Extracts of U. S. Army enlistment register entries.
BRYANT, CONWAY, DOE, GAPEN, LAWTON, LEWIS, SMITH
These are my transcriptions of U. S. Army enlistment register entries as made available online by Ancestry.com, who cites the database as:
Ancestry.com. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls); Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
"DT" is Dakota Territory; Fort Abraham Lincoln is in North Dakota. "G. C. M. O." is General Court Martial Order. Davids ' Island is in Long Island Sound off New Rochelle and had a recruiting station.
"CA" and "C Arty" are Coast Artillery. Fort Levett, Maine is in Casco Bay on Cushing Island, just south of Peak's Island, off South Portland. It was a wireless station in 1910. Fort Strong is on Long Island in Boston Harbor.
I don't know what "h. & f." means. "Blue-9" denotes that there was a superscript, underlined 9 to the right of "blue" in the eye color column; I have absolutely no idea what that's about.
No. | 192 | 503 |
Name | DOE, William | BRYANT, John |
Enlisted when | June 9, 1876 | Sept. 21, 1880 |
Enlisted where | Boston, Mass. | Davids Isld NYH |
Enlisted by whom | Lt. Lawton | Capt. Conway |
Period | 5 yrs. | 5 yrs. |
Birth Town/Co. | Hermon | Boston |
Birth State | Maine | Mass. |
Age | 21-1/12 | 22 |
Occupation | Sailor | Rigger |
Eyes | Grey | Hazel |
Hair | Brown | Brown |
Complexion | Dark | Ruddy |
Ht. ft. | 5 | 5 |
Ht. in. | 7-1/4 | 7-1/2 |
Regiment | 7 Cav | 3 Inf |
Co. | L | I |
No. Enlistments | 2 | |
Remarks | Dishonorably Discharged Jany 29, 77 at Fort A. Lincoln D T per G. C. M. O. 59 Dept. Dakota 76 a Private | Deserted Aug. 15, 1881 |
No. | 2262 | 2219 |
Name | SMITH, Felix | SMITH, Felix |
Enlisted when | Aug. 17, 1904 | Oct. 23, 1907 |
Enlisted where | Jackson, Ky. | Columbus Bty O |
Enlisted by whom | Capt. Lewis | Cap. Gapen |
Period | 3 yrs. | 3 yrs. |
Birth Town/Co. | Knot Co. | Knott Co. |
Birth State | Ky. | Ky. |
Age | 21-3 | 24-4 |
Occupation | farmer | soldier |
Eyes | blue-9 | blue-9 |
Hair | d. bro | d. bro |
Complexion | ruddy | ruddy |
Ht. ft. | 5 | 5 |
Ht. in. | 11 | 11-1/4 |
Regiment | C Arty | CA |
Co. | I | 107 re |
No. Enlistments | 2 | |
Last service Co. | 1 | |
Last Service Regt. | CA | |
Date Discharged | 8.16.07 | |
Remarks | Disch'd Aug. 16, 07 at Fort Levett, Me. [unreadable] very good h. & f. | Dis. Oct. 22.10 at Ft. Strong, Mass. exp. ser. Pvt. Good h. & f. |