The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-06-04
President Asks
For $4,000.
DETERMINED TOCRUSHSP SPAIN
Proclamation Came In the Ma
ture of q Surprise-Will
Raise the Total Army
Strength to 100000.

The president Wednesday issued
proclamation calling for $4,000 more
volunteers.
This will make the total army
strength, regular and volunteer, $780,
900.
Following is the proclamation:
"By the president of the United
States-A proclamation.
"Whereas, An act of congress was
approved on the twenty-ffth day Of
April, 1898, entitled AN act declaring
that war exists between the United
States of America and the kingdom OF
Spain, and
Whereas, By an act of congress en-.
titled AN act to provide for tempora.
rily increasing the military establish
ment OF the United States in time Of
war and for other purposes approved
April %, 1898, the president is author
lied, in order to raise q volunteer
army, to issue his proclamation calling
for volunteers to serve in the army of
the United States.
"Now, therefore, I, William Mo-
Kinley, president Of the United
States, by virtue Of the power vested
in me by the constitution and laws.
and deeming sufficient occasion to ex-
list, have thought fit to call forth and
do hereby call forth volunteers to the
aggregate number of $4,000 in addi-
ton to the volunteers called forth in
my proclamation of the 23d Of April
in the present year, and the same to
be apportioned, as far as practicable,
among the several states and terrific
ries and the District Of Columbia, &C.
cording to the population, and to serve
for two years unless sooner discharged.
The proportion of each arm and the
details OF enlistment and organization
will be made known through the war
department.
''In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed"
Done at the city Of Washington this
25th day OF May, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety eight and OF the independence
OF the United States the one hundred
and twenty-second.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
BY the President:
WILLIAM II. DAY, Secretary OF State.
Secretary of War Alger said We'd
nesday afternoon that the additional
volunteers called for will not be re-
cruited from the national guard, as
were the first 1875, ZOO, but that the en-
listments will be open. The regula-
tions referred to in the proclamation
under which the enlistments will be
conducted have not yet been prepared
and it is thought that there is no &C.
casion for hurry in this matter until
the full draft called for in the first
proclamation has been secured.
1t is further stated that the decision
to issue an additional call for volunteers
was not reached until the cabinet
meeting Tuesday afternoon. The call,
it is supposed in Washington, indica-
ted determination to press the cam
paign actively and vigorously from
now on.
The issuance of the proclamation
calling for $4,000 more volunteers
added a new and stirring phase to the
ethargic conditions which have pre-
rallied of late, and came with almost
startling unexpectedness, even to many
" the high officials OF the army.
The proclamation means not only
he assembling Of o largo force Of
roops, but also the appointment Of a
lumber of major generals, brigadier
GENERALS, colonies, majors and staff
nd field officers for the organization
I this additional force Of $4,000 men
nto army corps, divisions, brigades
nd regiments.
The reason leading up to the call
aturally were sources of much con-
,cture, as it was at first felt that the
Of foreign complications
as factor in bringing about this
ew move. 1t speedily developed,
owever. that the call was not due to
~ latent or serious emergency, but
as rather In the line Of getting on the
round large body Of men to be
-illed and seasoned, and to oonsti-
tie Q sort OF second reserves to be
lawn upon later, when the campaigns
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