Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-03-29
President Calls IA Regiments
From Eastern States.
TO BE PUT ON POLICE DUTY
Mar Department Says That Many
States Have Deemed Ii Advisable
to Call Militia for Purposes
Of Protection--lssues
Are National.

the National Guard Tor ponce pfOteC
ton purposes was announced yester
day by the war department.
The department Issued this state
ment:
Many states have deemed it advis
able TO call out the National Guard foI
police purposes OF protection.
Issues Are National.
AS the necessity for such steps
arises from issues which are more ia
t1onal than local, il has been deemed
advisable by the president to call into
federal service for the above-men-
toned purpose the following Organiza-
tons of the National Guard:
Observation-Disclosures and Ninth
regiments.
"Pennsylvania-Fi and Third reg
ments
'Maryland-Fourth regiment.
District Of ColHmbia-First sepa-
rate battalion.
Virginia Second regiment
"Vermont-COnpany b. First regi-
ment.
SOhHSttItui--f iESt regiment.
New York Second and Seventy
first regiments.
New Jersey-First and Fifth regi-
ments.
"Deiaware-First battalion. First
regiment.
The following organizations which
are now in the federal service will moi
be mustered out 8: Thirteenth Pennsyi-
vania, A and b companies Of the Firsl
Georgia"
Division of the United States int,
six instead Of the existing four mill
tary departments was announced b..
the war department. The two new de
partments are the northeastern. com
prising the New England states, ant
the southeastern. comprising the states
IN the old South.
General Wood Transferred.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood is trans
ferred from command of the depart.
ment Of the East 10 the new south
eastern department, Mai Gen. J
Franklin Bell from the western de
Maj. Gen Hunter Liggett from tn,
Philippines 10 the western department
and Brig Gen. Clarence K. Edward
from the Canal zone 10 the northeast
ern department. Ma jor General Barr.
OF the central department and Maio
General Pershng OF the southern d,
pnrthent remain in their commands
The changes We're outlined bN III
department in the following state
ment:
To facilitate decentralization q
command rhe United States is divide,
into six military departments in pIa,.
OF the four now existing. The uef
organizations beC"Ae effective May
1917, and comprise the following:
A--Northeastern department 10 EN-
brace the states OF Maine, New Ham
shire. Vermont, MaSSa chuserts. Rhod.
Island and Connecticut. Hend0uarter
al Boston.
B-EaStefn department. to embrace
the states Of New York. New JERSEY
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland ant
Virginia, West Virginia. District OF
Columbia, tha canal zone and the Is
land Of Porto Rico. with the island.
and keys adjacent thereto. HeadQuar
Eers at Governors Island
New Department.
C-Southeastern department. to epl
brace the states OF Tennessee, Nortl
Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia
Florida Alabama and Mississippi. 10
gether with the coast defenses of New
Orleans and the coast defenses o;
Galveston. Headquarters at Charles,
ton, 5. c.
D-Centrai department. to embrace
the states OF Kentucky. Ohio Michi
gan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin. Min
nesota, North Dakota. South Dakota
Iowa Missouri, Kansas. Nebraska
Wyoming and Colorado. Headquar
tiers at Chicago.
E-Southern department, to EN-
brace the state of Louisiana (exceD.
the coast defenSeS at New Orleans)
Texas (exeept the coast defenseS AT
Galveston), Arkansas. Oklahoma. New
Mexico and Arizona. Headquarters al
Fort Sam Houston. Tex.
F-Western department. to emhrac,
the states OF Washington. Oregon
Idaho. Montana. California Nevada
Utah and the territory of Alaska
Headquarters at San Francisco.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood will com,
mand the southeastern department
ana Maj. Gen. j. Franklin Ben VII
command the eastern department
Maj. Gen. Hunter Iiggett will com
mand the western department anC
Brig. Gen. Clarence Il. Edwards vii
command the northeastern depart
ment. Brig. Gen. Edward 81. Plum
mer will command the troops III tn,
Panama canal zone. Other depart
ment commanders will remain as a
present.
PREPARE TO LEAVE VIENNA