The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12

service Of the United States as Of an
from the NTH day OF August, nineteel
hundred and seventeen, all members o
the national guard and all onlistc,
|. members Of the national guard re
serve Of the following states exccp
. members Of staff corps and depart
mcnts not included in the personnel o
tactical organizations and except sucl
other officers Of the national guard ai
have been or may be especially mott
fed by my authority that they vii
not be drafted, 70 wit;
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio
West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin
Minnesota, 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-
lima, Tennessee, Illinois, Montana,
Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Ore
gon, lGdiena, Kentucky, Georgia, Flor
ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri,
Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Ariz-
ona, Utah, and California.
"'Ill.-All persons hereby drafted
shall on and from the fifth day Of
August, nineteen hundred and seven
teen, stand discharged from the mill
tia and under the terms of section III
of act of May Is, 1917, be subject to
the laws and regulations governing
the regular army except as to promo
tions so far as such laws and regula-
tions are applicable to persons whose,
permanent retention in the military
service on the active or retired list is
not contemplated by law.
lV.-The members Of each COM
plny, battalion, regiment, brigade, di
vision or other organizations of the
national guard hereby drafted into the
military service of the United States
shall be embodied in organizations
corresponding to those of the regular
army. The 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 grades
in which they now hold commissions
as officers Of the nat,onal guard, such
appointments to be effective subject
to acceptance on and from the fifth
day of August, nineteen hundred and
seventeen, and each Of them, subject
TO such acceptance, is hereby assigned
as of said date to the organization in
the army Of the United States compos-
ed Of those who were members Of the
of the national guard in
which at the time of draft he held a
commission. The non-commissioned
officer of the organization Of the ma
tional guard, the members cf whom
are hereby drafted are hereby ap-
pointed non-commissioEed officers in
their present grade in the organiza-
tons of the army composed of said
members and shall in each case have
.he same relative rank as heretofore
and all other enlisted men are hereby .
in the army Of the United .
States in the grades and ratings held !
)y them in the national guard in all .
,ases where such grades and ratings
correspond to grades and ratings pro-
,ided for in like organizations of the .
'egular army, all such appointments
# non-commissioned officers and con- :
irmations of other enlisted men in !
heir grades to be without prejudice to !.
he authority of subordinate comman-
Iers in respect to promotions, reduc- !
ions and changes in enlisted person ;
el.
"V.-Each organization of the mill !;
airy force hereby created will until ;
urther orders bear the same name !
nd designation as the former organi- /;
alton of the national guard of whose
lembers it is composed {
"vL--All necessary orders for COM
ming the organizations created by
therein members Of the ma I
onal guard and national guard re-
srve hereby drafted into the military
.rvice Of the United States into COM
ete tactical units will be issued by
he war department"
ONE GUARD OFFICERS