Show U A 0 P 19 BEING president taking steps to place the nation on a war footing Vat national lonal guard called back into federal service and navy to be re crusted without delay to war strength tou president willoa on asarch 26 25 too took k stops steps to place pince the na tion lion on a war noting footing w dy by executive order he directed that the iho navy be 10 recruited without polity delay to full authorized war strength of enlisted men taken in connection with emor emergency gency naval construction already or ordered derel this means that the president has haa exercised the full limit of hla his full legal powers as commander in chief to pr olare tho the navy for war for tho the army tile tho president directed that two new military departments depart menta be crea treated teKI in tho the atlantic coast region the order means that tho the task of organizing gan izing whatever abate er army congress may authorize will DO 0 divided among six departmental comman commandeer com mandere derr instead at 0 four ln in the interests ts of speed and efficiency fici ency in mobilization tho the third step was vas to assume as a rational national duty the task of protecting american industries from domestic disorders in the event oro or hostilities for flor this purpose eleven full infantry regiments two separate batt battal allona loni and one separate company of the national guard wera called back into the federal service to act as national police in important districts supplementing these troops a regiment of pennsylvania guard and two companies ol of gla infantry en route homo home from the border for muster out were ordered retained in the federal service tho the presidents denVa orders vere madi in terse official statements Is sued by both departments no exola nation accompanied them except the statement that reorganization of the ralli military tary departments department effective may 1 was designed to facilitate decent decentralization rall of command |