The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-06-21
SENT GOVERNORS.
SECRETARY BAKER FORWARDS
PRESIDENTS ORDER.
Organizations to Be Accented Into
Federal Service Should Have Full
Peace Strength.

Washington, June 1S.-The presi-
dents order calling the National
Guard into the federal service went
to the governor of each State in the
form of the following telegram signed
by Secretary Baker:
Having in view the possibility Of
further aggression upon the territory
OF the United States from Mexico and
the necessity for the proper protection
of that frontier, the president has
thought proper to exercise the author
ity vested in him by the constitution
and laws and call out the organized
militia and the National Guard neces-
sary for that purpose. I am in conse-
quence instructed by the president to
call into the service of the United
States forthwith. through you, the fol-
lowing units of the organized militia
and National Guard of the State Of
-, which the president directs shall
be assembled at the State mobilization
point, State camp ground Cor at the
places to be designated to you by the
commanding general depart
ment) for muster into the service OF
the United States"
(Here follows list of the organiza-
tions to be furnished by the designat-
ed State.)
Organizations to be accepted into
federal service should have the mini
mum peace strength, now prescribed
for organized militia. The maximum
strength at which organizations will be
accepted and to which they should be
raised as soon as possible is prescrib-
ed In section 2, tables of organiza-
ton. United States army. In case any
regiment, battalion or squadron now
recognized as such contains an insult
cient number Of organizations to en-
able 1t to conform at muster to regular
army organization tables, the organi-
cations necessary to complete such.
units may be moved to mobilization
camps and there inspected under or
ders Of the department commander
to determine fitness for recognition
as organized militia by the war de-
partment.
Circular 10. division Of militia
affairs. 1914, prescribes the organiza-
tons desired from States as part or
the local tactical division and only
these organizations will be accepted
into service.
'It is requested that all officers or
the adjutant generals department.
quartermasters corps and medical
corps duly recognized as pertaining
to State headquarters under table :.
tables OF organization OF militia, and
not elsewhere required for duty
in State administration, be ordered
to camp for duty. at camp staff Of
fees. Such numbers of these staff
officers as the department COM
mander may determine may be mus
tered into the service Of the United
States for the purpose of proper
camp administration and will be mus
tered out when their services are no
longer required.
Where recognized brigades or d.
visions are called into service from
State. the staff officers pertaining to
these units under tables of organiza-
ton, United States army, will be mus
tered into service and also the au-
thorized sectors of small arms prac-
tice pertaining thereto.
Except for these two purposes of
mobilization camp service and of the
prescribed camp service with tactical
units, officers of State Headquarters
under table 1 above mentioned will
not be mustered into service at this
time.
IF tactical divisions are later or
ganized the requisite official number
of staff officers will rank as pre-
scribed for division staff will, as far
as practicable, be called into service
from those States which have fur
nished troops to such divisions"
(Signed Newton d. Baker,"
THREE GREAT CONVENTIONS