Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-19
PRESIDENT CALLS OUT MILITIA
STATE TROOPS ORDERED TO BORDER
Action Follows Despatch From Funston Predicting Trouble All Along
the Rio Crande-Baker Says President Means to Assure
Complete Protection for All Americans
FIRST STEP TO MIERVENTONN MEXICO, WASHINGTON THINKS
Border Hears Caanza Gives u Week WithdawMaryand
Troops Among First Co-AmapoEs in the List Will Send
Company M and Machine Gun Company

bility that they may not be ordere,
south at all. But the indications ar,
that within very short time one reg
iment at least, if not, indeed the entir,
guard, will be on the way to the in
ternatioral border.
This ca11 to the colors will not fine
Maryland unprepared. More than {
month ago Governor Harrington re
ceived confidential information from
high government sources in Washing
ton that such a move might become
Immediately necessary. He was tolc
to have Maryland in readiness, and to
day Maryland is ready.
The Maryland troops ordered out
are the following: One brigade oi
three regiments of infantry, one trooI
of cavalry, one battery of field artil.
lery. one field hospital, one ambulance
company. They will mobilize al
Halethorps, near Baltimore. Annap
oils will muster Company M. of the
First Regiment, some 5S men, and the
Machine Gun Company. some go men
The officers of the First Regiment
Maryland National Guard of Annapolis
are: Major Hugh r. Riley, Regiment
al Staff; First Lieutenant j. Graham
Moss Machine Gun Company; Capt
LouisB. Myers, First Lieutenant Daniel
j. Murphy, Second Lieutenant o. G.
Gauss, of Company M.
The work of mobilizing the Mary
land troops began at 8 o'clock this
morning. when Brigadier General &C
ID. Gather called his staff for a con-
ference at headquarters in Baltimore
When the official order for mobili-
zation was signed by the Governor II
was communicated to General Gather
through General Warfeid The brig
ade commander then communicated il
to the commanders of The various reg
iments, who in turn communicated il
to the captains Of the various COM
ponies These, in turn, gave it to the
corporals, who summoned the mem
bers of the Guard
Today was busy one at the arm
ories. All the equipment was taken
out and overhaulei l. The members
of the regiments will be assembled to-
night for inspection Of uniforms and
equipment
The Bladen street armory presents q
scene of great activity this afternoon
while the two companies are asem-
bling and preparing to go to camp at
once in obeyance received at 1856
o'clock this morning from the Colonel
of the regiment at Hagerstown.
The company will make all prepara-
tions and will be ready to leave as
soon as the company is recruited to the
full strength of Go men. Four men
were recruited this morning. Harry
Hubbard, Joseph Harmon, Daniel Col
Inns and James F. Smith. Three OF
four more are needed.
Some of the Baltimore regiments
will have a great many to recruit be-
fore being ready for duty. The new
Machine Gun Company as well as all
of the others here have been called by
the order which was signed by Govern
or Harrington at 1880 o'clock today
Immediately after his arrival here or
the State steamer from Cambridge
At present the boys are taking the
plans as lark and it is to be hoped
it will be nothing morebut at present
the situation is decidedly serious.