The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-12

From O'Clock yesterday morning
until the same hour last evening the
recruiting board from the Thirteenth
regiment, Minnesota volunteers, which
opened quarters at the armory. was
kept busy. Lieut.. M. L. Merrill, Of
Company D. assisted by Sergeant c..
A. Bach, of the same company; Ser
geant M. N. Carlton, Company E, and
Privates J. G. Wallace, Company c..
and V. G. Bergstrom, Company H, en-
rolled the recruits as rapidly as pos
sible, and at o'clock last evening 1913
names had been placed on the lists.
The board met in Company DIS room,
and, as there was no examining sur
geon. the assistants of Lieut.. Merrill
simply took the names of the recruits,
saw that each was of the right size as
to height and filed out the enlist
ment paper.
Seen last evening, Lieut.. Merrill said
1t was impossible to say when the re-
cruits would get away. A telegram
had been sent to Washington notifying
the authorities that the men were all
enrolled and awaiting the examining
surgeon. A like telegram was sent to
Col. Reeve at San Francisco. It was
possible. Lieut.. Merrill said that word
would be received from Washington
: today naming the surgeon who will
make the examination of the recruits
All those who enlisted yesterday
this morning at $50 o'clock. The quota
assigned to Lieut. Merrill out of the
800 men needed to recruit the regiment
to the maximum is 100, and thirty more
tran this number had been enrolled
when the work Of the board closed last
evening. Out of this number Lieut..
Merrill thought at least 100 would pass
the examining surgeon. as the men en-
listed were from outward appearances
all right.
number of those who signed the
lists yesterday had been examined and
passed at Camp Ramsey before the
order was received to reduce each
company to seventy-four. The fact
that the men passed the physical ex-
animation at Camp Ramsey, however,
would do them no good now, as 1t was
impossible to secure the record with
out more trouble than it would be to
re-examine.
A dozen of the recruits were from
points outside Of St. Paul, and these
were given blankets and sleeping quar-
tiers at the armory last night
The men, after passing the exam
ination and being mustered in, will be
uniformed in blouses, campaign hats,
leggings and blue overalls. The blous-
es leggings and hats were brought
from San Francisco, and the overalls
will be purchased here.
The men, Lieut.. Merrill said, would
not be recruited for any particular
company, as the recruiting board had
no authority In the matter and the
assignment to companies would not be
made until the men reached San Fran
cisco.
Tom Calvin and Charles E. Banker
formerly members of the police force
were among the number enrolled yes
terday. Calvin has served in the state
militia, and Banker has served five
years in the Eighteenth United States
infantry.
1t is expected that the recruits will
be ready to leave ST. Paul Tuesday
night, but this, of course, depends on
the arrival of the army surgeon and
the officer who will muster the men
into the service Of the United States
army.
The following are the names and adj
dresses Of those who were enrolled
yesterday:
Cakes L. Ames. Dassel, MINI.
Harry w. Acheson, Round Lake Mimi
Harry L. Beckjord. 7SS Osceoa street
Paul ]. Bieber, 613 Pine street
Edwin D. Belden, Endicot building.
Charles E. Banker SOB Wabasha street
Frank A. Birch, st. Paul.
Simon P. Beach, 544 Temperance street. ST
Paul.
Louis Bnlinult. $40 East Ninth street. St.
Paul.
George w. Bstrom. 416 Mt Ida, St Paul