Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-10
OTTAWA MEN HAVE IS
DAYS TO CLOSE UP
PRIVATE AFFAIRS
DRAF ED|NT0U.S.A
PRESIDENT ISSUES PROCLAMA-
TiON PUTTING ALL GUARD IN
TO FEDERAL ARMY-ARMORY
WILL BE BUSY PLACE UNTIL
SOLDIERS DEPART.

SOLDIERS DEPART.
The call to the colors has been Is
sued.
Wednesday. July 25, members o
Company c., Ottawa's s organized fight
Ing force, VIII pass out of private iii,
into the service of their country.
Orders issued out of WASHINGTON
yesterday, affixed to which was tn,
presidents signature, give the loca
national guardsmen tiften more days
in which to settle up their business
and private affairs and get ready t.
rally to the colors. IN that time there
will he general hurry and hustle
among the fighting men of Ottawa
The armory will be the scene OF
great activity and ihruout the busi
ness district sthere will be rushed
preparations for the farewell party
to be rendered the departing infant
rymen
Captain Woodward and his officers
will continue their drive for recruits
so that the command will be at fun
war strength with 100 per cent. physi-
cally efficient men when final orders
to entrain for somewhere in Texas"
are received
About thirty more men are needed
to bring the company up to the 1870
mark fixed by the war department
The physical tests are now being
closed up and the wedding out pro.
cess has proven costly to the ranks
In a hope Of having had all his men
put thru the same examinations given
BY federal medics Captain Woodward
Is sacrificing some of his recruits.
When he arrives at the concentra-
tion camp, however, he will be assur-
ed that the elimnations will drop to
the very lowest figure possible, and
his company will remain almost in.
tact from the time it leaves Ottawa
until 1t reaches Europe
10 Termed a Draft"
The orders issued hy the president
fixes the call as draft of the ma
tional guard. All the men will be
drafted into federal service. the re-
tanning their original identity and
rank as before going into the United
Ststes army. There will be no chang.
es in the commanding officers nor in
the non-commissioDed officers The
names will be retained, Company CI
will continue to be known as Company
Sd Infantry, l. n. g., while fighting in
the trenches Of France.
The presidents proclamation fol
lows:
Whereas, the United States of Am.
erica and the imperial German gov
are now at war, and having
in view the consequent danger of az
gression by foreign enemy upon The
territory of the United States and the
necessity for proper protection against
possible interference with the execll
ton of the laws of the union by the
agents OF the enemy. | Woodrow VIII |
son. president of the United States,
BY virtue of the authority vested in
me by the constitution and the laws
)f the United States and thru the gov
arnors of the respective states. call
INTO the service of the United States
as of and from the dates hereinafter
respectively indicated all members of
he national guard and all enlisted
members Of the national guard re
serve OF the following states who are
not now IN the service of the United
states, except members of staff corps /
md departments not included In the
personnel Of tactical organizations and
sxcept such officers Of the national
guard as have heen or may be speci.
ically notified by my authority that
hey VIII not be affected by this call, |
o-wit.
"On July 10, 1917, New York, Penn
'ylyania, Ohio, West Virginia, Michi.
gan, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Ne.
)raska.
"On July 25, 1917, Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jer-
'ey, Delaware, Maryland, District OF
Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina,
south Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois,
Wyoming, Idaho, Washing
on and Oregon.
The members of the national guard
u the various states affected by this
AL will be concentrated at such
'laces az may be designated by The
var department.
III. And under the authority con.
erred upon me by clause second of