The Advocate and news., 1898-06-01
Second Call
is Issued.
President Mckinley Calls for $4,000
More Volunteers for the
Spanish War.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFERED.

nation:
Whereas, An act of Congress was APP
proved on the 25th day Of April, 1893,
entitled "An act declaring that war ex-
lists between the United States OF Amer
let and the kingdom Of SPAIN" and
Whereas, BY an act Of Congress enti-
tied IAN act to provide for temporarily
increasing the military establishment of
the United States in time OF war and for
other purposes" approved April ~, 1898,
the President Is authorized, in order to
raise volunteer army, to issue his proc
IamatiOn calling for volunteers to serve
in the army OF the United States;
Now, therefore, /, william Mckinley
President Of the United States, by virtue
OF the power vested in me by the con-
stitutlOn and laws, and deeming sum
cient occasion to exist, have thought ut
to call forth, volunteers to the aggre-
gate number of $4,000 in addition to the
volunteers called forth by my proc!ama-
ton Of the 23d day of April in the pres
ent year, the same to be appOrtioned,
as far as practicable, among the several
States and Territories and the District
of Columbia, according to population,
and to serve for two years unless sooner
discharged. The proportion OF each arm
and the details OF enlistment and organ
izatiOn will be made known through the
War department.
In witness whereof have hereuntO
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 thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-eight,
and OF the independence OF the United
States the one hundred and twenty
second WILLIAM MKINLEY.
BY the President.
William r. Day, Secretary OF State.
The Associated Press dispatches from
Washington say that the proclamation
means not only the assembling OF
large force of troops, but also the ap-
pointment of q number Of major gen.
erals, brlgadier generals, COlonels, ma
jOrs and staff and field officers for the
organization Of this additional force OF
$4,000 men into army corps, divisions
brigades and regiments.
The reasons leading up to the call
nuLul0AAy WCAC SAC oSuANNo VA AhNNA NOA
lecture, as it was at first felt that the
possibility of foreign complications was
q factor In bringing about this new
move. Il speedily developed however,
that the call was not due to any latent
or serious emergency, but was rather In
the line of getting together a large body
of men to be drilled and seasoned and
to constitute second reserve to be
drawn upon later when the campaigns
were fully under way Secretary Alger
stated that the determination to issue a
second call had not been reached until
late yesterday The merits Of 1t have
been canvassed for some weeks, but it
was not until few hours before the
call itself appeared that the move was
finally decided upon.
Coming thus, Unexpectedly, the War
department had made no preparations
for executing the call and 1t will be some
days before the details are worked out
as to the quotas from each State, the
calls to the respective Governors of
States, the mastering points and the
general points of concentration.
All that is settled thus far Is that the
enlistments are to be thrown open, much
as they were at the outbreak OF the
civil war, and are not to be restricted to
the militia or national guards OF the
several States. 1t will be an encour-
agement to the organization of inde-
pendent volunteer companies and regi-
ments. These will retain their identity
to q certain extent as State troops, as
the Governors will have the appoint
ment Of all company and regimental
officers, while only the brigade, divi-
sion, corps and staff officers will be ap-
pointed by the President.
The new force will require, either by
appointment or by officers already ap-
pointed, three major generals and about
twenty-four brigadier generals. The
colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors,