The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-15
WeyIer Called BY Government.

Madrid, April 14.-General Weyler, The
former Captain General Of Cuba, arrived
in Madrid to day, apparently called here
by the Government He was met at
the railroad station by General Prat, IN
full uniform. and many friends, military
rid prohibited the demonstrations which
1t was proposed to make and adopted
strong precautionary measures. There
was detachment Of police at the station;,
there were policemen in the streets through
which the General passed, and the poles
officers were stationed even within the en-
trance to the Generals residence.
From tho railroad station the former
Captain General was driven rapidly to
his home in q carriage, accompanied by
Senior Mosamena, member of the Cham
the subject General Weyler refused to say
he was called to Madrid by the the Gov
ernment but he added, speaking to the
correspondent Of the Associated Press:
II have indeed, offered my services to
the Queen. ! consider war with America
inevitable, or Cuba is lost to sSpain. l
believe war is preferable to continuation
Of the prolonged tension between Wash.
ington and Madrid"
CAN CALL ON NATIONAL GUARDS
Washington. D. c., April IA Under
instructions from Secretary Alger, AS
sistant Secretary Of War Geo. D. Meikle-
john has been making an examination In
to the rights Of State militia, and will at
IN early date issue an official paper de-
filming the rights Of these citizen soldiers.
In 2espect to the question the Assistant
Secretary Of War said to-day:
I'm the event Of war the army will be
constituted in this order.
''Firat tho nrg. aaConH tho OrUnn-
led militia; third, the volunteers, for
which better name is the war army, for
the services Of the volunteers begin with
tho war and ond with it, The militia re-
ferred to In the Constitution does not
mean the National Guard Or any organic
ed militia but 1t means oil citizens of the
United States between Is and As years old,
able to do army service
Therefore, the militia, organized or
otherwise, can be called cut for SERVICES by
tho President in awar which does not
come under the head OF Instruction. in
vasion or to enforce the laws OF the
United States. Congress must pass law
authorizing the President to call for these
men, and they will constitute u volunteer
Or war army. The National Guard would
enlist as individuals for the term Of the
war.
III he President fears an invasion he
may call upon the National Guard or Or
ganiZed militia TO do d uty as such along
the coast. In such an event the militia Or
National Guard would not have To enlist
as volunteers
The President will call out, in my
judg ment, about 5000 men AMI orga-
nized militia will he given preference. We
have 20 900 men in the regular army, and
that will give US q total OF 5000. enough
to start with y
Major j. n. Morrison, Judge Advocate
Of the Army, said: The National Guard
of Il number Of the States, in view of the
fact that militia cinnot be sent abroad as
an invading army, are claiming that they
are STATE Volunteers and not militia But
that position Is not tenable, and, besides,
they lave been receiving annual apprOpri-
atoms from the Federal Treasury right
along as militia and have also been an
nually reporting to the War Department
a. militia
Major General Miles, commanding the
army, added to this, in the event of the
passage Of the resolution reported by tho
Foreign RslationsCommittoe thePrcsidenJ
would have authoity to call into the ser
vice Of the Government militia to the
number Of about 100000 men. The
third section of the resolution direc and
empowers the President TO use the entire
land and naval forces of the United States
and to call into the actual service Of the
United States the militia of the several
States, to such extent as may be necessary
to carry those resolutions into effect "
ITALY AS OUR FRIEND.
Rome April 1.-The Messagero an
nounccs: "All negotiations for tho sale of
the Italian cruiser Garibnldi to Spain are
been ,usp, led Oh account of the intcI :
national regard due to Powers abouv To
become brlligerents"