Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-14
PLANS FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
They Are Being Rapidly Made and
Only Held Back Until the Mes
sage Is Sent in.
PUNISHMENT FOR CONVICTED SOLDIERS.
The War Department. Has Received Nearly
One Million Applications from Persons
Willing to Serve the Country in the Mil
itary Branch-The Raising OF Troops
Discussed at a Conference.

WASHINGTON, April 10.-Plans for the
campaign are being made rapidly.
Actual orders are held back until the
presidents message goes to congress.
but verything that can be done in
anticipation is receiving attention.
The call upon the states has been pre-
pared at the war department and is
ready for the presidents signature.
Each state will have quota to furnish
corresponding to its population. The
governor of Missouri will be called
upon for two regiments to begin
with. The Illinois quota is a
little larger. The Indiana quota
is regiment and battery.
The government, in making the call,
will express a preference for the ma
tional guard, but each governor will
have the right to supply his quota in
his own way. Under the first call an
army of about 125, 900, including the
regulars. will be modified. Some time
will pass before another call is made.
If the work of intervention can be
carried to a conclusion in 90 or 80 days,
this will be army enough. If Spain
fights hard and prolongs the war, there
will be a second call, perhaps in Sep
TENDER, and it will be for 800, 900 men.
TuD1snmenC convicted SOI0IeES
WAsHINGToN, April 10.-By direction
of the president Secretary Alger has
published an order amending that of
March 20, 1895. establishing the limits
of punishment for enlisted men of the
army who may be convicted of offenSeS
contrary to good order and pre- judicial
to the interests of the military branch
of the government. Numbers of changes
are made in the original order of
March, 1895, but they are not of great
Importance. OF particular interest at
this time, however. are those features
relating to desertion and the per suad-
ing of soldiers to desert. The order
provides that the punishment for the
former offense when joined in by two
or more soldiers in the execution of a
conspiracy, or for desertiOn in the
presence of any outbreak of Indians or
of any unlawful assemblage which the
troops may be opposing, shall not ex-
coed dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
of all pay allowances. and confinement
at hard labor for five years. For per-
suading soldiers to desert the punish
ment is forfeiture of all pay and allow
ances and one years confinement at
hard labor. For disobedience of orders
the punishment is six months confine-
ment at hard labor and forfeiture of
SO per month for the same period.
Nearly Million Volunteers.
WASHINGTON. April 10. The war de-
partment has received nearly 1, 200, 900
applications from persons willing to
serve their country in the military
branch. Preferences will be given to
volunteers of the national guard and
state militia. and the commanders of
ol
the citizen soldiers shall be summoned
to the various armories and notified of
the disposition OF the government to
prefer national guardsmen. Mem bers
of the national guard who do not VOL
unteer for general service will be re-
tanned in the state organizations, sn b.
ject to the call of the government for
the defense of the states. The war de-
partment will issue an order in the
next two days defining the duties of
national Guardsmen and state militia.
The latter are subject only to certain
duties which do not promise to be in
volved in the expected call
The Raising of Troops.
WASHINGTON, April 1O.-Adjt. Gen.
Corb had a conference with the presi-
dent last night to discuss the best
means of raising troops for the expect
ed war with Spain. The defeat of the
army reorganization bill has made
necessary some other plan of procedure
than that which the war department
had mapped out. 1t has been suggest
ed to the president by Cen Miles that
the best thing to do would be to enlist
the state guard and militia in body.
If this plan is adopted all the state
troops called out will retain their or
ganization and preserve their identity
as state troops.