The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-30
Lafayette Has % Re-
cruitiDg Stations.
u IN GREATER NEW YORK
Three Regiments 10 Be Raised,
Armed and Equipped.
BUSINESS MEN RUSHING WORK

NEW YORK, April 80. Especial. LA
eayette post q. A. r., Is certainly taking
the palm from all other New York organ
izations engaged in recruiting troops for
the war against Spain. 1t has 80 stations
In all, 20 In the Greater New York and
soyen in other parts of this state, and Is
pushing the good work along with charac-
teristio vim and energy.
The headquarters of the post are on the
tenth floor Of the big insurance ofiice az
ESQ Broadway. A recruiting Office Is also
maintained there, four rooms being occu-
pied together. One OF these roons Is set
apart for recruiting purposes. one for gen.
eral business, so to speak, and two for the
use of typewriters. and clerks, of whom
there are perhaps q score, all working
away for dear life from carly morning till
evening every day. They are no buster,
however, than the clerks In the recruiting
Office, where long line OF men, most Of
them ablebodied, clear eyed and physical
ly "flt," IS constantly waiting while It's
members sign the rolls Of the post as vol
untocrs.
Rushing Things For Sure.
Every day at 4 o'clock the executive
COMMITTEES, composed of solid business
men and veterans who know how powder
smells, to a man, meets in the business
room to discuss the work and provide the
ways and means.
ssWays and means with Lafayette post,
By tho way, Is term OF some significance,
FOR not only Is It the intention TO raise at
least threo rsgiments, one whole brigade,
but also to uniform and equip the VOL
unteers completely In the best style that
money can afford.
This last makes the work now being
carried ON hy Lafayette post Of great value,
and 10 could not be accomplished, OF
course, were not It's comrades mostly mon
Of solid substances. IL Is probable, though
am not sure, that lafayette Is the rich
est Grand Army post In the country. and
its membership past and present includes
an unusual number Of men who are known
the length and breadth of the land
Among them are Captain Zalineki, now
q member Of the regular army, tho fame
ofwhoso dynamite gun has carried his
name all over tho world as well ~ from
ocean to ocean In this country; General
A. w. Greedy, tho ayctic explorer. whose
suffWings and heroism In the frozen north
cannot we'll be discounted by the expert
enocS Of any ono on the battlefield; Gen.
ernI Daniel Buttsrfieid, present command
er Of tho post; Colonel Chauncey N. De-
pew, who was all ready to fight. but
oouldn't get the chance; Joel b. Ehrhardt.
equally we'll known in politics and war;
Riohard w. Glider, editor Of The Century
Magazine; Charles b. Hall, the steel en-
: Graver, whose collection of war portraits
and rare publications IL not exceeded by
anything Of tho sort in existence; George
4. Kilmex, whose writings on the civil
war have made him well known wherever
newspapers and magazines are read; Gen.
erAl Roy Stone and scores Of others now
living well worth mention, while the roll
Of the mustered out" is scarcely . less
notable one.
zhorsugh Work OF the Post.
Unlike some Of the organizations that
arc gathering recruits, Lafayette post pur-
poses handing over to the government
only mon who are known to be physically
capable. of enduring the rieors OF life In
camp and In the fold, and to this end the
post surgeon, the past post surgeon and .
corps q assistants duly appointed will give
all the most thorough physical examina-
tion. rejecting those who cannot stand the
test.
The past work Of the post, like that
whioh it u now carrying on, has always
beor1. conducted In the most thorough man.
nor, and no doubt its efforts have had
much 10 do with the maintenance Of pa
triotio feeling generally and the implant-
ing Of the same among the young.
Il was Lafayette post that began the
practice Of presenting large and handsome
6ags to schools and colleges In various
parts of the country, many thousands OF
dollars having been expended in this way
The most expensive Of these presentations
49, A. -. l<x<s a
scheduled for nm early date, whom bronze
flaestafT, pedestal and Gag. already nearly
finished and costing $4,000, are to be pro-
eented 10 Columbia university.
Il was Lafay yette, too, that gave the
largest q. A. H. post contribution TO the
Grant monument fund, besides which
many Of its members contributed most lib
,raiIy ss individuals, and, while u. s.
Grant post had the right Of line at the
Grant funeral, Lafayette was selected as
special escort for the body of General w.
=. Sherman when that grim and loyal old
warrior was laid 70 rest.
scenes ~ Recruiting Stations.
Perhaps the "hottcst" recruiting sta
don Of Lafayette post is located at the
Mills hotel. where Citizen George Francis
Train holds forth. but there's excitement
o-plenty at all of them.
One Of tho most stirring incidents yes-
terday was afforded by broad and sturdy
German. Who spoke his EDgIiah with .
strong Rhenish accent and called at the
head Of , squad OF - mon, all Of whom,
be said, wsre well drilled veterans OF the
fntberlsnd's army. They had intended TO
Join = segimcnt recruiting on the east
side oomposed almost exclusively of Ger
kxsx&
Aad applied after the regiment was full,