Show t STATUS OF GUARDSMEN LOST MILITIA FORCES OF STATES TO TC I BECOME CITIZENS WHEN DISCHARGED DIS DIS- CHARGED FROM SERVICE Secretary Baker Declares If Congress I I Determines to Continue N National Guard Service Will Have to Be Reconstructed From Ground Up I I If Washington If congress deter determines lne to continue the national guard as the i army my reserve of the time nation Secretary Bak Baker r sa said d Wednesday the time guard servIce service ser vice will have bave to be reconstructed from the tile ground up Federalization of the guard for foi war ar service the war department depart ment has held on the time opinion of Brig Gen Samuel T. T Ancell acting judge advocate general will will wipe out of existence existence ex ex- the time fe federalized regiments When the time men are discharged they will wll ret return rn to civilian life without any obligation either to the federal or state tate governments to continue in national national na na- na guar guard service Mr Baker expressed a belief bellef that th problem of f the national gu guard r is bound up closely with the time question of ot what congress may do later In franx- franx Ing lag legislation to establish a permanent perma perma- nent neat military policy Should some system sy tem of universal military training b be worked out omit crow army officers said sallI it I n r is pr probable that the national guard would o cease to exist The war department department depart depart- ment nent h has s not as yet made any rec recommendations recommendations mme m- m me on the time subject There are many national guard units organized since the time war by the varIous various vari varI- ous l states w which ich ar are not affected by the war departments department's ruling In some cases federal recognition has imas been obtained ob ob- ob bringing the time units under the federalization sections of ot the act of ot WIG 1916 The great mass of the time guard however however however how how- ever was m merged Into the he temporary forces of the time army of the time United States States' for the war thereby completely losing Its identity |