Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-06
STUDENTS IN MILITIA
WILL Be MUSTERED OUT
New Order Provides for Their Return
to College If Not Urgently
Needed.
EIGHT AiORE MEN DISCHARGED
Coast Artillery Goes to Fort
Monr0 for Ten Days of 1nStruc-
ton and PractiCe-Licutcnant
Mercer Is Transferred.

students in state military ~organiza-
tons now under arms will be allowed
to return to colleges about September
l.. II conditions at the time permit,
states Il bulletin received yesterday
by Acknowledgement Sale from Major
General y. l." Mills. Of the general
staff OF the War Department., in Wash
inEton.
students who can show bona fde
intentions of entering or returning to
schools or colleges next fall need have
no fear Of being impcded by military
duty unless unexpected contingencies
arise. The drain Of men from organi-
cations in service on the border which
students will make even more impcra-
tive the recruiting now being pushed
throughout the state.
TERMS OF ORDER
SSUED YESTERDAY
The provisions OF the order are as
follows:
l.>The organizations which are COM
posed Of students OF colleges or schools.
and which have been mustered into tho
service OF the United States, will re.
main in that service for the time
being. Those organizations which have
not been sent 10 the Mexican border
prior to August /, 1916, will not he
sent there unless some unforeseen need
arises for their services.
>. should the National Guard be re.
tanned in the service of the United
states until September /, 1916, all or
ganiZationS composed of students OF
colleges or schools will he returned to
ehntr Ay,a -, c..
1916. and will he mustered out of thu
service OF the United States as soon
thereafter as practicable. unless tho
military situation at that time shall
be such as to render their retention
in the service necessary. All individ-
uals of other organizations of the Ma
tional Gitard mustered into the servico
of the United States who can show "A
bona tidc intention Of entering or re-
turning to colleges or schools at tho
beginning OF the fall term in 1916 will
he discharged as soon as practicable
after September !, 1916. unless the
military situation at that time shall
be such as to render their retention in
the service necessary.
). immediately after mastering out
the organizations composed of students
OF colleges or schools. Federal recog-
milton will be withdrawn from such
organizations as a part of the National
Guard.
4. Should any college or school
whose students composed the member
hip of an organization from which
Federal recognition is Withdrawn un-
der the provisions Of paragraph 3, de-
sire TO maintain q division of the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps, the au-
thoritics thereof will make application
rs soon as practicable for such division
TO he authorized under the regulations
to he prescribed under the provisions
OF the national defense act.
eight MORE MEN
RECEIVE DISCHARGES
Notice was received yesterday of tho
discharge of eight more men from Vlr-
Einia organizations on account of de-
pcnden relatives. The men are Pri-
Yates Malcolm T. Brown. Harry r.. SUIT
ton and Fay McNI. Collier. of Battery
II. Field Artillery; Thomas j. Avery.
Clarence NJ. Edwards. edward l.. Brow.
der and Frank y. Mason. Of Battery
y. and Richard /. Wills, Company 4.
First Infantry.
First Lieutenant w. Nelson Mercer.
of the Medical Corps. who was for n
time attached to the First Regiment
at Brownsville, Tex, has been trans.
icrred to the Blues cavalry, at Camn
since July II, in place -of Can
tain II. Norton Mason. OF the Medical
Corps, resigned.
The Roanoke Company. Coast Ar
tillery. is now in camp at Fort Monroe,
for ten DAYS instruction and practice
Captain Albert c. Thompson, of tho
Coast Artillery Corps. of the United
states Army. is acting as inspcctor-in-
Ftructor OF the company during the