Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Smyrna Times
Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware
What is this article about?
The U.S. President orders a draft of 300,000 militia for nine months and additional conscription to meet volunteer shortfalls by the 15th instant, aiming for 600,000 new troops; quotas set by Secretary of War.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
The Government has at last concluded to resort to a draft to swell the army to the requisite standard, and the official order from the War Department on the subject is published to the nation. It directs—first, an immediate draft of three hundred thousand militia, to serve for nine months, unless sooner discharged by the Government; second, a further draft to fill any deficiency in answer to the call for three hundred thousand volunteers which may exist on the 15th inst., at which time the draft is to go into effect. This will place a new army of six hundred thousand men in the field immediately. The quotas for the States will be assigned by the Secretary of War, who will also establish regulations for the draft.
What sub-type of article is it?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Domestic News Details
Event Date
15th Inst.
Key Persons
Outcome
this will place a new army of six hundred thousand men in the field immediately.
Event Details
The Government has ordered a draft to swell the army: immediate draft of three hundred thousand militia to serve for nine months, unless sooner discharged; further draft to fill any deficiency in the call for three hundred thousand volunteers by the 15th inst., when the draft goes into effect. Quotas for the States will be assigned by the Secretary of War, who will establish regulations for the draft.