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Show MORE NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ft TO Jf COLORS Number of State Troops Called Out to Police Industrial In-dustrial and Other Strategic Points. .WASH IXIJTOX, March CIS. The number rif national fMi.-irdsmcn called iii t r j tho federal service for policing in-duhtrial in-duhtrial nn.l other strategic points was l.rouglit up to 50,0111) mi. lor orders is-biicfl is-biicfl today. At tho sumo time tho regular First regiment of engineers, scntlcred along tho Mexican border, was ordered back to its barracks at tho capital, the navy took additional measures to hasten construction and equipment of lighting ships, and both the war and i:avy departments announced an-nounced further provisions to facilitate facili-tate recruiting. I'll o national guard regiments orderod out today "for police purposes of protection, pro-tection, " aro the First West Virginia infantry; the Seventy-fourth New York infantry; the Second Connecticut Connecti-cut infantry and the Second New Jersey Jer-sey infantry. Because of a misunderstanding misunder-standing as to the number of troops affected af-fected by the order issued yesterday stopping demobilization of the guardsmen guards-men returning from border duty, the war department also directed that all organizations which have been mustered mus-tered out of the federal service, but have not left the stato camps for homo, be brought back under arms. Itegiments Called Back. The First Mississippi infantry and ambulance company No. 1, Alabama, nre affected by this provision. A supplemental sup-plemental order is expected to recall the First Kentucky infantry, a part of which was mustered out some weeks ago. The regiment itself has been retained re-tained in the federal service and to complete its .. organization the missing units mav be brought back. It. is not improbablo that similar supplemental orders may be necessary to other organizations partially demobilized. demob-ilized. The war department orders aro I based on latest official reports regard-jug regard-jug the progress of demobilization, but in"some cases officials here have not been adised up to date. In the order for return of the First regiment of engineers, company F at Foit Sam Houston ,is excepted. The movement was announced without comment com-ment as to its. purpose by the war department. de-partment. Naval Bids Opened. At the navy department bids were opened during the day for a large quantitv of ordnance supplies, and See-retarv See-retarv Daniels announced that additional addition-al bids would be opened Saturday for submarine chasers. 11c expects to order or-der a large number of these small craft as soon as all shipbuilding concerns have given the department information as to their building capacities. The New York Shipbuilding company, the secretary also said, lias been requested request-ed to 8peeu up construction of the su-liei'dreadnouKbt su-liei'dreadnouKbt Idabo. wliich was to be ready for launching by October, but a postponement lias been necessary. Builders Build-ers of the battleships Maryland, Colorado. AVesl Virginia and Washington also bave been requested to expedite construction work and to induce more rapid work a special bonus has been suggested by the department. Physicians Being Enrolled. Both tbe war and navy departments aro enrolling physicians t'roni civil life in order or-der to expedite recruiting. Xeither department de-partment intends to permit any delay in examining applicants or other preliminary proi-edure which might be caused by Inadequate In-adequate machinery during the rush of recruits now- developing. Poring the day Secretaries Lansing. F.aker and Panlels conferred regarding tbe army and navy preparations. Tonight To-night Mr. Pciniels left for Annapolis to preside at the gradua t ion exercises there tomorrow of the thst class of midshipmen mid-shipmen ordered into active service three months ahead of its regular June gradu-alion. gradu-alion. The second class, which will lie called Into service in September, prob-ablv prob-ablv will be kept nl the academy tills summer for intensive training, instead of taking the annual cruise. |
