The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-22
ON ORDER
Of PRESIDENT
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN CALLED
INTO FEDERAL SERVICE.
IS SIGNED BY SEC. BAKER
WILL ASSEMBLE AT STATE CAMP
GROUNDS TO BE MUSTERED IN.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June IS
The Presidents order calling the ma
tional 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 pro-
lection of that frontier, the Presj-
dent has thought proper to exercise
the authority vested in him by the
constitution and laws and call ont
the organized militia and the nation
al guard necessary for that purpose.
| am in consequence instructed by
the President to call into the service
of the United States forthwith,
through you, the following units of
the organized militia and national
guard of the state of - which
the President directs shall be assem-
bled at the state mobilization point.
state camp ground Tor at the places
to be designated to you by the com
manding general ---- depart
menD for muster into the service Of
the United States:
(Here follow list of the organi-
cations to be furnished by the desig-
mated state.)
Organizations to be accepted INTO
federal service should have the min
imum 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 pre-
scribed in section two, tables of or
ganization, United States army. In
case any regiment, battalion or
squadron now recognized as such
contains an insufficient number of
organizations necessary to complete
such units may be moved to mobili-
zation camps and there inspected
under orders of the department com
mander to determine fitness for rec
ognition as organized militia by the
war department.
Circular 10, Division of Militia
Affairs, 1914, prescribes the organi-
cation desired from states as part of
the local tactical division and only
these organizations will be accepted
into service.
ut is requested that all officers of
the adjutant generals department,
corps and medical
corps duly recognized as pertaining
to state quarters under table one, ta-
bles of organization, organized mill
tia, and not elsewhere required for
1uty in state administration, be Or
1ered to camp for duty at camp
stag Offices. Such number of these
staff officers as the department com
nander may determine may be mus
.ered into the service of the United
States for the purpose of proper
camp administration and will be
out when their services are
10 longer required.
Where recognized brigades or di-
visions are called into service from
| state, the staff officers pertaining
o these units under tables of organ
cation, United States army, will be
into service and also the
sectors of small arms
practice pertaining thereto.
Except for these two purposes of
mobilization camp service and of the
camp service with tacti.
al units, officers of state headquar-
ers under table one, above men
Toned, will not be mustered into SER
vice at this time. If tactical divis-
ons are latep organized the requis-
tie official number of staff officers
with rank as prescribed for division
staff will, as far as practicable, be
called into service from those states
which have furnished troops to such
divisions.
(Signed)
NEWTON D. BAKER"