Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-29
LIGHTNING CHANGES
r. ~ OFFICIAL ORDERS

80 IN ortINttb ohDf.hN
Especial to The Times Dispatch
80 WASHlNCTON. March :S.--A series
"of lightning changes in official orders
last night and to-day has resulted in
the rcmustcr OF all the units OF the
National Guard which were in the
process OF rehabilitation yesterday at
tcrnoon. Nearly dozen units are ar
fectcd. Including four from Virginia
III When tho original order was issued
q yesterday to suspend the demobiliza-
ton of all State troops remaining in
the Federal service five Virginia or
Eanizations were mentioned on tho face
of the document. They were the First
Battery. Field Artillery: Battery {.
, Company \. Engineers: Company y,
Signal Corps. and FRS, Squadron. Njr-
Sinia Cavalry
Early ~ the evening IL was found
that all these units except the cavalry
sQua dron. or the Richmond Blues. had
actually been mustered ou;. and were
), presumably back into civil life
. Thercupon the War Department
changed it's announcement TO the press
20 include only those commands which
still remained in Tho Federal service
This morning II WAS stated that the
units which had been mustered out
would not be rcmuStcred in the near
future. This Information came straight
frosss~ tho War Department. and was
regarded as final. Friends Of the
S5iaTd smcn affected assumed that this
wasstl,e last word upon tho subject
sSL&te this afternoon. however the
WahsDcpartmcnt flashed an order 10 AL
an of those guard commands which
were in process OF muster out when
Yesterdays order was issued InStruc-
lions were to be sent Ia all Stat, Gov
errors affected. and the men. though
they had left thcir srmuri"s al mo-
Utilization camps. were TO be recalled
at once.
1t was declared At the War Depart
ment this afternoon that this ia order
was intended Ia rcmus;er all the conf
mands mentioned III the orig NAL order
Of, YESTERDAY. If 50. this VIII include
tho four Virginia organizations. When
it. was pointed out IL tho department
officials that som. Of these units had
actually dissolved as Federal troops,
had turned in ell government property
and the men had gone TO their homes.
The answer was that Major-Gcncrai
Wood would he called upon TO say
whether or not the commands were &C
pr6t what is meant Ivy I'm process OF
muster out" the term used in the
Official order
Until the rcpor, Of ,he muster
officer is received by tn" department.
and is approved. il j. said tho mo-
hilization is not actually effective.
though the troops themselves heve re-
turned To civil life. !, j. mp to General
Wood TO say which III the Virginia
orSa nizationS viii be recall d. II IS
tie plain intent of the War department.
to recall all of them
ADJITA NT-GENERAL WIIiOIT
OFFICIAL INFOH \rIuN
.tdlutant- General V. w. Sale stated
late last night that he mad received no
6ntctal Information that TIE W." bc
partmcnt considered the First EAt
.lahon and BATTERY {. Field ARTILLERY.
Company \. Sisrai corps. and Company
! ~ Engineer Corps. still in the Fedora
f. service. although mustered out III"
: point is - fine drawn one. and is 81
I little consequence. as the comma Yds
can he recalled by the issuing Of an
, order
Included in the commands which the
War Department holds are still IN the
mond the l1owitTers and SieNal corps
, and the homeless company Of I'm
: cineers The latter company - nov
being used by the stat Tor local guard
nurpo SEES. All have been mustered out
Within the past Two weeks LAYING
, Just recently returned from o! cHas. The
Richmond Blues "cre held in the ser
vice while on The verge of n.inc mus
tered out.
The War Department holds that the
; muster Gu; j. not conlpl.tc Until after
;he reports o: the mastering oH.2cr j.