Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-13
MUSTERED-OUT MEN ARE
ORDERED BACK TO SERVICE
Governor Receives Instructions, Call
iifg Militiamcn Back to Their
Respective Commands.
AFFECTS MEMBERS or BLUES
These anu Other Soldiers Who Were
on Furlough When Their Units
Returned From Border, Called TO
ColOiS.


are now in the Federal service. and
who were mustered out before the re-
turn OF these units from tho border.
were ordered to rcjoin their commands
by President wilson last night. The
order WAS transmitted to Governor
stuart shortly before midnight by the
Secretary of War.
Just how many men the order will
affect could not be ascertaincd here
last night, AS the figures can only be
obtained from the Department of the
Fast. which has the records. More
iAan Il score Of thermometers, members
OF tho First Squadron. Virginia Cav
airy Will have 10 rcJoin their troops.
ThcY were at home on furlouEh when
orders for the squadron to return here
were issued, and were mustered out.
Many members OF tho Second Fir-
rinia Infantry viii be called back into
service by the order. These men were
nome on furloughs and were mustered
out The Fourth Virginia Infantry and
IN" First aud Second Companies. Coast
Artillery. were never In the Federal
service. and consequently will not have
any OF these reserves to fail back upon.
Battery -. Of Hampton, which Is also
I'm tho Federal service. will probably
set several men by the order.
ORDER IL not CLEAR
As TO RESERVE LIST
Whether mon whose .cnlistmcmis ox-
nircd and were furlouShcd into the
serve Will be subject to the order was
not made clear. but this is not prob
'hlc from the wording Of the telegram
received by the Governor. II the Pres
idcnt calls out the reserve, several hun
drcd Nirginians Will have TO respond.
Authority for tho recruitment OF
National Guard units to the maximum
pcace strength of the regular army
was granted yesterday by the War
Department, according to Geographic
e. Ia aft
noon from the Department OF the East
by Adjntant-Gencral w. W. Sale. Tn
der this ruling hundreds OF recruits
can now be taken into the ranks of
the Virginia forces, whether in the
Federal or State service.
Few II any Of the Virginia organiza-
lions arc now UP TO the minimum peace
strength. The Fourth Infantry liz
probably tho strongest Organization in
the state. but the order discharging
men with dependents will cut many of
it's companies below the minimum The
First and Second infantry regiments
have fallen below tho minimum since
being mustered out Of The Federal SER
vic" on their return from tho Mexican
border. othcr commands have also
suffered likewise. and ali have been
greatly ha'upered by orders received
las; week To stop recruiting.
Thc War Department. according to
Washington dispa tches. states that de-
partincntal commanders have rnsHn-
dcrstood it's orders on tho recruiting OF
the National Guard units. Orders from
tho Department Of the East cmpha-
tically called or recruiting liz Nir-
rinia last week. All companies. how
ever, continued to take in men enough
10 hrinE them up 10 the minimum. a;
which point they arc supposed to stay.
MANY MEN NEEDED
Bi STATE MILITIA
Tho minimum peace strength OF an
infantry or coast artillery company IL
S!Aty-'ivo enlisted men The same Is
true OF a cavalry troon. The maxi
mum peace strength OF the regular
army ia 40 enlisted men for each troop
or company. This gives a margin OF
ihlrty-fivc men 10 each troop or com
p*ny. There are thirty-s:N companies
OF intantry. two companies OF coast
artillery and four troops OF cavalry in
The state which means an addition OF
80" men for these branches OF the
service.
Practically all Of the field artillery
commands ar. above the peace strength
minimum Of l26 enlisted men and five
officers. II. time OF war, however.
each battery viii be recruited ~ to
III enlisted men. What surplus the
batteries have above the minimum will
probably be lost through the discharge
OF men with dependents.
The Engineer Corps is making a
strong effort TO recruit up to l09 en-
listed men and three officers. The
company is now five below its minimum,
strength OF seventy enlisted men
and has opened a recruiting station at
seventh and Broad Streets where n
display OF its field apparatus and
equipment is arranged in a SHOW win
dow. First Lieutenant Roy Pratt is
In charge Of the recruiting detail.
SIGNAL AND HOSPITAL. CORPS
HAVE FINED STRENGTH
In addition TO the infantry. coast ar
tillory. field artillery and cavalry. Vir
Sinia has one signal company and one
held hospital These commands nave a
nXcd strength, which makes no al
lowance for minimum or-,na.imum
strength. All. however. will need from
ten To twenty men TO recruit to au-
thorized strength.
The commands now i'm the Federal
service arc authorized to recruit. as
well as those not called out for duty
Recruiting stations have hecn opened
by several companies here in the city,
and many men have joined the colors
- ~m