The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-21

The last lot Of recruits for the Thir-
teenth regiment will leave here for
Camp Alger via the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western road at o'clock
this morning. There will be two de-
tachments one Of 20 men for the First
battalion and one of 25 men for the
Second battalion. There will remain,
| however, to be furnished with trans
rortation TO camp three of four men
who have been given two extra days
| in which to arrange certain business
matters.
The First battalion detachment Of
| twenty men will include eleven who
| have enlisted as musicians Thomas
! Miles, who has been enlisted as band
| leader. has been until now a cornet
| player in Bauers band. He is a musi-
clan of considerable merit.
Following are the names of the
| Second battalion recruits: Thomas
| Davis, Eugene Watson. Richard Ly-
mott, John Ganun, William NIann,
| i Franklin Smith, Charles Deake, Will
| liam Staples. Gilbert Bailey, Louis Put
nam, John Sester. Claude Lester, Jo-
seph Ackerman. Michael Malta, James
| Nealon, Marshall Baskerville, Louis
Decker, Jacob Vacinus. Frank Lesch,
George Gary, Nelson Brakey, George
Heis, John Gilman, Howard Shannon,
| Orlando Custard.
RETURNS TODAY.
Captain Frank Robling, who has
| been recruiting men for Companies A,
| y, c and d, the First battalioA stated
| last night that he would return to
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| commissioned officers comprising his
recruiting detail. Captain r.. James
| McCausland, of Montrose who has had
| charge of the recruiting for the Second
battalion. Companies f., +, G and II,
says no time has been fixed for the
departure of his recruiting detail. He
will remain here with them until he
sets orders to return.
DR.. w. G.. Fulton, eX-major and sur
| gcon of the Thirteenth was engaged
in making the final physical eXamina-
| tion of recruits at the armory until
| 10 o'clock last night 1t was nearly
midnight before Captain McCausland
and his men finished the necessary
clerical work connected with the re-
cruiting.
When DR.. Fulton completed the eX-
animation he had examined 345 APP
plicants, approved Pas and rejected 100
The percentage rejected was %. and
about s per cent. less than in the ex-
aminations of recruits for the reGi.
ment before it left Mt. Gretna. These
figures show that the present lot OF
men are superior physically to the
first.
This is wholly due to the fact that
extreme care was used by the two
captains in approving applications
They have learned from the previou.
recruiting experience and from the
examinations made of the yes met
at camp just what imperfeCtions were
sufficient to disqualify.
1t is further true that the last lo
of recruits excel the first in moral,
and intelligence. The reason is founC
in the fact that the more recent re
cruiting has been systematic and no
hurried.
FOR REGULAR ARMY.
Eighteen men were recruited for tn,
regular army yesterday by Lieutenan
DoYtler. He will send a party Of thirt!
South in car attached to this noon
l215 Delaware, L.ackawanna and West
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twenty-five Of this party: Edward II
shea, John Higgins, Thomas J. FLYNN
John \. Cook. Godfrey Smith. Richart
j. Collins, John II. Davis, Martin Nj
Gallagher, Patrick j. Cannon. Thoma
McHalc, Thomas II. Fdmunds, Jane
T. Madigan, Michael L. Cullen. Franl
Civisedoskey, Stephen Wheeler, Charlie
Lampman, Joseph II. Kresge, John w
Wilson, Benson A. Barber, Edward j
Ryan, Martha Mccormick, Thomas +
Grer
Lieutenant Dentler said yesterday hi
work here would not he finished fO
possibly two weeks. He needed, h
. said, many more men. He was salts
fled with the quality Of recruits he wa
getting here and would not leave a
long as the supply Of good materia
, lasted.
, one source Of qualification to him, h
remarked, was the large number of an
plicents who have served in the rcgu
lar army and who were re-enlisting.