Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1898 — TROOPS STILL NEEDED. [ARTICLE]

TROOPS STILL NEEDED.

Few Volunteers Can Be Released at, Present. The muster-out of regiments in the volunteer army will he resumed soon after the conclusion of the treaty of peace at Paris. The administration is unwilling for more than one reason to order the discharge of the whole volunteer army at present, the chief reason being, of course, the of a large force to garrison point* in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. It is probable, however, that within a very short time the President will grant a few of the many requests for the muster-out of volunteer organizations, trusting that Congress will soon mnke provision, by the increase of the regular army, for the maintenance of strong garrisons in our new territories. In selecting the regiments for master out, it is the intention to designate those organizations which were first sent to the front.