The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03
ANOTHER STATION.
Recruits for Marine
Service Sought by
Capt. Moses.
WORCESTER A GOOD FIELD.
The Army Recruiting Of
fees Are Doing
Well.
WORCESTER A GOOD FIELD.

This city is considered a great field
Tor recruiting for any branch of service
IN uncle Sans army by the authorities
at washington, and yesterday an office
was opened at 2O4 Front street, where
recruits will be sought.
The office will be presided over by
Capt. F. j. Moses. He will recruit for
marine service exclusively. Directly op-
posite the marine recruiting office in
the Connor block is the new recruiting
office for the volunteer army estab-
hshed Friday by Lieut.. M. E. Morris.
The regular army recruiting station
IN the Walker building is still doing
business and is not at all worried by the
competition that has been started for
une business in Worcester. Yesterday,
at the regular army recruiting station,
three recruits were sent to South Franz
lngha9n, where they will be assigned to
the Focty-sixth regiment of United
SuateS volunteers. The recruits are
Daniel B. Golden, Thomas w. Holt and
Fred Berthiaume, They left on the GA
train last evening. Three applicants
tried the examination and two of them
passed successfully, but asked that
their names be withheld from publica-
ton, They will be mustered into the
service Monday, if Capt Gresham
comes here on that day.
Lieut.. M. e. Morris reports good pro-
gresS the first day that his office was
open for business. He had a dozen ap-
plieants, one of whom he mustered into
the service. He is William R. BOYLE of
191s Clarkson strest. He will be sent to
Fort Ethan Allen, where he will be as
signed to the Firty-tkird regiment of
volunteers. Three former members Of
Co. l. of the Sixth regiment, U. S. ",
made application for enlistment at
Lieut.. Morris office The latter tele-
graphed to Maj. Foote for authority t.
send them to the Forty-eighth colored
regiment, where they wished to 60 He
received reply stating that no enlist
menlts are allowed for the coIored regi-
ment. One applicant was held over till
Tuesday for further examination by the
examining physician, DR.. McGourty,
and another has signified his intention
OF presenting himself for examination
at that time.
The recruiting station for the marine
corps will not open for business until
Tuesday. The officer in charge, Capt. z.
]. Moses, left yesterday afternoon for
Boston, where he will remain until
Tuesday. He was in command of the
relieved Col. Parker, who had up to
short time ago had charge of the Mass
achusetts district for recruiting mar
ines. Capt Moses expects to have a
larger territory than his predecessor
and will branch into Vermont, New
Hampshire and Maine, establishing sub
stations in cities which he considers
good fields for recruits.
Capt. Moses has been in the service
for % years and saw active service in
the recent war with Spain, being with
the battalion Of marines that made the
first landing on the island at Guanta-
namo. He was one of the officers chosen
to accompany Cervera and the other
Spanish prisoners to Portsmouth, N. H.
Later he was sent to Washington where
he had charge of the marine barracks
at the navy yard. He lives with his wife
in Lexington, where he will make his
home. He says there is no service like
the marines, for a man always has his
berth to sleep in and his meals cooked
for him. He has all the easy times of
the irfantryman with none of the long
marches III heavy marching order. He
receives the same pay as a private in
the infantry. IA