The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-03-30
MASTERING OUT
OF GUARD Halted
Latest U. S. Order Adds 49,
GOO hsn For Service.
WORK ON war RESOLUTION

Foreign Relations Committee at Work
on Plans to BE Presented to Con-
gress Next Week-ouardsme For
Police Duty.
Washington, March 2S.-About To-
900 men have been added to the ma
tional guard force available for fed
eral duty by a late order of the war
department suspendlng the muster
out OF all guard organizations still in
the federal service.
With the men called out during the
past few days this gives the govern
ment upwards of $4,000 guardsmen for
employment in their home states to
/ protect Industries and other property.
Most of the men affected by the latest
order are at their home mobilization
camps preparing to return to civilian
life after long stays on the Mexican
border. They now will be held at their
camps or armories for assignment as
conditions require.
( In all about $4,000 men are retained
by tho order, but several of the units
already had been designated for fed
eral service The full list follows:
Arizona, First infantry; New Mex
leo, First infantry, Battery A; Ala
bama, First, Second and Fourth in
fantry, First regiment cavalry, one
company Of signal corps, one field hos
pital one ambulance company; Colo
RADIO, one field hospital, one signal
corps company, one troop cavalry;
Georgia, First, Second and Fifth in
fantry, Second squadron and Troop A.,
cavalry, one field hospital; Kentucky,
First infantry, Co. B, signal corps,
ambulance company No, l; Ohio, First
battalion, signal corps, First, Second
and Third field hospital, First and
second ambulance companies, First
battalion, field artillery. First battalion
! and Co p, engineers; North Carolina,
Second infantry Troops A and B, cav
airy, companies A and B, engineers;
Z Virginia, First battalion, field artillery,
4 Battery G, Co A, engineer, Co. A, sig
I nal corps, First squadron cavalry;
West Virginia, Second infantry, and
Texas part OF Fourth infantry.
! The only explanation forthcoming
! from the war department regarding
| the order was that II was deemed I'M
wise to Continue rehabilitation in
view Of the fact that other national
! guard regiments had been called re-
Gently for police duty"
While President Wilson is complet-
ing his indictment of Germany this
week the house foreign affairs COM
mittee is preparing the war resolution.
Anticipating the trend of the presi-
dents indictment, the committee, ac-
cording to present plans, will draw the
resolution along the following lines:
That wanton violation of the rights
OF persons and property Of our citizens
has been committed by Germany; her
repeated acts OF bad faith and utter
| disregard OF solemn treaties have con-
! stituted ample cause for war on our
part; that Germany's acts have been
such as to Justify the United States
before the whole world in resorting
to remedies however extreme.
That the time has come when this
country must vindisate decisively her
honor right and interest.
That solely by the acts of Germany
state of war exists between that
government and the United States;
and that the congress OF the United
States place at the disposition of the
president the means of prosecuting
the war vigorously and thereby re-
store peace.
The resolution will also authorize
liberal provision for sustaining and
increasing the army and navy,
Meetings will be held by the com
mittee throughout the week and all
emergency legislation for immediate
introduction into congress will be
drawn. Spy bills, censorship bill
and the measure authorizing the
state department to employ men not
under civil service in the District of
Columbia for intelligence work, are
among the legislative plans stated.
There is no indication that the
president will desire an embargo leg
islation.