The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-28
ORDERS MILITIA TO
CRATE ALL PROPERTY
Sale Directs Company
Commanders to lie In
Ncauincss.
PACKING AT AnMoRIEs BEGINS
Effects VIII lie Held Pending Iustruc-
lions to Ship Them III Mobilization
Site at State Fair Grounds.

Commanders OF military compa nics
throughout tho State received orders
yesterday from Adjutant-Gcneral W.
W. Sale TO box and crate all public
military property other than the per-
sonal armament. clothing and equip
hieht OF the enlisted personnel, for
Immediate shipment to the mobiliza-
ton camp site in this city. In con
formity with these Instructions local
commands began packing last night,
and. IL ordered To the concentration
point. will be ready to march within
a few hours notice.
While the orders from tho adjutant-
general are Imperative, il is not be-
lieved here that the mobilization will
occur. unless 1T is positively seen that
the mediation conferences. which are
being held daily In efforts to ward off
hostilitics in Mexico. arc Il failure.
The War Department has continued
it's activities, and is getting ready for
any possible contingency which may
arise
All commanding officers have rcceiv-
cd Instructions to ascertain and TO re-
port to tho adjutant- general the actual
number of enlisted men ana officers
who viii engage for active service In
event OF Il call for troops from this
state. The War Department has ruled
that in order To he accepted as a body
organizations must report at least
strength rs willing to go to the front
This number would be similar to the
minimum prescribed by the depart
ment for summer manoeuvrcs or camps.
making fortr-ninc men for infantry
companies, 100 Tor artillery batteries
forty-ninc for the signal corps. twenty
seven for the ambulance company and
forty for the field hospital.
FIRST CALI. WOULD
INCLUDE ONLY YOUNG MEN
Tho first call TOR volunteers, II 1t
is Issued, will only include men between
the ages OF eighteen and thirty-fve
years, and none will be enlisted above
the latter figure unless having pre-
vious military training and experience,
and then only UP To forty-nve years
OF age. This ruling Will not affect
mcn now in tho service, or who may
enlist before the call Is issued.
Practically every local organization
car meet the requirements for active
service. All arc recruited up Ia. and
many beyond tho minimum strength,
and few men, ii ia thought. would at
tempt to leave tho service il :, call for
Volunteers Is made All State troops
are equipped for field service, and it
Is believed that Virginia VIII be among
the trst to furnish it's quota ready
for the field.
Richmond has hccn selected ~ the
point Of mobilization and tho troops
VIII, III event OF war. lac concentrated
ut the state Fair Grounds. which have
been prepared for this purpose. Tents
and other camp cquipaEc have been
brought here from the State l;iilc
Range and Virginia Beach, and are
stored in tho Municipal building at
the fair grounds.
The companies. after getting their
spare supplies packed for shipment,
lnvc been instructed to mark them
with the letter. number and home sta-
ton OF the organization. and they are
TO he held pending further orders.
a. the local armorics. the order Gre
ated n furoro last night.