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ia Ihe service 20 thr cIuss of lie var, anI ihrra
To remain, should Calilornia al ,ha, Time belong
10 the United States.
! When Congress declared that war existed b..
tween the United States and Mexico, the people
thought Of nothing but sustaining the govern.
mcnt. Money was voted, and an army Of volun.
teors was raised with the greatest promptirudc.
Defence was then the prominent idea in the
minds Of lho people. Their spirit has been test
cd in a defensive war, and their enthusiasm has
surpassed all expectation. Conquest is now
Whispered from lip TO lip, aud it remains for the
people to say how far this shall receive their sup
Port and approval. Ii is due TO the people that
the object Of the government be made known in
order that in sustaining the administration they
may know what kind Of lrar they sustain.-
There will be no latering with the mass Of the
people. The Government, we believe, will al
ways be sustained. But, an unjust, ambitious,
or impoliGc Administration will not be suffered
long to hold the rcins. Our people, we know,
are entcrprising, acquisitivo, adventurous; but,
at the same time, are not without moral sensibili
! ~. And whilst even an unjust and oppressive
law will, for the time, meet with strict obedience
the people will soon devise ways and means for
its repeal. And as thoyarc the legitimate source
of all law, their servants have no right to with
hold from them their intentions and designs
That their designs are leaking out is apparent
from the following letter the Secretary of War,
and that they will be rcpudiatcd by the people,
we hope will be made apparent at the ballot box:
Correspondence Of The Baltimore american.
WASHINGTON, July II, 1916.
enclose you the following letter from the
Secretary of War to Jonathan d. Stevenson of
| New York, as confirmation of the information
have before given you in reference to the designs
of the Government upon California. The let
ter rather goes beyond than falls short of what
| have said:
"WAR DEPARTMENT, June 26, 1916.
SR:-The President having determined to
send a Regiment of Volunteers around Cape
Horn to the Pacific, to be employed in prosecut-
ing hostiltcs in Mexico, probably in Upper Cal
tornia, has authorized me to say that fyou will
organize one Regiment on the condition herein
after specified and tender It's service to the Uni
ted States, 1t will be accepted. 1t is proper it
should be done with the appreciation of the Gov
enor of New York.
The President expects and indeed requires
that great care should be taken TO have it compos-
cd Of suitable pcrsons-l mean of good habits
as far as practicable of various pursuits, and such
as would be likely to desire to remain at the end
of the war, either in Oregon or in any territory
in that region of the globe which may then be a
part of the territory of the United States.
The act of the 18th May last authorizes the
acceptance of volunteers for 12 months or dur
ing the war with Mexico. The condition of ac-
ceptance in this case must be q tender of service
during the war, and il must be explicitly under
stood that they be discharged without claim
for returning home wherever they may be serv.
ing at the termination of the war; provided it is
in the then territory of the United States, OF
may be taken to the nearest and most convenient
territory belonging to the U. States and there
discharged.
The men must be apprizod expressly that tie
term Of service is for the war; that they may be
discharged as above specified; and that they are
to be employed on a distant service. It's, how
ever, very desirable that it should not be public
I, ly known or proclaimed, that they are to go into
any particular province of Mexico.
On this point great caution is onjoined. The
communication to the officers and men must 60
so far as to remove all Just grounds of complaint
that they have been deceived, in the nature and
place of the service.
1t is expected the Regiment will be in readi-
ness to embark as early as the first of August
next ifpracticable.
Steps will be Immediately taken to provide fol
transportation.
Very respectfully, your ob'r. scrv't
w. l.. MARCY,
Secretary Of War;
Col. J. D. STEVENSON,
I New York CITY.