The sun., 1898-04-03
THE VOLUNTEER RESERVES
Numerous Persons Anxious to
Enlist In the Navy.
COVETED ENLISTMENT BLANK
Form That All Are Required to Sign
When They Want to Serve
Uncle Sam.
ENLISTMENT BLANK

Nnclc sam.
''ls this the office of the National Vol
unteer Reserve ?'
The question has been asked by scores
of persons in the last two days, as one
after another they entered the office of
William OH. Washington at ! Broad
way, New York. Mr.. Washington is
the president of the new organization,
whose purpose it is to secure the sigma
lures Of 5000 600 patriots pledging them
selves to respond to call for volunteers
by the Government of the United States.
The inquirer's question is answered in
the affirmative by Mr.. Washington's
secretary, B. r. Kelly, but there being
no enlistment blanks on hand the callers
were asked to call again.
There were bankers and contractors
and clerks and laborars among the lat
ter, and all of them were sorely disap-
pointed.
One young man in particular was cha
grined by the delay in the printers
office. "Why, l expected to take
couple OF hundred copies with me-" he
declared $50 many fellows | know
are anxious to sign"
81 am impatient about them myself"
said the Secretary, because we want to
show the world in general and Spain in
particular that although our nation has
only 25,0OO regular soldiers we are all
soldiers every adult male of us, when
honor is at stake
! Presently the printer arrived with some
advance copies of the coveted enlistment
blank, which is expected to be copied in
all the papers Of the country. They are
as follows:
State of......... ,
City OF Town oD......... ss''
| ......", born III ........, in the State
OF ....,; aged ......... years, now resid-
| ing at ....... in the county of ....,.... and
State of ........., with postOffice address
below stated, by occupation a.......... do
| hereby state and declare that | am of
proper age and believe myself to be
physically and otherwise qualified to
bear arms: that am not enlisted in the
National Guard or Naval Reserve of anv
State or in the army or the navy of the
/ United States, but desire that my SER
vices shall be available to the United
States in the c,ent of war with any
foreign power. do, therefore, enlist in
the National Volunteer Reserve" and
ask that my name be enrolled as MEM
Der of said organization, and do
solcmnlv undertake and agree, in the
event of war between the United States
and any foreign power, if called upon by
the constituted authorities of the State
of............or OF the United States through
the lawful channels to enlist as a
Soldier or sailor in the National
Guard or the Naval Reserve of said
State or in the army or the navy of the
United States for the length of time and
upon the terms that may by law be pro-
vided, and | do solemnly swear tor
affirm that will bear true faith and
allegiance to the United States of
America, and that | will serve them
honestly and faithfully against all their
enemies whomsoever.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before
me thls.........day of...........1S9
l hereby certify that the above named
man is between the age of Is and 4j and
that he is free from all bodily & iects
and mental intirmities which woulC in
any way disqualify him from pcrf,,m-
ing military duty.
PNI ISoii NtSSllilIS W tIlllSl, II Il :. .IDf
or waterman by occupation, or desiring
to join the navy or naval reserve nav
erase the word soldier and "a. ,n.u
Guard in the body OF certificate ln,, he
will then be enrolled for the \ al Re-
serve and Navy.
Note This enlistment blank ..ho.ld
preferably be signed before il mag trate,
judge county clerk, commissioner ,otav
public, or any officials authorized al
minister an oath, Who, if property TO-, al
and patriotic, should make no che gc for
thc service. In lieu of the availability
)f such officer the enlistment blank NAY
De signed nd witnessed by two pers ns
who will add their addresses and ?lso
make declaration as to the physical oval
fication of the applicant. When signed
onward to the Headquarters National
Volunteer Reserve, Washington Build
ng, New York.
Applications for enlistment blanks and
ctters expressing sympathy for the
movement have been received in large
numbers. Some were from several
veil known SOutherners who fought
ganst the Union in the War oi the
rebellion and from representatives.
i almost every vocation and rank of
lie.
Among those who have writtento cx-
ress sympathy for the movement there
re the names Of Mills Miller of the Sons
1 the American Revolution; Eugene II.
evy of the lSGllSH4 DonaldsviIle (La.)
ri!lery, Army Of Northern Nrgina;
lajor.Gen. Joshua Chamberlain, Brig.
len. }. J. Coppinger, Assistant Secretary
/ the Navy Theodore Roosevelt Governor
[eber NJ. Wells of Utah. Secretary
ger has written approving the scheme
organization. Gen. Schofeld has tclc-
raphed that he is on his way here from
'ashington. Governor Mount of In
lana, Gen. Charles q. Sawtell, Gen II.
Stanley of Washington Communicated
leir approval, as did also thirty editors
newspapers in various sections OF the
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