| Show t CALL FOR TaE I TROOPS War Department Decides That 80000 Shall Come From the I t Militia of the Various I States Plans Being Formulated to I Place at the Disposal of the President 200000 Men to be Z Prepared for Early Service L t Wahlllglon April 10fh war do pertinent today practically decided that Its lira call to arm would be for SO MO men to bo token from the I mllltla of the nevctnl states There are some complications In the matte which It will take a little time to adjust ad-just and which will prevent the Issuance Issu-ance of a call today and may delay It even a little longer Plans now being formulated In Con Kiess Involve tho placing of About 200 000 soldiers In round numbers It the disposal nf the BOVeminent within n I I short I time after the Cuban resolution urn approved by tin President Till I calculation is I based oil the following figures covered lit plans already In I effect or In contemplation viz Standing army 7000 by call for volunteers roOv by calling out mate mllltla 7EOOO or 100 000 by army ic I organization hill SOW I II Leaving Aside the prevent regular Army force the second and fourth Items are practically settled on In com = tt mittee while the third an i ta the mlllll H I being actively camaxamy < And while there are differing views i they an expecting ex-pecting to crystallize I Into an AuthorIzation l I rt r Izatton to call out the numbers stated The hill drawn up by Ills war department I de-partment for Introduction t bj lie pre b rA nentatlve Hull chalrnmi If the military J mili-tary commlltiv authorizes ill Ilcl dent to call for something Ilk en < 000 voluntcem to be drawn jhruunh the I various states j While this method obviates the legal technicalities Involved In tire service ot elate mllltla orfanlzatlons It is likely the volunteers thus obtained thiough quotas furnished by the reelIvo state And terrllcrllli grv ivtthln State ernon mill com from ullltla ranks The plan of the committee on nllltla tu effectually put a large number of the mllltla at the disposal ot the President Presi-dent Is I being formulated II i Some think 100000 excessive I hut Chairman Marsh and others legard the figures as conservatlveIn the view that the fciolntlo practically mean I orThe The IrcolInl no now silgriated Iy HepcEcntatlvc Maiih cm tail cut the mllltlu at tiny tlmo anti C < iurips ful low I up this action by I legislative en actmtnt provIdIng i for their mustering into the U K service At tie come time the amy norgaiUutlon hill ic ccntl > recommitted br tliollou Is 1 being caiefullj pinned In the military committee It Is I proposed to extend the army organization to the three battalion war formation and to Increase In-crease the batteries of artlller to 20u men each This measure It Is I claimed norty trlnr about 6000 more men Into the regular service to be added to the present 27000 regular troops It Is I minted ut the war department this afternoon that only tho national guard will be given opportunity to Iolanter nt this time The President Kill IMtne the right to appoint staff and field ottcers while the Eovernois of sutcn will design regimental oltl eels as was done In ISM |
