The sun., 1917-03-27
Heavy Guard Is Summoned
for Protection of .
Washington.
RECRUITS SOUGHT
FOR MARINE CORPS
Force Will Be Increased to
17,lOO-With Navy. 25.-
600 Are Needed.

WASHINGTON, March 26--Almost 4o..
ooo National Guardsmen and regulars
| are under orders Tonight to take I'm NJ
once the protection OF mun!tion pIants.
, bridges, railroad and other utilities vital
10 'he nation in war time. BY the au-
'hority OF President Wilson twenty ad.
dstional militia regiments, Ave senarats
oattalions and two separate compan,es.
were ordered to-day to mobilize imme-
olately or In some cases to remain in
the Federal service. with those called
out yesterday there are thirty-one in.
fantry regiments, seven separats hat.
'aiions and three separate companies
which have been assigned to police duty
throughout the country TO guard against
the activities OF pro-German p,otters or
cranks.
Those ordered out today wers IN
many cases IN tho strongly German
districts OF the middle West. as for ex-
ample in Wisconsin. Ohio and Illinois.
1t was said at the War Department tha.
an extension OF the order was not in
Immediate contemplation, but It is
known that the Department Is nrenared
to call out additional troops the moment
mo need OF their service Is demons
, strated
Big Guard at Capital,
Extraordinary precautions ara being
taken In the District OF Columbia. Be-
sides the militia guard three troops OF
regular cavalry from Fort Myer, three
companies of United States marines and
folce or metropolitan and Federal Do
Ice have been designated to carry ON
the patrol work about the capital and
its enVirons. protecting Its water supply
and the highway. railroad and aqueduct
prdges
1t Is estimated that within a few dav.
fully 1000 m!litianen and regulars will
De engaged In policing the important
works about the national capital
The War Departments statement fol.
lows:
Following additional National Guard
ORGANIZATIONS have been called into tho
FedeTaI service for general purposes Of
ponce protection against possible Inter-
ference with the postal. commercial and
fn!.!tafy channels and inStrumentalitIes,
l!llno!s-Firat, FiSth and sixth regi-
rIents, infantry.
Indiana-socord Regiment Infantry,
!owa-First Regiment. infantry.
M.ssouri-first and TA.rd reg1-
Tneu'e. irtantrv
Nebraska-Fourth Regiment. infan-
try.
Minnesota-First Regiment. Intan-
try.
infantry.
Wiscons!n-Th!ri Regiment. infan-
try.
Sou,a Dafoie-Third Battalion OF
Fourth Regiment lnfartry.
Nor,a Dat''1--S""oud Battalion Of
F!rs' Regimen ..taUtr.
Coiorado-First and second (seo.
arate) hattaltouS. incart'y.
Wyoming g-Second Cseparate, RAT.
TALON. Infantry.
infantry.
fantry IN
oreson--T'.rd Regiment, infantry.
aIforn.a---Se"ond. Fifth and Saw.
enth regiments. infantry.
Idaho-SeConi kegiuen,. ,r-an,u
Aohtana-Second Regiment. .nfan-
try. '"'''-
70! these Organizations tho following
are already in the Federal service. and
In consequence Will not be ,,,ys-eraJ
out as originally planned:
Michlgan-Thirty third Infantry
to.orado-F.rst ana Second [sep-
arate) bat,alfoas
Ohlo-Th!rd ana Sixth regiment,
ia requested that no details OF
locality he carried In the press with
@.es"ru @ 20 tur'HrE distribution Of these
troops unless given on; by the war
Department" war
Trained Wen for ArmY
II Is understood In army cir,,ss ,h,,
the militia which has seen ser,,lcs -.
the Mexican border VIII NOT ha D..
on routine patrol duty long. but win a,