The evening times., 1898-05-26

New York, May 26.-President McKin-
aey's second call for volunteers produced
a commotion among the partly formed
provisional regiments of the National
Guard and the numerous outside recruit
ing bureaus IN this city yesterday. So ut
tie time had elapsed since the original
regiments left their armories for the field
that not one OF the new organizations
was ready to respond at once but each Of
them has been aroused to sudden activity
and promises of full ranks within week
were to be heard in every quarter last
night.
II was realized that Of the 1900 volun-
teers asked for. New York States quota
would require only seven or possibly
eight regiments. Organizations like the
Seventh and the Twenty-third. of this
city, and the Seventy-fourth Regiment, OF
Buffalo, and separate companies which
were omitted from the first order may
now be given an opportunity to go to the
front, thus diminishing the chances Of the
new regiments to see service. As there
are eight provisional regiments in Great
er New York partly formed, and half
dozen organizations. like the Lafayette
Post. Old Guard, Tammany and Wall
Street regiments, all clamoring for rec
ognition. 1t is probable that there viii be
a race for the honor OF being selected.
OF the provisional regiments. the Sew
enty-first is considered by military men
to be In the best shape. 1t has nearly 500
men sworn in, divided into eight compa-
mics. under competent officers. They have
been drilling nightly since the Seventy
nrSt vacated ifs a nd IaJ ~
cession out of the State
IN addition to the 500 men enrolled. an
arrangement was made two days ago to
take In as many of the men enlisted in
the Wall Street Regiment as were will
Ing and were capable of passing the phys
1cal examination. 1t was expected that
Soo men would be gained from this source.
ana ntty more from one Of the separate
companies up the State were counted up-
on.
The plan of absorbing the Wall Street
Regiment was made before the announce
ment of the second call for troops
Whether the committee in charge of the
Brokers Regiment will permit the Wall
Street boys to lose their identity will be
determined today.
Major A T. Francis. who is In charge
OF the recruiting of the Hist Regiment.
and who probably will be its colonel.
said last night that he expected the Wall
Street men would be in his organization,
and that he would be ready to have the
regiment mustered in next Tuesday night
He added:
We have been very careful in the Sc
lection of the men already sworn in, and
our new regiment will be a credit to the
original Seventy-frst."
OF the other regiments, the 1e9th has
about 500 men. and the 10Sth, 1O9th and
1l2th about 400 each. These regiments.
particularly the 109th and 112th. were
filled up once. but their ranks have been
thfnned by the extraordinary demand for
men to fill the places Of men rejected by
the surgeons at the State camps
Lafayette Post presented Brig. Gen
Butt with two full regiments, officers in
ciuded. for the 109th, and 112th.
after sending about 400 men each to the
Ninth and Twelfth regiments and weed
ing out the men who would not pass
muster these provisional regiments were
considerably diminished. Then the mem
pers OF the original regiments who were
rejected at Peekskill were taken in to
swell the rolls, and the officers furnished
by Lafayette Post were crowded out to
make room for former members of the
regiments. The result is that these two
regiments will need to do a great deal of
recruiting before they are in shape to be
offered for the regular service.
The lO9th at one time had 500 men on its
rolls. but although active recruiting has
been going on at the armory. the re-
peated drafts to replace men in the field
have reduced the number of available men
In the regiment below 500. The 10Sth has
even fewer men.
No start at all has been made toward
the 122d Regiment. The Twenty
second was ordered out after the Thir-
teenth had been disbanded, and the only
done at its armory has been to
fill the slight gaps in its ranks made by
the Army surgeons.
The Seventh New York.
New York, May 26.-To every man in
the Seventh Regiment the Presidents
call for seventy-five thousand volunteers
yesterday brought a thrill of hope. The
news that perhaps they would have
chance to go to the front in spite of the
recent misunderstanding was balm to feel
ings that have been deeply wounded and
tempers that have been sorely tried. For
a month they have stood shoulder to
shoulder with loyalty that WINGED un-
der the lash of public criticism, yet never
never permitted a ''squeal"
"Our regiment. right or wrong" was the
motto. Is another chance in sight?
Realization of error has come to the
men. The logic of events has convinced
them that. even IL their action was the
outcome of justifable caution in view of
the interest involved, yet dangers which
they feared have not materialized There
Is feeling of regret now at the stand
they took.
Persons who have come in contact with
Seventh Regiment men know the intense
loyalty to the organization that inspires
them and will understand that 1t would
be idle TO expect any of the members to
confess the change of attitude to an OUT
sider. But 1t is there.
On the word of a man who knows the
regiment by long association and MEM
bership. 1t ran be stated that the Sew
enth only awaits the word. II the enlist
ment proposition were put to the men to-
night in exactly the same words as be-
fore the response would be as overwhelm- |
ngly Yes" as 1t was mo"
There are two reasons for this Sweep |
Ing Change As everybody knows. the
regiment was actuated In its decision by |
lear that the organization would be dis
-upted If the members volunteered as in |
1ivfduals. They delayed twenty-fohr /
1ours to endeavor to get assurances that |
slch would not be the result Their |
Efforts were vain, and the uncertainty |
urned the scale. Unanimously, almost, |
they voted in the negative, and have
stood valiantly by their guns ever since,
expecting to see their stand justified by |
he scattering Of other regiments that |
had sprung into line at the governors /
word
But the expected disintegratio tons did /
lot occur. The Seventy-f1rst went to /
camp Black recruited to its full strength. /
md moved gayly southwark with its own /
'mcers and Its own number to designate
I. Then followed the Fourteenth, the L