The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-20
ONLY one PLACE TO FILL
MAI. BIDWELL SECURES ALL
RECRUITS NEEDED
some Little Delay Is Necessitated
by the Fact That One of the Re-
cruffs Is Under Twenty-One, and
His Enlistment Must he Sc
cured.

Sunday was not observed with re-
Hgious services at the armory, and it
was anything but a day Of rest. In
stead, Maj. Bidwell and his corps of
assistants were busily engaged from
early morning until late in the after
neon mastering in the remaining re-
cruits that had rendered their services
and had been accepted as physically
mt to become members of Companies B,
G, e and K, of the Fourteenth Min
nesOta volunteers.
When the recruiting office opened in
the morning, eight men were needed to
make up the 100 wanted to fill the
ranks Of Maj. Bidwells battalion. A
number of applications were on file, and
from these eight were selected and ex-
amined by DR.. Hesselgrave and pro-
nounced fit for military duty
When this work had been concluded,
the eight men, together with thirty one
of the thirty-two accepted Saturday,
were lined up at attention" before
Maj. Bidwell and mustered in the serv-
ice. Thirty-nine men in all were mus
tered in. making SO Of the 100
wanted. The hundredth man has been
accepted. but was under the age limit
and was obliged to wire to his parents
for their consent to his going to the
front He will probably be mustered
in today.
The thirty-nine men mustered in yes
terday were:
Albert Weevs, Brownsville Ernest W. Fish
er. Staples; William j. Sarasian, Twining,
Mich; Frederick Dickman Long Prairie;
Perry Filth. ,Swanville: John M. simmons
JUS Helmstetter Oak HILL Edward S. Kuhn,
St. Paul; Charles A. Corse. Hewitt; Ernest
L; seiger. st. Paul; Bert H. Curtis, Staples;
Campbell Jr. Culdrum; julius Kosta. Long
Prairie; Charles Curtis. Birch Lake; Albert j.
DAILY, Minneapolis; c. A. Gibson, St. Paul.
Custer Mcclellan. St. Paul; George A. Herbst
Deigers, st. Paul; Thomas B. Balch. Dur
and. Wis; James R. Newton, South Park
Robert S. Myers, Park Rapids: Ludwig W.
William Warden, Paulina, To-; Arthur H.
Powers, Oak Hill; Herman W. mining, Long
Prairie; Otto Geotza, Minneapolis; oliver NJ.
Reen. st. Paul; Lorenzo D. Frazier, Park
Rapids; Joseph Smith. St. Paul; Herbert A.
Metz St. Paul; Charles G. Gamble, St. Paul
Joseph H. White. Richview, ILL.,; Abraham B..
s st. Paul: Fred o. Bowel. Anoka; Will
lam 81: Rosenberg. Beauclaire, s. D.; Charles
RudloI. Mankato; Lewis A. Peterson, Mer-
Ram Park; Elmer E. Dayton. Coon Creek.
Maj Bidwell and his men were not
alone in their labors, for all day long
| small squads of recruits were on the
main floor of the armory in charge
of more experienced men learning the
rudiments of drill work
Today will be devoted entirely to
drilling the recruits, and tonight the
start for Chickamauga will be made
Maj. Bidwell said yesterday that he
had not been officially notified as to
what route he would take, but that he
believed that he would leave st. Paul
over the Wisconsin Central In the
event that he is correct, the men will
be lined up at the armory at o'clock
and will march to the union depot and
aboard special cars that will be pro-
vided for them on the 7:45 o'clock
| train.
Capt. Eva. of Company A, Duluth,
and his assistants, who have been in
Duluth for several days recruiting for
the Fourteenth, are expected in St.
Paul today with the men that have
been procured in the northern part of
the state. Capt Eva is recruiting for
Company A. of Duluth; Company 1, of
St. Paul; Company M, of Princeton,
and Company F, of Fergus Falls. A
| number more men are needed, and an
office will be opened here tomorrow
morning for the purpose of procuring
them. s7.. ;v.4ap