South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-01
Seven Thousand Additional
State Troops Are Called
Into Federal Service for
Protection Purposes.
U-BOAT COAST PATROL IS
PUT ON OFFICIAL BASIS
National Defense Council
AbandOnS Program of Mo-
Utilization of Industries
for Peace.
Press Service:


WASHINGTON. March 31.-The
governments war preparations de-
velOped important steps today in all
three branches of national defense.
At the war department orders
were issued calling into the federal
service 1000 additional national
guardsmen and il was announced
that detailed plans had been worked
out oy the general staff for raising
any larger army which congress
might authorize.
The navy department established
on an. official basis the coast patrol
of submarine chasers and ordered
Capt. Henry 3. Wilson detached
from his post as commander of the
super dreadnaught Pennsylvania, to
take charge of the coast mosquito
fleet" Bids for more chasers were
oT,ened at the department. during the
day and Sec'y Daniels said ne eX-
pected soon TO have large number
of the boats in commission
Plans for coordination of all de-
Tense resources outside the army
and navy were worked out by the
council of national defense and its
advisory commission. which aban-
doned its previous program of mob
| ilizing the country's industries on a
peace basis and turned its attention
10 more direct preparations for war.
Now Have $4,000.
National guardsmen from five
states and the District of Columbia
F,-fv,
ing up 10 nearly $4,000 the number
who have been summoned for pO-
lice protection to industrial plants
and other strategic points. Those
ordered out today are;
The organizations named in the
orders include:
Oklahoma, first regiment infan-
try: Louisiana. first regiment infan-
/ try: District of Columbia, third reg
iment infantry: Texas, the second,
third and fourth infantry and the
| first separate squadron Of cavalry;
Arkansas, first regiment infantry;
Rhode Island, the second. fftn,
18th and 18th company's of coast
artillery. equipped as infantry.
At the same time the war depart
ment ordered that the first New
Mexico military infantry, which
never has attained the national
guard status required under the
new defense act. be mustered out of
the federal service. No explanation
was made by department officials,
but il was indicated that the regi-
ment probably was dropped from the
federal force in order TO avoid any
/ confusion which might arise be-
/ cause of its unusual status.
While the official explanation was
that the national guardsmen ordered
out today were required FOR police
protection. il was assumed that the
/ Texas organizations probably would
| be used for border protection, re-
ilieving approximately an equal num-
/ Der Of regulars for duty elsewhere
orders for submarine chasers are
! being placed i'm great numbers by
/ the navy department. hut details are
withheld for military reasons. 1t
was stated officially today that with
I the designation of Capt. Wilson to
command the new fleet all arrange
ments for organization of the pa
I troll forces had been completed in
detail. with more than a score OF
/ points along the Atlantic and gulf
| coasts designated as patrol bases and
supply depots
/ More than 50 small boat builders
submitted proposals today for the
: construction of chasers and patrol
boats OF the 10 and 50-foot types.
tSec'y Daniels said the proposals as
sured the department it would be
able 10 get all IL wanted within the
} shortest possible time.