Show L LUND U r D THE PErl loN Has Document om atter Hem Mem bel bers Asking to o Mustered Out GEOGHEGAr TO GRANT IT CRACK ORGANIZATION IS LIKELY TOD IE Fred U Leonard corn com ot or the Battery N G U wl nl today place In or Of Col IL ILL AL L H Lund commandIng of officer of oC the guard the potton petition of eighteen enlisted men Cf of the batt battery r who k to be rus tereci out of the service of the state I It Is expected that Col CoL Lund Jund wi promptly forward te the to toCol toCol Col Joseph Geoghegan eoghegan acting a Ju r tant genera general for tor his acton action While Col Geoghegan declines to announce in ad advance advance vance his attitude toward the ad andy Indeed refuses to discuss te the mat matter matter ter at al all i It is believed he wi will not op te the granting of the petton petition bt but butwill wJ will take ka the position thAt that the Inter Interests ets ests of the gard guar wi will be better sered served by allowing the withdrawal of members C who are with existing con conditions Leonard has nas endorsed the he potton wit with the words R sully forwarded He makes tUly no rec Member Members Cite Roosevelt SIger Signers ot of te the petton petition are not die dis posed to view seriously to rumor rumors the thet t effect that their acton action wi will resul result In I their being dishonorably discharged from rom the service They resent charges that hat their aton action is a violation of their oath of allegiance to the state arguing lug ing tat that they merely seek to be ed from this obligation In support of their position In the mater matter they cie cite precedents set by volunteer I organizations of the army during the I war notably the I famous rund round robin of president Roosevelt ad and his officers protesting against the ot o the war depart I nent when aKed asked to muster out the rough rugh rides riders Petitions ot of this character addressed to the secretary or of war were 80 50 common during as to be almost I te the rule instead ot of the exception Has Fine Record Matiy any citizens regret the preparation or of thE the petton petition because d they fer fear I It may resul result in the elmina I ton tion ot of the bater battery from the mitry military ot of the tate mitry military Is based almost wholly on th the i work or of the Utah batteries in int int t Philippines they point out and tb t lops ot of the First Batery Battery of the naton nation national al gad guard would be especially nat because of the sentimental re regard hold gard battery In which organizations the people of the state |