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 PronunciRmento ISSUED Outlining the
Purposes of the Army and What
1t Wants-Preparations
for the Start.

Iuo organized uuom plOybO uOW chLu p
ing on San Pedro street, and known as
the First Regiment of the United States
Industrial army, have formed two sddi-
tional companies of 80 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 parents
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
uB, 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 ration is to allow her people to be
idle and sink into debauched servitude.
The strange tragical questions confront
us on every hand:
Why is iE 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 il that those who do the ma
tion's work are forced to choose between
beggary, crime or suicide, in nation
having fertile soil enough to produce plen.
ty to feed and clothe the world; mate
rial enough to build palaces to house
them all, and productive capacity,
through labor saving machinery, OF
forty thousand million msn-power, and
only sixty-five million souls to feed,
clothe and shelter? Recognizing the
fact that IL 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 sill the unemployed Ameri-
can citizens at the seat of government
Washington, D. o. and tender our ser
vices to feed, clothe and shelter the ma
toms needy, and to accomplish this end
we make the following demands on the
government:
First-Government employment foI
all her unemployed citizens.
Second-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 is given
below:
This organization shall be known as
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.
lean citizens. over 16 years of age, or
those who have declared their intention
to become such.
The officers of the army shall be a
general, five aids, quartermRster- gem
eral, brigadiers, colonels, captains and
Hergeants.
The general, qusrtermastsr-ge
an6 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 see that
the constitution is carried out; grant
commissions to recruiting sergeants and
have power to revoke the same.
The general and staff shall constitute
q court martial, the accused to have a
right of an appeal TO vote OF the army
against their decision.
Officers to hold Office during good be-
havior.
Fifty men shall constitute a company
10 companies regiment; five regiments
9 brigade.
Roll call twice day when practicable.
Drill once day when practicable. Amy
dieobedience Of orders shall be sufficient
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 theil
brethren in q month in the march tC
Washington to Icy their grievances be-
fore congress.