The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-21
MUSTER OUT OF SOLDIERS
ALL VOLUNTEERS AT HOME AND
SOME IN CUBA TO BE DISCHARGED.
Neither Of the Indiana Regiments I'm
the List-Speaker Reed Alleged to
Have Threatened to Resign.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-The Congress
situation has taken on an ugly complexion
and deadlock seems to be forming which
can end only one way unless speedily brok-
en-in an extra session. The government
party and the opposition have lined up
frowningly over the army bill and a COM
promise seems further off tonight than at
any time yet. The Democrats profess a
willingness to vote the President all the
troops and money he needs, but swear they
viii not permit bill to pass for the re-
organization of the army on a permanent
basis. The Republicans say the Democratic
proposition is untenable and that if obstruc-
tion is persisted in the opposition will be
placed in the position of denying the Presi-
dent support in upholding the honor of the
Nation after having forced the country into
war. The Democrats are advancing the
plea that the war bill is only pretext and
that the Republicans are organizing a de-
bate on the measure as a cover to a scheme
to throw appropriation bills carrying $780,
100000 to $500, 100000 over into the next Con-
gress. The Democrats contend that this
plan has been hit on so as to avoid the
necessity of defending two billion dollar
Representative lands is one of the Re-
publicans in Congress who does not fear
the effect of an extra session forced by the
refusal Of the President to accept the Cock
rell or any other compromise that does not
give him the military support he needs.
"The President and Republican party" he
said, "need not fear the political conse-
quences Of such session. The country, ir-
respective OF party, is with the President
and VIII repudiate with scorn and indigna-
tion those men who threw the country into
war, then tied the hands of the President
and went home. Every senator and repre-
sentative Is aware of the demand the coun-
try Is making for the mastering out of the
volunteer soldiers. The Hull bill is a fair
and Just one The President may not need
over fifty thousand soldiers. but he may
need 100000. and this contingency must be
provided for. The country has so much
confidence in the President as to believe
that he would not keep one more soldier
in service than necessary"
The War Department has issued the fol-
lowing statement: "Orders have been given
for the muster out of the following volun-
teer regiments: At Savannah, Ga, the Third
GsorgiaI Batteries A, B and Maine Artil-
lery; the wo-hundred-and-second New
York Volunteers. At their present camps at
Augusta, Ga, and Greenville. S. c., the
Third Alabama, the Third Connecticut, the
Fifth Massachusetts, the Thirty-fifth Michi-
gan, the Fifteenth Minnesota, the Fourth
New Jersey, the Observation-Disclosures New
York the Two-hundred- New
York, the Tenth Ohio, the First Rhode
Island and the Second West Virginia. This
order discharges all the volunteers remain
ing in the United States.
The orders issued to-day will muster out
about sixteen thousand volunteer troops, in
cluding all such troops now in camp in the
United States and the Third Georgia at
Nuevitas. Observation-Disclosures New
York, at Guanajay. and four batteries of
Maine artillery, now at Havana. They will
be mustered out at Savannah, Ga This will
reduce the army strength to 10000 men, of
whom thirty thousand are stationed in
Cuba All the volunteer troops in Porto
Rico have been previously discharged, and
the only volunteers still in the service are
either in the Philippines or in Cuba. No
action will be taken with regard to those
troops until Congress acts on the pending
measures for the reorganization of the reg
ular army. The enactment of the Hull bill,
the War Department says, will result in the
muster-out Of all the remaining volunteers.
They will be given the first opportunity for
re-enlstment in the regular service, how
ever, and it is the expectation and hope of
the War Department that a majority of
them viii avail themselves of this privilege,
there being a strong desire to secure the
benefit of their services.
The revolution in Nicaragua shows no
abatement and from present indications the
rebels appear to have the best of it. Mr..
William Adler. president of the Buehelds
Steamship Company, of New Orleans, wired
Congressman Meyer, of Louisiana, to-day,
to learn whether the American war ship
recently ordered to Bluefelds, Nicaragua,
had reached there. Mr. Adler represented
the situation as critical and stated that
American interests I'm the republic were in
great jeopardy. Mr.. Meyer called on Secre-
tary Long this afternoon and was informed
by HIM that the department had not been
able 10 communicate with the United States
consul at Bluenelds, although repeated ef-
forts had been made to do so. 'rhe explana-
tion of the failure is that the cable there
IS under control of the Nicaraguan govern
ment. The department was without official
information of any sort from Nicaragua,
either concerning the arrival of vessels or
the political situation. Secretary Hay has
protested to the Ncaraguan government
against the action of the cable company
IN not delivering official cablegrams from or
to washington. but thus far no attention
has been paid to the protest.
Speaker Reed irritated by gossip repre-
sentlng him as being IN state Of chronic
and vindictiye hostility to the admnistra-
ton. threatens to resign and quit politics
for good ana all. lie claims to be the victim
OF persistent and malicious persecution.