The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-05
TO KEEP THEIR !
STATE NAN||
National Guard Units VIII,
Lose Identity.
WAR DEPARTMENT DEcDp
Troops Drafted Also To H,y. d
Designation In Addition :.
Army Numbers-plar,
Worked Out.

Washington. = The State y,s..
Guardsmen and the State regina.
the national army, to be recruit.
der the selective draft, wifi -
their State identity in the arnv ~
ization when they go I'd France |, !
for democracy, according II -
nouncement Of the War DeD,r,- /
The Marylanders, or for that nj
the troops Of any other State vr1
be swallowed up in the reguI,, u
numerical designation, as h,, n
generally feared by the gua,,,,|
and State militia officers.
Plans for numbering the rss,.l
in the entire army have been ri
out and approved by Secretay dv|
Baker, General Bliss, chief Of \
and Adjutant-General McClss !,
plan provides that the STATE IN.
whether National Guardsmen o
tional army troops, shall have \
designation in parenthesls, 50 d,
will be easy to keep tabs on b,
soldier boys.
Under this plan, the N,r.
Guardsmen will be given a nun.y
the regular army to be iollors
parenthesis by its State design
namely: "Sixty-sixth Infanty h
Maryland)" or "ThirU.ffth Ea
tillery Battery A, Maryland
state designation Of the natlonl
will be known the same way. r,,
1.-TWO Hundred and Fifth lrt-
(Maryland)" or "Sixty.afth FlsR
lery (Maryland)."
Definite Mention Expects
While these designations VI
used in official dispatches 4
pointed out that II will not be Id
fore the news dispatches from Il
will tell OF the exploits or vh
the Fifth Marylanders" or Fix
ginians," just like the British NJ
the Fifth London Lancers"
The decision of the War Dsr1
to allow the troops to retli
state designation follows a strl
test which has been made anit
regular army organization sEilq
completely the guardsmen ii
state troops recruited urss
selective draft.
"The system contemplate "
designation in parentheSis Votii
narily be omitted in orders, tisr
or correspondence" said lt
General McClain in his report
retary Baker, "but would Be
ized when desired for the pu1s
local Identification and 10 ~
traditions and local pride, y
tional Guard organizationi
show in parenthesis Their
state designations. The nation
organizations would show %
thesis the state from vhtA
ganization or the bulk Of
drawn. No parenthesis implA
lar army. An ordlnal NUNS
state abbreviation imply "
Guard. A simple state aoM
implies national army lth
II Is advisable to localize oTs'in
If practicable. The assigns
state designations for nau'n
organizations under the aoON
would be somewhat arbltrap
cases, but, on the whole M
could be worked out quite ~
and with suitable credit 10 @'
Single Series For Each ''
"Tn the interests Of simpllaN
fore, and to avoid many en-
much confusion in admlnlsns
other matters, 1t is believea
sential that a single series ~
be used for each class oil oHD
divisions, brigades, iniiis
ments, engineer regiments '.
no mature thought, and ID '"
uncertainty with respect 'o's
from time to time consu'u"
combinations, or the mos "a
organization. / now oens"
be impracticable to organ"
and brigades permanenty w.
that will enable one 10 u'.~
the regimental number 'neS.a "a
the division and brigade w., IA
regiment belongs, lps .w
should be approximated @S '+s
possible in the initial organ, M
strict adherence to the ~"
be insisted upon. .,a
"This office is OF tne V rd
the formation of provisioll
is a mistake. Our 'aUs. ID
ization provide for diVlSU. ". M
in a specific manner ~
this organization and lU'~ ,1rl,s
at the very last momen' ,,n s
endless and needless cOn,, .s,,s
the transfer of men and Ous .,,I
resultant shifting and chang Y,
ords will be stupendOa',' ','.,ts
bNI be made to ft tactical I.'.I I'ip
On the whole, 1t Is Oe,s ,'s osf
better to continue win .,d a
statutory organization, aIss aps
plan for removing oul @tn
manner that would best l,aa, .,
conditions that may cOD
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