Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-06-02
PRESIDENTS CALL.
Mr.. Mckinley Issues a Proclana-
ton Asking for $4,000 More Men.
A FEW STATE QUOTAS Not FILLED,
Four or Five Southern States Fall to Fur
nish Their Share Of volunteers-Mis-
souri, Negroes 10 he GivenR
Chance TO Enlist

noon yesterday President Mckinley is.
sued proclamation calling for $4,000
more volunteers. Recruiting is to begin
at once and the troops are to be rendez-
voused in state camps until the pres
ent volunteer force shall have been
fully equipped. The presidents proc
lamation is as follows.
BY the President Of the United states-A
Proclamation;
Whereas, an act Of congress was approved on
the 25th Gay OF April 1895, entitled AN act de-
claring that war exists between the United
States Of America and the Kingdom Of Spain,
and
Whereas BY IN act OF congress entitled IAN
act to provide for temporarily Increasing the
military establishment Of the United States in
, time OF war and for other purposes, approved
April %, 1898, the president is authorized In
order to raise volunteer army. to issue his
proclamation calling for volunteers to serve in
the army of the Unted States
Now, therefore, / William Mckinley, presi-
dent OF the United States by virtue Of the
power vested in me By the constitution and
laws and deeming sufficient occasion to exist,
have thought tit to call forth, and hereby do
call forth to the aggregate number Of 10, 900 in
addition TO the volunteers called forth by my
proclamation on the 23d day Of April, in the
present year the same 10 be apporti0ned as
far as practicable. among the several states
and territories and the District of Columbia.
according to population. and TO serve for two
years unless sooner discharged. The proper
ton Of each arm and the details OF enlistment
and organization will be made known through
the war department
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal Of the United States
| TO be affixed
Done at the city Of Washington this 25th day
Of May, in the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred aud nnety-eight and Of the in
dependence Of the United States the one hun.
dre1 and twenty-second
WILLIAM MCKINLEY,
BY the President, William r Day, Secretary
OF State
A FEW STATE QUOTAS NOT FILLED.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-Adjt. Gen.
Corbin announced last night that ll5,.
900 of the l25, 900 volunteers called for
by the president four weeks ago had
been mustered into service of the
United States. All of the regiments
comprised in the first call will be, by
the end Of the present week 1t is
thought, in the permanent camps. The
failure Of some Of the states, notably
four or five in the south, to furnish
the men called for up to this time, Is a
surprise to the army officers on duty
here, but 1t is ascribed, not to a
lack Of patriotism, but to a belief
probably shared by many Of
the national guardsmen who had
home ties and business connec-
tons which they could not
well afford to give up that plenty Of
other persons not so incumbered would
readily be found to take their places.
Ample time will be given the statesr re-
ferred to to fill the apportionment
made by the war department, and the
expectation here is this will be accom-
plished without further unnecessary
delay. Should any of the states de-
fault, the probability is that the fact
will be reported to congress formally
by the secretary of war for such action
as may be deemed best under the cir
cumstances No resort can be had to
| draft measures without authority
therefor from the national legislature.
1t was also announced by Adjt. Gen.
Corbin that the war department has
not given, as yet, any thought as to
the quota of the various states for the
$4,000 volunteers called for yesterday
by the president One thing seems
pretty well settled--a large majority
Of the men mustered under the last
call will be assigned to regiments al
ready in the service. There are ll3
volunteer regiments now and some of
them are below the required numerical
strength. 1t is the intention of the
war department officials TO follow the
law TO the letter and recruit existing
'eglhental organizations up to- the
maximum strength.
MISSOURI NEGROES TO HAVE A CHANCE.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-The negroes
of Missouri are to be given a chance
under the call for "immunes." Secre.
tary Alger has agreed that one of the
regiments shall come from Missouri
and be made up Of cologd men. 1t is
insisted by both Assistant Secretary
Davis and National Committeeman
kerens that the Missouri colored men
will enlist to the full number required
within "a hours after the enlisting Of
fees are opened.
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