled by the post
assembled al the armory at No l East Fourteenth
st last night in response 70 postal CARDS sent Out
by Colonel A. c. Mills. Colonel Mills formed the
the floor and addressed them. lie stated
that he had sent a communication 10 the Secretary
of War concerning the availability OF the men, ana
he expected a favorable reply soon. He advised tns
men not to be impatient He stated that the dis
satisfaction felt among the men should be aIlayed
Because others went first, II was no reason tha*
they should think they were TO be left behind
Every effort would be mace 10 get the men 10 'ns
front possible.
Lafayette Post has Furthermore enrolled aoou
hundred and City men 10 serve as engineers ~
case they are wanted. About two hundred men en-
rolled by the post have been mustered into the
Regular Army batteries at Fort Hancock and Fora
Hamilton. 40
More than one hundred men appeared at the 9th
Regiment Armory last night and were enrolled an
applicants for membership In the losth PROVISIONAL
Regiment The sending Of men from the loth I"
fill UP the vacancies in the 9Th at camp Town.
send due to the rejection by the Army sur
geons OF the old members. made some or the COM
mics in the lOsth very far below the quota
Among the men taken to fl the vacan-
cies In Company was T. A rrahco's' ="
No PA Sixth-ave Francois is an oid-ume inoi~n
hunter and frontiersman. and is crack sho' ine.s
some rivalry among the companies or tne I'm I'm
buckskin OUTFIT and old Colts as souvenirs TOT 'hs
regiments armory collection xn.
The Committee on Organization OF the bankerS
and Brokers Regimen, mas nor rasgt s now
that the President has issued can tor ,omorrnN
to discuss and settle the question. The circular
printed in yesterdays Tribune signed by
and FORMER Bankers and Broke
Homer that they join the hist Regiment. were
sent out in time to reash M the Wa Iy who has
been designated by Colonel Homer 20 receive av-
pc s doT a such members o. the
and Brokers Regiment as might enlst IN tne III.
viduals but would be assigned TO companies TO be
known Bankers and Brokers 'nsxsii ~
ing TO secure from the State military authorities
signment for duty in the field The list wouia %
mustered into the States service on Tuesday nght,
anmDsDies compossd Of former members Of the
BANKERS and Brokers Regiment General George
the filing ', Of Sew-York safes quota under tho
second call preference would be given 10 the Ma.
that the Wall street men who might enlist in tho
list would go TO the 'front.' netore ion ,o only the "a
men who had enrolled directly In the Bankers and
aRd n9' a bo ss GSs ~ hos
organizations the regiment recruited ny william
Astor eS ny nj Me- pane beyed
he thought. would have iitte or no difficulty in
men 70 each company is necessary before regi-
Mr. Daniel told Of one company Of 10 men from
New-Jersey. VINO had been recruited and drilled by
ready and anxious go to the war as members OF
the Hist. The regiment. too. would welcome as
members men no could meet the requirements for
admission but because OF personal reasons would
regiment. the Hist. might be formed with these
men mucous. and would do a real service TO
proportion OF the trained m!l'amen nad peen
Withdrawn from The protection O. the city FOR SER
II was learned Yesterday that organization OF
two hundred three hundred young men. who are
and who well up in tho theory and practice OF
Infantry drilI buy who are unable 10 obtain ne
war may enlist IN the list, with the understand
Ing that they shall be among those who are 70 re-
main In the city 10 occupy the armory ana 20 form
the home guard.
4 number Of native Poles and Iithuanians. now
American citizens. are arranging TO form q regi-
ment. which I. 10 be offered to Governor Black.
and Is be known the 'Polska Litowska
Gwardya.
Ex-members Of the old llth Regiment wishing 70
90 10 the front under one OF the old officers may
enlist at the Central Opera House sixty-seventh-
81 and Third ave. from 70 6.o'clock during the
day and from 7:30 $50 in the evening
Major Francis practically has everything in readi-
for the State authorities muster In his
hist Regiment Tuesday evening He said
last night, when seen At The list Regiment Armory.
that he ready FOR the mastering In ceremonies
any time
Al Fifth Brigade headquarters II was said that
no orders had been received, and none were
expected for a couple OF days. The official trans
fer papers Of James II Hutchinson late OF the
1th Regiment to the list Regiment received
Hutchinson. after the action Of The 7th. to
the list. and made a sergeant Of Company N.
This makes the third officer in Company NJ who
originally belonged To the 7th.