Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-19
ENTIRE NATIONAL GUARD
TO Be CALLED IN SERVICE
Second Class. Which Includes Vir-
Sinin, Will BE Ordered to Mo-
biliZc on July 25.
TO RECRUIT ro WAR STRENGTH
Within Two Weeks After Assembling,
All Units Will BE Mustered :;
BODY into National Army OF the
United States"
Especial TO Tho Timcs.Dispatch

Especial 10 Tho Times Dispatch
"ASiiiNGToN. May ls.-RcmaininE
units of tho Virginia National Guard
VIII he called into active service on
July %. or on som" date "losc to it,
Meantime. the guard Of the state. that
par, which is under arms as we'll as
that which has not mobilizcd. viii be
authorized to recruit their units to fun
war strength
This WAS announced by Secretary of
War Baker to-day. in connection with
'h' PLANS Of tho War Department for
Increasing tn" present armed force Of
the tnii"d states 10 approximately
. n""."p" officers and men
T"-day's pr,icr brings out tho entire
Nations! Guard Of the country in
lErec general classes The nrs, class
IL ordered to take the field about July
10; tho second, which includes Virginia.
on July .5. and TIL. third class on or
about August ). The entire Coast
Artillery reserve is ordered ,u rypur,
on Jul! -
Tho guard is divided into three divi-
a'crs FOR mobilization purposes. each
~ IT, called out in turn. The various
up!;S are To :cror; at their State
camps ur armorics. and within two
weeks ihcy VIII he mustered As "a body
int" th" ":<ational Army "f the United
states the ncw name for the drafted
force .\ftcr the muster. tho guard
VIII pass into the Federal army each
Of tho present commands being given
serial number AS II means Of identity.
though il viii still lie proper 10 refer
10 them the Frs, Virginia or Second
Maryland. ana so on.
once tho guard is moblizcd as "A
n;
and sent to mancuycr camps. Virginia
i II part OF tho Eighth Militia Division.
composed Of the troops of that State
Maryland. New Jersey. Delaware and
the District Of Columbia 1t was an
nounccd today that the Eighth Divi-
sion would be nominally under the
Southeastern Department of the army.
ommandcd by Major General Leonard
Wood, at Charleston, S. G., instead OF
under the Eastern Department. com
mandcd by General J. Franklin Bell.
as al present
The Southeastern Department has
been ordered to prepare camp site
for the Eighth Division, and provide all
camp equipment. In the same order
the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth Tenth.
Sixteenth. Seventeenth and Eighteenth
divisions of the guard. and the Sixth,
Seventh and Twelfth Divisions of ma
ii"hal army were placed under the
nominal Jurisdiction of the Southeast
c.n department
The camp site for the Eighth Di-
vision was not announced to-day,
though sites at AVER, Mass: EI Paso.
Tex: American Lake. Wash: Atlanta,
Ga: Augusta. Ga, and Columbia. ). c,
were announced. 1t was reported to-
day that camp site near Chevy Chase
Lake, Md, in Montgomery County. has
been agreed upon for the Eighth Di-
vision.
AS important as the announcement
that the guard will be called out late
in the summer was the further an
nounccment to-day that il would be
recruited up to full war strength OF
$50 men to the company. This will he
done "at once" the order reads, mean
ing. of course, that recruiting above
100 men to the company, the present
maximum, may be begun at once. 1T
remains to be seen how many of these
commands can get their full $50 men,
Those which fail will l., fllcl up with
drafted men, but not proba bly, until
they go into concentration camps in
July and August.
CAMPAIGNS FOR VOLUNTARY
lINnISTaiENTS PLANNED
AS result of the new recruiting
policy, campaigns will be undertaken
all over the country to get Euardsmcn
by voluntary enlistment Perhaps
100000 men must offer themselves and
he accepted however, IL the volunteer
system produces the necessary number
OF recruits to fill the guard raukS to
war strength. This is aboa. the same
number OF men now In the guard.
The decision to leave tho guard alone
until July was reached by the admin
istration after considering tho food
problem in all us aspects. 1t was
found wise to keep all guardsmen now
in civil life at home until after this
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