The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-17
HIS REGIMENT IN ARIZONA
HE WILL GO TO IT IL IT Is OR
DERED EAST.
CAPTAIN THaD JONES AND LIEUT.. SHlPP
North Carolina will Hardly be Called on tc
Furnish More than 10000 Troops
Nantucket Being Armored for
Naval Reserves

naval NeSetVeS
Should war be declared and should Il
brigade of North Carolina militia be
called out to help drive the Spanish army
from Cuba, there is little doubts that
Major L. NJ. Hayes. of the Seventh
United States Cavalry, and now Acting
Adjutant General, would command 1t.
1t is stated on pretty good authority
thatu this has already been decided upon
in Washington.
Major Hayes own regiment, the
Seventh cavalry, is now in Arizona for
the purpose of suppress.ng any uprising
OF Indians and Mexican greasers, but
it may at any time be ordered to the
coast with other troops to be ready to
go to Cuba in case of hestilitieS. Should
this be done before the North Carolina
troops are called out, Major Hayes Will
of course. rejoin his old regiment unless
otherwise ordered.
The Tenth cavalry is now on its way
to Chickamauga from Montana. where
it has been stationed. This is the regi-
ment to which Capt. Thad w. Jones,
once detailed here, and Lieutenant w.
E. Shipp. who married here. belong.
They are both with their regiment and
Lieutenant Ships wife, nee Mas Bus
bee, is expected here on a visit TO her
parents in a few days.
1t daily becomes more apparent that
the government is now preparing with
all possible speed for the inevitable.
,Fo h
ing war is practically arranged. The
mobilization of the army has been pro-
vided for. Troops have already been
sent to points along the coast, where
they can be utilized in actual defense.
There will not be, at present, any for
NAL call for volunteers. Instead the
National Guard of the various States
will be ordered out, the number being
proportional among the States.
The strength of the regular army IS
not sufficient for u formidable move
ment so that the reserve army. or militia.
will be certain to get Il pretty lively
touch of war. Anticipating such call.
.Adjutant General Corbin has prepared
tables showing the proportion OF
men that each State would be expected
to furnish under calls of from 10000 to
100000 men. The tables give the militia
strength of each State, and proportion
on that base, and also a proportion on
n basis of population. For instance the
National Guard strength of the District
of Columbia is 1900. IL 10000 militia
men, the District would furnish 5000, III
round numbers, regardless of population,
but on population basis 10000 men
would be furnished.
The companies which are selected for
serviceu will be summoned to their ar
mories, and all militiamen who are not
willing for reasons satisfactory to them
selves to 90 to the front. will be asked
to step three PAGES to the front. Their
places will be at once filled by volunteers
i'll the respective city where the company
or regiment is stationed, so that the full
complement can be preserved. This
plan is deemed more desirable than II
general call for volunteers from the fact
that there are more offers of men than
there are guns and ammunition with
which to supply them. The volunteers
who are accepted. therefore, will simply
take their places in the ranks of the Ma
tional Guard to fill the depletionS that
may occur.
1t is not expected that many troops will
have to be sent to Cuba. The present
programme of the War Department, so
far indicated. is to take possession 'of
some seaport i'll province controlled by
the insurgents, and to land ut this port
u large quantity of arms and alnmunf-
ton, with which to equip the struggling
forces on the island. The insurgents will
act as allies TO the United States. and
with the material assistance which will
be accorded them. it is expected that
they will be able to prosecute the war
with complete success. They are ac-
qlainted with the country, and If they
are given unlimited supplies of war, will
be enabled to drive the Spanish troops
TO surrender.
Under these circumstances, it Is not
thought likely that any offensive opera
tions will be necessary at this time
against Havana. This port is defended
by heavy guns, of the finest Armstrong
make, and they are not to be destroyed
by bombardment. 1t is thought to be a
much better plan simply to blockade
Havana, and, with the fleet now at Key
West, it would not be surprising if this
plan were carried into execution.
Arrangements are being made to put
into immediate service the monitor
Nantucket. which has been in use as Il
training ship for the North Carolina
Naval Reserves for the pas! four year,
She will be given protective armor, and
high power guns will be placed i'll heI
turrets.
Capt. II. +. Paddison. Of Point Gas
well, who is a prominent and able steam
boat man, has offered his services to the
government and is in receipt of letter
from the Navy Department acknOwl.
edging the receipt of his letter and
thanking him cordially for the offer OF
his services. The Wilmington Star sayi
Capt. Paddison would be very useful t.
the government in the event of war, as
he is well acquainted with the coast from
the mouth of the Cape Fear down tc
Florida. His valiant services in the
civil war also go to recommend him.
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