South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-10
Entire Guard to be Called
Into Il. S. Service Soon;
Mobilize Some Draft Day

WASHINGTON, July 1O.-The last
step necessary to make the entire
national guard available for duty in
France was taken Monday by Pres't
Wilson with the issuance Of proc
lamation drafting the state troops
into the army of the United states
on Aug. ).
To make certain that the purpose
of the national defense act is car
ried out, the proclamation also spec
ifically declares the men drafted TO
be discharged from the old militia
status on that date. In that way
the constitutional restraint upon use
of militia outside the country IS
avoided and the way paved for send
ing the regiments to the European
front.
some Guards Out sooner.
Prior to the application of the
draft, regiments in the northern and
eastern section of the country are
called into the federal service as ma
tional guardsmen. in two increments,
to be modified on July 10 and 20.
Many units already are federalized
and presume bly, they will be mob
ilized with the other troops from
their states The guard from the
other states will be modified on the
day OF the draft. The ARRANGEMENT
was necessary to provide for move
ment of the regiments south 10 their
concentrations without congestion
and TO the same end the division of
states into these increments was re
vised from the original schedule.
The operative date of the draft
was delayed until Aug. o so that all
regiments can be taken into the
army simultaneously.
Fourteen Camps Selected.
Fourteen camp sites for the is
tactical divisions into which the
guard will be organized for war pur-
noses have already been selected and
the militia bureau is preparing the
railway routing of the troops 10 the
camps Seven OF the sites selected
are in the southeastern department
five in the southern and two in the
western. The two others will be in
the southeastern department and un-
til they are approved, assignment OF
regiments to camps and divisions
cannot be fully worked out. The
only two divisions positively assign
ed are the 18th. including the Cali
fornia guard. which will go 20 Linda
Vista. Calf. and the goth. including
Oregon. Washington and other
states in the northwest. which viii
go TO Palo Alto. Calf.
These Called July Is.
The national guard of New York
PENNSYLVANIA. West Virginia, Michi'
gan. Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa,
North and South Dakota and Ne
braska will he called into the fed
eral service on July 1 . and sent 10
concentration camps in the south
although the draft will not formal
IL apply 10 them until Aug. ..
Similarly the state troops from
Maine. New Hampshire Vermont,
Massachusetts,. Rhode Island, Con-
necticut. New Jersey, Delaware,
MARYLAND. District Of Columbia, Nir-
ginia North and south Carolina,
Tennessee. Illinois, Montana, Wyo-
ming. Idaho, Washington and ore
gon are called into the federal serv-
ice on July 25.
Il MIS- AAoAA ptAACA 'Note' 81 ~ N
sent 70 the camps on Aug. >. The
call covers all members of the ma
tional guard and its reserve not al
ready In the federal service except a
few officers and special units not re
auired for tactical organizations.
wilson's Proclamation.
The presidents proclamation fol-
lows:
Whereas. the United States OF
America and the imperial German
government are now at war. and