The San Francisco call., 1899-08-11
OUR BOYS ARE
NOT RUSHING TO
JOIN THE ARMY
Desirable Men Are All
Employed.
FEW SICK AT THE PRESIDE
.EW SICK AT THE PRESIDE
COLONEL GREENLEAF PLEASED
WITH IMPROVEMENTS.
Chief surgeon-Major Cardwen and
Acting Assistant Sandal Will
Accompany the Troops on the
Senator for Manila

Unless enlistments for the Thirty-1fth n
Infantry increase materially during the
next few days the regiment Will nave 10
be recruited in the East. Major Brlnker-
hoff, recruiting officer for this depart
ment received telegram from the adJu-
tant general directing that enI1stments
for the Thirty-fifth be hurried as rapidly
as possible, as it was desired that the
regiment be filled by the end OF TINS
week. The telegram stated that the regi-
ment is short nearly 100 men, which
means that less than 200 have been ell
listed so far.
Another significant statement that ap-
peared in the telegram was that eastern
recruiting offices had been ordered TO ac-
cept recruits for the Thirty-tifth. 1t was
originally intended that the Thirty-n fifth
Infantry should be a Pacific Coast regl-
ment. but the small number of men en-
listed here has made that impossible.
Various causes for the reluctance or
prospective soldiers from the Pacihc
Coast have been mentioned, the principal
one being that men are all employed here,
or at least such men as would be accept
able to the recruiting officer. Again IL IS
urged that the population out here is SO
small compared to the population East
that enlistments must necessarily De
fewer At any rate the Thirty-fifth prom
ises to be more of an Eastern than
Western regiment.
Recruiting stations for the Thirty-hrth
Infantry have been established all over
the State an officer of the regiment be-
ing stationed at each. Lieutenant Becker
is at Sacramento Captain Matthews is IN
charge of offices at Santa Ana, Anahelln,
Pomona Ontario, Redlands, Riverside,
Cotton San Diego, Oceanside, Falpr0ok
and National City. Lieutenant hlmDau mas
been detailed to assist him. Lieutenant
Tremaine is en- duty at the local office,
hut will soon be sent out into the coun-
try Lieutenant English Is at MarysVlllc,
Lieutenant Chappelar at Los Angeles,
Lieutenant Aldrich in Sacramento. 4olo
and Colusa and Lieutenant Steele Is In
Major Brinkerhoff has received word
that any returned volunteer re-enliS tlng
for the Philippines may be given thirty
day furlough Immediately upon his en-
ltstment This has not been generally
known and may remove some OF the OBJ
iections the returning volunteers have had
against going into service again.
| Colonel Greenleaf, medical inspector OF
the army was at the Presidio yesterday
! inspecting the general hospital.
My occupation is gone when come
| here" was his comment on colonel Gil
| rard's management of the hospital. He
| was through all the wards and buildings
| and expressed himself as being much
| pleased with what he saw.
There is another thing that has pleased
| Colonel Greenleaf; that is the condition
| of the Presldio camps but particularly
! the volunteer camp. The percentage OF
! sick at the volunteer camp is but A6, OF
| less than it is in the city. At the recruit
| camp ii is just per cent. In estimating
| these figures a man is counted sick Wher
| he is relieved from any military duty or
| account of Illness. AS the men are re-
| lieved from duty for any slight Illness
| the figures are large rather than small
| In the hospital there were but two
! deaths during the month of July, with