Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-24

The entire outfit of the National
Guard of the District. now in camp
near Fort Myer, is expected by high
officers to be started for the border
within two weeks and possibly within
ten days.
The cavalry, artillery and Signal
Corps probably will be started just as
soon after the general muster into the
regular service and the medical ex-
animation, as is possible.
Practically the entire outfit is being.
whipped into shape to go. I'VE will
take every man we feel is fit for field
service" said one of the officers today,
Capt. Horace P. Hobbs, U. S. A.. thes
infantry instructor-muster officer. has.
not yet received the official blanks
which must be filled out in mastering
the men into the regular army. Hes.
muster will begin, except that he will
get to it just as soon as possible after
he receives the official papers. He l.!
reputed to be very thorough and strict
in his examinations.
The general muster probably will
start Monday. Even after this the ex-
aminations by the medical board and
the clerical work of getting the sew
eral units started will occupy several
days. The medical officers reached
camp today, and win examine the med
ical staff Of the camp first.
Squad Seeks Absentees.
More of the powers OF military dis
cipline will be felt by quite few mem-
bers of the guard who failed in their
duty when the call was sent out by
the War Department for a muster of
the militia. Armed guards are today
securing Washington to get all men
who did not answer the first call to
the colors
The guards have instructions to ar
rest all men known to them to have
failed to report for muster. either at
the armory or at the camp, and to
bring them here without further ques-
tioning. Whether they will be tried
by court-martial for failure to perform
this important military duty has not
yet been determined. OF course. some
of the men could not be reached before
the guard left for the camp. but in view
of the fact that members Of the Dis
trict guard in other parts of the coun-
try have reported that they are on
their way, the officers take the stand
that men right in Washington cer-
tainly are well acquainted with the
fact that they now have a military
duty to perform.
Early this morning the first details
went out. They We're sent out from
Batteries A and 3, Field Artillery They
have instructions to go to the last known
home and business addresses of the men
and arrest them and bring them into
camp, and if not found there to make
every possible effort to locate them
before they report that they cannot be
found.
List of All Being Made Out.
1t is expected that guards from the
other commands will be sent out within
a few hours. Instructions have been
issued by Maj. Harry Coope. adjutant
general. for commanding officers of all
organizations to prepare as quickly as
possible the list of all such absentees,
together with detailed descriptions, as
taken from their enlistment papers.
their last>known addresses, both home
and business, and to forward them to
headquarters without delay, in order
that plans may be early laid for get
ting these men into camp.
Orders of the War Department to the
mastering officer at camp to get the
commands in shape for early service
along the border have necessitated flll-
ing up the companies of infantry and
other organizations to full war
and the men are urgently
needed, particularly the longtime serv-
ice men. The recruits, of course, can
not be among the first sent, and every
old service man-those who have been
in the guard for several years-will be
arrested by the guard and brought to
the camp to train for early service on