The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-26

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cations and takes no account of its cav
airy organizations.
Maryland.
Baltimore, April 2e.-The concentration
/ OF the Maryland militia at Pimlico hal
begun, and $500 troops, composing tn,
First Brigade. are under canvas Tn,
I first command TO reach the camp grounds
and probably the first OF the militia of tn,
United States TO take the field was tn,
/ FIRST Separate Company (colored) of Bal
timore.
New Hampshire.
Concord, n. H., April 2s-Gov. Rams
dell has sent to Secretary Alger an offe
( 10 send a regiment of infantry TO de
| fend Portsmouth. He has decided to US.
the Third Regiment of the National Guar,
FOR this States quota under the Presi
dents cali.
Illinois.
Springfield, Ili.. April 2e.-Gov. Tanner
has ordered the First. Second. Third
Fourth, Fifth. Sixth and Seventh Regi
ments OF Illinois Infantry and the Cav
airy Regiment of Mayor T.. L. Young, of
Chicago, to mobilize in Springfield not
LATER than "Wednesday noon.
The Red Cross.
New York April 36.-Sis:ers OF the Red
Cross recruited for war service are wait
ing with packed trunks for the call to
the front.
Sister-in-Chief Bettina Hofker-Lesser
was in Washington yesterday consulting
with Miss Barton before her departure
for the South. With DR.. Egan she goes
TO Havana as soon possible.
Il believed" said DIR. Monae Lesser,
adj lF.se inn = he S..
time you would be aooard the Texas
France has already offered 10 send us
as many nurses as We need. j hope We
viii have as many American women as
we need ready TO go when the summons
comes
After which warlike prelude DR.. Lesser
gave his subordinates a taste of the hor-
rors TO come. He introduced two cases
and proceeded TO dress wounds.
Among the latest applicants for war
service is Miss Florence McAnister
Francis. a niece of Ward McAllister. She
Is the daughter Of DIR. Francis Of New
port. and. with her sisters well known
in society circles. She has been much
interested in charitable work
Miss Reilly. a Kentucky belle on a
visit TO New York. has also become fired
with ambition TO serve on the field in
the Red Cross sis;erhood. Neither APP
Yesterday mornings meeting 81 the
Womaus War Committee at tho Wind
sor resulted i'm the adoption OF the title
"Noman's National War Relief Assoc
citation" This is intended as q sort of
auxiliary 20 the Army and Navy
Men are organizing In armies 20
Tight said Chairman Mrs. =. H. Wal
worth; women Of the country viii or
ganize to help the suffering
Mrs. Ralph Trautman. Mrs. Jessie
Burdette. Of Vermont: Mrs. Horne-
Hull Of Brooklyn. and Mrs. Mary Lowe
Dickinson are Of those who are drafting
the organization.
The twelve Salvation Army laSsies an
certified nurses. eager 20 start for the
front are ready 10 take all the risk that
this implies and TO go at the first op-
portunity. a large number Of nurses
from the American Army and sixty from
the English army can be drawn upon AZ
call.
Cuban Physicians.
Tampa. Fla. April 2G.-General Wade
has completed arrangements whereby
twenty Cuban physicians Of this city will
accompany the Army during the invasion
Of Cuba.
Twenty young Cubans who speak Eng
lish well. have been engaged for the cam
paign i'm Cuba as interpreters.
Old Veterans
President Mckinley has received let
ter from William A Clear. an inmate OF
the Soldiers Home at Hampton. Va. and
a veteran Of the late war. Offering the
services Of himself and 10o0 other inmates
of different homes for use against Spain.
New Orleans Protected.
New Orleans April e6-This city has
now assumed decidedly warlike aspect.
TCrpedoes have been laid in the harbor.
and at niEhtfall every day the port is
closed Forty carloads Of troops passed
through here today on the way TO Mobile
War News in His Pulpit
Webster City. Iowa, April 26.-The pas
tor Of the Congregational Church, the
Rev Mr. Boardman, publicly announced
today that commenting next Sunday
for an indefinite time he would read war
bulletins at his Sunday morning services.
Twenty-Five Thousand Recruits.
New York, April 26-Ofices where re
cruiting of volunteers is being conducted
were almost mobbed yesterday by eager
applicants. The enrolment in Manhat-
tan Borough alone swelled to %. O90
names. A large crowd stood all day be-
fore the tent in Fourteenth Street. at the
south side of Union Square Park. where
Col. John w. Marshall was enlisting
men.
Capt. ]. J. y. Syne. at Lenox Avenue
and One Hundred and Twenty-seventh
Street, and Capt. 4. j. O'Brien. at No.
$50 East Broadway, accepted volunteers
for the same regiment. which had 80
recruits before niehtfall.
The Old Guard has erected tents at
Union Square. Madison Square. City
Hall and Battery Park. and will begin
the work Of raising a brigade today.
William Astor Chambers list reached
the 1900 mark last night. Applications
came from every part Of the country.
The recruiting office Of the Wall Street
Regiment was opened in room G. Mills
Building yesterday. More than leo men
signed the rolls.
The total enrolment for the heavy ar
unery regiment conducted for Lafay-
cite Post. G.. A. r., by Col J. +. Bloom.
reached leo.
The Washington Continental Guard
and Veteran Artillery Corps. yesterday
opened headquarters in room 1870 OF the
Waldorf-Astoria for the organization of
a second artillery regiment.
}. NJ. Mccarthy and William ]. Mat
thews have secured 3l4 recruits at No
40 Third Avenue.
Col Andrew ID. Baird. 81 Williams
burg who has been organizing "Bairds
Regiment. Of Brooklyn Volunteers at
his stone yard. Wythe Avenue and Keap
Street. has already 1909 recruits. and ex-
poets 3@00.
Salaries To Employees mt the Front.
New York. April 26.-The National En-
press Company has posted notices adj
vising employees should they enlist in the
Guard. Naval Reserve. or Regu-
lar Army, their positions would be held
open for them and their salaries contin-
ued. The lives Of all the employees are