History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . 1898] THE WAR WITH SPAIN 219 volunteers were called out. April 26th anincrease of the regular army to some 62,-600 was authorized. Soon came a call for75,000 more volunteers. Responses fromall the States flooded the War , ruled by a clique of privilegedCatalonians, groanedunder all the oppres-siveness of militar-ism, with none of itspower. Plagued byCarlism and anarchyat home, she wasgrappling, at tremen-dous outlay, with tworebellions all her manyparties cried for su
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . 1898] THE WAR WITH SPAIN 219 volunteers were called out. April 26th anincrease of the regular army to some 62,-600 was authorized. Soon came a call for75,000 more volunteers. Responses fromall the States flooded the War , ruled by a clique of privilegedCatalonians, groanedunder all the oppres-siveness of militar-ism, with none of itspower. Plagued byCarlism and anarchyat home, she wasgrappling, at tremen-dous outlay, with tworebellions all her manyparties cried for subscrip-tions were taken to aid the impoverishedtreasury ; reserves were called out ; in Cuba,Blanco summoned all able-bodied navy was supplemented by ships pur-chased wherever hands could be laid Captain Charles E. Clark. 220 EXPANSION [1898 Owing to the parsimony of Congress,our equipment for a large army, or evenfor our 25,000 regulars, if they were to go
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