Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-10
MODELLING OF MILITIA
DETAILS OF THE NEW WAR DE.
PARTMENT ORDER.

Details of vital Importance to the militia
Of the country are contained in the order
No. 3, just issued from the War Depart
ment, governing the mobilization of that
arm of the national defense in case of war.
Some of these provisions are as follows:
Whenever the militia is called into the
service of the United States the organized
militia will be designated first, and in APP
Forthcoming quotas according to representa-
tive population they will, to the extent
practicable, be SO adjusted as not to leave
any state or territory or the District of
Columbia unprovided with reserve force
sufficient to meet any emergency then
existing or imminent
The Presidents authority over the or
ganized militia is derived from the Consti-
tuition and from the legislation of Congress
in furtherance of it's provisions and he can
order 1t out in those cases which are spe
officially provided for in paragraph 455. The
organized militia then becomes national in
character and the President its command
er-in-chief.
The President is the exclusive judge of
the existence of an emergency justfying
The ordering out of the organized militia
and the measures necessary for giving eff
rect to the order are executive acts which
the Secretary of War may perform as the
representative of the President.
The Minimum Strength.
The minimum strength of the militia or
CARNATIONS which states must maintain If
they expect to receive allotments from
the congressional appropriation for the
maintenance of the militia is placed at
flfty-eight for a company of infantry,
troop of cavalry, company of engineers and
signal company. An ambulance company
must have minimum of forty-three ana
a field hospital thirty-three. A coast artil-
lery company must have a minimum of
sixty-three and battery of field artillery
one hundred and thirty-three. Organiza-
lions below these numbers must be imme-
diately recruited to the standard before
they can leave the home station i'll case
of call
No organization will be accepted into the
service of the United States which, in the
number of its officers and enlisted men, is
below the minimum prescribed by Hhe
President. or above the maximum strength
fixed by law for such organization, and
whenever any organization which is or
dered out. called upon. is below the min
imum, it shall be Immediately recruited to
at least that standard before leaving its
home station.
To Expedite Mobilizatio
To expedite the mobilization of the organ
lied militia ordered into the service of the
United States. the War Department after
consultation with the governors or the
commanding general of the militia of the
District of Columbia will designate con
venient places In the state or territory or
in the District of Columbia for assembling
companies, batteries, etc, the United
States government meeting, as hereinbe-
fore provided. all authorized expenses Incl
dent to this preliminary concentration from
the day the militia appear at their places
of company rendezvous. The organized
militia called into the service of the United
States Will be mustered in at these desig
mated places of concentration by officers
of the army detailed for this purpose by
the War Department
Allowance for Rations.
In addition to equipping their men, the
state officials must purchase cooked meals
for the militiamen where they cannot use
rations in kind, and for that purpose an
allowance of sixty cents per day is au-
thorized for each man. which is increased
to seventy-five cents when travelling The
United States will pay these bills as well
as those for transportation of the militia.
upon cert1fication from the proper state Of
hcers. States that already have the United
States standard of physical examination for
recruits shall have these troops mustered
into service at once, and without interfer-
ence with the supreme duty of the militia
the defense of the country" physical ex-
animation to be made by an army medical
officer later on. and after the muster To
facilitate the settlement of pension claims.
the mllltlamen will be examined medically
prior to being mustered out
In all cases payments to militia mustered
into the service of the United States will