The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-31
NO STATE CAMP
UNDER THE PRESIDENTS SECOND
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
$4,000 of the $4,000 Recruits VIII BE
Absorbed in Old Regiments and.
Sent to Rendezvous at Once.
FIRST ARMY 122,100 STRONG
ALL OF THE 125,eOO ASKED FOR MAY
BE MUSTERED IN THIS WEEK.
State Accounts for the Expenses of
the Militia Now Worrying the
War Depa rtment.
THIRD CALL SEEMS PROBABLE
SLOW PROGRESS MADE IN SECURING
MEN FOR REGULAR ARMY.
State Accounts for the Expenses of
the Militia Now Worrying the
War Department..
THIRD CALL SEEMS PROBABLE
SLOW PROGRESS MADE IN SECURING
MEN FOR REGULAR ARMY.
Col. j. u. Barnett Formally Placed in
Command of Brigade at Camp
AIGer-Changes in His Regiment.

WASHINGTON, May 30.-Adjutant Cen
eral Corbin is now working out the details
of the second call for volunteers The ap-
portionment of the Is, 600 among the various
States has not been fixed definitely. but will
be in day or two. Communications from
the Governors of the several States received
by the adjutant general indicate clearly that
they approve of the plan to recruit the reg
ments from their States up TO the maxi
mum strength out of the second call. AS
heretofore Indicated this necessary recruit
ing will absorb about $4,000 men, leaving
about 5000 to be organized into additional
regiments. 1t is the purpose of the War
Department officials to recruit existing reg
iments up to a maximum strength of 1925
men, Each regiment will consist of twelve
companies of 106 men to company. 1t is
not expected to assemble the new recruits
in state camps. officers from each regi-
ment will be detailed for recruiting duty,
and the work of recruiting the quota of
each State under the second call will pro-
coed precisely as it does in the regular
army AS rapidly as the men are recruited
they will be examined and sent forward to
join the regiments to which they will be
assigned. The new recruits will be assigned
to regiments of their own States and, so
far as possible, to companies and regiments
which represent the cities and sections of
the States in which they reside Thus the
recruits will be among friends and ac
quaintances, and not among strangers.
Only after the existing regiments have been
recruited up to the maximum strength will
new regimental organizations be formed.
Some of the regiments now in the service
have less than the required number of COM
panies. New companies that may be or
ganized will be assigned to the regiments
until each regfmental organization has
twelve full companies. After this work has
been accomplished new regimental organiza-
tons of the maximum strength will be
formed The number of new regiments
probably will not exceed twenty.
At II o'clock tonight the total number of
volunteers mustered into the United States
service was 122,120. The fag ends of the
mastering in Iowa, Kentucky and Alabama
yet have to be caught up, but it is not ex-
pected that this will require more than two
days.
State accounts for the expenses incident TO
the maintenance of the troops raised by
them under President McKinley's first call,
before they were mustered into the service
of the government, are being received at
the War Department Perplexing questions
naturally will arise in the adjustment of
these accounts, and in some cases consider
able time may elapse before all the money
expended by the States is reimbursed TO
them. Governor Atkinson, e1 Georgia. was
at the War Department to-day in this con-
nection, and saw a number of the officials.
The Governor was anxious to secure an
early reimbursement so as to be ready to
raise the troops which will be asked for I'M
der the Presidents second call, as the State
desires the money now available for other
purposes. 1t is not likely. however, that
such condition of affairs exists in Geor-
gia, or if they are present in any other
State, will result in any great embarrass-
to recruit for the new troops on It's own
responsibility, thus relieving the Governors
of this duty