The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-23
TWELFTH GETS GOOD MEN
NO TROUBLE RECRUITING IN
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

be ACCOMPLISHMENTS CregO
Receiving lAttention-Capt. Eva
In st. Paul to Get Men for Capt
BacOn's Company.
The recruiting detail of the Twelfth
Minnesota is, rushing the work fol
which 1t was sent from Camp Thomas
The boys have met with a friendly an6
enthusiastic welcome, and found, as
they anticipated, that there were plen-
ty OF desirable men willing to join the
companies Of the regiment which has
gained more than passing comment
since its appearance at Chickamauga
Lieut. c. H. Day began work at Fari-
bault Friday and secured squad OF
picked men comprising some of the
best blood Of the town.
Sergeant Joern, of Lieut.. Days
squad, Is now at New Ulm and has
been there all the week gathering men
for the First battalion, and Sergeant
Circuit is likewise engaged at ST. James
When the quota is filed in those towns
the squad will go to Albert Lea, where
much larger number Of men are
awaiting to enlist in Company 1 than
there are places for them. Twenty
i've men will be secured for each of
these companies. The recruits will be
sent South as soon as each company S
complement has been secured The
Minnesota regiments are liable to be
ordered away from Camp Thomas al
most anytime, and to get the new men
there In time, prompt action will be
necessary.
Capt. Henninger's Sons of Veterans
company, the only company st. Paul
can boast of in the Twelfth, is receiv-
Ing some@ merited attention now
through Sergeant Gregg, the company's
representative in ST. Paul.
All day yesterday. the friends and ad-
mirers of the boys who went in Com
pany l.. dropped into the recruiting
Office in the capital and gave substan-
tial evidence of their concern and SYM
pathy for those, now at the front Be-
fore evening Sergeant Gregg had a large
box containing nearly 200 pounds of
jelly and other delicacies collected in
one corner Of the room with a promise
CT more to come.
Not only did the friends of the boys
send edibles to the sergeant's quarters,
but a purse of S36 was sent to Capt.
Henninger at Camp Thomas yesterday.
as the first install1pent of the company
fund which isNnow being raised by Miss
Clyde Snyder and Miss Estelle Swank,
of the Ladies Aid Society Of the Sons
of Veterans. Among those who con-
tributed to the fund sent yesterday
were:
Mrs. R. B. Sinclair Mrs. E. A, SNYDER.
W: H. Lightner. Capt. Hardacre, R. A. Smith,
John G. Roach. j. w. Owens, Mr.. Farmhouse
Sheriff Wagener.xMr. Mcpherson, F. H. Bliss,
Jacob Mathews. Rhodes. State Treasurer
Koerner, Gov. Clough, MIR. Alderman. Mr..
Sweet, j. F. Rellinger. w. S. Bemis, Will
Linginger. Frank Linginger Mrs Gregg, Miss
Swank. Miss Snyder and Mrs. Hinton.
Contributions will be received daily
for this fund, from the parents and
friends of the members of Company l.
and will be forwarded from time to
time. as the size Of the amounts col
lected warrant Sergeant Gregg en-
rolled the following new names yester-
day:
w. A. MdMann, 40 Smith avenue.
Robert Fitzgerald. PAL Sherman street.
2 Henry Lauer. Leuer block. * 3 - ga
FOURTEENTH RECRUITS.
Capt H. c. Eva, of Company A.
Fourteenth regiment, arrived in the
city from Duluth. yesterday morning.
and reported to Gen. Nuremberg that
he had sent his men direct from Du-
luth to Chicago via the Wisconsin
Central. in charge of Howard Barnard
formerly sergeant of Company A.
Barnard came all the way from Alaska
to re-enlist in his old company when
war was declared. The following is a
list of Capt. Eva's men who went
South last night from Duluth:
-, J; H; Barnard. ", l. gassett. H. c.. Bosf-
Albert Dryer. c. E. Daley. John Erickson
=. s: Erickson. John Glib, W. E. Howes, H.
Koch. Hector Lamont NJ. Mcdonald, D. D.
Mclnnes, F. F. McKowski, A. McDougal A.
F. McLennan. G. NJ Paulus, S. A. Penrose
John Smyth. J. N. sponnick, H. D. Stow, c.
A. Schuman, Andrew Toland, John Thorsby
and z. r. Walker.
Capt Eva will open an office in the
arr1ory building this morning, where
he will enlist men for Company M,
Capt. Bacon's ST Paul company.
He detailed Private Peterson, of his
squad, to proceed to Princeton, and
Private Jensen. to Fergus Falls to Sc
cure men from those towns Capt. Eva
will make st. Paul his Headquarters
and will endeavor to have all his men
here by Saturday, and transported
Sunday night.