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t Roosevelt Seeks PowerTo Call Four DivisionsOut ‘Soon as Possible’a!xi*'i dsASeven Anti-Aircraft Regiments and Coast Guard Units Also to Re ( ailed to Service; War Department Plans Full Year’s DutyI WASHINGTON, .ful\ 12 (AT) A decision to callabout 50,000 National (tiiardamen to camps as soon as possible for perhaps- a year’s intensive training wasreached Friday by President Roosevelt and his new Secretary of War. Henry R. Stimson.The decision is contingent upon approval by Con-gress which would have to authorize the unprecedented peacetime step. The authoritv will be asked w hen Congress reconvenes after the Democratic national conven-t ion.Stephen Karly. presidential secretary, announced the. ---■ 1 ■ — -| decision and said that four divisions, seven anti-aircraft regl-menU, and an undetermined number of harbor defense regiments would be called,One division. b- said, willmttie from New 1«rk and Mew jrrwi, a second from Tennes. srt and the t aroltnas, a third from New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arizona and Colorado. and the fourth from Oregon. Mashing* ton. .Montana and Idahoip * *' -*'■* ■ lt;■ ■**«■■» -*■ —.....id tn 0,,t some 50,000 National Om- their training is com-(i .lt;»•'!•men uU affect 4 .! New aid, consideration will,1 Mexico National Guard officers!given to the question of ex-and enlisted men in tne liiuh, tencnng p,e training to otherle. Engineers and Battery 1 A of the unju‘ F ' A ( It,., k I onsrrlntlon^ H lt;\ Charlton said here Fridas. i fJ hp frajnin? wi{1 deigned l’,n (';*firItoii iid all but Kl Uj fam,j,ame the Guardsmen of the men affe.ted in the state A|(h m,Kj,,rn vvMpong «nd mill-«*i would be from the 120th The m, v practices and u axprcted also regiment has it* hindquarters,!to fit them for irainiftl til# ' regimental tend and medical de 'thousands of conscripts who willEngineer UnitsInvolved Here\nti Ann ift Regiment'lt; Mav Be ( ailed1 .AS V EGA 4, N M . Jit! I.1 *President Roosevelt a decisionir . . , ,■ , . , be tidied to -ervicf if Congressiment at J.a- ( rucex, totaling ( nalt;K a , ompuUory m,htaryj 12 nfitlt; pin and 125 enlisted men j.4Wrf 'Mh* m:P i bat!,ilmn ff the 120th ; floth tht Arnv and Navy high Engineer* is in Oklahoma {comma nils h#v# endorsed con-W m. i * i scription. Testifying before in#Four New Mem nlr have » ^ ^Grn* ’I if battalion Compan Y. r MaI,.hs,t|, Arnr chief].,« \'m lt;ornpanv Y hi: rr m, , |ff s;) {1 Kn(iv Ul, |t wasI f-,, ('ouipanv 1) m Albiq.tei. , , . 1lt;( ,h„ ni|,0nat defense.n f. .lt;ni Hlt; «d'j . »r tei M-val Th„ ,ir mentioned fey[)... merit and Band at Las k,„| the llth, 3»th, 43th and ' ‘ti » A W’ai Department spokelt;-The 130th Engineers are rched- m#n . ,Ufjt howes or, that their ,«e.I ?lt;« participate in Third Army !|rmon tor training walt; entirelyi: , • .lt; lt;•: • at For1 Pitkin. La . tesn * a * i v. : : A .if l ( apt John on jf Congre?* ipprni rs the plan, id Battery A Ro*\*eH artillery ! *atd. the question of whichunit, v dl also attend the mips to call, will he re-examinedmaneuver?. j m the light of facihtiea availableA1 f hough no deflnit# word wm I at that fiine» ’ -* -Hi il C» i • r r Pin t p,u % Ira hi! litucraft regiment? would he Tarlv could n«t how longiffl in the training program, a training period would he pro-■ ej|* , f| ].ke| y thut ’*•, 1 'led In! . ♦ v a leaf - # I t it t •converted 20fHh j War Departments recoHifncfldl*ji f- A r! d If'* v St1 gone r,11 v OU id On a \ * •*;ri \ ti' p u* them. Each of !h# National Guard di-rr wl1 *; a strength of huh offi*I ^ 3'(r(*v$r''Sf *. gtrljjjf fjt j K * H# du|edito .'f r■ niv*\ wairarit offn orandGrti % ( amp Maximihano Luna j9^r U. Vegss next month, | This rs about 3000 men and 7*officer? under authorized p#ac#strength and officials antifipatedit the dr 1 mns immonod foactive duty would he augmented.(* rtrd officer* under dood ?■ jfof■ ed1 iff‘ would ha tir-• t to fe*■ f ,i| f.-m divis on? to pea* a( «r «s* f*»* 1 »•fr V H:C5 neu
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Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Sat, Jul 13, 1940
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