Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1898 — THE CALL TO ARMS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE CALL TO ARMS.

To the People of Indiana: Whereas, in the progress of events war has been inaugurated between the government of the United States and the government of and, Whereas, the President of the United States, in pursuance of an act of Congress, has issued a proclamation calling for 125,000 volunteers, of which number four regiments, approximating 1,000 men each, and two batteries have been apportioned to the State of Indiana, Now, therefore, I, James A. Mount, Governor of the State of Indiana, acting on the authority vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby call for the enlistment and mustering into the United States service of the number of men above stated who are qualified for military duty. In conformity with this call, the Indiana National Guard is hereby directed and commanded to report without delay to Brigadier General McKee at the fair grounds of the State Board of Agriculture, near Indianapolis a designated camp; where they will be mobilized and mustered into the service of the United States government in accordance with the provisions of the proclamation issued by the President. All vacancies that exist or may occur in regiments, companies, or batteries, will be immediately filled by the acceptance of volunteers, to the limit of the State’s quota, as designated by the authorities of the federal government. Inasmuch as the number of men who are at this time tendering their services is far in excess of requirements. I deem it timely to announce in this connection that there will be no compulsion upon any member the Indiana National Guard to enter the federal service exoept upon his own free will and aocord. Any member of the National Guard whose business affairs would be jeopardized, or whose domestic relations would subject his family to inconvenience and hardship, will be permitted to stand aside honorably and without prejudice.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the State, at the city of Indianapolis, this 25th day of April, qne thousand eight hundred and hinety-eight, the eighty-second year of the State, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-second.

JAMES A. MOUNT.

By the Governor: WM. D. OWEN, Secretary of State. ./