Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-06-28

borders OF the United states. He Is
without power to order any guardsmen
into Mexico. To get the guards into
position TO be sent acrcss the border,
it will be necessary to ask each guard
TO enlist as a volunteer. Only after
such enlistment may he be ordered in
to Mexico. That does not mean that
he may not have the opportunity to
get into battle, as he. viii be required
to oppose raids or hostile attacks from
the American side.
Emil stments Are Numerous.
Reports from the state received at
Adjt-Gen. Holway's headquarters
show that many enlistments have been
made since the troops were called out.
This, is is said, is especially true in
Milwaukee, Manitowoe, Eau Claire,
Wausau and Menomonie.
A telegram from Beloit requested
that 100 enlistment blanks be sent
there Immediately. Superior asked if
it could enlist beyond tne war
strength
Extra Equipment asked.
Arjt.-Gen. Holway called upon the
government to furnish uniforms and
supplies TO the excess men between
peace and war strength. The peace
strength of these organizations is
sixty-five men. Wisconsin has main
tanned eighty-one men. With the in
crease it is expected that companies
will average from 100 to $50 men.
Gov. Philip has requested that the
government supply 1.400 miles and
horses on request of the adjutant gen
eral, whose requisition calls for S74
horses, $40 draft mules and 81 pack
mules. The temporary duties and
functions of the adjutant generals Of
fee are TO be handled from Camp
Douglas.
Badger Guard Second to None.
According to the latest report of
Gen. Miles to the war department di-
vision OF military affairs. the Wiscon-
sin National guard is second TO none
IN efficiency and excellence. In per
eantage of companies marked excel
lcnt," very good" and good" it
RANKS with that o. New York, Massa-
chuse,ts, Connecticut Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Minnesota, and all other
states. These states are excellent only
in number of men.
The war department gave the Wis
consin National guard the highest
compliment in years when. in 1912. it
issued a special order in which it stat
ed:
The Wisconsin National guard may
well serve as model in efficiency, dis
cipline and business administration"
Much credit for this is due to the
efforts of Brig Gen Charles King of
Milwaukee, former adjutant general.
who for many years has been detailed
by the war department as inspector
instructor.
Included in the Wisconsin National
guard are three machine companies
one to each regiment and each equip
ped with four n~chine guns. These
guns are carried by mules. They are
set on One-foot tripods and fire slips
OF 30-caliber shells containing thirty
cartridges in 2 IA seconds. They aver
| age 600 TO 500 shells per minute, each
she'll capable of travelling 81 miles
and penetrating forty-eight inches in
pine at range Of 300 feet. These
guns, of which there are 1900 in the
state, pour out streaE 4s Of lead as a
garden hose pours out streams of wa
ter.
Battery A has four guns Of 3-inch
caliber, capable OF firing shrapnel or
high explosives, effective upto six
miles.
The rife which the National guard
uses is the same one used by the army
It is the 1903 magazine rifle, firing a
30-cahber bullet which weighs $50
! grains. The shell contains so grains
Of powder. The magazine holds FIVE
| shells. which can be fired in rapid
succession. The Inuzzle velocity of the
bullet is 2,740 feet per second. The
bullet travels 81 miles It will kill a
man at a range of one mile, but the
naked eye cannot distinguish a man
at that range. Effective firing is pos
sible only at about 1900 to 1900 yards
Will Cost 5000 Day.
Adjt.-Gen. Holway estimates that it
will cost the state $4,000 day from
now until the Wisconsin troops have
been modified into federal service.