The Dolores star., 1917-05-25

Washington. = Having proclaimed
June 5th the day on which the 10000
600 men OF the country from 81 to 30
years old will register for the select
i've draft army. President Wilson FRI
day night issued orders for the dis.
patch of the first expeditionary force
to France.
This expedition. which will be sent
to the firing line as soon as possible.
will consist Of one division of regular
army troops-about $4,000 men-and
will be under the command OF Gen.
J. J. Pershing. who led the american
army in pursuit Of villa in Mexico last
year.
The War Department announced
that the National Guard would Ibe
called out for training ON July 18th
and 25th and Aug. 9Th. together with
the intelligence that q regular army
division would be sent to France.
The announcement Of the decision
to place the American flag on the fir
ing line at once was made in the fol-
lowing press bulletin issued by the
War Department:
"The President has directed an ex-
peditionary force Of approximately one
division of regular troops under COM
mand Of Gen. John J. Pershing to pro-
coed to France at as early date as
practicable.
Gen. Pershing will precede the
troops abroad. It il requested that
no details or speculations with regard
to the mobilization Of this command.
dates Of departure, composition or
other items be carried by the press,
other than the official bulletins given
out by the War Department relating
thereto"
Gen. Pershing was a brigadier gen.
eral when he led the forces into Mex
leo in pursuit Of villa.
The Presidents proclamation calling
tor the registration Of the 10000, 900
men In the country from q to 30
years old. inclusive. sets forth the pro-
cedure to be followed by persons sub
ject to the call whether they be resi-
dent in their home localities, temper.
arily absent or i'll. The registration
blanks already have been distributed
to local officials and will be available
five days hence.
In his proclamation the President
dwells upon the necessity in this war
OF Transforming the entire nation into
q combined military and economic
army. ''The men who remain to till
the soil and man the factories" he
says. "are no less . part of the army
that is in France than the men be.
meath the battle flags. It must be SO
with US. 1t is not an army that we
must shape and train for the war; it
is nation"
To achieve this purpose each man
must do not what he pleases, but
what the nation wills he is best fitted
to do. In accordance with this prin-
ciple men best fitted for fighting will
be tolled off to form the selective
army, while others will be assigned to
Industrial and agricultural tasks. The
President also seeks to inspire the ma
tion to new enthusiasm, to make of
registration day spiritual and pat.
riotic holiday. when the duty shall
lie upon every man, whether he is
himself to be registered or not, to see
to 1t that the name Of every male per-
SON ofsdesignated ages is written on
these lists of honor"
The division sent to France will
consist of picked units of the regular
army. All the men will be veterans
of the service. They will go into a
camp near the front in France, where
they will receive intensive training
in the most approved methods Of
trench warfare.