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ee,m.pt. called into the Federal SER

Regiments called into the Federal SER
vice for police purposes, supplement
/ ed by six separate battalions and
several detached companies. They
viii be assigned 20 posts in connec-
ton win their poiics work by the
commanders OF the military depart
ments acting under instructions from
the War Department
ALL ouARpsMEN TO De IN ARMS
IN WEEK.
II was believed that virtually every
National Guardsman will be with his
colors ana In arms within a week.
Litigation 20 determine whether
State mllitiamen enlisted under the
old Dick Law may be compelled.
under call OF the President. 70 give
Federal service under the new militia
law, to-day was ordered expedited by
the Supreme Court At the War De-
partment's request The test cases
are habeas corpus proceedings Of
Alexander W. Emerson and Alfred +.
Lowell. cavalrymen. who declined 70
take the new Federal oath. and the
Supreme Courts decision viii AFFECT
che status OF many thousand Guards
men.
Adding to these aggressive steps the
orders OF the Navy Department for
speedy construction Of a large num-
bcr OF light vessels and swift de-
.troyers for submarine chasers, the
country IL launched on n forceful pol
Icy OF national defense far in excess
OF all that has gone before. They
mark the beginning Of a week that
promises TO be filled with crucial de-
Nelopments.
Reports from the country indicate
that the new Congress will not be 90
dominated by tinld, anti.wsr ssnti-
ment - the enc that passed out Of
existence on March 4.
The menace 10 the nations freedom,
both from without and within, and the
necessity Of strong and vigorous pre-
parednesa IL now being realized In
those sections smirched with pro-Ger-
man propaganda and tinged with paci-
fist sentiment. The members are
coming back 10 Washington seeing a
new light. and an overwhelming ma
Jority. regardless Of political partisan
ship. 10 expected TO stand unreservedly
back OF the President
No section OF the country IL more
/. directly concerned and Interested IN
the latest moves OF the Government
than New York State and its neigh
bors The Seventy-frst Regiment OF
tho National Guard In New York City
and the Second Regiment. of Buffalo.
are ordered into the Federal service
for home protection against possible
reasonable plots The War Depart
ment In promulsating the order made
this explanatory statement:
Many States have deemed advisable
90 call out tho National Guard for po-
lice purposes OF protection. As tho
necessity for such steps arises from
issues which arc more national than
local II has been deemed advisable by
the President 10 call into Federal SER
vice for the above mentioned purpose
the following organizations Of the
National Guard" (Here follows list
OF the troops called)
In addition TO the two commands
IN New York, the organizations sum-
moned to the colors In other seaboard
States arei Massachusetts,. Second and
Ninth Regiments; Vermont. Company
d Of the First Regiment: Connecticut,
First Regiment; New Jersey. First
end Fifth Regiments: Delaware. Ftrst
battalion OF the First Regiment; I;
Iennsylvania, First and Third Regi-
nents; Maryland. Fourth Regiment:
Virginia. Second Regiment: District