Arizona republican., 1917-06-30
NATIONAL GUARD TO GO AT ONCE
 INTO TRAINING
Republican A. p. Leased wirel


 WASHINGTON. June 2g.-Reports from Major General Pershing on the landing of American troops in France still were lacking tonight, and the personal accounts of newspaper cor respondents of the scenes at the French port again were held up to wait on the official information and army officials maintained complete silence as to the expedition.
 Marine corps officers were eager to learn whether the regiment of sea soldiers under Colonel Doyen, which formed part of the initial force. was first to land. The marines generally are proud of their record of being first in the field and are hopeful that it has been sustained in the first dispatch of American forces to fight in the old world.
 Preparation of the great forces that are to support those already dis patched are moving steadily ahead, both in the army and navy. An nouncement today that when the na- tional guard is drafted into federal service and mobiliZed it will be sent , at once to the divisional training i camp sites in the southeastern, south ern and western department, was another step on the road. It will eliminate some delay in making ready l the state troops for the front. There has been much speculation, but no authoritative announcement as to the use to be made of the na- tional guard. The existing units and those new ones that are ready for federal inspection and recognition, comprise the skeleton of sixteen in fantry divisions. Under present dis tributiOn by states, however, there would not be more than four or five divisions complete enough to deserve 1 that name.
 1 It seems likely that redistribution and consolidation of the force must be undertaken soon after they pass into the federal service under the draft clause of the national defense act. Probably twelve or more com plete infantry divisions then could be organized
 l At full war strength the existing regiments would represent d total force of probably 350,O00 men Of that number, al least one-t third are fairly well seasoned troops. who al ready have had six or eight months l of intensive instruction and active i service on the border.
 Additional training for numerous guard artillery units soon will be in l progress dlSb at lIle NdIIOuS OlllCelS training camps. At least battalion { of field artillery has been ordered to each camp in order that the artillery officer candidates for the national army may have the means of learn ing the things they must later teach the new forces.
 The greatest problem that faces the war department is to find supplies for the steadily increasing host of national guardsmen which moves tC it's mobilization camps some time ir July or August.
 1 State officials have been notified that it is impossible to fill requs- tions for new equipment that have been pouring in. The first force tc be made ready must be the regular army, expanded to 300,000. The of ficers' training camps, where 50,OOC men are under arms, also have ab- sorbed an enormous quality of re- serve equipment.
 The government, it was learned to- day, already is taking steps to look after the comfort of the troops 1T France in addition to its regular mill.