The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-19
COLoRED MEN WANTED.
The Worcester Recruiting Office Or
dered to Enlist for the 46th and 4t9h.

The Worcester Recruiting Office Or
dered to Enlist for the 46th and 4t9h.
Ten recruits, were sworn into the
United States service in the Walker
building office yesterday afternoon, by
Capt ]. C. Gresham. In the bunch
of aspirants for a war record was a
youngster, Joseph Deplaine, who has
| been boarding in this city at lis Nor
toIk street. Deplaine gave his age as
| Il, but later in the afternoon friends
from Southbridge called and said that
the lad was but II years old and had
left his parents in that town to enlist
Relatives struggled for Deplaines re-
lease, but there was no opposition from
MS parents, and the youngster left last
night
The men mustered in yesterday were:
John A. Sisson of MillbuFy, Porto Rico
cavalry service; Joseph Burns, Mill
bury, Porto Rico, cavalry service; Pat
rick J. O'Malley, Forty sixth infantry,
served in Co. K, Clinton Ninth Mas
sachusetts regiment; Fred r. Prue, 63
Grand street, Forty-third infantry: Al
phonso j. Bickford, 373 Park avenue,
! Forty-sixth infantry; John Fearin,
Rochdale, Forty sixth infantry; An
thony Nuell, Boylston, Forty-sixth in
fantry; Judson Temple, North Grafton,
Forty sixth infantry; John Regain, Bos-
ton, Forty-siXth infantry; Henry w.
Howard. Webster, Forty sixth infan-
try, served in Co. M, Fifth Massachu-
sets regiment; Albert Lawson and
Charles Giles, who We're mustered into
service Saturday, were sent to Fort
Ethan Allen. VT, yesterday afternoon,
for service in the Forty-third. Nine APP
plicants were rejected.
William Martin and Henry Slater,
who We're accepted Saturday, joined the
recruits at Union station last night, and
left for South birmingham for service
in the Forty-sixth infantry. Henry W.
Howard was in charge of the recruits
for the Forty-siXth, and John A. Sis
son piloted, the recruits for cavalry SER
vice to Fort Slocun, New York. Fred
X. Prue was placed in charge of the
recruits for the Forty third infantry
who left last night for Fort Ethan AL
len, VT
Anthony Nuell was granted leave of
| absence until Thursday evening. when
| he will join the squad of recruits for the
| Forty-siXth infantry Orders were re-
| ceived yesterday to enlist men for the
| Seventh artillery, Battery c., stationed
at Fort Adams, Newport, R. I. Sergt.
Paul Gerber was instructed to secure
recruits for the Philippine regular SER
| vice. Colored recruits are wanted for
! the Forty-eighth and Forty ninth regi-
ments.
Sergt Paul Gerber will open an office
| in Millbury tomorrow, and the county
towns will be secured for recruits. Yes
! terday Lieut.. w. H. Burt of the Forty
third was a visitor at the recruiting
office in the Walker building. He was
| detailed by Capt. Gresham to open a
recruiting office in Clinton, and left yes
| terday afternoon for that town. Lieut.
| Col. Coe (retired), Nineteenth infantry,
called at the recruiting office yesterday
| and viewed The recruits.
At the Front street recruiting office,
Lieut.. M. f. Morris mustered in George
M. Nugent, IS Harrison street, and John
Meehan, 20 Providence street, for SER
vice in the Forty third infantry. Priv
F. L. Forbes arrived from Fort Ethan
! Allen, yesterday, and will act as clerk
in the Front street Office.
/ Capt. Moses of the marine recruiting
office went to Springfield yesterday
morning and returned with a batch OF
/ recruits. Patrick Shaughnessy an6
i James P. Goodwin of this city were
mustered in, and the men were taker
/ to Boston yesterday afternoon.
i Sergt. Larkin was in charge of the
office, yesterday, and had an applicant
i from Uxbridge. The young man ha6
recently been enlisted for service in the
Sixth cavalry, but his father interferec
as his son was under age. Sergt. Lar
kin rejected the persistent youngster.