The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-18
NATIONAL GUARD
GETS 78,4oo men
Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan,
to Send 9,4O0 to Bring Mi
Iitia to War Strength.
HOW QUOTAS Determined
War Department Makes Public Details
Of Orders Providing for the Trans-
fer Of Selected Men From
Various Environments.

Washington. Oct. 15.-The war de-
partment made public details Of the
orders providing for the transfer Of
$4,000 men from National army can
tonments to the various National Guard
divisions to ill them to war strength.
State quotas In this process will be de-
termined upon the basis of congress
sional representation and so far as
practicable the drafted men from a
state will be assigned to National
Guard units from the same state.
The divisions of the National
Guard forces showing the greatest de-
ficiency In men are the Thirtieth, TO-
600; Thirty-first. 1900; Thirty-ninth,
5000; Thirty-third. 600; Thirty.
eighth, 5000: Fortieth. 1900.
How Orders Were Made.
The orders authorize the comman-
der OF the Thlrtieth division to call
upon Camps Jackson and Gordon of
the National army cantonments group
for 10000 men from North and South
Carolina, the Thirty-first division to
call upon Camps Jackson. Gordon and
Pike for 1900 men from Georgia,
Florida and Alabama the Thirty-ninth
division to call upon Camp Pike for
1900 men from Arkansas, Louisiana
and Mississippi; Twenty-ninth division
TO call upon Camp Dix for 1000 men
form New Jersey and Delaware; Thir.
ty-second division to call upon Camp
Custer for 5000 men from Michigan
and Wisconsin; Thlrty-third division
TO call upon Camp Grant for 5,40O men
from Illinois and on Camp Dodge for
1000 men from Illinois; Thirty-eight
division to call upon Camp Taylor for
5000 men from Indiana and Ken.
lucky; Twenty-eighth division to call
upon Camp Meade for 1000 men from
Pennsylvania; Thlrty-seventh division
TO call upon Camp Lee for 1000 men
from West Virginia and on Camp Sher-
man for 5000 men from Ohio: Thirty.
fourth division to call upon Camp
Dodge for 5000 men from Iowa, Min
nesota and North Dakota and upon
Camp Funston for 1900 men from Ne
braska and South Dakota; Thirty-sixth
division to call upon Camp Funston for
Fortieth division To call upon Camp
Lewis for 5000 men from California,
Nevada and Utah and upon Camp
Funston for 6,oOO men from Colorado,
New Mexico and Arizona Thirty-sixth
division to call upon Camp Travis for
5000 from Oklahoma and Texas.
Specify Men Needed
Commander Of National Guard divi-
sions are directed to state the number
Of men required, TO inform the COM
mander of the National army canton
ment on whom the call is made Of
the number Of men Of special Qualifi-
cations needed and the dates on which
the levies can be received and accom-
modated at the guard camps.
Paralleling these orders instructions
have been sent to the divisional COM
manders Of the National army to fur
nish the men as required and also to
make the following transfers between
the National army environments.
Camp Gordon. to transfer all remain
Ing white men to Camp Jackson and
receive In turn 5000 white men from
Camp Devens, 1000 from Camp Up
ton. 5000 from Camp Dix. 5000 from
Camp Meade and 1900 from Camp Lee.
Camp Pike-After all remaining
white men have been transferred TO
Camp Jackson to receive 5000 whites
from Camp Custer. 1900 from Camp
Grant. 1900 from Camp Taylor. 5000
from Camp Sherman. 5000 from Camp
Dodge, 1900 from Camp Funston and
1900 from Camp Travis.