The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-15
READY TO BEGIN RECRUITING.
STATIONS to Be Opened In All Parts OF
the Country.

All arrangements have been completed
by the War Department for the enlist
ment Of the entire military force allowed
! in the new Reorganizat ton bill and re
cruiting stations will be opened at every
large city and town in the country and
throughout the Philippines Immediately
on the measure becoming law Orders
have been issued creating the largest
, number of recruiting stations. bota at
home and in the Philippines and Cuba.
ever authorized by the Government Army
officers have been assigned at the Few
stations. with Instructions TO be in rezdi-
ness to begin euiistments on Geographic
orders from the department
There is little time TO secure the 3d.
Geo men that VIII be required 10 replace
the number OF volunteers who must be
discharged by July l. under the law OF
1888. and anticipating thu early adoption
of the Reorganization bill, the authoTl-
ties have amply prepared 10 act with
expedition Every town in the country
where there is the slightest possibility Of
recruits applying in numbers to warrant
the establishment of station viii nave
one with an outfit of officers and enlist
ed men 10 assist.
The West IS regarded as the most
promising field for recruits. although in
the East experience shows there are al
ways twice the number Of competent
men willing to join the army and who
meet the requirements than can be usu-
ally accepted The South. however has
! never been a profitable region for recruit
ing officers. but attempts viii De made
I under the new bill to secure recruits from
this region in larger numbers than has
/ been the rule heretofore At New Or
leans, in Atlanta and at Savannah. sta
lions are 10 be opened. and those at Bal
tircTe. Washington and Philadelphia en-
/ iarSed IN force. Throughout New Eng
land also new stations viii be opened.
| There are 0.GG0 men 10 be enlisted and
/ The War Department officials are anxious
! that every one shall be secured before
I July l, when the army must then com
prise a force composed entirely of regu-
lars.
While in the past no serious difficulty
has been experienced in Obtaining all the
men required for the military service, both
volunteers and regulars. officials are less
hopeful now of enlisting promptly the
large new army than at any other period
since the Spanish war. Many reasons are
assigned for this. but the abolition of the
canteen seems to be the chief. although
thousands Of volunteers serving in the
Phil ppines are said to have become anx-
ious to return home. after tvo or three
years, service in a climate ti.4- many find
lar from aEreeab BILE.
Hundreds Of volunteers who Will be dis
charged in Manila however. viii find en-
plcyment as policemen or the force that
is being organized under the Commission
for the preservation OF order in towns
now occupied by the American troops
The service of these policemen viii tend
I TO reduce the duties now re0UfrefT of rrO1r,S
/ and open up d fsId for the employment OF
men who otherwise would return home.
! The say and the fact that 70 term of en-
! iistTsnt is required seems 10 have render
/ ed these places desirable in the eyes OF
volunteers.