The Washington herald., 1916-06-19
HARVEY'S Orders
PLACED in MAIL
Supplemented by Letter of
General Instruction Per-
tanning to Mobilization.

The orders OF the War Department to
Gen. W. z. Harvey. commapder-in-chief
Of the District National Guard. went for
ward from the department by mail last
night. Similar orders were sent by tele-
graph to the governors Of the various
States over the signature OF Secretary OF
War Baker. The orders to Gen. Harvey
10 mobilize his organization. supplemented
by letter of general Instructions, follow:
Having in view the possibility Of fur
ther aggression upon the territory OF the
United States from Mexico, and the neces-
sity for the proper protection Of that
frontier, the President has thought
proper TO exercise the authority invested
in him by the Constitution and laws. and
call out the organized militia and the
National Guard necessary for that pur-
pose am, in consequence, instructed
by the President to call into the service
Of the United States forthwith. through
YOU, the organized militia OF
the District Of Columbia, which the Presi-
dent directs shall be assembled at the
mobilization point, Fort Myer, Va, for
muster into service Of the United States" "
The supplementary letter Of instructions
follows:
Organizations to be accepted into the
Federal service should have the minimum
peace strength now prescribed for or
ganized militia The maximum strength
at which organizations will be accepted
and TO which they should be raised as
soon as possible is prescribed in Section
2, Tables OF Organization. United States
army. In case any regiment, battalion or
squadron now recognized as such con-
tains an insufficient number OF organiza-
tons to enable it to conform at muster
TO regular army organization tables, the
organizations necessary to complete such
1Irtfg hA r0OVad IN r,0Ohi1Fza
and there inspected, under orders OF the
department commander. to determine tt-
ness for recognition as organized militia
by the War Department.
Prescribed in Circular.
Circular I9. Division OF Militia Affairs.
1914. prescribes the organizations desired
from each State as part of the local tacti-
cal division, and only these organizations
will be accepted into service. 1t is re-
Quested that all officers Of the adjutant
generals department. quartermaster
corps and medical corps, duly recognized
as pertaining to State headquarters, under
Table l. Tables Of Organization, Organ
ICED Militia. and not elsewhere required
for duty in State administration, be or
dered to camp for duty as camp staff Of
hcers. Such number Of these stan Of
flcers as the department commander may
determine may be mustered into the serv-
ice Of the United States for the purpose
Of proper camp administration and will
be mustered out when their services
are no longer required
Where recognized brigades or dlvi-
sions are called into service from a
State, the stan officers pertaining to
those units under table Of reorganiza-
tion, United States army, will be
mustered into service and also the
authorized Inspectors Of small arms prac-
tice. pertaining thereto. Except for
these two purposes Of mobilization, camp
service and Of the prescribed staff ser
vice with tactical units, officers of State
headquarters under Table !, above men
toned, will not be mustered into service
at this time. II tactical divisions are
later organized, the requisite number
Of stan officers with rank as prescribed
for division staf. will. as far as practi-
cable. be called into service from those
States which have furnished troops to
such division.
Csigned NEWTON D. BAKER,
Secretary Of War"