Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1899 — CALL FOR SOLDIERS. [ARTICLE]

CALL FOR SOLDIERS.

Gen. Corbin Issues Orders for Enlisting 2,600 Men. Gen. Corbin issued orders Friday for the immediate enlistment of 2,600 regulars at the army recruiting stations in various parts of the country.’ This addition, which brings the actual fighting force up to 65,000 men. is rendered possible by a decision- of the Comptroller of the Treasury that the hospital corps should not be included in the limit fixed by Congress for the aggregate strength of the regular establishment and that men for the hospital corps could be regarded as nurses. This corps numbers 2,600 men, who will be transferred to the civilian employe class.