Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1917 — Mustering Out of the Militiamen Ordered Ended. [ARTICLE]

Mustering Out of the Militiamen Ordered Ended.

Washington, D. C., March 27. —•' Nearly 15,000 men were added today to the national guard force available for federal police duty by a war department order suspending the muster out of all guard organizations still in the federal service. With the men called out during the last few day# this gives the government upwards of guardsmen for employment in their home states'to protect industries and other property. Most of the men affected by today’s order are at their heme mobilization camps preparing to return to civilian life after long stays on the Mexican border. They now will be held at their camps or armories for assignments as conditions require. In all 18,000 men are retained by the order, but several of the units already had been designated for federal service.