The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-29

act Amount Necessary 10 Provide.
WASHINGTON. April 1-Every en-
deavor is being put forward by the war
department to recruit the volunteer army
and increase the regular army TO It's full
strength
Mastering rolls OF the companies OF the
volunteer army have been prepared in
the war department and sent to the off,
Gers who have been detailed 10 formally
induct the state troops into the service OF
the national government With few modi-
fcatons, they are the same as those used
in the late war The question of arms and
other equipments for the volunteers is
now receiving the attention Of the ord
nance Office and the Quartermaster gen.
erals department As soon as informa-
ton Is received as to the exact number of
arms needed for the volunteers. they will
be shipped to their state rendezvous for
distribution.
The three independent regiments Of cav
airy authorized by the volunteer army act.
and which are 10 be composed exclusively
OF frontiersmen. are 10 be known as the
First, Second and Third regiments Of
United States volunteer cavalry. They are
to be composed Of twelve troops each.
Ohio's First Regiment.
CINCINNATI. April es-The First regi-
ment of the National Guards started to
Columbus today, with Col. f. u. Hunt in
command.
Third Regiment starts
SPRINGFIELD. o.. April 2s.-Six thou
sand people witnessed the departure Of
the Third regiment today.
Two Regiments Eacampcd.
COLUMBUS o.. April 2s.-The First and
Eighth Ohio infantry are en- route TO CO.
lumbus. and the Third, Fourteenth and
Nineteenth battalion and Battery II are
here in camp all recruited to maximum.
Wisconsin Troops Going to Camp.
RACINE. WIS, April 2s.--Fully 5000
people marched as an escort TO Company
F of the First regiment, w. N. e., on its
way to the depot today to take train
Davis Kinsman to He Color Bearer.
PARIS, KY, April 2S.-Isaac Alexander,
grandson of a nephew of Jefferson Davis.
has been chosen to carry the Stars and
Stripes for Company G. this city, in the
war with Spain.
Wyoming's Battalion Moves Monday.
CHEYENNE. Wye. April 2s.-Gov.
Richards today ordered the four COM
panies of the state troops who make up
the Wyoming battalion OF infantry to .eave
for Cheyenne on Monday. They come
from Douglass, Buffalo. Sheridan and
Evanston.
ST. PAUL. April ss.-Minnesota's three
regiments of volunteers are Ell route 10
this city tonight from all parts of the state.
BY noon tomorrow they will be camped at
Camp Ramsey, on the state fair grounds.
Two New York Regiments Won't Go.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteliigencer
WASHINGTON. April S.-The Seventh
regiment, New York's crack regiment. re-
fuses 10 volunteer. The Twenty-second
has also refused All other regiments in
New York and Brooklyn. except the Tween
ty-third. have been ordered TO the front
SLArsON
Della ware Guard Refuses to Enlist.
WILMINGTON, Del. April S.-Only 200
of the i5o members of the Delaware mill
tia and half the officers have volunteered
TO serve the United States government the
res, refusing to so. fearing that their own
officers would not be in command.
Illinois Guard Protests.
SPRINGFIELD, H., April 2s.-Tonighs
the officers Of this Illinois National Guard
signed a communication and sent il to
Gov Tanner. strongly opposing and pro
testing against the action of congress and
the secretary OF war which. the commu-
nicaticn alleges. will result in breaking up
the National Guard organization of Hi
nos The communication viii be sent to
President Mckinley. with Gov. Tanners
Endorsement.
Idaho Quota VIII Move Mt Once.
BOISE Idaho April 2s.-rhe movement
OF volunteers 10 Boise. the place OF rendez-
votis. IL TO begin at once Marching or
ders were Issued today for five companies
I'm the northern part OF the sfate 20 move
as soon as orders were received. Indica-
TORS are that the quota viii he filed