Show u. u S. S WAR PLAN I I BEING RUSHED PRESIDENT TAKES STEPS STEPS' TO PLACE THE NATION ON A WAR FOOTING National Guard Called Back ack Into Federal Fed Fed- eral Service and Navy to be ReS Re Re- I S WIthout Delay to toWar War Strength f JW J W Washington President President Wilson on March March 25 to took k steps to pl place ce the thena nation nation na na- tion lion on a war footing By executive order he directed that the navy b too bo recruited without delay to to full authorized War strength of 87 87 enlisted men Taken in connection W with t emergency naval construction already already al aI- al- al ready ordered this means that the pre president has exercised the e full 11 of t his liis full legal powers as a r in-chief in to prepare th the navy for ISo For th the anny army th the tho pr president directed cd that two new military departments be created hi iii the Atlantic coast r region means thai the of br The order means that task or organizing whatever army armi congress may may authorize auth will be divided among mong six departmental commanders instead id oi of f four In the interests of speed and efficiency ef ef- ef In mobilization The third step was to assume as a national duty the the task task task-of bf f protecting American industries from domestic disorders disorder in ip the event or hostilities For this purpose eleven leven full fuU Infantry regiments two separate battalions and one separate company of the national national na na- na guard were called back into the federal service t to act as national police In important districts Supplementing these troops a regiment of Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsylvania vania vanla guard and two companies companies' ol of Georgia Infantry en route home fro from the border for for- muster out were ordered ordered ordered or or- dered retained in the federal service The presidents president's ts t's orders were made known In terse official statements Issued issued Is is- sued by both departments department No explanation explanation nation accompanied them except the statement that reorganization of or the military departments departments effective May 1 o was was' vas vas' designed to facilitate de zat n of at com command I and J |