The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-11
ENLISTING MORE SOLDIERS.
I.ieut. Rice, of the Regular Army, WAS Here
to Enlist More Volunteers.

Iieut. Rice, ofthe Regular Army, WAS Here
to Enlist More Volunteers.
Over the entrance to the hallway
leading up to F. D. Powers Office hangs
the American flag and by its side on
government calling for more volun-
teers. When these emblems of the
governments needs were put up We'd
nesday morning they at once attracted
q large crowd ana the conversation
naturally turned on the days Of '62,
when the soldiers enlisted for the civil
war. After reading over the require
ments Judge Abbey said there were no
such restrictions in those days, when
he enlisted regiment down in New
York. In those times anybody who
came along was eligible for enlistment
and he would take them in at the rate
OF 100 day. or all the men he enlist
en- down east there is but one out in
this country whom he knows and that
is Rev. w. w. Havens, of this city,
now chaplain of the state G. A. r.
Lieut.. Cushman A. Rice, of the
thirty fourth regiment, is the officer in
charge OF the recruiting station opened
here Wednesday. He arrived Tuesday
evening over the Omaha road from
Huron, accompanied by his orderly,
Chas. Nielsen, whom the government
furnishes the officer. The lieutenant
arrived two days earlier than was ex-
pected, the published dates for Mitch
ell being Aug. II and II, but this WAS
an error rs the lieutenant WAS directed
by the war department to be in Mitch
ell on the 9th and 10th, proceeding to
Cham berlain the following two days.
Capt. Powers rendered the lieutenant
the use OF his Office as recruiting head
quarters and DR.. w. E. Crane was ap-
pointed by the lieutenant as examining
surgeon. The office had been opened
for but q short time before an applicant
presented himself for examination.
The young fellow easily passed the ex-
animation and was accepted by the
lieutenant. His name is L. Wheeler,
aged "a years, and the young man is q
resident of Platte, down in Chas. Mix
county, giving his occupation as a cow
boy. In an hour afterwards young
man by the name of Aleck Anderson
made application for enlistment but he
was unable to pass the physical ex-
animation. Wheeler left good po-
sition at 800 month to enlist. Two
more recruits were enlisted Wednesday
afternoon. A young man by the name
OF Fred W. Schultz. whose home is at
washington Springs and James Devine
WAS the next. The latter young man
has been in Mitchell for several months
and at present is driving The Mitchell
bus, his home being st Esmond. Lieut..
Rice said that these three young men
passed the best physical examination
that have come under his notice. He
expects to send them to ST. Paul after
his return from Chamberlain.
AT Pierre Lieut.. Rice secured four
men and at Huron four were also on
listed, but one didn't show up at the
time they were to leave for ST. Paul,
at which place the men of the north
west are gathered for the thirty fourth
regiment, and when about SO men are
enlisted they are sent to Fort Logan,
Colo. where they commence the life of
q soldier. The men are enlisted as
volunteers and the date of expiration
for such enlistment is June 80, 1901.
The greater portion OF the new regi-
ment are being recruited for the
Philippine campaign to which place
the thirty fourth will be sent Lieut..
Rice says there are number of appli-
cants for enlistment but as the examin-
ation is 30 stringent only small
percentage Of them pass.
Lieut., Rice, is q tall commanding
young man, fine appearance and has
seen some service in the regular army.
He WAS in the Cuban war and was
wounded in the shoulder, during bat
tie, which at present is giving him
some trouble. He was assigned the
duty of recruiting 230 men and ie max
ing good progress in securing the mum
ber. After making several towns in
this part Of the state he will go to the
Black Hills to secure some men.
GOT TEN MEN ALL TOLD.