Smyrna times., 1917-08-08
DELAWARE GUARD PASSES
INTO The FEDERAL SERVICE
MILITIA HAS AUTOMATICALLY
BECOME PART OF U. S. ARMY
Number of Smyrna BOYS of Company
G Came Home Saturday and, Ex-
pect to be Moved Next Week

pect to be Moved Next Week
SMYRNA boys members of Company
G of the First Delaware Regiment
who have been at Dover since July
25. have been visiting home the past
week. a considerable number being in
Smvrna over the weekend. This
to a large majority will probably be
their last furlOugh to visit home for
if plans go as indicated Delswsre's
one and only regiment will leave next
week for their training camp at An
niston, Alabama. They are already
full United States Soldiers. The Ma
tional Guard of the United States, in
cluding the division of soldiers of Del
aware ceased to be guards at midnight,
Saturday night. Under the proclama-
ton of President Wilson, the troops
are now drafted automatically into
the Army. This formality sewers
State ties. 1t places the Guardsmen
directly at the call of the President
and makes them available for foreign
service.
Commissions of Officers From Aug. 5
Commissions of officers of the Guards
of the States, with the exception of
general officers, will date from Au-
gust 5. so there will be no priority
in line of service General officers,
above the rank of colonel, must be
appointed by the President and their
commissions confirmed by the Senate.
According to a despatch from Wash
ington, the President has the list
ready and probably will send it to the
Senate for confirmation this week.
The National Guard units will be
given new numerical designations as
part of the Army. 1t is not believed
that the regiments will lose their
State identity entirely. 1t is said
that the State designations will be re-
tanned on the insignia. No informa-
tion has been received from Washing
ton as yet regarding the numbers Of
the regiments, but it is assumed that
Delaware will be attached to the New
Jersey and Connecticut Regiments.
The divisions will be numbered.
Expect to Start for South Next Week
Guard officers expect orders will bt
received this week indicating wher
they are to leave for Camp Admission
Ala, where the states soldiers will
train for overseas duty. The soldier
expect to be in camp by August Is
The fact that several soldiers wit
we're promoted to commands som,
time ago in the First Delaware Regi
ment failed to pass their examination
and others having passed the examina
tions for the Officers Training Camps
placing them in line for commission
in the regular army, caused numbe
of vacancies in the ranks. Thas
were filled Saturday by Aujutant- Gen
eral l. P. Wickersham and Colonel J
Warner Reed. The new order in par
follows: First Lieutenants Henr
M. Denning and Carl W. W. Schantz
and Second Lieutenants Robert j
King. James Bice. John P. Gum an
Morris Mitchell, First Delaware Infsn
try, were appointed by genera
orders No. II, c. g., this office, hav
ing declined to accept, appointments
the National Guard Of Delaware ar
hereby announced: To be first lieu
tenants of infantry: Second Lieuter
ant Byron r. Foster. Second Lieuter
ant James H. Hazel. To be secon
lieutenants of infantry: Regiments
Sersesnt Major John J. Lafferty, Firl
Sergeant Paul j. O'Donnell, Fir
Sergeant William w. Ramsey, Sc
geant John E. Kern, Sergeant Jane
A. O'Daniel, Sergeant Fred C. Davit
son"