Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-04-20
NATL. GUARD IS
|. READY FOR WAR;;
1000 STRONG
State Defenders Stand Alert to
Respond to Any Call for
Service in Mexico.
HAVE NOT BEEN CALLED AS YET
Preparations for Mobilization
of Troops at Sea Girt
Have Been Made.
RECEIVING OFFICES NAMED
New Jersey Has Full Military
Equipment for Troops;
Over 1000 Strong.
RECEIVING OFFICES NAMED
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special 10 the EVENING NEWS.
Trenton, April 20.-Up TO noon
today the New Jersey military auth
critics had had no word from Wash
ington with reference to a call Of
the organized militia for service in
connection with the regular army in
the Mexican trouble. Should the
New Jersey National Guard be called
out the state military authorities will
be ready TO handle the situation
Practically all the preparations for a
mobilization of the state troops for
war have already 1peen made under
the general orders issued some time
ago in connection with placing the
National Guard in line with the reg
ulars of the Federal Dick bill
If call be issued at Washington
for the national guard of this state,
the troops, on their present peace
footing, would be Immediately mo-
bilized at Sea Girt following which
the work of receiving each regiment
or other command up to its war
footing would Immediately be taken
up. The receiving officers have al
ready been named and the other
necessary steps taken for such mobli-
zation and reception in the general
orders already referred to.
This state has the full equipment
for its National Guard as required
by the federal military regulations.
In addition it has 1000 extra uni
forms stored for additional recruits.
The present strength of the
New Jersey guard on the peace
basis is 4,470 men, not including the
two companies of the naval reserve
This includes five regiments of in
fantry, three troops OF cavalry, two
companies of artillery, one signal
corps and one field hospital. Under
the regular army regulations the
New Jersey Guard belongs to the
eighth territorial division, which also
includes the National Guard of Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia, and If there should be a
general call for the National Guard
of all the states the troops of this
territorial division would be muster
ed in as a division under the com
mand of general of the regular
army.
1t was stated in the adjutant gen
New Jersey Guard were called out
the commands would all be recruited
as far as possible up to a war foot
ing, which would increase the entire
guard of the state to nearly double
that of the peace footing. The num-
Der of men to go to the war from New
Jersey would depend upon the call
from the President. If the call be
for 250,000 men, including the Ma
tional Guard of all the states, the
number would be apportioned among
the states and the number to service
from New Jersey would depend on
this apportionment. Under a recent
decision of the Judge advocate of the
regular army the members of the
National Guard could not be taken
out of the country for war service
unless they actually volunteered for
such service.
This decision was given in connec-
ton with the provisions of the Dick
act. 1t was said today in the ad-
jutant generals department that the
probable method of mastering in the
National Guard for the Mexican
service would be to mobilize them at
Sea Girt and then ask each member
of the guard to volunteer for this
emergency service. All those who
thus volunteered should be sent into
Mexico Notwithstanding the decision
OF the judge advocate.