Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-02

Washington, D. c.. May 26.-Pres-
ident Mckinley Wednesday issued
proclamation calling for $4,000 addi-
tional volunteers. His first call for
$4,000 troops was promptly met by
the national guard organizations OF
the different states.
The call issued by Mckinley is in
part as follows:
4, William Mckinley, president of
the United States, by virtue of the
power vested in me by the constitution
and the laws and deeming sufficient
occasion to exist, have thought fit to
call forth and hereby do call forth,
volunteers to the aggregate number OF
$4,000 in addition to the volunteers
called forth by my proclamation of
the twenty-third day of April, in the
present year; the same to be appor-
toned, as far as practicable, among
the several states and territorities
and the District of Columbia, accord
ing to 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. -
Secretary Alger said that the addi-
tional volunteers called fer will not
be recruited from the national guard,
as were the first $4,000, but that the
enlistments will be open. The deci-
sion to issue an additional call for
volunteers was not reached until the
cabinet meeting Tuesday. The call,
it is supposed here, indicates a determ-
ination to press the campaign actively
and vigorously from now on.
Under the presidents second call
for volunteers Wisconsin will prob
ably be required to furnish about l.
965 men. The first call exhausted all
but four companies of the national
guard. A company at Eau Claire and
one at Stoughton were about to be
mustered into the national guard
when the first call came. These six
companies together with the cavalry
at Milwaukee will leave about 1900
men to be secured outside of the reg
ular national guard organization. 1t
Is thought that enough volunteer COM
panies have been organized in the
state to more than meet this call
Gov. Scofeld has not yet received any
official notification of the call. He
says, however that Wisconsin has ex-
hausted all available funds in it's pos
session at present for the equipment
of troops and unless the federal gov
eminent does something in the way
of furnishing equipment additional
Wisconsin volunteers won't be ready
to go to the front for some time. He
says further that Wisconsin will will
ingly furnish all the volunteers it is
called on for. The new state volun-
teers will undoubtedly be concentrated
at the military reservation at Camp
Douglas instead of the state fair
grounds in Milwaukee, where the first
troops gathered. Reports from vari-
GUS sections of the state indicate that
the volunteers who have already Of
fered their services to the govern
ment considerably exceed the number
asked for. Governor Scofeld went to
hllW duhG6 wednesday, 10 COulSI Will
Assistant AdjutaLt General Patton
and others regarding the new call for
volunteers. Q. r. Boardman, adj
jutant general Of the state, is at
Jacksonville, Fla, with the first regi-
ment of Wisconsin volunteers. Moth
ing decisive will probably be done by
the governor with reference to the
second call for volunteers until the
adjutant general returns. If all the
states arms now held by the G. A. R.
posts are called in there will perhaps
be enough to supply regiment. The
state has absolutely no other equip
ment.
The governor Wednesday received
by telegraph an application from
Captain Henry A. Reed CT the fifth
United States artillery at Point Com
fort, Va, for appointment to colonl-
cy in the new state troops.