The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-31
ABOUT THE RECRUITING
WAR DEPARTMENT SENDS A LONG
TELEGRAM OF INSTRUCTION.
May Not BE "a Whole New Regiment
General Mckee Notified of His
Appointment Yesterday.

AS Governor Mount anticipated Saturday
when he received notice from the War De-
partment that 1,424 men of the states quota
under the second call would be required
to recruit the four regiments already in the
field, the work of recruiting will be done by
the government itself, the War Department
indicating one or two field officers from
each regiment are to be sent home to act as
recruiting officers. The Governor has been
asked to name one or more competent field
officers of the different regiments for this
service. Yesterday the following telegram
was received by the Governor from Adju-
tant General II. C. Corbin:
Under first call for $4,000 men it was
contemplated that the number of original
organizations called for should have the
maximum strength stated below, but on ac-
count of additional organizations having
been accepted this maximum had to be re-
duced to eighty-one enlisted men per COM
pany. The maximum above contemplated Is
lO6 enlisted men per company OF infantry,
light battery. two hundred per heavy bat
terry, 1926 of all grades per regiment IN
fantry consisting of three battalions of four
companies each. Secretary or war blds me
say it is now the wish of the President to
apply, in accordance with the law, so much
of second call for seventy-five thousand as
NAV be necessary to fiji organizations al
ready in service from your State TO the
maximum just stated The secretary of war
detailed to make and superintend under
army regulations enlistments for the pur-
pose of the number of men wired you May
II. Please name one or more competent field
officers of respective regiments already In
service in your State to be detailed under
orders from War Department for this duty.
1.-The understanding is that the above mes
sage has also been sent to the Governors or
the other States and that the official notlh-
cation of the Presidents proclamation Will
be here shortly.
ASKED TO DETAIL MEN.
Immediately on receipt of the telegram
the Governor delegated Military Secretary
Wilson to telegraph to Col. Smith, Col.
Studebaker, Col Gunder and Col. Barnett,
Of the four Indiana regiments, and Capt.
Curtis and Captain Ranlke, of the Indanap-
oils and Fort Wayne batteries, to recon-
mend officers to be detailed for this work.
From each regiment two will be detailed
and one from each company.
81 am glad that this plan has been
adopted, said the Governor. LAS | said to
you last Saturday it will be comparatively
easy TO recruit the regiments under this ar
rangement. When the officers are detailed
they will go to the quarters in which the
regiments were originally formed and begin
the work One officer from each battery
will be sufficient for the work, but think
there ought to be two for each regiment,
each of whom would have four or five
nate in advance when they will be at
the various towns to enlist recruits { nd !
think but little time will be consumed.
should think that week would suffice. This
will simplify the situation. If the State bad
been required to mobilize men here and en-
list them as individuals, without being allie
to say definitely where they were TO go.
there might have been difficulty i'll getting
men. Under this plan the men in the various
localities who want to enlist will know that
they VIII be sent to join the companies from
their towns and will be glad to go, especial
ly those who see that there will not be
much chance 10 enlist in any other way"
United States army officers here say that
the COVER 1ment will likely order the men
recruited to be furnished transportation oil
rectly to their reg mentS WITHOUT mobilize
ton, sending them in SQUADS of fifty CT Il
hundred, although ii is possible the enti, 2
recruited strength for each regiment viii
be held in one place and then conducted
south under the command Of the recruiting
officers 1onS the work Lieut.. Peterson said
that he supposed the government would Lrt
detail army surgeons to make the physical
examinations, but would perhaps employ
competent pft! sIcianS to make rhe examIna-
lions in the towns where the recruits are
secured. Captain Black, the regular army
surgeon under the governments autaoriza-
ton.
Under the order for increasing each COM
pany to maximum of log enlisted men
about twenty-five men for each of the for
ty-eight infantry companies and fifty men
for each of the two batteries will be le-
CURED These as stated above, will be
taken from the towns in which the various
companies originally organized Governor
Mount believes that when the recruiting Of
ficerS reach those towns they will find many
more men than they need eager to enlist
and that about the only thing necessary
will be to enroll them, have them examined
and sworn into service.
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