The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24

/ washington, April 2J.-The president
to-day called upon the people of the
| United States for the first time in 30
| years to manifest their martial
strength, the call this time being upon
a united people to go forward to battle
with a foreign foe The secretary of
war created a new army corps. The
two taken together, with other news Of
to-day. showed that the army will soon
move on Cuba, and that meanwhile the
volunteers will be equipped and drilled.
The presidents proclamation. while ac-
tually issued, was not certified to the
| governors of the states and territories.
| and will not be until Monday. The rea-
war department desires to avoid de-
stroying the present organization of the
national guard. which is to be called
into service first. The guard regiments
are composed of II companies, and be-
| ing ohicered more numerously than the
regular army regiments, would have to
| be changed to correspond to the army
| organization in order to comply with
| the order as ii exists. The pending Hull
BILL however. provides for meeting just
| such an emergency and permits the use
OF the national guard as organized. This
| consideration is more important than
would appear at first, jnasmuch as
many of the national guard have vol
unteered only under condition that they
may serve as now organized. The sec
ond consideration which influenced .he
department In postponing the certifica-
tion of the call until Monday is a de-
sire to make sure that adequate ar
rangements can be completed by quar-
i tormdSterS and the commiSsarv dena ,-t
ment for transportation and feeding the
| large number of men called for. This
| is no light task, as the volunteers must
be taken by the government at a GER
tain point i'm either state where they are
to be collected by the governors.
kilograms have been coming from
| almost every section Of the country to
Secretary Alger from governors and
militia officers conveying information
as To the length of time, surprisingly
short in many cases. that would be re-
quired. by them to gather their forces
ready for muster. The men. as fast as
mustered in by regular army officers in
the various states, will be brought to
one OF three great depots: viz. WASH
ington, Richmond or Atlanta, where
they will be organized to meet the re-
quirements of modern army tactics
The fact that Richmond is named as
one OF these points Is taken in some
quarters as an evidence that Fitzhugh
Lee is to receive a volunteer commits
sion either as one of the four major
generals or one OF the nine brigadier
generals provided for i'm the volunteer
bill. for IL is believed to have been
largely at his instance that Richmond
was selected as one of the points of
concentration.
In anticipation of the certifcation Of
the presidents call, a vast number of
letters and kilograms have begun to
flow in upon Secretary Alger. Offering
the services of the senders as volun-
teers in the army. So numerous are
these communications that the secre-
tary has asked the press to notify the
should he directed to the governors of
their respective states and territories.
as he has no authority under the law
to accept volunteers directly.
The formation o. a grand army corps
in the department of the South. with
headquarters at the three gulf ports. Is
an evidence that the government is to
move upon Cuba at once with the troops
of the regular army, leaving the volun-
teers just called for to be disciplined
and worked into shape for future uses
in the campaign. The formal order for
the creation of this grand army divi-
sion, issued at the war department at
the close of Office hours by General
Miles. is as follows:
by direction of the secretary of war.
the following orders of the president
are published for the information and
guidance OF all concerned:
"First-The United States troops as
sembled in the Chicgamauga National
park will form an encamDment To De
known as camp George X. Thomas and
will constitute temporarily an army
corps. under the command of Major
General Brooke. The corps viii con-
sist of one division of cavalry. one di-