Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-10
NORTH DAKOTA NATIONAL GUARD
CALLED INTO FEDERAL SERVICE ON
JULY Is; ALL MILITIA SUMMONED
First Increment Summoned for July Is, but Operative Date
is Delayed 50 that all Regiments can be Taken. into
Service Sirnultaneously-Sorne Called Earlier.

guard as have been or may be spe-
officially notified by my authority that
they will not be affected by this call,
to wit:
The Divisions.
ION July 15, 1917, view York, Penn
sylvar1ia, Ohio, West Virginia, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Da.
kota, South Dakota and Nebraska.
On July rs, 1917, Maine, New
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jer-
seye, Delaware Maryland, District Of
Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois,
Montana, Idaho, Washington and Ore
gon.
1.-THE members Of the national guard
Of the various states affected by
places as may be designated by the
war department.
All Are Called.
IT. And under the authorities
conferred upon me by CLAUSE second
OF section one Of the act Of congress
to authorize the president to increase
temporarily the military establishment
OF the United States, approved May
1S, 1917, I do hereby draft into the
military service Of the United States
as Of and from the fifth day OF Au-
gust, nineteen hundred and seventeen,
all members Of the national guard,
all enlisted members OF the national
guard reserve Of the following states,
except members Of starr corps and de-
D~artnaefts not included in the person.
mel of tactical organisations, and ex-
cept such other officers Of the nation
q! guard as have not Or may be spe-
officially notified by my authority that
they will not be drafted. to wit:
VEST Nev v,r xGsa, M shisninsy1van MI.oo osi0,
minnesota, iowa. North Dakota, south
Dakota, Nebraska, Maine. New Hamp-
shire. Vermont. Massachusetts,
Rhode island, Connecticut, New Jer-
ssy, Delaware. Maryland, District Of
Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina. Tennessee, illinois,
Montat,s. Wyoming, idaho. Washing
Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Louisiant, Oklahoma, Tex
as. Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona, Utah and California.
In Federal Service.
I'll. All persons hereby drafted
August, nineteen hundred and seven
teen, stand discharged from the mill
TIA, ana under the laws and regula-
lions governing the regular army, ex-
cept as to promotions, so far as such
laws and regulations are applicable to
persons whose permanent retention In
the military service, in active or re-
tired, Is not contemplated by law.
Confirm Officers.
"IV-The members Of each COM
paiiy, battalion, regiment, brigade,
division or other Organizations Of the
national guard hereby drafted mic
the military service Of the United
States shall be embodied In organi-
cations corresponding to those of~the
regular army. The officers not above
the rank Of colonel Of said organiza-
tons Of the national guard who are
vided 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 de-
partment,. and in the grades in which
they now hold commissions as Of
fcers of the national guard, such ap-
pointments 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, IL hereby as
signed as of said date to the organi-
cation in h army of the United
States composed Of those who were
members Of the Organization Of the
national guard in which at the time
Of draft he held q commission. The
norl-comrrlissioned officers Of the or
garization Of the national guard, the
members Of which hereby drafted are
hereby appointed non-oommissioned
officers in their present grade in the
organizations Of the army composed
of said members and shall in each
case have the same relative rank as
heretofore and all other enlisted men
are hereby confirmed in the army Of
the. United States in the grades and
ratings held by them In the national
guard in all cases where such grades
and ratings correspond to grades and
ratings provided for In like organiza-
tons Of the regular army, all such