Show UTAH GUARD TO TOBE s 3 BE AT THE TOP General Wedgwood Plans to Greatly Increase Its Efficiency 1 INSPECTION COMES IN MARCH n Adjutant Says Marked Im wm Will be Noticed Wizen hen Annual Event Occurs t E A Wedgwood adjutant general National Guard or of Utah has entered upon constructive plans for tor Increasing g the tho numerical efficiency of the state forces and o upon the ar arrival arrival rival ot of Jan 21 the data when hen the tho i recent passed In Congress known popularly as the tho Dick bill billIs billIs Is effective ho expects to have havo the militia of Utah tip p to a standard that J will compare comparo favorably with the tho best bestIn bestIn i In the other states General Wedgwood for tor some time past has hns been working out plans fur for betterment all along the line lIno consulting with both regular arm army officers and those of experience In the national guard Just what gen gem general eral scheme has been determined upon pe e declines to state at this time but with somo emphasis that When the annual Inspection Is made probably in March of this year Jear the government will find that great Rd ad advances vances have been made In the tho last wear rear General Wedgwood says that the I reports made following the tho Inspection ot of last year ear by Major J M Arrasmith Fifteenth Infantry the Inspector were ve very satisfactory the general efficiency ot of the tho Utah troops being shown as ase asvery very e high There were some weak spots revealed by the inspection and the ro port In this respect General WedS wood believes has hns been a valuable in as to what is most needed in inI acquiring greater efficiency Taking the report as an Index the tho tive plans In great groat measure have been I directed b by It I FIXES RESPONSIBILITY Y General Wedgwood Issued a circular this morning expressing In a general way his plan The Tho placing of t is Indicated in the following It Is toped that the general stand Ing of the guard of this state may be advanced durIng the tho coming year In a marked degree No reason why it should not stand at the head of o the tho list of states so far as 38 organization equipment efficiency and discipline Is Iscon con concerned corned The foundation of excel knee lence In all points Is organization and responsibility not merely In theory but In actual everyday practise Section 34 31 ot of the military laws of the tho state relates to organization and responsibility and Is published for the information of all Sec 34 31 Responsibility of Com Commanding Commanding manding Officers The Tho commanding officer ot of Infantry shall bo be responsible to the tho governor for the tho general em effi emi efficiency i clency ot of National Guard and for I the drill Instruction Inspection small i arms End and artillery practise move movements movements ments operations and care of troops All other commanding officers 1 shall be responsible to their Immediate i commanders for the equipment drill Instruction and efficiency of oC their ro re roI t I I commands f Every commissioned officer and on en f listed man shall bo be responsible t to the H officer under whose Immediate corn com corny I I y mand ho he serves for tor prompt and un unhesitating hesitating obedience military deport I II l ment efficiency and the tho preservation and proper use uso of the property of the tho United States of the state or ot of the organization to which he belongs i may come Into his possession 1 f It wm will he be noted that the ot of commissioned and noncom noncommissioned J officers differ durer only In de degree 1 gree The best results cannot bo be ob Ij tamed unless all noncommissioned or of facers have a thorough understanding of oC and fully perform their duties and r i I unless the men In the ranks fully recognize the standing and responsibility t of oC the noncommissioned officers Tanis Is the tho first step In the lIno ot of r 1 progress A copy of thIs circular wm will bo be post posted ed cd In company quarters and company J commanders will cause causo tJ a same to bo be berend rend read to the men of their command and give all proper instructions In relation thereto I COMP COMPANY ANY A DEFUNCT I C Company A formerly stationed nt at has been declared officially de del delY I I l lY In general orders No 25 A S O 0 Col H M H Lund who was detailed to effect the tho closing up of the affairs of oC a tho sizeable Juab count county cOmmand found quite company fund the exact disposition of which has not been de Among other piano things a tine fine which will probably become tho properly of the state was found The equiPment of the company has been re by the assIstant adjutant eral and Is s gen now at the armory here The order announcing the disbandment ot of the company It seeming no longer advisable to maintain a company ot of infantry of the national guard at Nephi company A First Infantry heretofore stationed at that point will ill be mustered out of oC service The Individual members there thoro of will receive their discharges turning in to Capt Pox Paxton ton or Sergt upon Latimer or other authorized officer or accounting properly for all SUI state te and government property Issued to them The commanding officer of said com pany will cause to be collected all erty for whIch he Is accountable or prop re and will cause the same to be shipped to the assistant adjutant gen eral at Salt Lake CIt City The Tho assistant adjutant general Is charged with the duty of seeing that the foregoing pro visions of this order relating to state and government property Is carried out and will the property of Capt Pexton and all former commanding officers rs of this company compan applying to this office for tor the nu m nt ot of a surveying officer If such ap in n his judgment be Tho rho officers o of said company will be discharged by order upon settle ment ot their Prop property responsibility I The IThe above named officers are aro author to Incur such expense as ma may be reasonably necessary to carry cany Into ef the provisions of this order SCHOOL PIPED Included In tho plans for the tho now new year Js is a scheme of professional tion In military subjects calculated to insure greater efficiency at the fan fall nm ma with the regular army on the Crow Creek forest In Wyoming which will wUl ho bo held next and t to better the tho guardsmen for pos possible possible sible field service Ono One feature of this plan is tho school for officers which convened for the first session slon last Thursday The next session Is scheduled for tor Friday evening of tills this W week k at 8 p m Regular sessions there thereafter thereafter after will be held every Thursday eve evening evening ning The Tho subjects under consideration In this arc an all of oC the h higher gher or der the instruction given being by force ot of limited time available only elementary and fundamental being do signed QS as a foundation for moro more de dc detailed tailed home study from text books pro provided vided by the war department G A Fifteenth infantry tins has been detailed as instructor In map mapmaking making and map reading and last Thursday considered sUbject of symbols scales and the use ISO of the His subject next Friday will be contours At Thursday evenings session about 50 O officer and noncommissioned officers were present and an attend attendance attendance ance oven even larger than this Is expected ed FrIday evening |