The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-08
Fifteen ARE
ADDED HERE
BILLINGS CONTRIBUTES FAIR
QUOTA TO NAVAL FORCE.
NO sAILERs AMONG THEM
Majority Rate 40 Landsmen Training
-onIy One Apprentice Takes
the Oath.

from Sundays Daily Gazette.
The officers and enlisted men who
were in the city during the past foul
days enlisting recruits for the navy
concluded their stay last evening and
left last night for Butte, where they
will hang out the flag tomorrow and
spend several days at that place. with
possibly n day at Anaconda. As q
result Of their efforts here Is new
names were added to the roster OF
Uncle Sans naval family, several Of
which are borne by colored men and
one colored boy. The boy is rated
as a mess attendant, third class, while
the men of color enlisted for coal
passers, the only rating open to them,
The proportion OF acceptances, com.
pared to the total number Of examina.
tons made, speaks well for the physi.
cal and mental status Of the men and
boys Of Billings and the surrounding
country, as the number Of those re-
jected was exceptionally small, and
Lieutenant Morton, who was the re-
cruiting officer, Is highly pleased with
the work accomplished by him. The
last man to be taken was j. d. Elem
ming, who came from Bridger last
evening for the purpose Of enlisting.
Although the rendezvous had been
closed and all paraphernalia packed
and ready for taking to the depot,
Flemming appeared to be such a like
ly looking subject that Lieutenant
Morton ordered him to be examined
and he had no cause Of regretting it,
for Flemming vas pronounced by DR..
Page to be one Of the best specimens
of physical manhood he had examin-
ed thus far. When informed OF his ac-
ceptance Flemming was overjoyed,
saying he had long been DESTROYS Of
enlisting in the navy, but never had
had the opportunity to do so before.
Next to the last recruit mustered In
was a diminutive speciment of Young
America named Robert William
Murphy, aged 16 years. The boy
drifted into the city a little over a
week ago. a speck on the sea Of hui
mainly. A waif and an orphan, with.
out friend or guardian, he eked out
existence by selling papers and
doing such odd jobs as he could Sc
cure. When the posters were dis
tributed announcing that q recruiting
officer would be here to enlist men
and boys for the navy, he became pos
of the desire to become a sail
or. He said he had a brother in the
navy and he wanted to join also. Hav-
ing neither parent nor guardian to
give consent to his enlistment, the
boy could not be taken, but a few
he had made interested Thorn
in his behalf. A statement Of
the case was sent to Judge Loud at
Miles City and he issued an order d.
Clerk Williams to hold a hear
Ing and If no objection was made to
appoint J.. A. Gilluly. who had made
guardian of young Muir
ply. The hearing vas held yesterday
afternoon and letters of guardianship
issued to Mr.. Gilluly and a few
minutes afterward Murphy was July
sworn in as an apprentice, third class,
He was given an order by Lieutenant
emitting him to room and
board at the boarding house where
The other recruits were quartered and
his cup of happiness was full to over
The full list Of those who enlisted
here and their rating is as follows:
E. ]. McCune. w. R. Clark, w. F.
Seek. H. Rickrich. G. F. Potts, ]. d.
J. A. Krutzburg and F. H.
Bird, all landsmen for training: G. A.
Powers, mess attendant, third class;
g. Smith, J. Van Wagner. T.. F. Nor.
ris. G. G. Corpue and G. H. Ward, coal
passers; R. w. Murphy, apprentice,
third class,
The recruits will not leave until
night, when they go to
Butte to join those enlisted there.
Buck Herd.