Show F FLU Fill l the Quota I T IS announced that the Utah national guard needs J. more recruits to complete the quota prescribed I Iby by the ibe war department Upon securing these the Utah will Till attain federal recognition that will vill bring equipment and approximating in value a n million dollars s and expenditures by the government locally for maintenance of the guard of more than OOOO That is briefly the materialistic appeal Tho The government gov gor- has made generous provision pro for equipment and wd maintenance ot an efficient state militia but it naturally naturally nat- nat makes it a condition precedent to lo the outlay that the troops shall number up to requirements Then there is is the patriotic appeal the appeal the love lo of or flag and country which should burn in the breast of every American The guard desires men dependents from 18 to 35 95 years of ago age for two hours one night each week weak And there is the personal benefit appeal The drilling is well calculated to improve the physical condition of the guar guardsman a accustom him to the use of arms teach him needful lessons in self self defense and make him a J. J better man In the old piping times of p peace ce when thc guard was supported almost wholly out of state funds an and poorly equipped at that the tho response to enlistment Was alwa always satisfactory How much l more popular then should it be bc with the additional advantages advantages- supplied by the government gov gov- emment Aside from front every other consideration or al allurement allurement iii- iii it is the duty of e cI every eligible young man in inthe inthe the state to ro interest himself in the national guard Each Jach and every bodied able man mantis mansis is by law a member of or tb this the s state tc militia and may be called out at nt any time if necessity demands But the enrolled militia is voluntary vol- vol and surely there is enough of state pride and patriotic impulse to furnish famish all tho the men inca the guard needs to fill ill its quota |