The Portland daily press., 1898-04-25
CALL TO ARMS.
The Army VIII Soon Move on
Cuba,

COOA uOVc Oh
Cuba,
washington, April 23.-The President
today called upon the people of the United
o0ates 1or the first time in 80 years to
'.ianiieso sthelr martial strength, this
tiiie 1he call being upon united people
TO go forward to battle with foreign
loe' Inc secretary of war created new
army corps. The two acts taken togeth-
OF with other news of today showed the
regular army will move on Cuba, and
onao meanwhile tho volunteers will be
equipped and drilled. The Presidents
proclamation, while actually issued,
was not certified to the governors of the
~. .;1I AZ anu territories, and will not be IN
" ~ Aoonuay. The reason is two-fold In
oiie 1rst place the war department. de-
siles 20 avoid destroying the present or
SaulzaSlon OF the national guard, when
Is TO DC called into service first. The
guard regimente are composed of IL COM
panies, and being Differed more numer-
ously than the regular army regiments,
Mouiu haye to be changed to correspond
W one army organization in order to com
Ply WIN the law as it exists. The pend
rug DILL, however, provides for meeting
JUST such emergencies and permits the use
VI une national guard as organized. rms
consideration is more important than
would appear at first, as many OF the
national guard have volunteered only
under condition that they may serve as
now organized The second considera-
zion which influenced the department in
postponing the certifcation of the call
untll Monday is desire to make such
adequate arrangements. as can be completed
py the quarter1nasters and commissary's
department for transportation and feed.
ing the large number of men called Tor.
Ihls is no light task, as the volunteers
must be taken by the government at a
certain point in every state where they
are to be collected by the governors.
kilograms have been coming from al
most every section Of the country to Soc
Rotary Alger from governors and militia
length of time, surprisingly short in
many cases, that would be required to
gather their forces ready for muster.
The men, as fast as they are mustered in,
by regular army officers in the various
states, viii be brought to one of the three
depots, namely: Washington, Richmond
and Atlanta, where they will he orga-
nlzed to meet the requirements of mod
ern army tactics. The fact that Richmond
IN some quarters as evidence that Fitz--
hugh Lee is to receive volunteer COM
mission, either as one OF the four major
generals, or one of the nine brigadier
generals provided for in the volunteer
bill, for 1t is believed bthat it was large
~ at his instance thato Richmond was
selected as one Of the points of concen-
tration. 4ceet 90
In anticipation of the certifcation of
the Presidents call vast number of tele-
grams and letters have begun to flow
in on Secretary Alger, Offering the SER
vices OF the senders as volunteers in the
army. SO numerous are: thsse communi-
cations that the secretary has been obliged
to ask the press to notify the people that
such communications should be directed
to the governors of their respective states
and territories, as he has no authority
under the law to accept volunteers di-
rectly.
TO MOVE ON CUBA.
The formation of Grand Army Corps
in the Department of the South, with
headquarters at three gulf ports, is an
evidence that the government is to move
the regular army, leaving the volunteers
just called for to be disciplined and
worked into shape for future use in the
campaign. The formal order for the Gre
alton of this grand army division at the
war department. at the close of office
hours, was as follows:
Headquarters of the army, adjutant
generals office, Washington, d. c., April
23.-By direction of the secretary of war
the following orders OF the President are
published for the information and
guidance of all concerned:
"1-The United States troops assem-
bled in the Chickmaugua national park
will form an encampment to be known
as Camp George n. Thomas, and will
constitute, temporarily: an army corps,
John H. Brooke. The corps will consist
of one division Of cavalry, one division
of infantry and one brigade of light ar
tillery. The cavalry and infantry divis-
ions will each, be composed of not more
than three brigades, consisting OF three
or more regiments each. The artillsry
brigade will be composed of two battal-
ions, each comprising five battleshlps.
The corps commander will assign the
senior officers present for duty with each
army to the command of divisions and
brigades. 3D. r w
's2-The infantry regiments concen-
trated at New Orleans, La, Mobile, Ala.
and Tampa, Fla, are constituted diyis-
ions under the command of brigadier
General William III. Shafter. Brigadier
0CICl91 CodA SoPpldSSI. anu 6GJRd-
der 3eneral James F. Wade, respective
ly.
''The division commanders will form
their divisions into bri yades and assign
the senior officer present for duty to com
mand them.
"By command OF Major General Miles.
Fl. G. Corbin, adjutant general
The people of the District Of Columbia
will sec great many soldiers at the
beginning of next week. By direction of
the President, the entire national guard
of thedaistrict, 1900 strong, has been or
dered into camp Monday morning at
Soldiers Home, under the command of
Brigadier General Harris. The guard
will not be directly in the service of the
United States government, but being in
camp fully equipped and armed, will be
in q position for instant service in case
of demand. While it is the purpose of
the war department. to secure only ma
tional guardsmen as far as possible under
the first call for volunteers, yet the states
where there are no national guards or
where the number falls below the ouota