Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
WAR ORDERS ARE
EXECUTED HERE
National Guard Resumes Re.
cruiting and Many Men
Join the Navy.
GUARD STRATEGIC PLACES

War conditions were reflected To-
cally yesterday. Recruiting for the Ma
tional Guard was resumed at noon
under orders from headquarters
Steps were taken to commander all
wireless stations in this district. Ap-
plications to join the army and navy
showed marked increases since the
war proclamation was ISSUED Friday.
| National Guard recruiting for the
| Omaha battalion has been ordered
to resume until each If the four Inc
companies has complement oil lOG
men, Colonel Baehr says. As tee
companies now average over sixty
men each about $50 ave guard re-
cruits are needed now, Ulcers say
Company B. now above the newly
authorized peace strength OF 100 min,
will have some OF its men trans
ferred to smaller companies. Orisi.
nal recruiting 'orders for the gLa ID
we're for war strength 81 $50 men
per company, so the new orders for
limit Of 100 men per company are
taken to indicate that l.,c guard vii
be kept on as an efficient footing as
possible by keeping down the mum
Der of green men.
The unofficial conclusion from the
order is that the guard IS soon going
to see active service and will take h.
field long before the proposed :iti-
zen soldiery, still being considered by
congress.
While recruiting was resumed at
the Sixteenth and Farnam station,
practically all available guardsmen
were posted on important guard duty,
as the result of the condition OF actual
war. Guarding of strategic commune
cation and transportation points was
supplemented with extra protection to
stores of supplies and similar war
goods in transit.
Cripple Wireless.
Following general orders for the
navy to commander all wireless
plants, and put out Of commission
those which are not needed for Of
fetal communication, Lieutenant Wad-
dell of the local navy recruiting sta
|.tion began a canvass Of the wireless
stations in this district. There are
considerable number of these, most
" OF the small amateur type.
Leonard w. Trestcr Of Lincoln,
secretary Of the Nebraska Naval
Training association, came to Omaha
to secure more wireless operators and
conferred with Lieutenant Waddell.
Five men were enlisted out of q
rush of thirty-four applicants for the
navy, mostly in the afternoon and
evening Friday. Seven more were
enlisted Saturday up to noon.
Army recruiting brought in total
OF fourteen certain enlistments and
four more probable ones Saturday
| morning Sixty men had previously
been enlisted in the Omaha district
during the week. Des Moincs fur
nished more Of these than any other
substation.
Marine corps recruiting is being
pushed to the limit by Sergeant Car
penter, who is alone in the work here.
With expected increases to be au-
thorized for the marine corps. its to-
tai complement will be more th,l
double what it was week ago, so
many more Soldiers Of the sea" are
badly needed now.
That war conditions now exist here
was forcibly brought to the atten-
ton Of Night Captain Schaffer of the
Council Bluffs police. when he at
tempted unwittingly to pass the
Guardsmen's line at one Of the
bridges. He was brought up short
with a command to halt, which
was emphasized by loaded rife be-
ing levcled at his head. He promptly
halted and wildly grabbed the air
! above his head.