The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-06-03
THE SECOND CALL.
War Department Wants Existing
Regiments Recruited. o.
STATES WANTING THEIR MONEY
Accounts Being Sent to Washington for the
Expense of Raising Troops-MissourI
Volunteers Unequipped-Troops Out
ttted-Army Hospital Train.


htted-Army Hospital Train.
WASHINGTON, May 3l.-Adjt. Gen.
Corbin is now working out the details
of the second call for volunteers. The
apportionment of the rs, 900 among the
various states has not been fixed def
nitely, but will be in day or two.
Communications from the governors of
the several states received by the ad-
jutant general indicate clearly that
they approve of the plan to recruit the
regiments from their states up TO the
maximum strength out of the second
call. As heretofore indicated in the
Associated press dispatches, this nee
essary recruiting will absorb about
10000 men, leaving about $4,000 to be
organized into additional regiments.
1t is the purpose of the war depart.
ment officials to recruit existing regi-
ments up to a maximum strength of
l.326 men. Each regiment Will consist
of ~ companies of 1906 men to a com
pany.
it is not expected to assemble the
new recruits in state camps. Officers
from each regiment will be detailed
for recruiting duty and the work of
recruiting the quota of each state
under the second call will proceed pre-
ciscly as it does in the regular army.
As rapidly as the men are recruited
they will be examined and sent for
ward to join the regiments to which
they will be assigned. The new re-
cruits will be assigned to regiments of
their own states, and, so far as posi-
BILE to companies and regiments which
represent the cities and sections of the
states in which they reside. Thus the
recruits will be among friends and &C.
quaintances and not among strangers.
Only after the existing regiments
have been recruited up to the maxi
mum strength will new regimental or
CARNATIONS be formed. Some of the
regiments now in the service have less
than the required number of com
panies. New companies that may be
organized will be assigned to the regi
ments until each regimental organiza-
ton has ~ full companies. After this
work has been accomplished new regi-
mental organizations of the maximum
strength will be formed
STATES WANTING THEIR MONEY.
WAsmNGToN, May 3l.-State ac-
counts for expenses incident to the
maintenance of troops raised by them
under President Mckinley's first call
before they were mustered into the
service of the government are being
received at the war department Per-
picking questions naturally will arise
in the adjustment of these accounts,
and in some cases considerable time
may elapse before all the money ex-
pended by the states is reimbursed to
them. Gov. Atkinson, of Georgia,
was at the war department yester-
day in this connection, and saw a
number of officials The governor
was anxious to secure an early REIN.
bursement, so as to be ready TO raise
the troops which will be asked for I'M
der the presidents second call, as the
state desires the money now available
for other purposes. 1t is not likely,
however, that such a condition of af-
fairs aseXists in Georgia, or il they are
present in any other state, will result
in any great embarrassment as the
government will then proceed to re-
crut for the new troops on It's own re-
sponsibility, thus relieving the gov
errors of this duty.
MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS UNEQUIPPED.
WAsnINGToN May 3l.-Representa-
tives Cowherd, Dockery and Cochran,
of Missouri, called on Adjt Gen. Cor
bin yesterday to enter a protest about
the delay in cquipping the Third and
Fourth regiments of Missouri volun-
teerS. These troops are now at Camp
Alger, Va, and appear to have been
neglected by the war department as
they have not yet received any part of
their quota of supplies and equipment.
Many of the officers are not pro-
vided with necessaries and few
OF them have uniforms. When
the Missouri congressman visited
them in camp the troops presented
a motley appearance. Officers could
not be distinguished from privates.
While the Missouri boys realize that
they have been neglected, they have
filed no complaints, but their appear
ance made such an impression on the
congressman that they FASTENED to the
war department early yesterday morn
ing. As this was holiday they found
the department closed, but were for
tunate enough to find the adjutant
general. He assured the congressman
that he would issue an order at once
TO provide the Missouri regiments with
all the supplies which may be neces-
sarv.
Receipts of Missouri state Treasury.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, June 1. -Secre-
tary of State Lesueur reports taxes
and fees received by his department