The chronicle=news., 1914-04-21

th- Erh-fsI sail lot SEQ nSs suluhH
,-r. a. framed bY tho s'ar d.t.art-
m-ns last .--k In anticipation at
armed aTtisi,, in M-ti.o. the stalls
ot Coiosaa. -iii b- asked f.s s..t>
men.
Adiaiant G-h-sai John Chase al
III" Colorado naii.aal guard d-riarv~
he IAN ru' i,s"" .s ,a-s- in the field
inside si rish,--a h.us.. ani raa
>nrI'if tii- remainder. under n-~ en-.
iisini-nts. in ,hr-- days
Thtss according To i.n.fsi Chase.
Caiasa'io's full quota saaia i-- taken
.afr of by the national guard alone,
M.f- than Ia. m-n had applied Ia
him since yesterday h.,a. altering
4. sign the suii. a, anF time
In addition so this f.r-. iti.- ~.
N-ans. = drawer attorney an.i s-,-r.
an "f the standardization ~ar. has
a r-sins-h, in formation which ~iii
! h- nff-sr'' ,o the sns-fnmsat. Mor-
than four hundred men have ALREADY
.isnst up. ali af tho mt~tssans ~ha
have sr~n service In the Philippines.
cuha rr f'prso Rieo, Means ssys
that within i-a DAYS shs. regiment
ru.ils b~ hsoues TO full paf
strength and that h. has assurances
from the aAr Department that It's
services ~o',ia i-- accepted. na, ss a
Colorado regiment. hut from the
eouatf, ct large.
Should this body take ,hr field Ma.
i-r William ". Grove ot the regular
army would i-- named a.. .oicuci.
with Rice W. Means as iic,iscnsn,
colonel. Grove sae service in tho
Thirty sixth volunteers Af,-r~ssd.
he va. nsi- colonel of that f-ri.
ineni. being the yaunr-s, colonel In
the wcsid-on'y 2. year. old.
Another Coiorad. hand which may
sec service Is being organized by
Ccnrrsi James Huierr. the states
| famous soldier Of fortune. who has
served under Madcro. - haya and
other Mexican and Central American
commanders. and who has arrived In
Denver from Monterey. Mexico. 10 re.
cruit a cavalry regiment in case war
ts declared.
Hulrrr asserts he has letters from
General Leonard A. Wool. as.urtns =
him sha, hi. company will liz mus.
tered in from the nation at large.
jus, as were the Rough Riders during
tn" spani.h-Amcrican war.
| Neither the Means nor T,uircr
regiments would cut down Coiorado's 4
quota Of troop. as laid down by the
war department
Under the provisions Of the bicy
military hill. passed In 100: and
amended In 1908. the Colorado ma.
iional guard. In the event Of a call
to arms. would he mobiiizcd at Gold.
on on the state rifle range. There
they would be mustered into the reg.
ular army and he sent to some great
mobilization camp.
| General Chase admits there Is
some qucstion as to whether a MON.
bcr OF the state guard can be- sum.
mariiy taken for duty outside the
country. but he holds that tho oath
fully covers the point and that none
OF his enlisted men would object. lie
points out that the oath is to uphold
the laws Of the state. to obey the
governor OF the state and the prcsi.
dent Of the United States. There
fore. he is sure there would be no
Quibbiihg and he could deliver the
national guard as whole.
Attorney Caesar A. Roberts OF Den.
yer. however. Is not 40 certain on
the point. He SAYS he had occasion
10 look the matter up n few months
ago. and his opinion is as follows:
The at of 1908 provided that
In case of the invasion OF the United
States by a foreign enemy. the presi-
dent had the power OF call out the
state guard from each satc for dcs.
ignatcd term Of service. not exceed
ing in any event nine months.
while this gives the power to
the president to have the Use of the