Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1898 — THE CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.

Following is a copy of the proclamation issued by the President calling for 125,000 volunteers to serve in the war with Spain: “By the President of the United States, « proclamation: “Whereas, By a joint resolution of Congress, approved on the 20th of April, 1888. entitled ‘Joint resolution for the recognition of the Independence of the people of Cuba,'demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish Its authority aud government In the island of Cuba, to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to. use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions Into effect; nnd. “Whereas, By an act -of Congress, entitled ‘An act to provide for the Increasing of the military establishment of the United States In time of war, and for other purpose*,’ approved April 22, 1898, the President was authorized, in order to raise a volunteer army, to issue his proclamation calling for volunteers to serve in the Army of the United States. “Now. therefore. I, William McKinley. President of the United States, by virtue of the power vested In me by the Constitution and laws, and deeming sufficient occasion to exist, have thought 6t to call for, and hereby do call for volunteers to the aggregate number of 125,000, in order to carry into effect the purpose of the said resolution, the same to be apportioned as far as practicable among the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia, according to population and to serve for two years, unless sooner discharged. The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the proper authorities through the War Department. “In witness whereof I have hereunto set my band and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. “Done at Washington, this twentythird day of April, 18M and of the Independence of the United States the 122 d. WJI. M’KINLEY. “By the President: “JOHN SHEIIMAN, Sec’y of State."

SPAIN AT WAR. Existence of Conflict with the United State* Formally Declared. Spain has declared war against the United States, with the simple announcement that a “state of war exists." Further to show that the arbitrament of the sword is on, the Sagasta Government decrees that all treaties with the United States are annulled, and vessels of the United States are given thirty days to leave Spanish ports. Another important declaration of Spain is that she will not refrain from privateering, but that for the present only auxiliary cruisers will be fitted out. She adds, however, that foreign privateers will be regarded as pirates. In avoiding a direct declaration of war, the Spanish cabinet is following a recent precedent—the procedure that was adopted by Turkey last spring before it began

the hostilities that humiliated the Greeks. The sultan declared that “a state of war’’ existed in Thessaly and in Macedonia, and within twenty-four hours fighting was in progress along the whole frontier.

A LAST GOOD-BY.