Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-06-23

respond to the mobilization call are
stationed as follows:
First Regiment companies in
Milwaukee, one each in Oconomowoc
Fort Atkinson, Neenah, Beloit, Madi
son, Whitewater, Monroe
Second Regiment-Fond du Lac
Beaver Dam, Sheboygan, Ripon, Osh
kosh two, Manitowoc, Appleton, Ocon
to, Marinette, Marshf1eld, Rhinelander
Third Regiment-La Crosse two
Sparta, Tomah. Eau Claire, Superior
Menomonie, Neillsville, Portage, Wau
sau, Mansion.
Tenth Separate Battalion Chippe
wa Falls, Rice Lake, Reedsburg, Ash
land.
Troop A, First Cavalry Milwaukee
Battery A. First Artillery Milwau
kee.
Hospital Corps-Milwaukee.
Must Re-EnIist to Cross Border.
There is no danger that any member
of the Wisconsin National guard will
have to face shot and shell unless he
wants to do so. Under the enlistment
law the president has power to order
the National guard only within the
borders of the United States. He is
without power to order any guardsmen
into Mexico. To get the guards into
position to be sent across the border
it will be necessary to ask each guard
to enlist as 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 will be required
to oppose raids or hostile attacks from
the American side.
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-
centage of companies marked excel
lent" VERY good" and good" it
ranks with that of New York, Massa-
chusetts, 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 special order in which it stat
ed: $3.50
''The Wisconsin National guard may
well serve as a 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 machine 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 IA seconds. They aver
age 900 to 500 shells per minute, each
shell capable of travelling 81 miles
and penetrating forty-eight inches in
pine at a range of 800 feet These
guns, of which there are 1900 in the
state, pour out streams 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.
1t is the 1903 magazine rife, firing a
30-caliber 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 muzz1e 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 1000 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.