Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-01
MORE VOLUNTEERS
The President Calls for 5000
More Volunteers,
Kansas will get Two more Regiments
of Boys who are anxious and
Ready To 20 20 the Front and
eRemember the Maine"

Washington, May 25.-The event of
the day in the war situation was the
issuance of a proclamation by the
President calling for $4,000 more vol
unteers. 1t added new and stirring
phase to the lethargic conditions which
have prevailed of late, and came with
almost startling unexpectedness, even
to many of the high official officers in
the army.
The proclamation means not only
the assembling of a large force of
troops, but also the appointment of
number of major generals, brigadier
generals, colonels, majors and staff
and field officers, for the organization
of this additional force OF 5000 men
into army corps, divisions, brigades
and regiments.
The reasons leading up to the call
naturally were sources of much con-
lecture, as it was at first felt that the
possibility of foreign complications
new move. 1t speedily developed,
however, that the call was not due to
any latent or serious emergency, bat
was rather in the line of getting to-
gether large body of men to be drill
ed and seasoned and to constitute a
second reserve to be drawn upon later
when the campaigns were fully under
way. Secretary Alger stated that the
determination to issue a second call
had not been reached until late yes
terday. The merits of it have been
canvassed more or less for some weeks,
but it was not until few hours be-
fore the call itself appeared that the
move was finally decided upon.
Coming thus, Unexpectedly, the war
department had made no preparations
for xecuting the call and it will be
some days before the details are work.
ed out as to the quotas from each
state, the calls to the respective gov
ernors of states, the mastering points
and the general points of concentra-
ton.
All that is settled thus far is that
the enlistments are to be thrown open,
much as they were at the outbreak of
stricted to the militia or national
guards of the several states. 1t will
be an encouragement TO the organiza-
tion of independent volunteer compa-
nies and regiments. These will re-
tain their identity to certain extent
as state troops, as the Governors will
have the appointment of all company
and regimental officers, while only the
brigade, division, corps and staff of
ficers will be appointed by the presi-
dent.
While the adjutant generals Office
has not yet undertaken to make up
the quotas of the several states, the
following gives an approximate esti-
mate of the state quotas:
Alabama, 1,5OO; Arkansas, 1,23O;
california, 1888; Colorado, 7o7; Con-
necticut, 965; Delaware, 21O; Florida,
$50; Georgia, 1,90S; Idaho, 13e; Illinois;
1929; Indiana, 2,5s1; Iowa, 2,264;
Kansas, 1868; Kentucky, 2,O45; Louis
lana, 1,164; Maine, 759; Maryland,
1,t66; Massachusetts, ?, ,s32; Michigan,
l2,622; Minnesota, 1,723; Mississippi,
1,2e5; Missouri, 3,246; Montana, 314;
Nebraska, 1,446; Nevada, 142; New
Hampshire, 451; New Jersey, 1,77s;
New York, 1907; North Carolina, L.
S4S; North Dakota, 276; Ohio, 4,349;
Oregon, 377; Pennsylvania, 6,45s;
Rhode Island, 426; South Dakota, l.
ITO; South Carolina, 44s; Tennessee,
1,036; Texas, 1,4S4; Utah, 2s5; Yer
mont, 397; Virginia, 1,673; Washing
ton, 704; West Virginia, s33; wiscon-
sin, 1865; Wyoming, 13s; Arizona,
1Oe; District of Columbia, 1913; New
Mexico, 26e; Oklahoma, SO.
The organization and division of
this extensive force is yet to be ar
ranged by the adjutant generals of
hce. Generally speaking, however,
J the $1,000 men will suffice for the
: formation of seventy five regiments.
The new force will require, either
J by appointment or by officers already
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about twenty-four brigadier generals.
The colone1s, lieutenant colonels,
, majors, captains and lieutenants are
) appointed by the Governors of the
! various states as the law provides
that "all regimentai and company of
ficers shall be appointed by the gov
} ernors of the states in which their re-
spective organizations are raised"
1t was stated at the War department
that the details for the work of organ.
tizlng this new force would not be act
ua1iy taken up for the present. Just
D now the adjutant generals Office Is en-
gagged in completing the enlistment OF
{ the IL, 900 volunteers under the first
: call. 1t will take some time to com.
4 piete this work and not until then viii
, the real work of organizing the voiun.
tteers under the second call begin.
Il Michigan's State treasurer recently
= toffered 500 600 of az r,er c.,,t