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Middletown transcript., 1898-04-30

President Mckinley. has issued call
for 125, 600 volunteers as follows
By the President of the United States:
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, BY u jlint resolution of
Congress, approved on the ooh day of
April, 1898. entitled u Iint resolution
for the recognition of the independence
Of the people of Cuba, demanding that
the Government of Spain relinquish its
authority and government in the is.
land Of Cuba. to withdraw its land and
naval forces from Cuba and Cuban
waters, and dire ling the President Of
the Uuited S ates to use the land and
naval forces of hs United States to
carly these resolutions into effect;"
and
Whereas, BY an act of Congress en-
titled ."an act to provide for temper
arily increasing the military establish
ment of the Unitsd States in time of
war and for other purposes, approved
April %, 1898, the President is author
il ID, in order to raise volunteer army,
to issue his proclama ion for calling
volunteers TO serve In the army of the
United Sta.es.
Now, therefore, William. McKin-
ley, President of the United States, py
virtue of the power vested in me by the
Constitution aud the laws, and deem
ing sufficient occasion to exist, have
thought fit to call for and hereby do
call for volunteers to the aggregate
number of 125, 900 in order to carry in
to effect the purpose of the said resolu=
tior; the same to be apportioned as far
as practicable among the several states
and territories and the District of Col
umbia, according to population, and to
serve for two years unless sooner dis
charged. The details for this object
will be Immediately communicated to
the proper authorities through the War
Department.
In witness whereof, have hereunto
set my hard, and caused the seal OF the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
23d day of April. 1898, and of the In
dependence of the United States the
one hundred and twenty-second.
TSeall WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
BY the President.
John Sher man, Secretary of State.
VOLUNTEERS FROM EACH STATE.
On the basis of the call for 5000
men the various states and territories,
including the District of Columbia, will
be called upon to supply the following
number of volunteers:
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is in charge of the naval officers, ap-
pointed through the Minister of Ma
rine; most of them rank as lieutenant 3
in the service altho the training-school
at Ferrol, as we'll as the Academy of
Fernandino, is in charge of retired
commanders who have sole charge OF
the curriculum and outline the educa-
tional policy. What is known as the
Post Captain is the executive head Of
es ch school, who carries out this pol
icy, the instructors being under his or
ders. AS at Annapolis and West Point
the cadets elect their own officers, hav-
ing a ccmmandant and suboIdinates
for drill purposes. San Carlo is essen
TALLY the school, in charge Of a colonel
of artillery and board of officers rep
resenting both branches of the service;
for the graduates of San Carlo man the
ordnance both on the war-ships and in
the land Notifications. As may be
imagined, the engineer students are
taught special branches, and the course
here is widely different from the meth
DDS pursued in the other institutions.
Contrary to our own plan, Spain has
special system for the education Of ma
rine officers. The standing of these
troops is considered the lowest in the
service, and the pupils are made up of
non-commissioned military officers and
naval cadets who have been unsuccess-
full in the training school or have been
obliged to leave the navy for some
other season. The age of admission to
the training school is from thir-
teen to eighteen years, to the Cadiz
academies from eighteen to twenty-six
years, and to the engineering school
from sixteen to twenty-one years.
What naval officers consider the weak
point in the Spanish method of instruc-
tion, is the fact that it is not necessary
to graduate from the training-school
to enter San Carlo or San fernando.
The applicant who passes a certain ex-
animation and who is Roman Cath
olic in religion can enter either Of the
academies. This allows candidates
who have influence easily to obtain
comparatively high positions in the SER
vice, without beginning at the bottom
of the ladder, so to speak ;and it is well
known fact that the examinations in
many instances are made easy in or
der to secure positions for this one or
that one who has an influential rela-
tive or friend at court. The candidate
may be we'll qualified and may develop
into competent officer; but the laxity
of the system frequently admits per-
sons not properly fitted for responsible
positions. The rigidly maintained
standing, for which the naval service
in the United States, Great Britain,
Germany and other countries are noted,
is lacking here. The first year of the
cadets life are the hardest, and tho he
may have obtained his entrance to the
training ship partly through influence,
it must be said to the credit of the in
structors at Ferrol that they are con-
sidered more impartial than in any of
the other institutions except the artil-
lery schools.-The Independent.
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-30
To-Night. t.and ro-Morrow Night,

And each day and night during this week
you can get at any druggists Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs. acknowledged
to be the most successful remedy ever sold
for Coughs, Group. Bronchitis. Asthma and
Consumption. Get q bottle to-day and
keep it always in the house. so you can
check your cold At once. Price 25c. and SOC.
Sample bottle nee.
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TO make thorough observations ; q
radius of twenty Eve or thirty miles
and each of them will carry a ;ignal
cfllcer to report to the commanding
officer. They viii, Of course, be con-
trolIed from The ground by means Of
ropes.
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An aide-de-camp to major-general
is allowed 5000 year in addition to
the pay of his rank; an aide-de-camp
to brigadier-general $50 additional,
and acting commissary of subsistence
$100 additional.
Equipment and subsistence are fur
nished by the government.
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-30
THE SOLDIER s PAY.

The pay of the Delaware militia,
when in the field service of the state,
is fixed by statute, and up to the grade
of second lieutenant is more than
is allowed by the National Government.
The state pays its men, when in service,
at the following rate: Privstes and non.
commissioned officers ST. day. From
the rank of second lieutenant up the
pay is the same as in the regular army.
The national government pays for in-
fantry service at the following rate
month.
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Washington
Letter


RESIDENT Nc
Kinley Ii opes
the war with
Spain " Il be
short, but he is
not allowing his
!. hope To- prevent
his making all
necessary prepa-
rations to fight
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-30

Spring hunors, boils. pimples, eruptions,
sores. may be completely cured by purify
ing The blood with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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THE TRANscR1rr. 81. 90 per year,
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The u. s. will use balloons in actual
military service for the FIRST time, in
Cuba, although their usefulness. has
been fully demonstrated some time
ago, by experiments in this country
and by actual service in Europe. Each
OF the two U. S. armies which will be
used for the Invasion Of Cuba will
have complete bali ION outfits and Q
corps OF experts 10 work hem. These
balloons win be sent up high enough
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-30
A CALL FOR TROOPS:

President Mckinley. has issued call
for 125, 900 volunteers as follows
By the President of the United States:
Al PROCLAMATION.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-05-28

corroborative evidence Of the same ten
dency. a goodly number OF familiar
titles. Thus we find: 1.-THE Students
Motley" edited by William Eliot Grifis;
John Fiske's "Old Virginia and Her
Neighbours" Historic New YORK. ed
tied by Maud Wilder Goodwin, Alics
Darlington Royce, and Ruth Putnam;
and men, Women and Manners In Co
lonial Times" by Sydney G. Fisher-aIl
in single number of Literature.