The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-10
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 fn his proclamation the President announced that all officers of the National Guard organizations up to and includffE H6l0nk1ss 1wiH be taken over to the Federal service at their present ranking. The proclamation makes no provision for brigadier and major-generals. What the admtnis- tration VII decide to do in the matter Of general officers of the state organi- yzations is a matter of speculation It Is commonly known here that some who aren ow wearing stars in the miIitia organizations are not qualified to lead brigades in the field. Some are. Those who were appointed solely for political purposes and who have not had filed service probably will dropped from the rolls
 It is believed that the President will decide to pick ofncers from the state organizations for ranking positions just as officers above the rank of col- on their merits.
 It.fs impossible today to hazard a forecast on the probable date when /. the troops will be transported across tlaeSAtlantic. Some of the organtza- , tons. in the opinon of War Depart ment officials, are in. excellent train ing, and with few months hard work they will be it for the field. The operative date of the draft was delayed until Aug. B.. so that all reg nnents can be taken into the army simultaneously. tn that way oficers x Of the troops mobilized first will not take precedence in rank Fourteen camp sites for the 1 tacti- cal divisions into which the guard will be organized for war purposes have already been selected, and the Militia Bureau is preparing the railway rout- fng of the troops to the camps Seven { of the sites selected are in the south eastern department, five in the south ernSand two, in the western. The two others will be in the southeastern de- part1nent.. Until they are approved, Assignment of regiments to camps and divisions cannot be fully worked out. The Presidents proclamation fol- lows:
 4swhereas. the United States of America and the Imperial Ger
 unn government are now at war,
 and having in view the conse- uuent danger of aggression by a foreign enemy upon the territory
 of the United States and the ne-
 ccsstty for proper protection
 against possible interference with
 the execution of the laws of the
 union by agents of the enemy,
 Woodrow Wilson, President of
 the United States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by
 the Constitutfon and laws of the
 United States and through the
 governors of the respective
 States, call into the. service of the United States as of and from
 the sdat@s sherefnaftera respective
 " in1ica&eh all members of the
 National Guard and all enlisted
 members of the National Guard
 reserve of the following States,
 who are not now in the service of the United States. except
 members of Stan Comps and de-f apartments not included in the
 pereonuel pf tacfical orsaniza-
 tons ana except such officers, Of
 the National Guard as have been
 or may be specifically notified by my aazthor1ty that they will not
 be affected by this can, to wit:
 e'On. Judy IS, 1917. New York,
 Pennsyivania- Ohio, West vfr-
 nesoEa, Iowa, North pakbta.
 :
 'fOn July s, 1917, Maine, New T1ampsh5re. Vermont, Massachu-
 setts, Rhode Island. Conn@ctdcut,
 New JerDey, Delaware, Maryland,
 District of Co1umnbda. vfrrinfa.
 North Carolina, South Carolina,
 Tennessee. Illinois. Montana, Wy
 cning. Idaho, Washington and [, 0Segon. sae
 '-The members of the National s Gl1ard of the various States af-
 focted by this call will be coifcsr-
 trated at such places as may De
 destenated by the War pepart-
 n1ent.
 2. And under the authority
 con&ered upon me by C1Aafee 1f
 of Section of the Act of Con-
 sress to authorize the Presidefit
 to increase temporarily the fnff-
 c4ry establishment of the United
 aates approved May iS. 1917.
 do hereby draft into the trifIdfAsv
 service of the United States as of
 and from the fifth day of August.
 nineteen hundred and, seventeen.
 eu members of the National
 Guard and all enlisted members M the Na*4onal Guard Reserve of
 the fo1lowdng states. except mem
 bers of stan corps and depart
 nnsnts not included in thA 5er-
 sonnel of tactical organizations
 and ezcept such other officers of
 tho National Guard as have lbeen
 or may hc especially notified by
 my authof1ty that they wfu not
 be drafted. to wit: .
 New York, Pennsy1vania, Ohio,
 We& vi<sznia, Michigan, wiscon-
 Mh Ninuesot-, Iowa, North Da-
 k0tA, South Dakota, Nebraska,