Show I I I PRIZE FOR YOUNG MEN OF NATIONAL GUARD DUARD j Adjutant General Wedgwood Wants Utah Boys to Come to Front This Year Adjutant dutant General E A Wedgwood of or orthe the National Guard of Utah has an announced announced flounced under the head of General Or 01 Orders Orders ders dens No S 8 a prize of lO to be awarded for excellence at the coming government Inspection Rach Tach year under the pro provisions provisions provisions visions of or the Dick bill hili the National Guards of the various states are Inspected by an officer of the regular guar army arm From Prom the report of the th inspecting officer the appropriation to the state guard is made by b the government The prize which has h l been offered by byone b bone byone I one of the officers rs of the governors staff will nill iII be divided Into three awards award I one of 50 0 30 90 and 20 O respectively respective to be diverted by the successful organization Into the company fund The awards will willlie willbe be lie made on the following basis Strength of organization and attendance each points general appearance efficiency of If movements and manual of arms efficiency of officers condition of individual arms and equipment condi condition conditi Idl tion ti n of armory ordnance and andI quartermaster stores and of company com pan rec roe records records ten points each It is desired by the commander in chief of or the National Guard that time tilE strength of the respective organizations be as fol follows follows follows lows Battery 69 60 signal corps corp 30 90 hos hoe hospital hospital pital corps 29 20 Infantry companies 00 band S S The state guard will participate in the live tl big parade of the tire Grand Army Arm of ot the Republic next August and nd it is de do desired desired sired that hat the organizations begin at once to build up their strength Adjutant General Wedgwood Is of the opinion that the guard can be re recruited to Its full tull strength by August and that the men area will be in shape so as to tomake tomake tomake make a appearance He asks aska that the members of the guard g get t bul busy at once and make a reputation for them themselves II selves elves during the encampment of ot the Ute G C A R It RAt Rt I At t the present pr ent time the ranks of the Infantry companies are arp short of the de desired desired desired I sired strength The battery and the sig Ilg signal nal corps are short a few men from front the desired number but not to the extent of the first regiment At the tire government inspection last year ear earthe the signal corps of or the National Guard of Utah passed the inspection in with An en at attendance attendance of 00 per cent vent and their gen general eral oral average for the inspection was wall a lit little littie tie tle over oer 00 per cent It 11 not only rAnked tho the organization of or the entire Utah guard but was vas high up In the list of signal corps or organizations organizations all over oer the United States |