The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
REGULAR ARMY RECRUITS
NO LACK OF ABLE- BODIED MEy M,
coon CHARACTER TO ENLIST

Rush to Get In the Army Under tho "
Law-AlI Anxious for service I'm nv
Countries, Especially the phiiprin..
Some of the Stations-Thr RECURRENCE.
If anybody thinks there is going to be dim
Guilty in getting enough ablu-holi"d mo, -
good character to recruit the regular army,,
It's maximum strength Of II few murr than ,yt'
600 men. he ought To- visit either Of 'ha ,u,
general recruiting stations In the horonch a,
Manhattan. or any Of the regimental rncrri,,,,
stations scattered about the Greater No.
York. These stations are about the husios,
places in town. and have been ever sine. II la.
came known that Congress had given lrc,,
Sam the power to increase tho number Of hi.
defenders. Since the law authorizing tho in
crease in the army was passed tho clerical
force at all Of the recruiting stations has hoo,
increased. and the officers and men hay.r,
charge of the recruiting ara kept as busy a,
they can b" from about I O'Clock in tina
morning until about 10 O'Clock at night.
There are two general recruiting stations,
New York. one t. on the east 4 !o Of ThirJ
avenue. Just below Ninth street. and the o,ho,
is at ~ Fast 12jth street. Both stations ara Il,
charge of Major Whitney OF til" Sixth I'ni,.l
States Infantry. now stationed n Fort Sam
Houston. Texas. and under orders H. prorreI
TO Manila from San Francisco. Major Whitney
has also under his supervision the genera 70.
cruiting stations at Newhurg. Albany AMI
Gloversville. The Major has been doing srn.
cial duty as recruiting officer for some tina
and he has done such excellent work haiti.
rather doubtful if he can prevail upon tho War
Department to send him 10 the rhilIrrino,
with his regiment. 1t goes without say,lg,
however. that if tho MAJOR has any influenza
with the powers that he he will be found on ths
transport taking his regiment when it sail.
from San Francisco.
Each OF the general recruiting stations is IN
charge OF n Captain. The Third aynnus
station. which is really tho main recruiting
office in this neighborhnoi. ia under the imma-
dlate charge of CAPT. tOrnman of tho Twnuty-
first United States Infantry. stationed a rat.s.
burg Barracks and also under orders t. rr,-
f i%s o If Mon "r Il F FfIrf r ii { FGrSS ,a3@s Hrti lrT%rv. i;
avenue. The Eighth United States %i!tniitttrvs
has "A recruiting station IN Court strcnt. Brook
the Firth Artillery is at Fort Hamilton. i It may "a
editor Of the Er".n.y Post. who has heon
waiting for months that il would he impos.
s shey r s2 lee m thu 20 pos s]sTGf N that hat 9 th@Ty Nw"@H',3}
have TO. do duty i'll such countries as Cuia,
Porto, Rico and the philippines. whore thew
were likely to he shot down hv rehcilious ma.
tiNes. that the regimental recruiting offices are
not quite so busy as the general recruiting
offices. because nincty-nlne out Of a hundred
of the men who want To. enlist in the army
want to sec the most active kind vt service,
i therefore, tnhy express INC desire 10 hn as
slgne to regiments that have been ordered to
tn" Philippines.
PERHAPS on account Of it's location, the Third
avenue recruiting station is the busiest Of any
hcreaboutS. At that station between forty and
sixty appl i"ants a day. aprly for enlistment. y,
was said at the Office on Thursday that tho
character Of the men now being taken into the
army has never heen higher. OF course th"rs
are a great number of ordinary lahOrorS, in
Guiding tcamstets and menof notrade. hutthat
which has greatly. interested the recruiting
flRnF . ia fhn fAnf fhnf I fl.t NIaf t,A,sh
an unusually large number, of skilled me-
chanies have applied for enlistment. These
telegraph operators. ironworkers. leather
workers. bridge builders. masons and wheel
n~eciaiiy Interested those in. charge Of the re.
cruiting. a great number OF hooEkeerers and
accountants 4ara49sr h fo4 T 9ppis!r lied for %, en- i htdnmad ,D,,
strongest POSSIBLE desire to be assigned TO
inpines or to regiments that are already there.
The regiments now under orders To- proceed TO
SNihnn'ih,a. T lnG1asn 5n six ttetIHEin aSd T I'VE siSSfs:
tt rtijlery s nnt so Ini a tbs PRiljn nl Of THE mI, StT ,6h
lett at Honolulu for garrison duty. The de,
size to Join the ARM, has spread to 8,
sound character that. within the past week
9rtwo, the Sixth Infantry and the Thirteenth
mum strength. Those who recall the santiago
9ampalgn will remember that the Thirteenth
lnF nnn5 cn T mo 70 foI%rs we're the frs, to- 10
over. A detachment OF that regimen is now.
and. When these facts are borne IN mind tina
raptditywith which the army IS Il being recruited
may be the better appreciated.
An interesting fact in connection with the
recruiting IL the number OF men who have pre-
se1ted themselves for enlistment from the vi.
iresidents first call for volunteers last spring.
: was, said at the Third avenue recruiting sta
tnT fhnf plnU LII t1ra 60 IA p,nrN
have come from ~priyates in each OF tho New
York volunteer regiments. Nearly two hum
York. which only recently returned rom its
camp Mt Huntsville. have already appliol for
SS@ nVa been nc ,n p asS Ff 1imn,t az Inysd an" a nu m2%y
OF applications have come from the Ninth
and seyenty-hrst regiments and. there have
ther than this. the recruiting officers have re-
ceiv"d letters from members OF New York VOL
tered out OF the service. asking il they cannos
THb1iSt n tba me r regular Ian ATTY from the .ho,, P,4afSs {,
added that many other sppiicatti;ons have been
received from. members OF the First New York
Volunteer Infantry, whichwas ordered 10 Ma
According to the bill authorizing the increase
sist OF twelve comnan es Of liz men each.
Tho cavalry, must consist OF twelve troops ~
1 lsSia me o3 s Sn.Hv and ,rt,, The artillery atnE r. 81 IT, twelve rss bat oHd
two batteries of field artillery. each Of 100
men. According to the recruiting circular is:
sued by the War Department. under date ~
March 3. 1890. the fol owing instructions gov
erning recruiting are lald down:
Applicants for enlistment must he he'waen
the ages OF IL and Is years. OF good character
and habits, able bodied. free from disease. and
must be able to speak. read and write the Eng
fish language.
Married men will be enlisted only upon the
approval OF n regimental commander.
Minors must not he enlisted without tbs
written consent OF father. or only surviving
parent. or Legally appointed guardian,
Original cnlistments will be confined 10 per-
sons who are citizens OF the United States. or
who have made Legal declaration OF their inten-
ton to become citizens thereof.
Apnltcants will be required to satisfy the
recruiting officers regarding uGe and rharoH-
Ter. and should be provided with the necessary
" For infantry and artillery the height must
not be less than 5 feet 4 inches. and weight nov
less than 12o pounds and not more than 1870
pounds.
" For. cavalry the height must not he less
than : feet 4 inches and not moro than > feet
u inches. and weight not 10 exceed lt5 pounds.
10 minimum weight is prescribed for cavalry.
Dut me chest measure must he satisfactory.
Tho term of service ia three years, All
soldiers receive from the Government. in addt-
non ~ THAR "a t,A nNlFItn- lAtlfDy