Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — VETERANS AS ARMY RESERVE [ARTICLE]

VETERANS AS ARMY RESERVE

Those Who Served In Spanish War May Be Equipped with Mausers. Washii gton, Dec. 15. President Roosevelt is understood to have promised Commander-in-chief Newton, of the Spaniel) war veterans, that he would favor a. law to equip the r>r>j. camps of the Spanish War Veto: p. with Mauser rifles now going out o. use in the regular army. This would give the government a large reserve army In case of war.