Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-14
WHY IS 1T?


ernor Sadler Monday that the Adju-
tant-General had Informed him that
in all probability Nevada will be al.
lowed to furnish another company
This means another drain upon the
young men Of the State that Nevada
can lily afford.
The INDEPENDENT is at loss to
account for this action Of the men IN
the western part OF the State who are
keeping the wires to Washington hot
with requests that more of our young
men he sent to face Spanish bullets
and the fever breeding swamps of
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine
Islands. This is more difficult to
understand because of the fact that
Nevada has already furnished more
than her quota Of men under both
calls of the President. Why is it
then that our State officials and
others i'll the western part of the
Stare are So persistent in their de-
man ds that more of our Young men
he sacrificed than the country de-
mands? Is it to crafty the ambition
of some one who wants Colon, rs
commission? If 80, it is time to C; II
halt. If not that, what can he the
underlying motive for these persist, mt
requests? Will some one who knows
please answer?
Under the laws OF Congress, gov
erning the enlistment of men in the
time of war, each State is required to
furnish its quota OF soldiers, based
upon the number of It's able bodied
men. When State has done that,
it has filed all requirements and no
more demands should he made upon
it. This is the condition of affairs in
Nevada today. She has not only
filed her quotas, but according tu
Adjutant-General Corbin, che fur
nished more men under the first call
than were required to ill her quotas
under both OF the Presidents calls
for volunteers. Her patriotism and
loyalty certainly cannot be called in
question by the most inveterate of
her enemies. There is no limit to
this and perhaps that is what those
who are SO persistent in their de-
mands that more OF her young men
be sacrificed are trading upon.
If the War Department should
yield to this pressure and call for
battalion from the Nevada National
Guard, what will it mean to the State?
1t means that these vino are MEM
bers Of our militia who have sworn
to obey all orders will feel IN duty
bound to enlist. They cannot honor
ably do otherwise no matter what the
sacrifice may he or how much sorrow
and suffering may be caused by it.
1t also means that every little town,
in which there is an organized militia
company, will be stripped of it's
young men. Can the State afford
this sacrifice in order TO crafty some
ones ambition?
If The country we're hard pressed
for men to uphold lis dignity and
honor, it would be the duty Of every
able bodied man withou: regard to
State lines to shoulder his musket
and march to the front. But such is
not the condition today. More men
have offered their services to the goy.
eminent than are needed. There is
no lack Of men, money or material at
the command - the government to
carry on the war. Then, why should
Nevada be called upon to make
sacrifices in excess Of what her dut,
requiresH
The people Of this section OF tho
State. so far us we have been able To
interview them, arc without cxceptio
opposed to this effort TO send more OF
Ne 5ada's young men to the front
They are as loyal and patriotic ms
those who would depopulate the State
in order to crafty their own insatiatc
ambitions.