Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-27
81 REGIMENTS Of
GUARDSMEF CALLED
INTO j. s. SERVICE
So Far Only Two Companies
of Georgia Troops A and B,
Of First Regiment, Have
Been Called
CRy Associated Press,)

WASHINGTON, March Z6.-NAvd1 re-
cruiting officers throughout the country
under orders from President Wilson to-
day redoubled their efforts to bring the
navy up to it's full authorized strength
of $1,000 enlisted men.
Meantime, thirty-two regiments Of
national guard troops in various states
were reassembling TO act as nationali
police in important districts.
Twelve militia regiments were called
last night and twenty more regiments
were called today.
The number of national guard troops
called into the federal service for POI
lice duty has been increased. Regiments
and smaller units from states not In
cluded in previous orders have been
directed TO be modified in Instructions
last night.
The movement is in accordance with
the decision to establish a military po-
lice system against possible internal dis
orders regarded as a national and not
a state obligation
The war department will not disclose
the specific industries or other points
to be guarded, and newspapers will be
asked not to publish information they
may have on this point =.
called out each day will be made public.
however.
Arrangements also were being made
to create on May 1, two new military
departments on the Atlantic coast
All three steps were in accordance
with orders issued yesterday by the
president to put the nation on a war
footing.
About 10000 men will have to be
enrolled at once to bring the navy up
to the required strength. The men will
be used to man the reserve ships.
The creation of the two new military
departments was ordered as a means
of dividing the immense responsibility
devolving upon the commander and staff
of the eastern department
WOOD IS TRANSFERRED.
Major General Leonard Wood. now in
command of the department of the east,
is transferred to the newly created
southeastern department, with head
quarters at Charleston, S. c.. and Major
General J. Franklin Bell, in command of
the western department, is transferred
to the eastern department, with head
quarters at Governors Island. Major
General Hunter Liggett, in command Of
the department of the Philippines, Is
transferred to the western department.
with headquarters at San Francisco.
and Brigadier General Clarence r. Ed
wards, in command of the department.
of the Panama canal zone, is transferred
to the northeastern department, with
headquarters at Boston.
Major Generals Barry and Pershing
will retain command of the central and
southern departments, respectively.
National guard organizations will be
assigned to guard Industrial plants and
other property, public or private. in
their respective states, in case of war.
President Wilson had an agreement
today to confer with Charles J. Vopicka,
American minister to Rumania, Bull
garia and Serbia. He also plans to con-
fer with congressional leaders during
the week The president is seeing few
callers now in order to conserve his
time for work of preparedness.
The presidents orders were made
known in terse officials statements is
sued by both departments. No explana-
ton accompanied Them except the
statement that Reorganization of the
military department. effective May L
was designed to facilitate decentraliza-
tion of contraband
PRESIDENTS ORDER.
Following is the executive order bring.
ing the navy up to war strength:
BY virtue of het authority vested in
the president by the act of congress
approved August 20, 1915. entitled an
Act Making Appropriations for the
Naval Service for the Fiscal Year
Ending June 30. 1917. and for Other
Purposes" it is hereby directed that
the authorized enlisted strength of
the navy be increased to $1,000 men.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON.
The navy must enroll Immediately ap-
proximately 10000 men to reach the re-
quired strength Secretary Daniels sup
plemented il tonight with personal tele-
grams to newspaper editors all over the
country urging them to aid the depart
ment in every way in their power to OBJ
tain the men.
In calling into serice the guard reg
iments the war department issued this
statement:
Many states have deemed it advisable
to call out the national guard for police
purposes of protection. AS the neces-
sity for such steps arises from issues
which are more national than local. IL
ha been deemed advisable by the presi-
dent TO call into federal service for the
above mentioned purposes the following
organizations of the national guard:
Massachusetts, Second and Ninth reg
iment; Pennsylvania First and Third reg
iments; Maryland Fourth regiment;
District of Columbia, First separate bat
Italian; Virginia, Second regiment; Ver-
mont company B, First regiment; Con-
necticut, First regiment; New York, Sec
ond and Seventy-First regiments; New
Jersey, First and Fifth regiments; Del
aware. First battalion, First regiment
The following organizations which
are now in the federal service will not
be mustered out: Thirteenth PennsyI-
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