The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-23
MILITIA IN SER
VICE AUGUST IS
Troops Are to Go to Europe After a
Few Weeks Of Intensive T rain
ing in Thi: Country
MOST OF COMPANIES IN SOUTH
Supplies and Equipment for All the
Force Ready by August-Fac-
kories Double Output.

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WASHINGTON, ID. c.. May 1S--Th'
war department is pushing vieorous',
it's preparations to mobilize the ma
tional guard. which with the regular.
forms the first line army. 1t was an
n'ounced today that all existing resi
| ments of the guard will be called in
to service by August 5th, and officials
| estimate that with from month tc
six weeks intensive training these
| troops will be ready to go forward fol
final preparation behind the fighting
lines in Europe. ..
Regular army regiments already are
in motion nortiward from the border
preparatory to the expansion of the
regular service to full war strength
OF the 1S3.S9S men necessary to bring
the regulars up to the $4,000 mark
"a 1888 already have been recruited and
the remainder are expected to come
in before June 18th.
Guard Draft Begins July 18th.
The national guardsmen, as an
nounced will be drafted into the fed.
eral service in three increments, as
follows:
July IS: New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, West Virginia. Michigan. Wis.
consin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Da
kota, South Dakota and Nebraska.
July %: Maine. New Hampshire, Yer
mont, Massachusetts. Rhode Island,
Connecticut. New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland. District of Columbia. Vir-
ginia, North and South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Illinois. Montana, Wyoming,
Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
August 5: Indiana. Kentucky. Geor-
gia, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Louisiana. Oklahoma Texas, Missouri,
Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico. Ari-
zona, Utah and California.
:. :. Will Be Part of Army. :. =.
AS general order is issued by the
president drafting specific regiments,
the force will cease to be militia and
become part of the armies of the Unit
ed States. They will be relieved of the
Limitations upon use Of the militia and
be available for service in any part of
the world
State authorities were authorized to-
day to fill present regiments or other
units up to full war strength, making
a force OF approximately 329,954 men
and 9,S47 officers. No new national
guard organizations will be accepted
by the federal government until this
is done and reserve battalions for each
regiment organized. The result will
be virtually to triple the present
strength Of the guard, but reports to
the department show heavy recruit
ing in all states.
Most Of Camps in South
The department announced also the
distribution OF military departments
OF the sixteen divisions of the new Sc
lective draft army and the sixteen ma.
tional guard divisions for training pur-
poses. All of the guard divisional
cantonments and most OF the selective
army camps will be in the southern
part of the country.
The war department announced late
today the approval of the selection of
the following cantOnment camp sites:
Aver, Mass; Ell Paso, Tex: Ameri-
can Lake, WASH: Atlanta, Ga; Angus
ia, Ga, and Columbia, S. c.
In all, the forces first to be formed
will comprise seven divisions of regu-
lars. four of which will be available
for mobile duty in continental United
States supplemented by sixteen ma
tional guard divisions and later by six.
teen selective army divisions Behind
this force a second call on the select
i've forces. provided for in the, BILL
will add sixteen additional divisions. q
Where Men viii Train
To the training camps in the south
eastern department will be sent the
national guard troops from New Eng
land and other eastern states, Ohio,
West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky.
To the training camps in the south
ern department will go the national
guard of Illinois, Michigan. Wiscon-
sin. Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri,
Texas and Oklahoma.
The guard of the Pacific coast and
mountain states will be trained at the
camps in the western department.
State and municipal officials already
have been given a preliminary outline
of the work that will fall to them in
carrying out registration OF the new
armies.
Allowances must be made when the
census OF men between the
specified ages has been completed for
probable variation from census bureau
estimates as to the total number of
persons in this classification. 1t is
regarded as unlikely that the registra
tion will show the exact 10,200,O00 per-
sons liable fixed by the census esti-
mate. &"'~'
There will be some delay also in
hearing from men absent from their
homes who will register by mail. The
officials of every state and town, how
ever, have been authorized to issue
cards to such men in their communi-
ties in order to avoid the delay of
application to home precincts. the for
of registration blanks and
their return. -... H5.
Supplies Ready After August.
Analysis OF the war departments
statement regarding mobilization of
the national guard shows that equip
ment for all the force is not expected
to be ready until August BY that
time, however, the redoubled output
Of American factories will be able to
furnish clothing, small arms and other
equipment for the selective army. to
be assembled a month later, as we'll