Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1917 — Indiana Soldiers Rest On Arms Awaiting Orders. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Soldiers Rest On Arms Awaiting Orders.

Indianapolis, March 27. —(Companies of .the Second Indiana infantry are resting on their arms tonight in the armories of their various home stations while sealed oaders as to the disposition of the troops, called to the colors in an order issued by the secretary of war yesterday, were awaited by Adjutant General Harry B. Smith. The orders were expected to arrive within a few hours. Newspapers are exercising voluntary censorship as to troop movements and no announcement of the disposition of the Indiana soldiers will be made until the various units have arrived at their destinations. ’ ■ It is believed that the immediate service to be perforthed by the Hoosier guardsmen will be general police and guard duty within the borders or the state, 4heugh-»»ab wrnore will be sent remains a secret. The war department disclosed for publication only the fact that the state troops now (being mobilized will be used to guard government property, munition plants, railroad - terminals and bridges and other properties, vulnerable to attack by hostile organizations and unloyal persons within the United States.