The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-12
OFFICE THRONGED.
Men Anxious to Enter
the Military
Service.
FIVE CANDIDATES SUCCESSFUL.
All Were Feterans-Two to
Join New Goth
Army Notes.
FIVE CANDIDATES SUCCESSFUL.

The local recruiting station for the
United States army in the Walker
building yesterday was thronged yes
terday with applicants who desired to
go to the Philippines. All day the
clerks in charge were kept busy until
late in the afternoon, and DIR. NJ. j.
O'Meara said that it was the hardest
days work since the war fever Of a
year ago.
OF the score or more of applicants
that presented themselves at the office,
but five were successful in passing the
examination. The ones that passed to
man have seen previous service. Two
of the recruits are to go into the reg
ular service, and the other three will be
the advanced guard of the two Wor-
cester companies that will go to make
up the new Twenty-sixth United States
volunteer. regiment
Leander Melanson bears the distinc-
ton of being the first Worcester man
that has proffered his services for the
new regiment, and passed the doctor
with colors flying. He served under
Col Edmund Rice, in Porto Rico, and
was anxious to do SO again. He was a
member of Co. F, Sixth regiment of
Massachusetts volunteers. After the
sixth was mustered out, he was trans
ferred to the Eighth regiment, with
which he served in Cuba. Melanson
came in from Marlboro, his home,
NH, H. T
arrived at the recruiting office all out
Of breath, as he wanted to be the first
man to pass the doctor for the new
regiment.
Edward ]. Conroy Of this city was
the second candidate to pass the re-
CURED physical examination. He is a
native of Waterford, Ire, and has seen
previous service in Battery 0 Of the
Second heavy artillery. That battery
is one of those recently formed. He is
DESTROYS of being assigned to the new
Twenty-sixth and will leave with the
others Thursday evening for Pletts-
burg N. Y.
Leonard M. Croker, 80 Prescott
street, this city, is the other successful
applicant for the new regiment. He is
a veteran of the Second Massachusetts,
volunteers, serving in Co. C, the light
infantry. He saw service with Gen
Kent's brigade before Santiago, and
was in all the fighting from July to
the 10th
All these men leave this city Thurs
day at S.45 o'clock, as will all who ap-
pear and pass the examinations before
Gresham will be in Worcester Thurs
day to muster in all the men who have
passed the examinations.
The local office still recruits for the
regular service. Yesterday Walter e.
Schof1eld, of q Lee street, passed the
examination, and will be mustered into
the service next Thursday. He will
leave that evening for Fort Slocumb,
N. Y, where he will enter the unas-
signed cavalry and will probably be as
signed to the Sixth. Private Schofield
is veteran of the City Guards, A Co.,
Second regiment. and was with that
company in the battle of Ell Caney and
the siege of Santiago.
Martin Foran, who saw service in the
regular army for five years, was the
other successful candidate. He was in
the Ninth infantry when the latter reg
iment played such an important part
in the engagement that preceded the
fall of the city of Santiago. He will
be mustered in Thursday, and will leave
that evening for Preside, San Francis
co, Cal, where he enters the unassigned
infantry.
But while many came, but few were
chosen, and the many that were reject
ed was because of defective vision
which made four throw up the sponge.
Undersize was the cause of two rejec-
tions, and one applicant had hammer
toes, which was sufficient reason for
his rejection.
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TALON in the service of the United
States, is visiting his home in this city
on a two months furlough. He is at
present stationed at West Point, where
he is an instructor at the school. His
three-year service is very nearly over.
and he is thinking seriously of enlist
ing under Col. Edmund Rice Of the
new Twenty sixth United States volun-
teers. Private Hill saw service with
the engineer corps in Cuba.
Mrs. e. w. C. Peabody, 179 Belmont
street, has received a letter from her
son, Sergt j. H. Harriott who is in the
Philippines. Sergt Harriott is an ex-
member of Battery B, and is well
known and a favorite among the local
militianlen He encloses in his letter
a souvenior which is one of the most
interesting ever received in this city--a
Spanish flag. The flag was taken off
a block in the thickest of the fighting
before the final capitulation of the city
Of Manila, and it shows the signs of
many American bullets.
Lieut.. Col. E. r. Shumway and Maj.
Harry B. Fairbanks received notices
Yesterday morning from Col E. p.
Clark to attend the meeting of the Off
GERS of the Second regiment infantry,
M. v. NJ, to be held Friday evening
in Springfield.