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NATIONAL GUARD UNITS
MOBILIZE WEDNESDAY
Company { Will Camp on Seminary
Lot Il Week. Leaving For Admission
Before August 9TH.

Every Maryland National Guard
| unit nos already in the federal sery-
! ice received this morning from
, Adiutant General Warheld an order
/ to mobilize at 9 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
! Each unit will mobilize in its own
almory or headquarters. The order
! will mean that every militiaman in
! Maryland will be under arms by noon
/ Wednesday, General Warfield's or
! der affects the following units:
Brigade Headquarters, Including
| Brigadier General Gather and his
staff.
| First Maryland Infantry, scattered
over the counties in the State. Each
company of this regiment will report
at its own armory, except the Supply
Company and the Headquarters Com
pany. which viii be modified at the
Firth Regiment Armory, Baltimore.
Four companies, Maryland Coast
Artillery corps. TO be mobilized At
the Richmond Market Armory.
Maryland Field Artillery. To be
moDiilzed at the Pikesville Armory.
Troop i, Maryland Cay&lry. To be
modified At the PikesviIte Armory.
Field Hospital No. /. 20 be mo
Dilized al the Richmond Market Ar
mCIE.
First Maryland Ambulance Com
paGy To be modified al the Rich
mOnd Market A'mory.
Fist Separate Company OF lnfan-
try tcOlored). TO be mobiIiZed at
its headquarters
The only other units OF the Many
land National Guard-the Fourth
and the Fifth Regiments rf Infantry,
Baltimore have been in the federal
service since the declaration of war.
General Warfjeld worked at An
napolis yesterday on the orders and
they were sent out late yesterday at
ternoOn and last night
When the various units report at
their respective headquarters We'd
nesday morning practically every
thing viii be in readiness for the
speediest mobilization that this State
ever witnessed. 1t is going to be
big job. because the units are all lar
ger than they have ever been before.
Practically every one of them is up
to or nearly up to full war strength.
This means big batch of new
equipment. AZ much as possible OF
this has already been secured and is
ready for distribution. 1t IS not i'm
probable that the entire Guard Will
be fully equipped and ready for tina-
muster into the federal service with
in thee or four days.
Therefore. it is likely that the
Maryland miIitiamen will be on their
way to the Eighth Militia Division
camp, at Admission, Ala. before Au-
no dow no q L
the whole militia of the country into
the regular service for the period of
the war.
Just what will happen TO the
Fourth and Fifth Regiments is not
definitely known here. It is likely
that they will be placed under the
command OF General Gather when
the headquarters OF the First Mary
land Brigade is mustered into the
federal service. IN that event these
TWO regiments, now scattered over
five States, would be recalled from
guard duty and sent 20 Admission
with the other Maryland soldiers.
This excerpts, however, those compa
MES doing duty as government can
tonments in this State and in New
York. 1t is not likely that these
Will be withdrawn at least until the
draft army has been whipped into
sufficient shape to guard its own
camps.
AS soon as the National Guard is
out of the State General Wartield
can begin work organizing the new
State guard. authorized at the spe-
ciaI session of the legislature. This
new guard, which will probably con
sist of about 900 men, or a peace
strength regiment, Will be used for
the guard duty now being done in
this State by the Fourth and Fifth
Regiments.