The Washington herald., 1917-07-08
TRENCH BY AUTUMN,
IS militia SLOGAN
Rush Work on Army Cantonments
Is Going on Everywhere.

As the new national army grows
under the hands Of the War DEPART
nent II became evident yesterday that
the nrst National Guard troops In
support of the Pershing division will
be in France by September. All Of
the Guard should be ready for trench
seasoning by December. And before
they are fully in It. the frst hundred
thousands of the drafted millions VIII
be on their way overseas
II began to look here yesterday as
II Uncle Sam would play his part in
any big campaign this fall. He will
surely be IN the thick OF any winter
fighting. And by the time the spring
flowers bloom again In the Ardennes
and the Champagne II may be that
Yankee feet will trample them as
they press the Germans toward the
Rhine.
On July Is the first National Guard
units viii be called into Federal serv-
Ice for intensive training. They will
come from eleven States-New York,
Pennsylvania. Ohio. West Virginia,
Michigan, Wisconsin. Minnesota Iowa,
North Dakota, South Dakota and
Nebraska
On July . VIII COME luc pOyt AEOAu
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont.
Massachusetts,. Connecticut, Rhode
Island, New Jersey, Delaware. Mary
land, District Of Columbia. Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Illinois. Montana. Wyoming,
Idaho. Washington and Oregon.
On August 5 will come the troops
of Indiana Kentucky. Georgia. Florida,
Alabama. Mississippi. Arkansas. Kan
sas. Missouri, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
Texas, Colorado. New Mexico. Ari-
sona. Utah and California.
This was officially announced at the
War Department today. AL these
units will be called" into the Fed
eral service on the dates set On the
last date they will all be drafted"
into the Federal service all at the
same time.
The distinction between drafting
and calling" is that troops called
may be sent anywhere in the United
States. Troops drafted may be sent
abroad They will be called at these
different times and drafted all at once
so that the relative seniority Of their
officers will be preserved.
The War Department announced
that every effort was being made to
rush cantonments to completion. All
OF the cantonment sites except two in
Gen. Woods department have been
chosen. The failure to announce the
camps to which the various guard
units will be sent is attributed to the
failure to complete the selections.
The Adjutant Generals Office again
yesterday made an urgent plea for
candidates for the second officers
traiEinS camps which open August q.
Its statement says:
TO overcome the prevalent belief
that only elder men who have already
occn trained rs soldiers will be ad-
.nitted to the second camps. the War
Department wishes to lay stress on the
fact that previous military experience
even under the most favorable Cir
CunlstancCs, will count for only one
sixth among the points which will
recommend the successful candidate
fer a commission. The War Depart
-7c1t wants young blood. men between
Inc ascs Of 25 and 81, or even younger
The National Guard still needs lCG,-
% men to bring it up to full war
tTgc%th. This deficiency will. il
'cass,ry be made up from the extra
'"1 Included in the latest estimates
= Inc number to be drafted.