Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-10

ss, the United States approved May
1s. 1917. do hereby draft into the
( Military service OF the United States
of and from the 5th day of August
1917. all members Of tho National
Guard and all enlisted members OF the
National Guard reserve OF tho fol-
ioHipg stRtes. except members OF staff
cofps and departments NO: included in
thu personnel OF tactical organiLa .ions
and except such other officers OF thc
National Guard as have been OF may
be- specially notified by my authority
that they will not be drafted, to wit:
i,New York. Pennsylvania. Ohio.
West Virginia. Michigan. Wisconsin.
Mfpnesota. Iowa. North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska. Maine. New Hamp-
shire, Vermont. Massachusetts. Rhode
Island, Connecticut. New Jersey. Della
ware, Maryland, District of Columbia,
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
Ida, Tennessee. Illinois. Montana.
Wyoming. Idaho, Washington. Oregon.
Indiana. Kentucky, Georgia, Florida.
Alabama. Mississippi. Arkansas. Louis
iaha, Oklahoma, Texas. Missouri. Kan
Utah, and California
WILL BE SUBJECT
n TO LAWS OF REGULAR ARMY
fiji. All persons hereby drafted shall
On and from the 5th day of August.
1917. stand discharged from the mill
tia, and. under tho terms Of section 2,
Of the act of May Is, 1917, be subject
to the laws and regulations governing
the regular army. except as to promo
tons, SO far as such laws and regu-
1ations arc applicable to persons whose
permanent retention in the military
service on the active or retired list
is not contemplated BY law.
'IV. The members of each company.
battalion, regiment. brigade, division
or other organizations Of the National
Guard hereby drafted into the military
service of the United States shall be
embodied in organizations correspond
ing to those OF the regular army. The
regular officers not above the rank of
colonel OF said organizations of the
National Guard, who are drafted and
whose officers are provided for in like
organizations of the regular army. are
hereby appointed officers in the army
OF the United States in the arm. staff
corps. or department and in the grade
in which they now hold commissions
as officers of the National Guard, such
appointments to be effective. subject
10 acceptance on and from the 9Th day
OF August. 1917, and each of them.
subject to such acceptance. is hereby
assigned as OF said date to the or
ganixation in the army of the United
States composed OF those who were
members of the organization of the
National Guard in which at the time
of draft he held a commission. The
noncommissioned officers OF the or
CARNATIONS of the National Guard. the
members of which are hereby drafted.
are hereby appointed noncommissioned
officers In their present grade in the
organizations OF the army composed
of said members. and shall in each
case have the same relative rank as
heretofore, and all other enlisted men
are hereby confirmed in the army of
the United States in the grades and
ratings held by them in the National
Guard in all cases where such grades
and ratings correspond to grades and
ratings provided for in like organiza-
tions OF the regular army. all such
appointments OF noncommissioned Of
Ulcers and combinations of other en-
listed men in their grades to be with
out prejudice to the authority OF sub
ordinate commanders in respect of pro-
motions. reductions and changes in en-
listed personnel.
TO BEAR SAME NAME
UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS
"V. Each organization of the military
force hereby created will, until fur
Their orders. bear the same name and
designation as the former organiza-
tion Of the National Guard Of whose
members 1t is composed.
wi. All necessary orders for COM
bining the organizations created by
embodying therein members of the
National Guard and National Guard
reserve hereby drafted into the military
service of the United States into COM
piete tactical units will be issued by
the War Department"