The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-01
WILLIAM MAY STAY AT HOME
SECOND MAN ENLISTED AS A
SEAMAN
Mother of william McCOmDer Tells
the Naval Recruiting Board That
She Had Not Given Her Consent
to Her Sons istment-Eieven
Names Added to the List Yester-
day-Members of Board Pleased

Eleven names were added yesterday
to the list of volunteers for the navy
| The total enlistment thus far Is forty
| six, and 1t is believed by the recruit
ing officers that it may reach 100 be-
| fore they go to Duluth
1t is doubtful whether William Nc
| Comber, the second man who enlisted
as an ordinary seaman on Monday,
will go to the war. William is an en-
| thusiastic youth of twenty years. He
told Lieut.. Cook, of the recruiting
board, that he had his mothers con-
sent to join the navy. He has reported
regularly each morning since, and was
| sitting in the recruiting office yester-
day morning when an elderly woman
entered. She looked anxiously around,
and Lieut.. Cook asked her what he
| could do for her.
| Il want my boy" she said. Il I'M
derstand he has enlisted"
McComber tried to conceal himself
| behind BOatsWain Pierce but the wom-
an discovered him.
There he is she said, pointing to
him. He has no right to leave me-"
Lieut.. Cook called McComber to him
and asked him why he had deceived
him.
We'll, I thought she would let me
go" he answered.
Mrs. McComber said she had no such
intention, if she could prevent him,
| and Lieut.. Cook told him to go home.
If he can persuade his mother to give
her consent, he will be accepted; other
wise not.
Yesterdays enlistments We're:
Leroy Lyon, 315 Hope street, fireman sec
ond class.
Louis John Roth, 929 Woodbridge street,
fireman second class.
Oscar Lindquist 1884 Bloomngdale ave-
nue., Minneapolis, fireman second class.
Jacob Oliver Lininger. 222 West Seventh
street, fireman second class.
John Frederick Mailer, 500 Girard ave-
nue. Minneapolis, fireman second class.
Sibert Bake, 326 Cedar avenue, Mime
apols. fireman second class.
William Scott Carleton, 27S Western ave-
nue. fireman second class.
Frank ]. Wendlick. address giTen.
machinist second class.
William Gladstone Hayes, All Jackson
street, ordinary seaman.
John Edward Carlson, Hudson, Wis, fire.
man second class.
Martin Edward Carlson Ruthven To-,
man.
Seaman Carlson is a Norwegian, and
was a sailor in the Norwegian navy.
He is considered one of the best men
yet enlisted.
Hayes is an Englishman, and pro-
fessional boxer in the light weight
class. He said he was anxious to try
his fists on the Spaniards. He thought
he could give them few Knockout
blows with a gun.
A big Swede presented himself for
enlistment yesterday morning. He wac
an athletic fellow, and made a fine
appearance.
'I want to enlist for anything from
cabin boy to skipper" he said. 81
don't care what you give me as long
as 1 get a show to fight the Spanish"
IL
man, but, unfortunately, he was nearly
forty years old. and. as no one over
thirty-five is accepted, he had to be
rejected.
A strapping young fellow, who said
he came from Taylor's Falls especially
| to enlist called at the recruiting Office
yesterday and asked for berth as an
| ordinary seaman. He weighed $50
| pounds. and was one of the healthiest
| looking men that have applied, But he
! never had been to sea, and knew moth
| ing about the compass or anything
else pertaining to q ship. He was so
keenly disappointed at his failure that
| Lieut.. Cook sympathized with him and
wrote to the secretary of the navy for
| permission to enlist the man as a lands
man.
Boatswain Pierce had to reject two
| good SWedes because they could not
read English. They understood all
| about seamanship, but their ignorance
Of the language prevented their accept
| ance.
Engineer Denig was the busiest man
in the board yesterday. He was be-
| sieged with applicants for machinists
| and f1remen until the last moment A
| number of the men who thought they
| could run a ship were unable to make
! ordinary calculations. But he passed
! seven out of fourteen. One Of the sew
en- was afterwards rejected by Dr. Nc
| C1urg on account Of physical defects.
AS the board was about to adjourn
! for the day, a rough looking fellow
| entered, and, walking up to Engineer
| Denig, said he wanted to enlist as q
| fireman.
How old are YOU" asked the en-
| gineer
''Twenty-six," the man answered.
you look older" said the engineer.
The man made no reply to that, but
said he had a letter of Recommendation
! he would like ito show. The engineer
| took it and read it.
This letter." said Mr. Denig. was
written in 1895, and it states that YOU
| were then twenty eight years of age
! You must be at least thirty-one, or are
you one of the kind that grow younger
! every year,"
That is wrong," said the man. 81
had to change my age on account of the
strike"
You were one of the strikers, were
yOu?" asked the engineer.
Yes"
"Wen, we're not taking strikers" said
Mr.. Denig. Il guess you are not want
ed"
The man tried to argue the matter,
| but was given to understand that he
could not enlist and he reluctantly went
| away.
An applicant for ordinary seaman
| told BOatswain Pierce he had served
as a waiter on board a sternwheel lake
steamer, and he thought he could sail
a ship. But he did not know the COM
pass, had never held wheel and knew
nothing about a boat outside of the
dining saloon He was promptly turned
| down.
A young man who looked as though
he might make an intelligent sailor was
rejected because he had not been at
sea since he was nine years old He
| used to sail with his father, but he had
| forgotten all that he ever knew about
| the sea.
A young doctor applied yesterday for
berth as an assistant surgeon. He
was told the board had no authority
| to enlist men for that branch of the
service, but that in case of hostilities
| there would undoubtedly be a demand
| for them in the navy. He was advised
to apply to the department at Wash
ington and to get permission to be ex-
amined at the naval hospital. He was
| warned that the examination was a
| stiff one, but he said he was confident
| he could pass it.
No person of Spanish blood has yet
applied for enlistment. Lieut.. Cook was
asked yesterday whether a Spaniard