The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-30
NATIONAL GUARD ON
FEDERAL POLICE DUTY
SUSPEND WORK Or MUS
TERING TROOPS OUT.
About $4,000 Men Are Retained
After Long Service on the
Mexican Border.

IG.-N6dTly
$1,000 men were added today to the
National Guard force available for
federal police duty by a war de-
partment order suspending the mus
ter out of all guard organizations
still in the federal service. With the
men called out during the past few
days this gives the government up
ward of $4,000 guardsmen for en-
ployment in their home states to pro-
tect industries and other property.
Most of the men affected by to-
days order are at their home mobil-
fZatfon camps, preparing to return to
civilian life after long stays on the
Mexican border. They will be held
at their CAMPS or armories for as
signment as conditions require.
In all $4,000 men are retained by
the order but several of the units
already had been designated for fed
eral service. The full list follows:
Arizona-First infantry.
New MeXico-First infantry Bat
terry A.
Alabama-First, Second and
Fourth infantry; First regiment,
cavalry; one field hospital.
Colorado-One field hospital; one
signal corps, company; three troops.
cavalry.
Georgia-First, Second and Fifth
infantry; Second squadron and Troop
a, cavalry; one field hospital
Kentucky-First infaptrX, Com
pany B, signal corps; ambulance
company No. 1.
Ohio-First battalion, signal corps; !;
First, Second and Third field hos
pitals; First and Second ambulance
companies; First battalion, field ar
tillery; First battalion, and Company
B, engineers.
North Carolina-Second infantry;
Troops A and B, cavalry; Companies
A and B, engineers.
Tennessee-First infantry.
Texas-Second and Third infantry
and part of Fourth infantry; First
squadron cavalry; Battery A; one
field hospital.
Virginia-First squadron, cavalry.
Another announcement made to-
day was that the federal reserve
board had ordered army vouchers
accepted by federal reserve banks as
Negotiable paper. The action was
%aken to meet the emergency present
q by the failure OF the last con
gress to pass the army appropriation
bill and the deficiency bills to cover
border mobilization expenses.
Some time ago the quartermasteI
general reported deficiencies totaliro
more than s3O.0OO,O0O. Since then
new obligations have been incurred
to provide supplies and equipment
for the army and National Guard and
to restore reserve stocks depleted by
the border mobilization.
Probably the total amount OF bus
isnsss the war department must do
on credit will pass the $50,0O0,0 900
mark before appropriations become
available.
'IHliS OuTueH WAS tOunu TOO nedVy
for contractors to carry unaided and
the action of the reserve board en-.
ables them to discount government
paper at government banks.
Action of ]. p. Morgan & Co., in
agreeing to carry s1,000,00O in war
department obligations for contrac-
tors without an interest charged was
arranged without formal reference to
the war department. Army officials
said today the result was to save
those contractors who took advant-
age of the offer the regular discount
rates OF interest which the banks
would charge in handling government
paper.
The war. department has no au-
thority to contract for the mainte-
nance and equipment of more men
than authorized by law In the reGu-
lar army and the National Guard.
Such contracts as have been made,
however. provide for immediate ex
pansion to meet increased require
ments IL congress authorizes the
raising OF big army.
AS originally given out at the war
department. the list of troops retain
ed in federal service contained a