Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — NEED FIFTY THOUSAND MEN. [ARTICLE]

NEED FIFTY THOUSAND MEN.

This Number Will Be Required to Maintain Order in Cuba. Adjt. Gen. Corbin told the House Military Committee that the Cuban, evacuation commission, Gens. Wade and Butler and Rear Admiral Sampson, stated that an army of 50,000 men was requisite to maintain order in Cuba. Maj. Gen. Miles appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee and was questioned regarding important items in the war deficiency bill.