The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-24
SOME RECENT RECRUITS
Scranton Is a Good Field for Har-
vesting Observation-Disclosures
During August.

Many Scranton men have enlisted
for the United States army service at
the local recruiting station. during the
month of August and the officers at
the station express themselves as being
highly satisfied with the number which
is monthly leaving this city for the
barracks
There has been n change at the sta
tion. and Lieutenant r. l.. Davis has
been succeeded by First Lieutenant II.
w. Scholl, of the artillery corps.
Lieutenant II. +. Davis has been
assigned to West Point academy as
tactical officer. Lieutenant scholl is
doubling up his duties at present as
he was primarily in charge of the
Reading district and altcrnates be-
tween there and here. Lieutenant AL
Ian Smith. of the Fifth infantry, will
relieve him here, August %.
Lieutenant Scholl is, like the officers
who preceded him here, q West Point
er. graduating from the academy In
1899. During his senior year he play
ed on the varsity foot ball eleven at
tackle. Since then, he has been sta
toned at Havana. and some months
ago was put on the recruiting service.
He declares that Havana Is quiet and
orderly, and the people inoffensive in
their attitude towards the soldiery.
Drunkenness, he states, is an unusual
vice among the Cubans, and this ac-
counts. in a measure, for the COmpara-
tive orderlincss of the city, which, he
claims, is far from beinb the hot bed
of iniquity il Is sometimes represented.
Lieutenant SCholl said yesterday
that Scranton has proved a splendid
place for recruiting station, and from
personal knowledge he could state that
il was far superior to Reading.
Michael Lanley was the first man to
be sent from the city this month, and
was assigned to Fort Trumbull, Conn.
Alexander Reese. of West Pittston.
and Andrew Hart were both sent to
the Columbus barracks, and Joseph
Scalzo was sen t to Fort Trumbull.
Scalzo is an eX-soldier of the Italian
army.
Herbert r. Ellis was sent to Wash
ington TO join the Eleventh cavalry,
and John Donat went to the Columbus
barracks to be whipped into proper
military shape. John Cobb, who
served with the Twenty eighth infan-
try IN the Philippines, was sent to
Fort Howard, Ind, to serve in the
coast artillery, and Michael Meholick
went to Columbus.
Jenkins James who served in the
Philippines with the Forty-seventh in
fantry, a regiment in which there were
numerous Scranton men. was also sent
to Columbus, in the same party in
which was Howell Thomas, an
ex-member Of the Thirteenth.
The application is now being con-
sidered by Lieutenant Scholl of Paul
Worlinsky, an old soldier, who wishes
to enlist again. He saw three years
service with the Twcnty-secOnd in
fantry, three years with the Ninth in
fantry, and one in the Philippines with
the Thirty-scvcnth volunteers.
The attaches of the station have
been on the alert for the past two
weeks for Michael Nevils, who de-
serted shortly after enlstng He
signed his papers and passed the ex-
animation, but never reported for as
signment. Friends who failed TO pass
the rigorous examination are thought
to have dissuaded him from reporting
for duty. If found he will he sent to
Governors Island, for a disposition OF
his case,
Word has been received at the sta
tion that Thomas r. Missett, of Irving
avenue, who enlisted here June 2l, had
deserted from the barracks at Colum-
bus. He is an old infantry and artil-
leryman and no reason is known for
his action.