New-York tribune., 1916-06-19
Field Artillery, Cav
airy and Signal
Corps Called Out.
CAMP TO BE
AT BEEKMAN
O'Ryan and Staff Confer
He ConsultS with Gov
ernor Whitman.

Twelve Of New York's thirteen ma
tional guard infantry regiments to-
rether with the full state array Of
cavalry, field artillery, signal corps,
hospital and ambulance companies,
were ordered modified last night for
Federal service on the Mexican bor-
der.
Fifteen thousand men who went to
bed last night with thoughts of re-
turning in the morning to the rou-
tine Of field, factory and Office will
awake full-fedged soldiers, with the
prospect Of real service Immediately
before them.
Which twelve regiments are to 90
and which one is to stay-wheth-
er the Fighting 69th or the crack
7th are to be on the firing line or
to remain with the home guards
are questions which for the present
remain unanswered.
The answer will come this morning,
when the men Of the picked regiments
will be told officially of their transfer
from civil life TO Uncle Sans army.
Last night the armories were deserted.
To-day they will be buster than they
have been since the days of mooillza-
ton for the Spanish-Ameriean War
Not many men of the regiment that
e not 10 be called-"the unlucky
thirteenth" as il is already being re-
ferred 10 in militia circles-are likely
~ stsv behind For there are many
gaps in the ranks Of the lucky twelve"
which will have to be filled. There will
be plaees for all these trained guards
men who want a taste Of war, it is Of
fcially promised.
Twelve to Go; One 10 Stay.
National guard officers were not
caught unprepared. For months they
have been laying plans to be followed
when the call should come, and, al
though the news was received from
other sources many hours before the
coming Of the formal word from Wash
inrton. there was little confusion once
doubt was at rest.
After the order had arrived and
troops and officers automatically be-
came United States soldiers the rule
Of silence was on. lnquirers thence
forward we're referred 20 the War De-
psrtment for information.
Corporals to Get Men.
But in the earlier hours Of uncer-
tainty and speculation enough had been
revealed TO throw light on the new
secret workings Of the mobilization sys-
TEN. The twelve regiments for service
selected. Major General O'Ryan COM
handing the state troops. will notify
his three brigade commanders. They,
in turn. Will pass on the order 70 their
colonels Thence IL will descend
through the captains. leutenants and
on-commissioned ranks until it
reaches the corporals.
Upon the corporals devolves the work
Of getting out the men Of the rank and
file. Zach corporal has list Of the
men OF his squad, with their addresses
and notations % telephone numbers
through which they may be reached.
About 10000 Of the men called out
will come from New York City, and
practically all Of them will be at their
armories before noon, IL is expected.
The full mobilization, according TO
Governor Whitman's estimates. Will be
effected within three days.
The troops involved include. besides
the infantry division and the cavalry,
two regiments of field artillery, two
field hospital corps, four ambulance
corps, one signal corps and the en-
gineers. The states thirty-two COM
panies Of coast artillery viii remain
behind and they're not glad
There was a most emphatic note OF
regret in Colonel John J. Byrne's voice
when he learned his regiment-the 9Th
Coast Artillery not 10 20.
Every one Of my thousand men
would volunteer 10 march into Mexico
u il we're left TO them he said. I'VE
could be used as in antry, you know,
for we don't have 70 depend on our big
guns al Fort Wadsworth. We have
rifles too, and know how to use them.
Engineers Ready for Camp.
Colonel 6. c. Wadsworth Of the 18th
Infantry, reached by telephone at ms
country home. in Connecticut, SAID he
would be in New York the first thing
this morning.
81 have 500 men," he said, "and no,
one Of them will hang back; I'm sure
Some of the troops will have en-
trained for Beekman. n. Y. the. point
Of mobilization. before the day IS out
Probably the first 70 go will be me
a2G Engineers. who had just completed
a vigorous week end Of sham battle,
bridge building and trench digging
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