Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1898 — Wisconsin Indiana Ready. [ARTICLE]

Wisconsin Indiana Ready.

Appleton, Wis., April 21. —The Oneida Indians on the reservation north of this city have organized two companies of 100 men each to fight Spaniards, and endeavored, through Joseph Metoxen, to enroll the men here Wednesday. The two companies are to form the nucleus of a regiment of Indians to be raised on Oneida, Menominee and Stockbridge reservations. All officers are to be whites, experienced G. A. R. or militiamen. If men cannot be enlisted nearer they will march to the recruiting office at Milwaukee, headed by an Indian band of 16 pieces.