The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-20
RECRUITS ARE WANTED
The Butte Office Will Be Open
in a Day or Two.
SOLDIERS FOR THE BATH
It Is Thought Number of Men Will
Enlist at This Point - Qualifications
Which Every Applicant Must
Meet TO Begin With

Captain George A. Detchmendy 22nd
United States infantry, who has come
to Butte to open a recruiting office, ex-
poets to be ready to begin enlisting men
by Friday or Saturday at the latest. He
has secured offices at the st. Charles
house in Main street where those de-
string to enlist must apply. Corporal
Arthur f. Dalton, who will assist Cap
tain Detchmendy, was busy yesterday
getting the offices in shape. Among
other things he posted one of the gov
eminent Autographs used as a. sign for
all army recruiting offices on the street
door The picture is highly cOlored and
shows both officers and privates in their
dress uniforms. The gaudy picture
proved quite an attraction and a crowd
of men stood around it the rest of the
day.
We're made after the poster was hung
out it is evident the recruiting officer
will have little difficulty in securing a
goodly number of men here.
Captain Detchmendy's especial mis-
sion is to recruit men for the 34th vol
unteer infantry, the raising of which
has been allotted to Montana, North and
ISOuLT bdhUld, a" yblLllS, SOIDTduo,
Utah and New Mexico, but he will also
recruit for the regular army. The re-
cruits for the 34th volunteer infantry
will be required to enlist for two years
and those who elect to go into the reg
ular establishment will enlist for three
years. Captain Detchmendy expects to
keep the office open here anywhere from
three to six months, or as long as re-
cruits are plentiful, for there is no
n ri ipl,1ar limit nt1rpl tho M i'm
Der of men he may enlist. DR.. H. j.
Loebinger has been employed to make
the physical examination of applicants
for the service. 1t was stated at the
Office yesterday that the men recruited
here are all intended for the Philip
pines though no promise or assurance
to that effect will be given. The men,
after their enlistment, will be sent to
Fort Logan, Utah, and there assigned
to their command.
Among the principal qualifications a
recruit must meet are that he must be
above feet inches in height, between
800 and 100 pounds in weight and I'M
married. If an applicant can meet these
requirements and has a good constitu-
ton he will be reasonably sure of get
ting in, though the physical exalnina-
ton is very rigid and man viii have
to be able to make DR.. Loebinger Il .rk
he is pretty good physically before he
will be accepted. The regulation with
regard to married men will also be rig
idly adhered to and only in special IN
stances will married men be accepted.
Were the requirements of recruits TO
greater than when the volunteers for
the Spanish-American war were enlist
ed the number of men that could be
secured here would undoubtedly be
much larger than the number that &C
tually will be enlisted.
The following order has been issued
by Adjutant General II. c. Corbin con-
corning the term of enlistment and the
qualifications required: The term of
service will be for the period ending
June 3d. 1901, and, as provided in sec
ton IL, of the act of March 2. 1899, these
enlistments may be made without re-
striction as to citizenship or educa-
tional qualifications. In other respects
they will be governed by the rules and
regulations prescribed for recruiting the
regular army.
Applicants for original enlistment
must be between the ages of is and 35
years, of good character and habits,
bodied, free from disease, and
must be able to speak the English Ian
guage. Soldiers who have served hon