The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-26
NOTICE TO GOVERNORS
Sent by the War Department
Concerning Volunteers.
QUOTA AND RENDEZVOUS
Roosevelt Will Resign to Lead
a Cowboy Regiment

Washington, April 25.-The feature OF
interest at the war department was the
dispatch to the governors of the states
and territories of circulars notifying them
how many men they would be expected to
furnish as volunteers. how they should
be apportioned among the two arms of
the service and where they should rem
devious for the army. A good many dt-
tails remain to be arranged in order to
carry out the departments projects for
mobilization OF the volunteers, but these
are rapidly being disposed Of.
The department got notice today that
John A. Longan, son Of the late Senator
Logan, had raised a cavalry regiment,
which he offered to the government I'M
der his own command. 1t is hoped that
this can be accepted as part of the quota
of men to be furnished by Illinois.
John Jacob Astor of New York, not con-
tent with Offering the government free
his splendid yacht Normahal and free
transportation for troops and supplies over
the railways in witch he is interested, has
come forward with notice that he has
raised and equipped at is own expense a
battery of artillery, which e desires to
offer to te government, under his own
plans, for service in Cuba. This offer
probably will be accepted, although the
department has been deluged with offers
to raise volunteers in this way, to the
aggregate number of at least $1,000 men.
AS the presidents authority in the volun-
teer bill is 10 enlist only three regiments
outside of the regular quotas to be fur
nished by the states, there is not much
opportunity TO accept the strvices Of these
patriots.
The order to the district militia to go
into camp at the Soldiers home was re-
voked just at the moment when it was
in execution. owing, it is said. to the fact
that the sudden calling away Of so many
employees from the departments without
notice threatened to cripple the govern
ment service.
Tht action Of the president recommend
ing a formal declaration Of war was well
coined by officials in every direction, put
ting the present stru ggle on a more dig
nified basis and tending to the avoidance
of international complications.
STATE RENDEZVOUS.
MUSTERED into service in the volunteer
army in the various states and territories
has been designated by Secretary Alger,
as follows;
Alabama, Mobile; Arkansas, Little
Rock; California, San Francisco; Colo
RADIO, Denver; Connecticut, Mantle; Della
ware Wilmington; Florida, Tampa;
Georgia, Atlanta; Idaho, Pendleton; Illi-
nois, Springfield; Indiana, Evansville;
Iowa. Davenport; Kansas, Kansas iCty;
Kentucky, Louisville; Louisiana, New Or
leans; Maine. Portland; Maryland, Balti- |
more; Massachusetts, Springfield and |
Boston; Michigan, Detroit; Minnesota, La |
Crosse; Mississippi, Jackson; Missouri, st. |
Loui; Montana, Helena; Nebraska, Lin
coin; Nevada, Reno; New Hampshire, |
Concord; New Jersey, Jersey City; New |
York, Peekskill; North Carolina, Raleigh; |
North Dakota, Fargo; Ohio. Columbus; |
Oregon. Portland; Pennsylvania. Phila- |
delphia; Rhode Island, Providence; South |
Carolina, Charleston; South Dakota, Hur- |
on; Tennessee, Nashville; Texas Houston; |
Utah, Ogden: Vermont. Burlington; Vir- |
ginia, Richmond; Washington. Tacoma; |
West Virginia. Martinsburg; Wisconsin, I
Milwaukee; Wyoming Cheyenne: Arizona, |
Phoenix; Ntw Mexico. Albuquerque; Ok |
lahoma, oklahoma City; District of Col |
umbia, Washington.
For the purpose of recruiting for the /
volunteer service. as we'll as for the reg
ular army the department viii designate |
in each state and territory stveral cities |
where recruiting. under the direction of |
army officers will be carried on.
The Hull bill which it is expected will |
become a law tomorrow, will provide for |
the incrtase Of the regular army on a |
war footing TO about $4,000 men In addi- |
ton TO those recruiting stations. it is ex-
pected that the war department WIN des- |
ignate boards Of army officers who will |
go from place to place in the state en- |
gagged in recruiting duty.
ROOSEVELTS COWBOYS.
1t has bten understood for some time |
past that Assistant Secretary Roosevelt |