New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-28
RECRUITS FOR THE AsTOR BATTERY.
STURDY LOT or MIN. ANXIOUS TO ENLIST. RE
PORT FoR SERVICE

Tho recruiting station opened yesterday Al No.
Is West Thirty ,ourth-st 70 enls, men 70 man tho
mountain battery TO be equipped by John Jacob
Aston MAS filed with applicants tho moment the
door. Of tho building w.rs opened. and MI day
long A stream 81 poured Into the room. sub
United to the usual oral examination as TO nativity.
age and so on and were either Informed they would
not do or enrolled as NJ candidates FOR a
further examination. Abort tire hundred m~n
were enrolled in the course Of tho day. Every ono
Of these received a cnrd 10 present NJ the recruit
INK station Of the Regular Army. a, No. q Third
ave whore they will have 70 pass rigid physi-
cal examination AZ the hands OF tho surgeons u tho
Army The applicants included many college men.
Lieutenant Peyton g. March, Of the sth United
States Artillery who IL 20 command tho battery
with the rank % captain. was present AT tho re-
cru!ting station
As soon Lieutenant March saw the crowd
and realized that there were many more men than
he wanted for the Aston battery re resortef 20 ex-
pedents 70 get rid 81 the surplus. He made =
speech IN which ne said: This If going 20 be a
battery Of the Regular Army II has nothing TO DO
with the volunteers whatever. You must enlist
for three years and II get into this battery you
will 20 70 tho Philippines. FOR We have received
orders this morning that Will take us there II
Won do not succeed IN getting into this battery
YOU will he assigned some other battery ~ the
Regular Army II there's any man here who
thinks the work Of this battery IL going 10 b" a
SNAP ne had better get rid OF That notion al once
Despite the ieuienant's good Intentions the ardor
OF the crowd not appreciahly ahated
one Of the frs, to enroll was H. G. Nelson. cap
tain Of CorneIs lacrosse team in 1893 and mem
her Of the Now York Athletic Club Another
early conner " T. HIS VINO played on the
football team % Hobart College few years hgo
Another football man was g. j smith, foTm.f,y
q, mo University q Wisconsin. Louis Won kasch
formerly an artilleryman In the German Army
II Courtney Brown OF the NewYork Athletic
club. and r. J. Hayden. professional swimmer.
were among the applicants MANY or nose VINO
appled were ineligible By reason Of having passed
III. age limit Of thirty-nvc. and others were not
citizcns or could not answer satisfactorily the
questions about having people dependent upon
Them fo- support q question that does not trouble
Inc volunteer but is asked only Of the applicant
men Will bc taken for the Astor battery. and many
more than that number were enrolled Yesterday nut
as only a certain percentage VIII pass the Army
surgeons the Recruiting oflce IN Astor Court Will
be omen again this morning.
Ile,,tenant March SAID EFFORT would be made
10 get the men IN shape 50 that they could leave
here by next Tucfday nt the latest IN" battery
VIII 20 direct t. san Francisco. where j. VIII en-
bark FOR the Philippines with the expedition mat
e. ~ eail on June Is 40 effort will be made 10 fr
tho men until they leave san FRANCISCO beoaus.
the time Is not sufficient. go
Those who pass the physical examination VIII
be told 10 report next Monday at No. 8. broadway.
where the battery IL TO be gotten In shape for its
tourney westward
an artillery battery. and when the FIRST call FOR
,roous me he expect ed 10 enlist He was greatly
-appointed that the artillery were not called FOR
When the second call came he thought his chance
had come. aud yesterday he went 10 tho Aston
Unfortunately he few years over the age
limit and he could not be accepted.