The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-24
FOUND HIM IN STOCK CORRAL
Massa chusetts Boy Preferred ARMY
Cooks Job to Life mt 4or,a

M"ssa chusetts boy Preferred ARMY
Cooks Job to Life at Home,
The search of grandfather for his miss
ing boy was rewarded YESTERDAY
by success, and grandfather and grandson
are now at the De Soto. This is quite an
advance in the bodily comfort and con-
venience of the young man, who has been
an assistant cook for the teamsters and
other employees of the Second Division
corral for several days.
Mr.. Joseph Baldwin of Wnbraham
Mass, is the grandfather who found his
boy. The young fellow, who is only H.
is Joseph j. Baldwin. He left his home
some three weeks ago without the for
mality of telling what his intentions were
or where he was going. The result
was that mis- people were thrown into
anxiety concerning him. and the grand
father particularly. He had always loved
the boy, and wanted to have him with
him. 1t was his desire to make him a
beneficiary in his will. He is a man of
large means, and his love for his grand
son may mean a great deal financially for
the young man.
MIR. Baldwin traced the boy to Rich
mond, Va, having set out on the search
for him a few days after his disappearance
from his Massachusetts home. He could
not find him there, but traced him on
down 10 Jacksonville. There a fruItless
search was made, the police and detective
force having failed to locate him. On ar
irving here two or three days ago. Mr.
Baldwin asked the assistance of the po-
lice The police, however, We're not sue
cessful, and the old gentleman was in a
state bordering on despair.
Yesterday, however he met Detective 81
Baseh, 10 whom he was introduced by an
officer of the army, and who recommended
his services to Mr.. Baldwin. The latter at
once engaged the detective to prosecute
the search for the boy. The two went out
to the camps together. Every regiment
was visited, in the belief that the young
man might have attached himself to one
of them as a sort of follower, as he is too
young to enlist, and no recruits are now
received. The search was useless, how
ever, further than to satisfy the searchers
that the boy was not there.
As a last resort the corrals were search
ed. The last place visited was the corral
of the Second Division, and there the boy
found. The young fellow had been
engaged as cook His position
was sort Of assistant. He was
working for little pay, and that
at a very hard and trying task when he
might have been at home enjoying all Of
the comforts of wealth. This was not
what he wanted he said. lie had left home
he explained to make q man of himself,
and he thought the best way to do il was
by joining the army and mixing with the
soldiers He asked his grandfather 10 al
low him to remain with the corral, and the
old gentleman told him that he might do
SO II his heart was set upon it. At last
accounts the young man had not decided
whether he would stay with the army or
return with his grandfather to his Mas
sachusetts home.
The meeting between the two was pa
thetic. The boy saw the old gentleman
and knew his race was run. He is devoted
to Mr.. Baldwin and could not resist the
promptings of his love. Rushing to him,
ne threw his arms around him and there
was forgiveness and reconciliation at once.