Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1917 — STATES GET DATES OF CALLS [ARTICLE]

STATES GET DATES OF CALLS

PRESIDENT TAKES LAST STEP TO FEDERALIZE GUARDS OF THE COUNTRY. The last step necessary to make the national guard available for duty in France was taken Monday by President Wilson with the issue of the proclamation drafting the troops into the army of the United States on August sth. To make certain that the purpose of the national defense act is carried out, the proclamation also specifically declares the men drafted to be discharged from the old militia status on that date. In that way the constitutional restraint upon use of militia outside the country is avoided and the way paved for sending the regiments to the European front. Prior to the application of the draft regiments in the northern and eastern section of the country are called into the federal service as national guardsmen, in two increments, to be mobilized on July 15 and 25. Many units are already federalized and presumably they will be mobilized on July 15 and 25. Many units are already federalized and presumably they will be mobilized with the other troops from their states. The guard from the other states will be mobilized for movement of the regiments south to their concentrations without congestion and to the same end the division of states into these increments was revised from the original schedule. The operation date of the draft was delayed until August 5, so that all regiments can be taken into the army simultaneously. The troops from the following states have been ordered to mobilize on the following dates: On July 15, 1917, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.

On July 25, 1917, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, Illinois, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon. On the sth day of August, 1917, all members of the National Guard and all enlisted members of the national guard reserve of the following states, except staff corps and departments not included in the personnel of tactical organizations and except such other officers of the national guard as have been or may be specially notified by the president’s authority that they will not be drafted, will be drafted into the military service of the United States: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and California.