Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1917 — GUARDSMEN CALLED MAY 20 [ARTICLE]

GUARDSMEN CALLED MAY 20

Washington, D. C., May 5-En-listed men of the national guard who are to attend officers’ training camps will not be ordered to camp before May 20. Delay in designating men has caused the postponement which permits regimental commanders to make better selections in picking out twenty-five enlisted guardsmen who will be sent from eaeh regiment. The camps will not be open to officers of the national guard, as the secretary of war has ruled they are needed with their regiments. This does not apply, however, to such national guard officers«as may be assigned as instructors. The war department urges that the most capable, non-commissioned officers of thC guars be among those selected to attend the camps.