Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
SER VISITS
yALLED TO COLORS
oast D efense Cohorts
Ordered to Report at
Navy Yard
FIFT MOBILIZATION
J Pennsylvania Field Artillery
Z and 9Th Infantry Ready for
Instant Service

Instant Service
* Naval coast defense reseryists received
81 orders this afternoon To report for duty
u q the Philadelphia Navy Yard at once
W They will go to the receiving ship Kansas,
Il and from there be assigned to their regular
" Nations. a..,
3 }s Ensign T. De Land Williams one of the
'<> NAVAL coast defense reserves who has been
f ~ charge of recruiting In the Liberty Build
'# #sftt at Broad and Chestnut streets and at
y xifty-second and SAMSON streets, was or
Il dered to report for duty to the commander
n ef the destroyer Beafe at the navy yard.
sH' Orders for mobilization of the. Pennsyl-
Nivania Naval Militia are expected momen-
fsthrily from Washington by Comma nder
,ttrhomas r. Nelson. Jr.. head Of the state
&ogganization, he said this afternoon
INSPECT wATERCRAFT
IN Naval officers today inspected watercraft
3xot Essington, Gloucester, Lewes and other
2Doints along the Delaware River, giving rise
ITO the rumor that the mosquito fleet OF
%the fourth naval district would be ordered
3 out today or tomorrow and would he put
p into commission before many days Yachts,
Hp6werboats and fishing crarr were the Nes-
I sells examined by the naval officers
III Tho ''mosuuito" fleet which Will be under
4 ehe direction of Captain Robert Lee Rus
6oelI comma ndant OF the Philadelphia Navy
&Yard and this district, will be manned by
Emembers of the naval coast defense re-
.tuerve Many boats already have been Of
3fered by yachtsmen and powerboat owners.
'sProminent among whom are Commodore
= ~tyharles Longstreth, of the COrnthian lacht
Club, who has been commissioned as
1ieutenant commander in the naval coast
defense reserve. To Lieutenant Commander
4Isongstreth probably will fall a large share
81 the responsibility connected with the
of the fleet
"A saroo itop wi 20
], oWift craft of from 15 to 100 tons dis
nlacement They will act as patrol res-
>eols, dispatch bearers, mine layers and sub
marino chasers. Heavy cordons of these
craft are to be placed at the entrances
I 70 rivers and harbors in the district.
The naval militiamen to be stationed at
the Philadelphia Navy Yard form Pennsyl-
vAnia's single battalion, three battalons
from Illinois, one from Maryland. two from
Michigan two from New Jersey, two from
New York and two from Ohio The first
and third battaions Of New York and the
flrst and second of Ohio are those slated for
this district. The naval militiamen VIII
form crews for several vessels now out OF
oommission.
4 AT the same time II was expected that
the Philadelphia National Guard units not
yet In Federal service would be ordered out
Immediately.
ss NEWSPAPERS TO AID
The instant the Navy. Department flashes
orders to Commander Nelson the 170 naval
uailitiamen living in Philadelphia Will be
notified by telephone. telegraph and mes
ssnger. The EVENING LEDGER and other
nswspapers will be asked to help mobilize
the men.
! Members of Divisions A and will be
ordered to report at the First Regiment |
Atmory. Twenty-four hours later they will
he ready to report for duty. fully armed
and equipped at the Philadelphia Navy |
n ~; IA nal when H.
ilixatjon orders are received. The two
Philadelphia divisions are manned at war
strength of eighty-five militiamen each.
Erie is headquarters for the other two |
naval militia divisions of the state An
ether division is being formed at Ian
easter. ,4t 1
-Erie's divisions will report on the I. ;. ).
wolverine, their local rendezvous. Thirty
ak hours later according to Commander
Nelson's estimate, they will he at League
Island +-
Philadelpha's division officers are
Division A-Leutenant Thomas w. Rud-
derow. commander; Lieutenant Henry c.
'NcIlvaine Jr. and Ensign Walter NJ Cor
ham. Jr
0cmmander and Ensign Edward o. Burke.
B Lieutenant Albert l.. Byrnes, paymaster.
and Lieutenant Harvey M. Richter, sur
geon are attached to Commander Nelson's |
battalion staff
IL
non G. Kessler Division c, and Lieutenant
Neil r. Wilber. Division d.
TO ENLARGE TRAINING POSTS
4 Enlargement of all naval training sta
tions is to be effected at once, the Navy
announced today. Simultane-
0usly, 1t was learned that nearly 1900 mem
nsrs of the naval militia from several
states would be concentrated at the Phila-
1eiphtA Navy Yard and that the mosquito"
0eet for the Fourth Naval District would be
manned by the Naval Coast Defense Re-
[erve as 'fast these boats can be fur
Htehed with the complements of men
T-Tha. Second Pennsylvania Field Artillery |
.f Philadelphia, and the Sixth Pennsyi-
tania Infantry, with headquarters in this
Iity,, are awaiting the call to follow the
Elrst and Third Infantry, Philadelphia Ma
f)onal Guard units already under Federal
1rders Officers expect the call to come
after the President signs the
19claration of war against Germany.
z Both regiments are ready to assemble
lbr duty. They were among the last of the
guardsmen to return from
Mexican border duty The Sixth, which
vas the last, has but recently finished its
FEDERAL inspection in the muster-out A
battaiion of the Sixth is stationed in Phia-
leIphia. the other companies being scat
DDud In the suburbs and nearby towns
Immediate plans are being made today
|or the organization of the army of 12O0. 900
nen. 1t is proposed TO call "shirkers" TO