New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-15
Companies of Infantry
Cavalry and Engineers
Face "War" Signal.
"BIUES" HERE WILL
CONFRONT INVADERS
Armv Officers to Direct Rapld
Mobilization-Medical Exam'
nation for Men,

trial mobilization OF part OF inc
militia will be made within g. re" 'aS'
as 4 part OF the plan just adopted TOT
getting the militia into line for immediate
call
Exactly rs II President wilson nso
called for volunteers, several companies
will be mustered into service as for wal
with regular army officers superlnteho-
ing and doctors rejecting those united
for the field.
The plan that will be worked out was
prepared by Major General jon"
O'Ryan. who has just returned fro'" t"7
War College. in Washington. hereto
fore. when the militia and volunteers
were called for federal service confusion
and DELAY resulted Under tie plan OF
Major General Organ It is hoped to de-
velop speed and certainty In mooillZa-
tor. using small force for the expert
nent that. is successful, Will be applied
TO the whole militia
An order will be sent out 10 the COM
panies selected, stating that the Presi-
dent has called for volunteers 10 oefeno
the nation (blue) against foreign power
CvhitcD. The companies will be directed
10 assemble in their armorieS at a. m
the following morning for service IN inc
field.
This order will be sent 10 Company b.
eth Infantry; Company II, 18th Infantry
Troop l., list Cavalry; Machine Gun
Troop of Cavalry, Battery F. 1st Flelo
Artillery; Battery 3, I'd Field Artillery
and Company d, 22d Engineers.
At once army officers will arrive at the
armories and order the companies to re-
cruit to full war strength, which IS as
follows: Company of infantry to 80 men,
troop OF cavalry to 100. battery'to III men
and company OF engineers 10 1d men.
IN order 10 make the test as practical
as possible. everything will be done UP
TO the moment when the men are ready
10 take the oath OF enlistment. RECORDS
will be made OF all men and their finger
prints taken.
Lieutenant Colonel II. Foster Walton
and his staff will prepare a camp for
mobilization, and Lieutenant Colonel
Stcrnberger. with mis- STAFF, will see that
all supplies are made ready. BY the time
the trial recruiting for war is finished In
the armories and the companies in full
strength have been mustered In, the camp
will be ready for them in every way,
including equipment, water supply, shell
tiers, railroad sldings, subsistence, fuel
and forage.
The following regular army Officers
have been detailed to work out the plan:
Colonel William II. Sage. chief muster
ing officer; Lieutenant c. 3. Hodges,
with the eth Regiment; Lieutenant Thom-
as l.. Crystal, with the 18th Regiment;
Captain ]. b. w. Corey, with the lst
Field Artillery; Lieutenant Harry Pfeil,
with the I'd Field Artillery; Captain Da-
vd II. Bddle, with the 1st Cavalry; Cap
tain l.. c. Andrews with the machine
gun troop: Captain w. ID. A. Anderson
with the engineers. Chief medical officer
will be Sanford II. Wadhams, U. s. a.
National guard officers assigned 10 as
sist the medical department are: Lieuten-
ant Colonel W. S. Terriberry, Major D.
p. Lucas, Captain G. NJ. Muren, Cap
tain e. Bishop, Captain S. McCullagh,
Lieutenant L. Hutton and Lieutenant j.
r. Pitcher.