The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-27

WAsu1NGToN, April 23.-The Presi-
dent to day called upon the people of the
United States for the first time in thirty
years to manifest their martial strength,
this time the call being upon united
people to go forward to battle with for
eign foe. The Secretary Of War created
nev army corps. The two taken to-
eether, with other news ofto-day, showed
thai the regular army will soon move on
Cuba, and that meantime the volunteers
will be equipped and drilled The Presl-
dents proclamation, while actually IS
sued, was not certified to the Governors
of the Statei and Territories, and will not
be until Monday. The reason is two
fold In the first place, tho war depart
ment desires to avoid destroying tho pres
en-, organization Of the National Guard,
Which is to be called into service first
The Guard regiments are composed OF
twelve companies, and being oflicered
more numerously than the regular army
regiments would have to be changed to
correspond To the army organization III
order TO comply with thelnw as it exists.
The pending Hull bill, however, provides
fo- meeting just snch an emergency, and
permits the use Of the. National Guard as
az organized. This consideration is i'm
por,au,, inasmuch as many oi the Ma
tional Guard have volunteered only un-
der condition that they may serve as no"
organized The actual consideration
witch influenced the depart nient III post
poning the certiticalion Of the call until
Monday is II desire to ,:ake sure that
adequate arrangements can be completed
by the quartermaster and nlssary
departments for transporting and feeding
tie large mum Der of men called for. This
is no light task, as the volunteers must
ba taken by the government at certain
point in every State, where they are col
lected by The Governors.
Telegrams have been coming from al
most every section of the country to Sec
rstary Alger from Governors and militia
officers. conveying information as To- the
length of time, surprisingly short IN
many cases, that would be required by
them 10 gather their forces ready for mus
ter The men a. FAST as mustered III hy
regular army officers In the various
States will be brought to one Of the three
great depots, namely, Washington, RlcE-
lnond and Atlanta, whtre they will be
organized to meet the requirements OF
modern army tactics. The fact that hich-
lnond is named az one of these points is
taken in some quarters as an evidence
that Fithugh Lee is to receive Il volun-
tebr commission. either AS one of the four
major generals or one G the nine hriga-
dier generals provided for in the volun-
teer bill, for it is believed that it was
largely at HIS instance that Richmond
WAS selected AZ one of tho points OF con
ceniratior.
In anticipation of .he ce'i;firation OF
The Presidents, csll vast nu'nhcr G! tci"-
grams and .e,ters haze begun Ia ficw in
upon Secretary Alger "ii'ernig the ser
vices OF tho srnders AS volunteers in tho
army. So numerous are these commnnl-
cations that tho Secretary has been
obliged to request !he press {" notify the
people that such communications should
be directed TO the Governors OF their re-
spective States and Territories, as he has
no authority under the law to accept vol
unteers directly. The formation Of a