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Show MILITIA IN SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES ARE MOBILIZING ATLANTA, Ga., June 1 f. Active preparations prep-arations for national guard mobilisation were under vay in the sout li Atlantic stutes today hi response to the president's eali. Florida's national guard was expected by its officers to be ready within a day or two. .South Carolina and Georgia were cx-pected cx-pected to be mobilized and in readiness within several days. Military enthusiasm was at a high pitch among militiamen of those thrue states. Georgia's military on its present foot-ine; foot-ine; was expected to mobilize approximately approxi-mately S000 men at Macon, the . South Carolina militia 26."S at a camp near Columbia and the Florida guard about 2000 nt a camp in Duval county. Louisiana national guardsmen were assembling as-sembling in their armories today, awaiting await-ing orders to start for Camp Stafford, Alexandria, where the stafe adjutant general gen-eral says the men will be assembled by Tuesday night. Two months' hard training train-ing is estimated as necessary to fit the men' for actual field service, according to Adjutant General Me'Crory. North Carolina guardsmen were or- 1 dered to be on duty at their home stations by noon today, preparatory tn entraining entrain-ing for Camp Glenn at Morehead City. Tennessee's troops begun mobilizing today to-day at Nashville. Mississippi's militiamen, AdjjHnnt Genera! Gen-era! Scales said today, can be mobilized at Jackson by Tuesday. Virginia's quota of troops will be assembled as-sembled in a few days at the state fair grounds at Richmond. Alabama's national gunrd, 21)00 strong, will mobilize at the fair grounds at Montgomery Mont-gomery within the next twenty-six hours. South Carolina militia -Officers said today to-day i t would ta Ice at lea si t hive days to mobilize their troops at Styx camp, nea r Columbia. Kentucky's national guardsmen today began assembling at armories in preparation prepara-tion for mobilization. Their paper strength is L'WO officers and men. with about 2'2'0 effectives. Recruited Re-cruited to its full strength, its personnel person-nel would be increased to 5400. 1 |