Show STATUS OF NATION AL GUARDSMEN aws LOST 4 MILMA MILITIA FORCES OF STATES TO BECOME CITIZENS WHEN DIS CHARGED FROM SERVICE 1 I secretary baker declares if congress De determines to continue national n at guard service hlll have to bo be Reconstructed From round ground up Wasi washington lington if congress congre sg dei determines ermines to ta continue the 06 national guard as the army reserve of the nd nallon tion secretary Baker said sald wednesday the guard service will have goibe reconstructed from the ground up tion of the guard forwar service the war department basfield basli lias held eld on the opinion of brig gen samuel T ancell acting jud judge e advocate gene general ral will wipe out of existence the federalized regiments when the men are discharged they will return to civilian villan life without any lluY obligation elther either to the federal or state governments to continue in ina ua lional guard service mr hauer balcer expressed a belief that the problem of the notional guard is bound up closely N with the question of what congress may go do later in framing legislation to establish a permanent military policy should some system of universal military trai training nini be worked out army officers bleers said it 1 Is probable that the national guard would cease to exist the war depart ment has not as letmade yet made tiny becom menda lonson tile the subject there are ima 10 nai guard units organized since the war warby by big the various states which area are not affected by the war departments ruling in some cases fede federal ral recognition hasteen has been ob talked bained bringing the units under tle the federalization of the act of 1010 the great mass of the tha guard however was merged into tile the temporary forces of the army of the united states for themar th ewar thereby completely losing its identity |