Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1898 — TO CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS. [ARTICLE]

TO CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.

Bill to Be Introduced Authorising the President to Ask for 90,000 •r 70,000 Men. Washington, April 19. —Representative Hull, of lowa, chairman of the house committee on military affairs, will to-day introduce an administration bill authorizing the president to issue a oall for volunteers to the number of

60,000 or 70,000 men. It will be considered immediately by the commit tee, its passage expedited as rapidly a> possible and will take effect immediately upon the president’s approval. Ita term* will authorize the presiden, to call on the various states for quota! In making up the aggregate. By reading in this fray instead of specifically looking to calling out the various state militia, will avoid several embarrassing technicalities, a main one being the constitutional inhibitition on sending state militia out of the country, while volunteers so called for can be ordered anywhere. It is likely that if the situation develops into such grave proportions us Is now expected, a second call for 100,000 volunteers will be Issued by the president. The necessity for this immense number, however, is not clear to the military authorities at this time. The draft of the present war measure lias just been framed by the war department officials and the leading members of the military committee have ai ready conferred with the war department authorities on the necessity on thl* line, the latter having announced that a maximum of 80,000 volunteer* would be sufficient at this time.