The herald., 1894-03-08
THEY WILL MARCH IN A MONTH
The Industrial Army Rapidly
Increasing.
Two New Companies Mustered in the
Body Yesterday.
A Pronuneiamonto Issued Outlining the
Purposes of the Army and What
1t Wants-Preparation
for the start.

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ing on San Pedro street, and known 81
the First Regiment OF the United States
Industrial army, have formed two addi.
tional companies of so men each, max
ing six companies in all.
The local leaders have prepared the
following preamble and constitution
which have been adopted
Whereas, The evils OF murderous com,
petition; the supplanting of manual
labor by machinery; the excessive Mon
golian and pauper immigration the
curse OF alien landlordiam the exploita-
tion by rent, profit and interest of the
products OF the toiler, has centralized
the wealth Of the nation into the hands
OF the few, and placed the masses in a
state OF hopeless destitution;
We have only TO look upon the history
of the past-like causes produce like re-
suits. These same causes led to the
downfall of Persia, Greece and conquer
ing Rome. The end came when two
per cent of their population owned all
the national wealth.
We have reached that point on our
own road to ruin where three per cent
Of the population own rs per cent of all
the wealth. Witness the abandoning
and selling OF children by their parentH
in San Francisco, on the western shore,
and the protest against the slave traffic
in children from Italy by New York, on
the eastern shore of our nation.
This is one of the signs, history tells
Us, preceded the downfall of all the past
great nations.
The daily grind of pinching poverty,
linked with the thought of hopeless
future, kills even the deep maternal in
stinct. The greatest crime perpetrated
by nation lie to allow her people to be
idle and sink into debauched servitude.
The strange tragical questions confront
Us on every hand
Why is it that those who produce food
are hungry
Why is it that those who make clothes
are ragged?
Why is it that those who build palaces
are houseless?
Why is it that those who do the ma
TONS work are forced to choose between
beggary, crime or suicide, in nation
having fertile soil enough to produce plen-
ty to feed and olothe the world; mate
rial enough to build palaces to house
them all, and productive capacity,
through labor saving machinery, OF
forty thousand million man-power, and
only sixty-fve million souls to feed,
clothe and shelter? Recognizing the
fact that II we wish TO escape the doom
of the past civilization something must
be done, and done quickly.
Therefore, we, as patriotic American
citizens, have organized ourselves into
an industrial army for the purpose Of
centralizing all the unemployed Ameri-
can citizens at the seat of government
Washington, d. o. and tender our aer-
vices to feed, clothe and shelter the ma
tion's needy, and to accomplish this end
we make the following demands on the
government:
Government employment for
all her unemployed citizene.
Se0ond-The prohibition OF foreign
immigration for 10 years.
Third-That no alien be allowed to
own real estate in the United States.
The constitution Of the army ia given
below:
This organization shall be known az
the United States Industrial army.
1t shall have the power to make its
own constitution and bylaws and elect
its own officers.
This army shall be composed of Amer
ioan citizens, over l6 years of age, or
those who have declared their intention
to become such.
The officers of the army shall be a
general, five aids, a quartermaster-g gen
eral, brigadiers, colonels, captains and
sergesnts.
The general, quartermaster-general
AMI five aids shall be elected by the ar
my; brigadier by mis- brigade colonel
by his regiment; captain and sergeant
by their company.
The general and staff shall have the
supervision over the army and gee that
the constitution is carried out; grant
commissions to recruiting sergeante and
have power to revoke the same.
The general and staff shall constitute
a court martial, the accused to have
right of an appeal to O vote of the army
Officers to hold Office during good be-
hRvior.
Fifty men shall constitute company !;
10 companies regiment; five regiments
brigade.
Roll call twice day when practicable.
Drill once day when practicable. ANY
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grounds for expulsion from the army.
Each regiment to have its own rules of
order not in conflict with the order of
the army.
General Fry, who is the commander
OF the camp, states that several churches
have proffered them aid, and that they
expect to be in readiness to join their
brethren in a month in the march to
Washington to lay their grievances be-
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