The times., 1898-04-27

The promptness with which the States
and Territories of the Union have re-
sponded to the call made upon them by
Secretary Alger for volunteers has been
exceedingly gratifying to the people of
the War Department.
The work of sending the numerous tele-
grams of notification to the various gov
ernors had hardly ceased Monday even
ing before Governor Hastings of Penn
sylvania sent the Adjutant General n
message placing the ten regiments and
more Of men requested of the keystone
State at the disposal of the Government.
II was the first response. Following close
upon the heels OF his telegram came nu-
merous others from all the governors
stating that their quota would be quick
ly raised.
There is a manifest eagerness every
where TO enlist and the only diffiuulty the
department will have TO contend with
will be in deciding who shall not be
among those to join the Army There
would be no trouble in enlisting an Army
five times as large as the one called for
by the President. The governors of the
respective States and Territories have
assured the Government that it would be
easier to enlist 100000 men than l25,OO9-
Many of the State guardsmen are dis
appointed at the small allotments al
lowed their States, for ii Will deprive
thousands of them from going to the
front on the first call.
The call having been made on
Monday Adjutant General Corbin
and his assistants turned their atten-
ton early yesterday morning TO the mat
/ ter of arranging details of concentration,
equipment and organization, and several
changes We're announced in the orders of
the previous day.
These were OF minor Importance to the
whole work, but were of great impor-
tance to the States affected, and Were
changed al the request of the State Off
cials.
Ii was at first desired that South Da-
kota should furnish seven troops Of cav
airy, and Idaho two troops of cavalry. 1t
viii be noticed in glancing over the APP
portionments that North and South Da-
kota, Idaho, Nevada. Oklahoma, Arizona,
Wyoming and Utah were called upon 10
furnish most Of the volunteer cavalry reg
iments. This was because they could pos
sibly furnish more and better horsemen
than other States, with the possible eX-
ception of Texas
After the first telegraphic notification
.
( War Department was notified by the State
officials of South Dakota and Idaho that
they preferred TO send infantry, if such
an arrangement could be made. Accord
ingly Gen. Corbin communicated with
them stating that the first named State
would be required to furnish two battal-
ions Of infantry instead of two troops OF
cavalry.
In accordance with the requests of
/ other States changes were also annouEced
( in some Of the Safe rendezvous. The
I volunteers of Iowa will concentrate al
Des Moines instead of Davenport. The
Kansas troops viii go into camp at Fort
Leavenworth, which is a more practicable
place than Kansas Ci-y. first selected.
The Massachusetts regiments will nol
only assemble at Springfield, but also at
Boston. where ii is stated they will be
/ placed on a transport and sent South by
I the water route. The last change was
made al the request Of the Nebraska
State troops which will be mustered in at
Omaha instead of al Lincoln.
After these changes We're made Secre-
tary Alger had the following letter sent
10 each governor explaining in detail the
matter of enlisting and assembling vol
i unteers: