New Britain herald., 1917-05-19
May Be in Europ
 Trenches When II Army is Called
 Colors For Traild ]
WORK MAY BE FOR COL. Roo -

My Be Given F0at AleAo
 unteer Expeditionaxy E0scs <!
 Acceptable to Presldent
 Pershing to Commsnd U. A
 Experienced Marines to Qs.x
 Washington. May 1s. sJuitsd g. regular troops. led by Ma5or A1 Pershing. will carry the staes Stripes to the European .batfll
 Under orders from Presld sa&jS son, a division of approx4p1S} } 900 troops will 90 to Fra26e 3I Y as possible to co-operate with and French forces. ss . President Wilson will not TIT authorization given in tho N9r bill signed by him last nio3t tx Col. Roosevelt to raise ' yE expeditionary force for
 France. In m announcannS6& effect the president said tlia
 tion was based upon expefe
 advice from both sides Of tA48
 Machinery for enrolling an4 ten million mon and pavtne XII for the selection of the 4r1t TT men under the, new war arnisg based on the presidents s proclAe was set In motion by the wax
 ment today. Tho proclaMa4in1 upon all men between tho AayGs ard 30 inclusive to resistor TIT itary service on June s. sa5
 The drafted army. will nQf IT tc the colors until about 0entS but by that time the ro9tlixF are expected to be In actt8 8S the Gefmahs. x |.
 PeEllllpe to FsSus: \: i h. Gene1al Pershing and lsfs
 go to Europe ahsad of m t9ssX] as early 2 date as possible. been h4fp for sot1Ie dGyu m
 ence Wtkh var departnspt and BrltiSh iftary .oChcers Gensfal RsrshinE today antol ally was relieved Of his oosS fi y the southern department by flie iGent's orders designating hIui ft F nland the troops to be cent s m He is a veteran of the sslpefiivt.y ican war and led the KhaNstcah ah r il the expedition into Mexico in pursuit of Villa and iiis IF outlaws.
 President Wilson 4xpressetls
 that the he could not empl6S
 teers nor avail himself ofa stal vigor and enthusiasm" ofls
 Roosevelt, for the expediti0i
 do SC" he explained. .swouJd
 interfere with the carryfnw oux chief and most immediately impcI purpose contemplated by tn IVY Stion. the prompt creation ah6 use of an effective army. and contribute practically nothing effective strength of the arnSi,S engaged against Germany.r ssS(
 Officials declined today to. cor on the possibility that way be found for using Colonel Rone1d services in. another way. Ther0 Ss| talk to this effect in army c3a however. ssssss \ 1sas
 Marines to Go dD Maroiii r Y. 3
 A regiment of Inarines. ooin ed by Colonel GharlAs X. sI30naS composed of veferAns of actavS F. ice, in Hayti. ASAtos sDcunin n Gr s! Cuba, will accosiapany t1i1 army E 2 vision to be sent to Franc1 uI, Major General PershinK. NJ
 Secretary Daniels in makiMg the nouncement today. said the ma resiment would have a strength 2,6O0 men. It will be armed, Aa11 ped and organized in the sasna VT the army regiments of the PerS expedftionary force. Marina e1 which will compose the .raaitnoll be brought home from fhe tSl immediately. 4sl KIT x
 Colonel Doyan, now cor.iiSan Y,sa Y Washington harraelka in tl,tn x ia5 x Daniels pointed ont ' 4hat. jSeI < yyl member ofsthe nlsEine Ii1j; iSIl sent who Is not V seaso40i V9 of several active caInpaienn. i, Major General John J pers who is to lead sAmerica,s flsst unit against the Germans hsa t1s7l lighter Of Indians, Filipfnoes K Mexicans. A year ago In March, tI a brisadier-general, he coznman the column which went Into Me1 in search of Villa and held his many months against menacing mc ments of Mexican troops. He ser in Cuba In 1893 and later led . cessful operations against the Mo in the Philippines. Earlier in rniiitaFy career he had fought Apache and Sour ndians In the ";
 Qederal Pershine. who is nerfyI years old. is ; native Of Missouri. 1 war depastaent's> bureAuay inn affairs sAAS organized hX 0& Petshtng soon after the s6pGnial and tor T time lte Nas Its cllaef. ing the Russp-Iapanese war ho as military axtarhs 1t Tolio a with Kuroki's army tn Maac