The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-21
Include Call for 1000 Vol
unteerS and as Many
State Militia.
27,OO0 REGULARS AND $4,000 BY HULL BILL.
Bill for Increasing Army in Time
of War Sent TO Congress.
PROVISION FOR THE NATIONAL 9UAaD.


WASHINGTON, April 19.-Plans now
being formulated in Congress involve
the placing of about 100000 soldiers,
in round numbers, at the disposal of
the Government within a very short
time after the G u b resolutions
are approved by the President. This
calculation is based ON the following
figures, covered in plans already in
effect or in contemplation, viz; Stand
ing army 1000; by call for volunteers,
$4,000; by calling out State militia, TO-,
600 or 100000; by army reorganization
bill, 5000
Leaving aside the present regular
army force, the second and fourth
items are practically settled on in
committee, while the third, as to
State militia, is being actively can
vassed, and while there are different
views, they are expected to crystallize
into an authorization to call out the
number stated. The bill drawn up
by the War Department for intro
duction by Representative Hull,
chairman of the Military Committee,
authorizes the President to call for
something like 10000 volunteers to be
drawn through the various States.
The President, as now suggested by
Representative Marsh, can call out
the militia any time, and Congress
follow up the Executive action by
legislative enactment providing for
mastering into the United States ser
vice. At the same time the army re-
organization bill recently committed
by the House is being carefully prun-
ed in the Military Affairs Committee
to meet objections. 1t is proposed to
extend the army organization to the
three battalion war formations and to
increase the batteries to 200 men
each. This measure, it is claimed,
may bring about $4,000 more meninl0
the regular service to be added to
the present 27O0O regular troops.
War Department Bill.
The War Department bill to pro-
vide for temporarily increasing the
military establishment in time of war
was sent to-day to Chairman Hull of
the House Military Affairs Committee
and Senator Hawley, the chairman of
a similar committee in the Senate.
The measure was prepared under the
immediate supervision of Assistant
SecretaryMeiklejohn after a thorough
and careful study of the best interests
of the service. In transmitting the
bill to Congress request is made for
favorable consideration, and, in view
of the exigencies of the situation,
speedy action is expected.
In time of war the army is to con-
sist of two branches, the regular and
the volunteer army, the latter to be
maintained only during the existence
of war or while war is imminent and
is to be raised and organized only af-
ter Congress authorize it. All enlist
ment for volunteer army are to be for
three years unless terminated. All
the regiment and company officers of
the volunteerarmy are to disappointed
by the President upon the recommen-
dations of the Governors of the States
in which their respective organiza-
tions are raised.
The National Guard.
Concerning the National Guard, it
is provided that when the members
of any company or regiment of the
organized militia shall enlist in the
volunteer army in a body, as such
company or regiment of the regiment
al and company officers in service with
the militia organization thus enlisting
may be appointed by the President,
subject to an examination as to fitness
and capacity, to be officers of cores
ponding grades in the same organiza-
ton when it is received in the service
as part of the volunteer army.
The troops in time of war, whether
belonging to the regular or volunteer
army or to the militia, are to be or
ganized into divisions of three bri-
gades, each brigade to be composed
Of three or more regiments, and when
three or more divisions are assembled
in the same army, the President is to
organize them into army corps to CON
sist of not more than three divisions.
The President is to appoint in the
volunteer army not exceeding one
major-general foreach organized army
corps and division, and one brigadier-
general for each brigade, to be selected