The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-23

Dick, who is a merchant at No 10 Doyer'
street is a gray-haired Chinaman VIII
has been in the United States for nearly
thirty years Enrolled in the Chimes
Freemasons are nearly all the Chinamel
in the country.
At a meeting TO be held tomorrow after
noon at No. 16 Peli street, final plans vii
be adopted and a fun list Of names OF
Cinnamon willing TO fight will be turned
! over to Mr.. Meyers. He will send com
munication to the Secretary of War vol
| unteering TO furnish an armory for the
! Chinese recruits. and asking that drill
masters Of experience be assigned to
/ teach them the art Of war. promising "a
pay all the expenses incident TO the af-
fair.
| A Cuban Veteran.
Kansas City, No. April 2S-Major Fred
Funston. son of eX-Congressman Charles
| Funston. of Kansas, passed through Kan
/ sas City today enroute TO Washington,
/ where he goes on orders from the War
I Department to report for duty at once.
Major Funston returned home from Cuba
several months ago 10 recover from
gunshot wound received in a skirmish
while fighting for the Cubans. He had
spent two years in cuba. taking part in
many important engagements.
IincoIn's Son-in-Law EnIistS.
Creston Iowa. April 23.-Waren Beck
with. son-in-law 81 Robert T. Lincoln.
has enlisted in a volunteer company.
The New York Militia.
Albany, X. Y, April 23-New York's
volunteers will be recruited from the Ma
tional Guard and other citizens under
the direction Of the five brigadier gener
ais. and the National Guard will go into
the service of the United States under
command of their own officers. 1t is also
announced that from 20 to 90 per cent of
the State troops will volunteer, the per-
ceutage guaranteeing the preservation of
the integrity of the existing organZa-
tons. To settle these questions, Adjt.
Gen. TiHinghast has made the following
announcement:
so many requests were made that or
ganizations as a whole, and under their
own officers. he given an opportunity to
volunteer, that an order was issued ask
ing commanding officers of organizations
TO inform the governor what percentage
Of their men would volunteer. The re-
Spouse was prompt and satisfactory.
Many organizations offered 100 per cent,
none less than 20 per cent.
1T has been decided that when the call
from the Federal Government is made
for volunteers the work of recruiting them
and preparing them to be mustered into
the United States service will be placed
in the hands Of the brigade commanders.
and the work will be done by the forces
that the State has been training for so
many years-namely. the National Guard.
Field and staff officers will be APP
pointed by the governor. Company Off
GERS viii be selected by ballot by all the
commissioned officers of the brigade.
Their names will be presented to the gov
ernor. and he will commission them.
"Non-commissioned officers of the staff
will be warranted by the regimental COM
manders. This plan places the response
bility for sending troops properly pre-
pared in the hands of men who, by right
and service, have earned the privilege.
THE details for carrying into effect the
above are ready for PRONUNCIATION as soon
as the call comes. 1t will be understood
that the enlisted men and officers will
come, as far as possible, from the officers
and men of the National Guard. Any
balance of the aggregate called for can
be filled from men in civil life