Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-06-03
President Asks
For $4,000.
DETERMINED TOCRUSH SPAIN I
Proclamation Came In the Ma
ture OF q Surprise-Will
Raise the Total Army
Strength to 100000.

The president Wednesday issued Q
proclamation calling for $4,000 more
volunteers.
This will make the total army
strength, regular and volunteer, $780,
900.
Following is the proclamation:
"By the president Of the United
States--A proclamation.
"Whereas, An act Of congress was
approved on the twenty-ffth day Of
April, 1898, entitled AN act declaring
that war exists between the United
States of America and the kingdom Of
SPAIN and
"Whereas, BY an act of congress en-
titled AN act to provide for tempora-
rily increasing the military establish
ment Of the United States in time Of
war and for other purposes approved
April 20, 1898, the president is author
lied, in order to raise volunteer
army, to issue his proclamation calling
for volunteers to serve in the army Of
the United States.
"Now, therefore, T., William Nc
Kinley, president OF the United
States, by virtue Of the power vested
in me by the constitution and laws,
and deeming sufficient occasion to ex-
list, have thought fit to call forth and
do hereby call forth volunteers to the
aggregate number Of $4,000 in addi-
ton to the volunteers called forth in
my proclamation of the 23d Of April
in the present year, and the same to
be apportioned, as far as practicable,
among the several states and terrific
ries and the District of Columbia ac-
cording to the 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.
''In witness whereof, I have here
unto 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 thousand eight hundred and
ninety eight and Of the independence
OF the United States the one hundred
and twenty-second.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
By the President:
WILLIAM r. DAY, Secretary Of State.
Secretary of War Alger said We'd
nesday afternoon that the additional
volunteers called FOR will not be re.
cruited from the national guard, as
were the first 1875, 900, but that the en-
listments will be open. The regula-
tions referred TO in the proclamation
under which the enlistments will be
conducted have not yet been prepared
and it is thought that there is no oc-
casion for hurry in this matter until
the full draft called for in the first
proclamation has been secured.
1t is further stated that the decision
toissue an additional call for volunteers
was not reached until the cabinet
meeting Tuesday afternoon. The call,
it Is supposed in Washington, indica-
ted determination to press the cam.
paign actively and vigorously from
now on.
The issuance Of the proclamation
calling for $4,000 more volunteers
added a new and stirring phase to the
lethargic conditions which have pre-
vailed Of late, and came with almost
startling unexpectedness, even to many
Of the high officials of the army.
The proclamation means not only
the assembling Of large force OF
troops, but also the appointment of .
number of major generals, brigadier
generals, colonies, majors and staff
and field officers for the organization
OF this additional force of rs, 900 men
into army corps, divisions, brigades
and regiments.
The reason leading up to the call
naturally were sources OF much con.
lecture, as 1t was at first felt that the
possibility Of foreign complications
was factor in bringing about this
new move. 1t speedily developed,
however. that the call was not due to
any latent or serious emergency. but
was rather in the line of getting on the
ground large body Of men to be
drilled and seasoned, and to consti-
tute sort of second reserves to be
drawn upon later, when the campaigns
we're fully under way.