The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-20
RECRUITS FOR THE THIRD
DIR. JONES REFLECTED TWO OF
THE SIX EXAMINED
1t Is Thought Likely That One
Squad May BE Sent to the Front
Tonight, Although That VIII De-
pend ON the Progress of the Elk
animation Today Engineers
Battalion Short.

Twenty patriots yesterday offered
! their services to Uncle Sam at Capt.
Cookies recruiting Office in the Phoe-
| nix building. In all, thirtyseven have
has been open.
Capt. Cooke expected to have the
examination of one squad Of recruits
| completed last night but, owing to
! the confusion incident to the first day,
only six were examined, and two of
those were rejected because they could
not fully qualify to the army regula-
lions.
The examination Of Edward W.
Goodner, the first man to be exam
ined by DR.. Jones, occupied the great
er part of an hour, but the following
candidates were disposed of in shorter
order. A sufficient number of men
have not been examined to determine
just about what proportion will pass
but Capt. Cooke thinks that compare
lively few will be rejected. Those who
| were examined yesterday and mustered
into the service of the United States
army were:
Algona, Io.-Edgar W Goodner.
St. Paul-Sylvan Nadeau.
St. Paul-Fred D. James.
Clinton, Io.-Stephen Durvey.-
The following is a list Of those ap-
plying yesterday and whose eXamina-
ton will be completed today, if posi-
BILE.
St., Paul-George E.. Dilley, 2O2 Granite
st. Paul-Charles O. stoddard
Mendota-Louis Mccoy.
New Baltimore, Mich.-George A. Bush.
St. Paul.. E. Fleming.
Minneapolis-Fred D. Erickson
st. Paul-John E. Darmody.
st. PauGRobert H. @'Schwede s.
St: Paul-Charles HIGHLAND.
Stillwater-James O'Brien.
Bloomington, I'LL. R. Lucas. ''--
St: Paul-otto A. schuneman.
Minneapolis-James Flavin.a
St Paul-Vctor Lindholm.
Minneapolis-John Kever' s's-i 30 =. '-1''1
st. Paul-Charles w. Hoppe. e
Minneapolis. c. Harrison.
st. Paul-Hugh Tobey
st. Paul-Leonard Vance.
Chicago-F. c. Smith.
One of those not accepted was re-
Jected on account ef-near- sightedness.
Otherwise his. physique would have
easily assured him a place as one of
Uncle Sans boys. The other man re-
jected had a set of false teeth. He
| came very near passing, but, when Dr.
Jones asked him to open his mouth, he
disclosed a perfect set of teeth, which
DR.. Jones thought too good to be true
and, when he found them false, mister
man was promptly rejected
The examination of the last man was
completed shortly after 5 o'clock, when
II was dec1ded to postpone the rest
until today, inasmuch as it would be
impossible to finish the work before
today, anyway.
Edward w. Goodner, the first man
examined, will have charge of the first
squad Of recruits for the Third 1t
is not at all unlikely that the first
installment will get off tomorrow
night.
1t is expected that the St. Paul re-
cruiting Office will be authorized in a
| few days to enlist recruits from this
state for the battalion of engineers.
which was provided for recently by
congress. Inasmuch as the field for
| promotion in this battalion. will be
great, and the fact that only $500 are
called for, only the best men will be
accepted. This battalion will do SOL
der duty just the same as privates
in any Of the regiments, but they will
| be subject to special detail, when their
| services as engineers can be used by
| the government
| The pay of the privates and officers
is considerably more than those in the
regular army. Privates will receive
| $21 per month, and non-commissioned
officers will get $4,000 per month.