The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-19
PRESIDENT WILSON'S ORDER FOR GUARDS IS SIGNED BY BAKER Order Says Organizations Must Have Minimum
 Peace Strength ALABAMA GUARD IS
 READY FOR SERVICE State Militia to Be Mobilized at Mont gomery as Rapidly as Possible. 299S Officers and Men Are
 Prepared to Go

Washington, June 1S.-The President 8
 order calling the National Guard into
 the federal service went to the govern
 or of each state in the form of the fol-
 lowing telegram signed by Secretary
 Baker:
 ther aggression upon the territory of the
 United States from Mexico and the neces-
 sity of the proper protection of that
 frontier, the President has thought proper
 to exercise the authority vested in him
 by the constitution and laws and call
 out 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 assembled at the state mobilization point, state camp ground Cor at the places to be desrgnalec to you
 by the commanding general IF depart menu, for muster into the service of the United States.
 CHere follows list of the organiza- tions to be furnished by the designated state)
 MINIMUM PEACE STRENGTH Organizations to be accepted into fed eral service should have the miniraum peace strength now prescribed for or ganized militia. The maximum peace strength at which organizations will sbe accepted and to which they should pe raised as soon as possible Is prescribed l in section 2, tables of organization, United
 States army. In case any regiment, bat | talion or squadron now recognized as such contains an insufficient number of organizations to enable it to conform at | muster to regular army organization ta- l bles, the organizations necessary to com plete such units may be moved to mobili- zation camps and there inspected under | order of the department commander to de 1 ternine fitness for recognition as or ganized militia by the war department. | Circular 19, division of militia af- ! fairs, 1914. prescribes the organizations de- sired from states as part of the local tactical division and only these organiza- | tions will be accepted into service. | Tt is requested that all officers of the ladjutant generals department. quarter masters corps and medical corps. duly recognized as pertaining to state head quarters under table one, tables of or lganization, organized militia, and not else
 where required for duty in state admins stration, be ordered to camp for duty al l camp staff offices. Such number of these 1 staff officers as the department command CT may determine may be mustered in I to the service of the United States fol | the purpose of proper camp administra. I tion and will be mustered out when their services are no longer required.
 Where recognized brigades or divi- sions are called into service from state
 the staff officers pertaining to these units
 under tables of organization, United States army, will be mustered into ser vice and also the authorized sectors ] of small arms practice pertaining thereto Except for these two purposes oi
 mobilization camp service and of the pre-
 scribed camp service with tactiful units officers of state headauarters under ta
 ble above mentioned, will not be mus. tered into service at this time. If tactical divisions are later organized the requi. site official number of staff officers with rank as prescribed for division staff will as far as practicable, be called into ser vice from those states which have fur
 nished troops to such divisions.
 (signeO NEWTON D. BAKER"