The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
VOLUNTEERS THINK.
AND THE ADMINISTRATION Is
SHAKING" THEM.
The Unholy War for EnslayA.c a People,
iHi Fhat Of Fight Ought to BE Free, Can
uu'Rptjbes ftastSa to l1ntelliscnt, soldiers
Hired Men in Demand,

Wnen the great American nation
saio mat Spanish oppression should
stop In Cuba and declared War to en-
torce its demands the hands Of. the
president were upheld by a united
sss%@1people:N Volunteers pressed forward
oytthopsands pfrom every state, Most
oi tnose volunteers were from the best
uiooo OF the nation. 9 The North and
'he South We'd with each other in.
senulng their best and bravest, sons to
I ms holy war for humanity. After
!ne war for freedom was over the pres
luent ~lnaugurated a new war for the
purpose Of :%enslayilg a free people.
. lie did not call on the. states for vol
unteers in the war of conquest. He
oldnt like the volunteers very much.
= They could thinkyas we'll as fight. He
asked for an increase of the regular
'army--and ~heeis now filling up it's
ranks. A New York paper tells the
Kind; Of nnel he-xisr getting. Just lis
F5ten:R ,fNDnring Tie, recruiting Last
week at New York, one OF the news
paper reporters went through the
crowd at the Third. Avenue Office. The
men who came he says, impressed
the tohtsider. sasi a needy lot who had
tried everything to earn a living be-
fore they came to the shelter of the
army. They ranged in age from the
MINIMUM to the, maximum allowed by
tn ttthie am army x lrsssggI6lathlpRs and walked about
y 90; Il ftth6sey ,hhsddiiat last found a refuge
from the uncertainty of, New York
' work Those who were accepted gave
evidence Of feeling great relief. There
was no more head of -tare and anxiety,
lQr the NOTION. Tbs government
would feed and clothe them and take
care OF them when sick, and the work
providedsswould foffer at least a diver
sion from the ordinary and promised
some little EHadVentuire. eyes, as one
man putsitt the tarmy was a refuge for
the poor devil who had. Jared badly
in the civil battle of life"
And here is what the Chicago
Tribune, a life-longsRepublican paper,
says OF the enlistmentsi, The men
who are crowding the Chicago recruit
Ing office numbertbut few real patriots
among their ranks. In general, these
men, army officers say, are not enlist
AAnB because their country needs them,
NOR because the flag is being fired upon
nort because the army calls them. The
extra effort to recruit men has merely
increased the production of the or
binary output of peace times and
drawn in the lovers of adventure who
are out of employment, with an oc-
casionnal drop of aggressive patriotism
terningled The majority of them
are out O. Eswork and realize that it will
not be long before winter sets in"
' These men are only, facing pestilence
to escape starvation. Compare them
'nowithi Funston's gallant fighters or
S~totsenburg's heroic men. But then by
careful training they, may make pretty
good killing machines, and as most of
them have 40 friends to inquire into
their treatment or mourn their death,
they will not give the administration
nearly as much trouble as did the intel
tigent volunteers now seeking their
homes. They have no great states be-
hind them with millions of earnest and
loving men and women to demand for
them Justice! and fair treatment. Yes,
7 MI President. you may not get az good
@ soldiers, but! you; will reduce criticism
5i toS&ia minimum: Besides that, you are
also redeeming your promise to fur
nish employment to idle men; employ
y ment In killing and being killed, and
titf the war lasts long enough you NAV
| be able to furnish work for every man
that wants it. "h''E i"I ny -