The Saint Paul globe., 1898-06-11
COME HOME FOR RECRUITS
OFFICERS OFoT THE THIRTEENTH
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REGIMENT ARRIVE

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VIII Begin the Recruiting This
| Morning at thee Armcries in the
Twin Cities--Under Orders ia
Rush the Worl-NenrIy 300 Men
Nceded--TalIss with Lieut.. Mer-
| riIl About the ,Roys.
Tanned by a. months army life in
sunny California. fifteen members OF
the Thirteenth regiment returned yes
terday to carry out the instructions
or the war department in recruiting
each of the twelve companies in the
regiment up to the required 106 men,
The Minnea polls contingent. consist
ing Of Maj. Friedrich, Capt Corris ton
Sergeant Kennedy, of Company A Cor
pofai Lyngaas, Company 3; PriVate
Gregory, Company f; Private Berg
Company 1 Corporal Gray, Company
l., were met at the Minneapolis Union
station by quite a crowd Of friends ard
adnllrerS, yesterday morning.
Ihe st. Paul boys continued their
Journey, and. when they arrived at the
depot. they filed out Of the coach and
received the same cordial welcome.
ihe st. Paul party consisted of Lieut..
WIN carleton, of Company e; Private
Wallace, Company C; Sergeant Bach,
Company d; Private Bergstrom, Com
pany H.
There was 10 demonstration of any
! kird at the depot, as few knew Of their
coming, and perhaps it was well. for
the few days will not be wholly of
pleasure IN having an opportunity of
visiting home before their long jour-
ley to the Philippine islands. but will
be mixed with hard work.
The work will commence at each of
the Twin City armories at 9 O'Clock
this morning. and the officers have ar
ranged to keep; the recruiting Office
open this evening and all day Sunday.
1t is expected that each Office will have
selected the full quota called for by
Sunday night, The instructions from
Col. Reeve to the. recruiting detail call
for the immediate execution Of the
| instructions of the war department.
Lieut.. Merrill said last evening to a
reporter for The Globe e, that they
expected to be all through in st. Paul
by Eext Tuesdaycnight The only thing
which would cause any delay would be
getting mastering officer to make
soldiers CT theooreeruits The officer
VINO mustered in the North Dakota
troops has not 4Eeft Fargo, and efforts
were made yesterday, through Acting
AdJutant LeonEausef, to have him de-
tailed to muster in, the recruits on
Monday 1t is.spossible that the red
tape which is usually necessary to Sc
cure such authority,tfrom the war de-
paftment will delay the work a couple
of days. II i
Col. Reeve Warts the recruits in
Frisco by next Saturday, which neces-
States their leaving hera on Tuesday
night at the latest mo trouble : an
tlcipated in securing the Immediate ap-
polntment of a. medical officer to ex-
anime the men. II is figured that the
ESQ or c0) men can be submitted to the
physical examination in two days. The
medical officers at Camp Ramsey fire.
quently put 150 men through the mill
daily. There will be no delay in secur-
ing the transportation for. the troops,
as arrangements We're OH foot yester-
day to provide for this contingency.
1t was stated by Lieut.. Merrill that
possibly $50 men might fill the gap in
the reg sment. He, would receive advices
from Col. Reeve today, saying how
many men have been enlisted in San
francisco. Col. Reeve has received
numerous applications. from former
Minnesotans for places in his regiment
and last week he decided to accept 6,
few recruits ct san; Francisco VIXEN
the corps left Frisco on last Monday ten
new men had been accepted and more
have been accepted since.
Lieut.. Merrill thinks that about z75
men will just about bring the regiment
up 1.-The war footing, with those sworn
in by Col Reeve on the Pacific coast.
E Col. Reeve instructed Mai Friedrich
and his corps to state to all enlisted
men that they would, so far as possible,
be assigned to companies of their
choice. 1t would be possible in most
cases to put men in their home com
panies, but owing to the fact that a.
few men have been secured from the
coast it will be impossible to do this in
every instance. However, each town
now represented in the Thirteenth will
have a chance to supply the. necessary
twenty-five men per company, Or as
near that number as possible. The men
enlisted on the coast will not make a,.y
material difference in the quota Of the
towns.
Lieut.. Merrill said yesterday he an
ticipated a great rush to secure pla ces
in the regiment. He would not dis
criminate, but no loafers or buns would
be accepted; only good active, intelli-
gent and we'll built men would be ac-
cepted. 1t would be his aim to assist
the surgeons, as much as possible, by
selecting only the best men, those of
whom he could be reasonably sure
Wooio pass IllS SAdIIlldllOIl. lnG CrOODJ
will all be mustered into the service of
Uncle Sam before they leave the state.
Lieut.. Merrill will recruit for the
Second battalion and Capt Corriston
for the First, and Mai. Friedrich will
secure soldiers for the Third. Figured
out on a basis Of 300 men, Capt Fried
rich will secure, twenty five men each
from Saltwater, ST. Cloud and Red
Wing and 125 men for the five Mime
apolis companies. Lieut.. Merrill will
enlist 100 st. Paul men for the four st.
Paul companies, to wit, C, D, e and H.
In all 225 men will be raised in the
Twin Cities, and the remaining IS men
will come from the towns above nam
ed.
The recruiting detail brought along
with them hats, blouses and leggings
in sufficient quantity to outfit all re-
cruits. Requisitions were made for
uniforms before the party left frisco,
but it is not probable that they will
receive them in st. Paul, as their stay
is to be so short and there has been
much delay in securing uniforms for
those who were in under the first call
a month ago.
Lieut.. Merrill is negotiating with To-
cal jobbers with a view to securing a.
donation of several dozen blue over
alls from each, which would amount