The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-30
GOOD Men
FOR The WAR.
Great Care Being Exercised in
Selecting voIunteers--Lieut.
Corn. Little to Remain.

until they are sent to the military post mt
Quonset Point. The men enlisted here
Will be ordered to report at the recruit
ing stations on Monday next, at 10
o'clock. when they will be taken to the
camp for instruction duty.
Viii! Open Monday.
The military post will open on Monday.
and Lieut.. Col. Hose will assume COM
mand of the post with Capt. Frank A
Cook rs Iost adJutant. First Lieut.. Will
liam Il. Barry Ut Woonsocket. has been
appointed post surgeon, with his present.
RANK. The camp. ground has been exam
ined by Brigade Medical Director French
and secretary Swarts Of the state board
OF health, and fonnd To be In excellent
SANITARY condition. by order Of Gov.
Dyer glass sashes have been put In the
windows OF the mess halls where the men
are TO he quartered, and they will te made
as com forJable as possib BILE.
AS soon as the recruits reach camp on
Monday they will be- mustered into the
United states service by Lieut.. Abbot,
United states army, ana this will bs kept
mp as fast as the men arrive from differ
ent sections Of the state. Company G,
Second Regiment. Of Bristol, which was
ordered to Quonset Point as foot guard,
has now been ordered not to leave bristol
until Monday morning when the post Will
be opened. AS fast as recruits are taken
here they will be sent to the post the ap-
plicants passing at tie stations in this
city after the steamer sails Monday be-
ing gathered at the armory Of Battery A,
Light Artillery, on Benefit street for the
night. They Will be fed by contract and
shipped to the camp next day.
Little Will Remain.
Commissarv Cove of 1.-THE First Reg
iment Is the post commisssry, and, with
the experience he has had In she New
York militia. there Is every reason 70
believe that ne will prove q very valua BILE
officer. Lieut.. Cove was commissary of
the 9th New York Regiment during the
Brook lyn riots. having charge OF the feed
ing of 1000 men. steamer Corsair sailed
from Nswhalls wharf yesterday for the
camp at QIonset Point. with load OF
provisions and Kitchen material for the
camp of volunteers.
Brown University Is coming we'll TO
the front az n patriotic ingtitution, and
up TO last night 70 students had signifled
their intention OF entering the volunteer
service. III a full company can TO raised
tine men Will enlist individually under
company formation, otherwise they will
go as individual volunteers. No enlist
ment blanks have yet been received by
Gov. Dyer from the war department al
though the commander-in chief has tele-
graphed repeatedly for them. The work,
however, Is going on very satisfactorily
and all the men enrolled will be mustered
into the service.
The members OF the Naval Reserve will
bospleased 10 hear that Commander VIII
liam Mccarthy Little has received revo-
cation OF his orders from the navy depart
ment to report &c the Newport training
station as executive officer. Gov. Dyer
requests Commander Little not to resign
his Office In this state ana has succeeded
in having the order repealed by Secretary
Long.
Up toss'noon the total enrolment In
Woonsocket tor the volunteer army was
Al, of which 15 were rejscted by the ex-
amiuing surgeon. Recruits accepted have
been ordered to report Monday at . q. m,
for permanent duty. The sons Uf veter-
aus hold mass meeting Monday even.
ing TO recruit company.