The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-28

ton bill rs a law, recruiting will be be-
gun at once. Each company of infan-
try, cavalry and artillery will be re-
cruited to its maximum strength per-
mitted by law. a circular has been
prepared by Major Carter fully de-
scribing the methods and manner by
which this will be done. This circular
will be sent broadcast over the United
States today. The officials believe that
with active work by the recruiting Off
GERS the regular army can be raised to
its full war strength of over 81, 900 men
in a very short time.
Colonel Leonard Wood today started
for the west to recruit his regiment of
mounted rifiemen.
Under the original apportionment of
! volunteers of the states, Colorado was
called upon to furnish a light battery
! of artillery. At the request of the state
authorities the requisition was changed
so as to call for a troop of cavalry, in
stead of artillery.
General Miles has abandoned his pro-
posed tour of inspection of southern
military posts for the present, for the
reason that he is too busily engaged
with matters pertaining to the reor-
| ganiZation of the army to leave the
! city.
/ AT his. recommendation the secretary
of war has authorized the purchase of
10000 canvas uniforms for use in the
/ Cuban campaign, and it is expected
they win be ready for delivery by the
time the advance guard is ready to
march on Cuba.
PORTUGAL'S ATTITUDE.
The attitude of Portugal is felt to be
more important just at present than
that of any of the great powers Of Eu-
rope owing to the presence of the
oh ct ba NQrdQ
islands, belonging to Portugal. Neither
the state department nor the Portu-
guese minister at Washington had re-
ceived word up to tonight as to the pur-
pose of Portugal on the question of
neutrality. This caused considerable
apprehension in official circles here, as
it was felt that Portugal's vicinage to
neutrality for a time. She owns the
Cape de Verde group, the Azores and
the Madeiras, which would give the
Spanish fleet three very important
bases of operation. Late in the day the
press dispatches from Lisbon, saying
that the cabinet council will declare
neutrality tomorrow, relieves this ap-
prehension considerably. The effect of
the decree will be to compel the Span
ish fleet at Cape de Verde to leave i'm
mediately. It is felt, however, that
Portugal has done her neighbor a good
turn in deferring the proclamation I'M
til tomorrow, as the Spanish fleet has
been laying in stores and coal for sew
eral days past and doubtless will be
fully equipped and ready to sail before
the neutrality proclamation forces
them out of Portugal waters.
SOUTH AMERICA.
Colombia is the only South or Cen
trail American country which has thus
far declared neutrality. Spain has
counted much on the cooperation of
Spanish-American countries, but there /
is 10 reason to doubt that all of them /
will adopt a neutral position.
Members of the diplomatic corps dis |
miss the reports coming from Europe +
that another move towards European /
intervention will be made as soon as
Spain suffers a decisive reverse. This
is said to be purely conjectural, as no /
such move has taken form thus far by
the exchange of notes.
NO MORE SHIPS.
1t is accepted as settled that no more
ships intended for the American navy
can leave the port of those countries
which have declared their neutrality
This result is most serious in the case
of the cruiser Albany, now at the Arm
strong yards in England. The view
among diplomatic officials is that
neither the Albany nor the torpedo boat
Somers can leave, even though the
United States flag was raised over them
before the proclamation Of neutrality
was issued. 1t is said the raising of the
flag cannot avoid the manifest uses of
the ship for war purposes.