Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
To REORGAN|ZE
STATE MILITIA

ly, i'll accordance with general orueIs
issued from National Guard heao-
quarters i'll Harrisburg Saturday Inc
changes will be upon the OASIS ue-
manded by the requirements ol 'ho
Dick uniform militia DILL winch goes
into effect ON January hrs'' an" wiz
give to this State BODY OF cl'i|eh
/ soldlery OF ten thousand men,
The change occaslohed pN the or''ei
that creates most local interest III 'ne
/ enlargIng OF the IWelith regiment ny
| the addition OF two compahles-Le" IS
/ town and beIlefonte'
. The order provides Tor the ao"llN'-
ment OF the governor ''aH'ai''' l'loSe
who VIII lose thelr places are Lieu-
tenant IotohelS james ENleFSoh' 'r''
4 Philadelphia; James w. hieo' Con
nclsVllle; Ned Arden ROOD Moau'
vile; Walter L. Bradley 'Phlla"elp'4a )
James Archibald Jr'' fottSyllle, Lew l.
/ +. Beltler, Philadelphia FRED Taylor
| PuseY, lanSdowhe; Charles ~ NOOK
! PIttsburg j. Warner ltutchlhS' fHlI-
adelphla; John Il. WlgSlhS' fhllauel-
! phla; Oliver ,. Hershmah' FlttsourS'
and John Saller, Phlladelphla.
| y new brigade is added TO the Pehh-
| sylvania guardsmen, making four IN
all, the Fourth brigade being made up
! of companies from two of the old bri-
gades, This will create ranks for
officers in these departments and do
away with the personal appointment
/ by the major general and brigadier
general of the members of their stalls,
| who in future will be officers and en-
! listed men selected from the several
departments and appointed and assign
ed by the governor
/ These are some of the changes which
will be made by the Issuance OF TINS
order which Is calculated to bring the
National guardsmen as nearly up to
the standard of efficiency Of the reg
ular army as possible.
On January /, which Is the date
these orders take effect, there will be
in the United States standing militia
of no. 600 men, fully organized and
equipped along the same lines as the
regular army and ready to take the
/ field at moments notice. The orders
issued Saturday from Harrisburg give
in detail the complete reorganization
of the National guard. The reorgan-
lzatlon was MADE very easy py 'he
fact that since the Spanish-Amerlcan
war AdJutant General stewart VINO
is TO be chief OF stan, with the rank
OF brlgadler general mas beeh WORKING
with tins end III view. Twelve com
pany regiments have been gradually
made the rule ana the organization OF
the various departments was complet-
ed several years ago along the same
lines as the regular army
rms reorganization as IL anects the
National guard OF FehhSylVahia VIII
give 1t division composed OF lour
brlgadeS, geographlcally locate" 10
meet the pest requirements Oh lI'e
heeuS OF any emergency ''laV may "IlSe
Withlh 'he ooroers ol 'ie state Inc
Tour orlga"es VIII oe cohlPoSeu ol
three regiments eacli as loIlo"S
flrSt brigade rlrst, oeconu anu
Ihlrd regiments, all OF Flllaaelphl"'
second hrlsa"e' Ieh'h' 0lA'eeh'l'
ana Elsil'eehth regiments, located Oh
western southwestern ana northwest
ern counties
1hlrd brl8ale' Nlh'h' IWel1th and
thirteenth regiments located IN cent
raj northern ana northwestern coun-
tles'
Ne" brlsaoe' (as YET uhhamed)
Fourth sixth and Eighth regiments
located III eastern and southern coun'
ties.
The extra brigade Is composed OF the
Sixth regiment ana the Fourth and
regiment of Pittsburg and vicinity, is
made a separate command until fur.
ther orders.
No mention is made of a new majoI