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

ANSWER THE CALL.

Patriots from Every State Respond to the President’* Request for Volunteers. Washington, April 27. —At the close of office hours Monday Adijt. Gen. Corbin had received dispatches from the governor of nearly every state and territory in response to Secretary Alger’s call for information as to the troops the states and territories will be expected to furnish under the president’s call for 125,000 men. The tenor of these replies shows there is no mistaking the patriotism of the people of this country in the present emergency. On every hand there was expressed a willingness to come to the government’s aid and the offers were in excess of the present demands. The body of the telegrams w as made up for the greater part of an enumeration of what the national guard had on hand, and for this reason the reports of the governors were not made public. Recruiting for the regular army under the Hull army reorganization will be begun at once. A circular has been prepared giving direction for this work, and this will be Issued probably to-day. The recruiting will be carried on in the regiments where they are now located by regimental recruiting boards and at the various army posts throughout the country.