The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-04-13
President Calls Ia Regiments
From the East.
TO BE PUT ON POLICE DUTY
War Department Says Many Gov.
ernors Have Deemed Ii Advisable
TO Call Militia for Purposes
of Protection - Issues
Are National.


The department issued this state
ment:
MANY states have deemed it advis-
able to call out the National Guard for
police purposes of protection.
Issues Are National.
"As the necessity for such steps
arises from issues which are more ma
tlonal than local. il has been deemed
advisable by the president to call into
federal service for the abOve-men-
toned purpose the following OrganiZa-
tons of the National Guard:
Observation-Disclosures and Ninth
regiments.
Pennsylvania and Third reg
iments.
Maryland-Fourth regiment.
District of C0lumbia-First sepa-
rate battalion.
virgina-Second regiment.
"Vermont-Company b, First reSi-
ment.
"Connecticut-First regiment.
"New York-SecOnd and Seventy
first regiments.
mentS.
'Delaware-First battalion First
regiment.
"The following organizations which
are now in the federal service will not
be mustered out: Thirteenth Pennsyl-
vania, A and i companies of the First
| Georgia"
l of mil oil
six instead of the existing four mill
tary departments was announced by
| the war department The two new de-
| partments are the northeastern, COM
prising the New England states, and
the southeastern, comprising the states
In the old South.
General Wood Transferred.
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood is trans
ferred from command of the depart
ment of the East to the new south
eastern department. Maj. Gen. ].
| Franklin Bell from the western de-
partment to the eastern department,
Mai. Gen. Hunter Liggett from the
Philippines to the western department.
! and Brig. Gen. Clarence II. Edwards
ern department Major General Barry
of the central department and Major
General Pershing of the southern de-
partment remain in their commands.
Changes Ordered.
The changes were outlined by the
department in the following state
ment:
To facilitate decentralization OF
command the United States is divided
into six military departments in place
of the four now existing. The new
organizations become effective May l,
1917, and comprise the following:
A-Northeastern department TO en-
brace the states of Maine, New Hamp-
shire. Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Connecticut. Headquarters
at Boston.
B-Eastern department. TO embrace
the states of New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia. West Virginia, District OF
Columbia. the Canal zone and the Is
land of Porto Rico. with the islands
and keys adjacent thereto. Headquar-
tiers at Governors Island
New Department.
southeastern department. 20 EN-
| brace the states of Tennessee, North
Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia
Florida. Alabama and Mississippi. to-
gether with the coast defenses of New
Orleans and the coast defenses Of
| Galveston. Headquarters ut Charles
ton. s. c.
D-Central department, tn embrace
the states of Kentucky. Ohio, Michi-
gan. Indiana. Illinois. Wisconsin. Min
nesota. North Dakota. South Dakota,
Iowa. Missouri. Kansas. Nebraska,
Wyoming and Colorado. ueadquar-
ter sat Chicago.
E-Southern department, 10 en-
brace the state of Louisiana Except
the coast defenses ut New Orlcans).
| Texas Except the coast defenses at
Galveston). Arkansas, Oklahoma. New
Mexico and Arizona. Headquarters at
Fort sam Houston. Tex.
F-Westcrn department. 10 embrace
the states OF Washington. Oregon.
I NlpllNllfts .NtNHubs
Utah and the territory OF Alaska.
Headquarters nj san Francisco.
1880 More Men for Navy.
President Wilson has signed nm or
der authorizing the increas, Of the
navy Ia $1,000 men from the present
authorized strength Of 1900. lie
took the step on the recommendation
Of Secretary Daniels under authority
granted by congress I'm ease of INA.
tlonnl emergency" The present nc.
tunl strength of the navy IL COCO
men. The additional men Will be used
. nnn the .escryc ships.