The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-04-27
RALLY ROUND THE FLAG.
President Mckinley Calls for 1885,
600 Volunteers.
New Army Corps Is to be Established In
the South Under Gen. Brooke, Pre-
paratory to the Invasion of Cuba
Full Text of the PresI-
dents Proclamation.

Washington, April 25.-The president
on Saturday called upon the people Of
the United States to manifest their
martial strength and battle with for
eign foe. The secretary of war created
new army corps. The two taken to-
gether with other news showed that
the regular army soon will move on
Cuba and that the volunteers will be
equipped and drilled. The presidents
proclamation, while. actually issued,
was not certified to the governors of
the states and will not be until to-day.
The reason is two-fold. In the first
place the war department desires to
avoid destroying the present organiza-
tion of the national guard, which is to
be called into service first. The guard
regiments are composed Of II com
panies, and being officered more nu-
merously than the regular army regi-
ments, would have to be changed to
correspond to the army organization
in order to comply with the law as it
| exists. The pending Hull bill, how
ever, provides for meeting such an
emergency and permits the use of the
national guard as organized. This con-
sideration is more important than
| would appear at first, inasmuch as
many of the national guards have
volunteered only under condition that
they may serve as now organized.
The second consideration which in
fiuenced the department in postponing
the certification of the call was de-
sire to make sure that adequate ar
rangements can be completed by the
quartermaster's and commissary de-
partments for transporting and feed
ing the large number of men called for.
kilograms have been coming from
almost every section of the country to
Secretary Alger from governors and
militia officers conveying information
as to the length of time, surprisingly
short in many cases, that would be re-
quired by them to gather their forces
ready for muster. The men as fast as
mustered in by regular army officers in
the various states will be brought to
one of three great depots, namely
| Washington, Richmond and Atlanta,
where they will be organized to meet
| the requirements of modern army tao
tics.
The fact that Richmond is named as
one of these points is taken in some
quarters as an evidence that Fitzhugh
Lee is to receive volunteer commits
| sion, either as one of the four major
generals or one of the nine brigadier
generals provided for in the volunteer
bill.
A vast number of kilograms have be-
gun to flow in upon Secretary Alger
offering the services of the senders az
volunteers in the army. So numerous
are these communications that the sec
retary has been obliged to request the
press to notify the people that such
communications should be directed to
the governors of their respective states
as he has no authority under the law
to accept volunteers directly.
The. formation of grand army corps
in the Department of the South, under
command of Gen. Brooke, divided into
three divisions, with headquarters at
the three gulf ports, is an evidence
that the government is to move upon
Cuba at once with the troops of the
regular army.
The following is the presidents proc
lamation calling for 125,0OO troops to
serve two years:
| BY the president Of the United States:
| A PROCLAMATION
Whereas. BY Joint resolution OF congress
approved on April 20, 1893, entitled Joint res
Dlution for the recognition OF the independence
Df the people OF Cuba, demanding that the
| government Of Spain relinquish its authority
! md government In the island OF Cuba and
| withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba
| md Cuban waters. and directing the president
I the United States to use the land and naval
!orceS Of the United States to carry these reso-
utions into effect" and
Whereas, BY an act OF congress approved
| April %, 1893, the president was authorized In
,rder to raise volunteer army, to issue his
| proclamation calling for volunteers to serve in
| lhe army Of the United States:
Now therefore, l. William Mckinley, presi-
| lent OF the United StlteS, by virtue OF tha
| power vested in me by the constitution ant
| avs and deemlug sufficient occasion to exist
| have thought ft to call for and hereby do call
| Tor volunteers to the aggregate number OF
$4,000. In order to carry into effect the purpose
| II the said resolution; the sama to be appor-
| toned as far as practicable among the several
| states and territories and the District Of Co.
lumbia according to population, and to serve
for two years unless sooner discharged. The
details for this object will be immediaty
communicated to the proper authorities
| through the war department.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal OF the United States
to be afflxed
Done at the city OF Washington, this 23rd day
| OF April, A. d. 1893, and OF the independence Of
the United States the l22nd
WILLIAM MCKINLEY