Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-22
COMPANY C GOES INTO
SERVICE TWO WEEKS
BEFORE LEAVING
MOBILIZE AT HOME

~ fNNNSNt SnI GN MAIN.
ING FOR SOUTHERN CAMP
ORDERS ISSUED FROM SPRING.
FIELD.
Between the period July 25 and Au-
SUIT s, Ottawa will take on real mil,
itary atmosphere Whether or not
the city lands the federal cantonment
camp hundred or more statwart de.
tenders Of the colors will be qaartered
here In regular service. They will be
members of Company c. who will do
a two weeks tour of duty" at their
home station before entrainng for
the mobilization camp at Ft Sam
Houston, San Antonio. Texas.
The two weeks at the armory will
be devoted to typical military. guard
duty and other training incident to
military development az part Of sold
iering Members Of the command will
be I'm uniform at all times. and. the
stationed at home, will be under
strict military discipline and account
able for all their acts to Capt, X. G,
Woodward and thence to the army
chiefs.
Already plans are being made to
fete the hoys during their last fort
night at home. and they doubtless will
be guests of honor at many church
and public functions before leaving
for the front. The Godspeed and Wei
come given the members of the local
company upon their departure for and
their return from the Mexican Dor,
der, probably will be duplicated, only
on larger and more impressive scale
There will be more time to prepare
functions for the lnfantrymen and the
last two weeks al home, If Capt Wood
ward permits OF 1t. should be made
the two greatest weoks in the history
Of each of the men who are sacrifi
cling their all to serve their nation IL
Its fight for humanity and liberty.
In telling of the orders detailing
each company to its home station fol
the two weeks period, the Chicago
Tribune says.
Two highly important details OF the
Illinois national guard mobilization
were announced yesterday on the re
ceipt of orders at Springfield from The
war department:
J.. All units of the national guard
including those now in the fedora
service and those not yet ordered out
will be mobilized at their home sta
tions ION or about" July. %. The,
will be kept at these home stations
for two weeks, and will be sent imme
diately thereafter to concentration
camp In the southern department
This eliminates the contemplated mob
ilizaton at Springfield.
g. Because of the shortage of equip
ment, II vii! be impossible to outh
the Illinois units, or those men whit
will be added as the organizations in
crease to war strength until Aug. III
The war department directs that N
acquisitions be submitted for sucl
added equipment until such time q
the state authorities are notified tha
the stuff is on hand.
Already Promiced Supplies.
Adlt Gen dickson at Springfield
expressed the befief that he na
gained lap on the Washington off
cials. He said he had submitted hi
reuuisitlons In full betail on Feb n
for complete equipment at full wa
strength for all Illinois units and ha
received In return formal assuranc
that his acquisitions had been honore
and that the supplies were on thel
way to the proper depots for later d.
livery TO the troops wheE mobiIizatio
Ia ordered.
Every preliminary that had bee
planned by the war department seem
to have ceatered around the prov
zion for state mobilization cam
where the troops would be brougl
pending the issuance of all of the
supplies and preliminary training |
reklments. Springfield had been r
signed authoritatively as such camp
The order stipulated that as niue
military training as possible shall
given to the soldiers when they al
mobIlized at their camp stations du
ing the two weeks period that W
clapse before being shipped south.
supplles Already Depleted.
The proviso that war strength su
plies need not be expected before Au
10 Is not particularly surprising
thorc who have kept In touch with
fairs at Washington II has be-
protty we'll understood that the
serve supplies OF the government we
pretty we'll depleted when the CO
ccntration OF regulars and nation
guard was made last year on the Me
can border.