Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1899 — CAN RETAIN VOLUNTEERS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAN RETAIN VOLUNTEERS.

Men Enlisted May He Kept Till Peace Is Proclaimed. According to the latest official interpretation of the new army law all volunteers now in the service enlisted under the law of April last may be retained in the service until peace with Spain is formally proclaimed, whether or not the 35,000 additional volunteers authorized by the new law are enlisted. One effect of this decision will be to permit the retention in the service until Xhe ratifications of the treaty of peace are exchanged of 411 vol-

unteer staff officers now in the service in addition to those who may be commissioned under the law of March 2. Secretary Alger has also been advised that in addition to the 35,000 new volunteers which the new law authorizes he may retain in the service for six months after peace is formally declared all the volunteers now in Manila who are willing to re-enlist for that period. The authorities are disposed to take advantage of everything which will tend to rob the act of its serious evils.

UNCLE SAM—P’ll keep both o’ them things handy, just the same.