The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-28
rWENTY.THREE ENLIST.
local Station Has Accepted 1hirty-one in
Two Days.
DETACHMENT SENT WEST LAST NIGHT.
Adiutant Burrouphs Given nm ovn-
t,on-Arrivnl of surgeon Dewey
from Sam Houston.

tending the efforts OF the army officers
who are here recruiting for the Thirty
third regiment of infantry. organized re-
Gently under the new volunteer call and
now being modified at San Antonio.
When the two calls for volunteers were
made by the president during the early
days OF the Hispano- American war last
year. Houston furnished a larger number
OF recruits than any city of the size In
the United States. and her reputation In
this respect Is being fully sustained In the
present instance. Tho Philippine cam
paisn now oeing waged Is hardly cacu-
lated to inspire the same amount OF pa
trlouc demonstration as was elected by
last years contest against the flag OF
blood and gold. and in consequence the
eniistments for the newly created volun-
teer regiments viii be by no means as
numerous as they were for the State vui-
unteer troops In 1898 Ii viii be found,
however, when the work OF the recruiting
othcers Is finished, that the Houston stu-
ton las furnished more recruits for the
ihir'y-third than any other city In the
State,
rms Is due, IN measure, at least, 10
ny cl'VlenvS ot the officers VINO are i'll
cninSoi ,"e 'ouai oihce. Llentehaht
nj W." so,,S nieie.on, VINO ~ III eharse
-, n' ""s maue ifleha OF every
person with whom he has come in CON
TACT here by his quiet yet thoroughly ef-
feciire method of doing business. He IL
Mo Ivy, WY iuvh VI Nun; ana ainoush
49, ~ I,teiaIs speaHng' are not
derestimated. Colonel Drereton graduated
from West Point in 1877 and in four years
49,, ~. =, WIZ nave peeh IN me service
~ ., e"'s nna WI Ne ent'tien 10 10 on
~ ,'tit'u iSt ~ ne 30 aesires-as ne
e e,,,'. uoes mol. turing the santiago
$4,000 u. r ,neu WIN u,s'ihe'loh AS q
u .,i. ~, tle twenty tourlh infantry and
sa,i, on M , ~, .ne iu NJ ,"'sn .n 'na as
s,r,.i i,t,, -, puie. MhlVn
and as result n. Nv va, ,s"n no,,., Mnus,r
TO auty ~ Tho eynirotion nf ,hroa ,,,n,ha
after rorelviny ,hn u'I,,,nJ 49,, S M
period he sneni In ma iInitad S,a,ea h',i
Inter was again ordered 10 Cnhn ,roT,
which place M, returned only n short lima
previous to his promotion TO the lieutenant,
colonelcy OF the new Thlrty-thIrd. Like
all brave mon, he is extremely modest and
is averse to even referring In the re-
hottest way TO the part he played In the
struggle against Spain. Ais
old regiment, the Twenty fourth, is now
widely scattered. a portion of IL being IN
Alaska, another in the Philippines and n
battalion on transport on route TO the
scene OF the present campaign against tho
toliowors OF Aguinnido
Colopel breretoh Is being ably assisted
IN tne WORK. OF recruiting by l.ientenaht
~ ~ Iotey' ate captain III the FIRST
MISSISSIPPI lhlahtrE. =, . ". aud py
.-,eu'enaitt ,ean loil,pnins' iate iunioor-
naa'V. ~, " WV -. Sn'.su States No.un
M, - ~, az" I'm 'esi ,. W
arrtn,,a ~, ~. na'iaa,,, r muv W. nI
n ssignad ia anti wiih tha Th,rty ,hira az
tbornnphlv in acnord WIN tb.,, svo,,,
which Is CREAMY Facilitated tberehv
Cnntain lanes NJ Hurromohs of thts
,itv odiutont or tho Thir,v.Ih,rd who
bos beon asaiatiny f,olonal nrareton,s Ia
tai during the nart two DAYS lar iaat
,tcbt 70 ioin ma raatmont ar Gan An
tonio pure,nnf IA fbo cali nuhlished in |
yesterdavie post tbe MONITORS nf tho (
ncal hofisrv ~ which fonfain Rurro,t,hs /
s am In command tnpotber Win n ia
acbnent of cantoin To,vles' troon of
,nvnlrv mo, ot ,beir rnsnective orniortes
N ,,niform and nroceedod in n hndv IN
ho Grand Central station WHARF cantnin
a,irro,,gbs vac yivon an ovation an hta
,rrfvol In answer ia the many exnrea-
jons M repre, Of bis dennrturn bo made
fnw remarks which wore Iistened to nj
,ntIyoly by The Young soldiers
Iai,.ot Iieutonnut n - Ruiac of tha
ARTERY who viii he in command during
he ab9ence NJ his s,,nerIor officer was
monV those nrnsent and whom CantoIu
boarded the train he proposed
hroc cbeers for tho latter which ware
iycn with Will
cnreaon II 6 newev arrival from Fort
am go,lston. at San Antonio. last night.
nd Will he In charge of the nhysicai OK
Of the recruits secured nj the ,
,caI station relieving Or Allen KyIe
+ ihia eity. who has been doing The
n 81, fnr tho mast two dnva nr Tewey
,ho ia n contract surgeon never having J
rtored the service has been connected !.
an tho army far some efieon vears and :
az on anyiabIa record Tor ofsicient wnrh .
IT, viii accnmnanv coionol Rrereton when
no latter 1eaves Houston 10 establish a ,
arrnitinp Rtatlon nj Galveston or some / 1,
her na1n, In Tho stote
Tho local office ,yilI he kant IN oneration
~ coma time vet md n is bnned IN an
u som. ,os s.t'e ono oe' comnanv hare ~ ,he
.,o,, sesan arn,,can,s whn want he,ora
y KvIe yesterday ali hut four were s,le-
,ssfni ana ono ~ tbeao viii no oivar
,a,har a am o woaL hence The total a
,n,ter seo,,red nm N date ts tb,,s sweIlsd q
tbtrty.one Eiehteen ~ tho twonty- =
roo nN rec ,pnt acesntod yeste p were
..e a,,,,'t, 80 nh, ,hrao n,o,a II
II, follow low this mornin p, and the remain
IN, ~ 49,, 80. a,,,, ~. att q
rs wv W., W hsp' VI "utf n',n. 49,,