Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-10

my authority that they will not be
 drafted, to wi:
 New York. Pennsylvania. Ohio, West Virginia. Michigan. Wisconsin Dakota. Nebraska. Maine. New l Hampshire. Vermont. Massachusetts, | Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jer- | sey, Delaware. Maryland. District of Columbia, Virginia. North Carolina, l South Carolina. Tennessee illinois. l Montana, Wyoming. Idaho. Washing 1 ton. Oregon, Indiana, Kentucky. Geor- gia. Florida. Alabama, Mississippi, l Arkansas. Louisiana. Oklahoma Tex as. Missouri. Kansas. Colorado. New Mexico, Arizona. Utah and Califor- mia.
 Subject to Regular Army Laws. eTII.-AII persons hereby drafted shall on and from the fifth day of August. nineteen hundred and seven teen. stand discharged from the mill tia and under the terms of section II of the act of May IS. 1917. he sub iect to the laws and regula tions gov i erninc the regular army. except as to promotions. so far as such laws and regulations are applicable to persons whose permanent retention in the military service on the active or re- tired list is not contemplated by law.
 'IN-The members of each com psnX. battalion, regiment. brigade. di- vision or other organizations of the national guard hereby drafted into the military service of the United States shall be embodied in organizations corresponding to those of the regular army.
 Concerning Officers.
 The officers not above the rank of colonel of said organizations of the national guard who are drafted and whose officers are provided for in like organization of the regular army. are hereby appointed officers in the army. of the United States. in the arm. staff corps or department and in the grades In which thev now hold commissions as officers of the national guard. such appointn ents to be effective subject to acceptance on and from the fifth day of August nineteen hundred and seventeen and each of them. subjected to such acceptance is hereby assien- ed as of said date. to the organization in tae army of the United States com posed Of those who were members of the orsa nization of the national guard in which at a time of draft he held commission.
 Non Cornissioned Officers
 The non commissioned officers of the orGauiza tions of the national guard the members of which are here by drafted are hereby appointed non commissioned officers in their present grade in the organizations Of the ar my composed of said members, and shall in each case have the same rela- tive rank as heretofore; and all other enlisted men are hereby confirmed in the army If 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 numbers of the regular army. all such appointments Of commissioned of fcers and confirmations of other en- listed men in their grades to be with 1 out prejudice to the authority of su- bordinate commanders in respect of promotions. reductions and changes in l enlisted personnel
 ''T-Each organiza ton of the mill tary force hereby created will. until l further orders bear the same name 1 and 6esignation as the former organ 1 ization Of the national guard of whose | members it is composed.
 ''TI-All necessary orders for com | binine the organizations created by | embodving therein members Of the | national guard and national guard re- | serve hereby drafted into the military | service of the United States into com | plete tactical units will be issued by | the war departme ent."