Show I THE fUr NATIONAL GUARD The meeting of the officers last Sun Sunday Sunday Sunday day pursuant to circular No 1 bri brigade brigade brigade gade headquarters was very well ell at attended attended attended tended nearly every local organization being represented Matters of importance importance tance lance to the guard were discussed in ina in ina a general way when a with Instructions to go more Into de detail detail detail tail was appointed by General Can Cannon Cannon I non This committee held two long sessions during the past week and while much of ot Importance was given gln gh n consideration it Is understood od that very few recommendations will wIlI be pro proposed pr proposed posed The officers will wUi meet again at the armory today at 1230 p m Things w were re doing at the armory last Wednesday evening This night is ls set aside for the troop and according accordingly I Ily ly about thirty members of the or organization i reported for fO r the customary drill which usually commences es at 8 However after a long wait watt 1 no officers materialized and the ire of the haughty troopers commenced comm to torise torise torise I rise The organization went Into int a hasty caucus and after some delibera deliberation deliberation tion Uon men were chosen who the ill tJi troop troopers I ers era wished were their officers Ser Sergeant Sergeant geant E V Smith did the Mark Merk M rk An Anthony Anthony Anthony thony act and successfully landed the captaincy while It Is understood two experienced men used the grapplers ID pa pathe the lesser Jesser positions of ot lieutenants Ser Sergeant Sergeant geant Smith who was suggested as captain is undoubtedly a good man manthe manthe manthe the only argument against him being his youth Indoor baseball continues to be the reigning sport of the armory every organization putting In itt a few fe minutes practice after atter each drill ddll The report in la last t Mondays Herald of or the intended rendezvous at a Fort Douglas next fall of all the western tn troops has been the main topic of con conversation in guard circles during the past Dast week f The band concert conc this evening will Wil willbe Wilbe be in honor of th the signal l corps corps and that organization will attend in Ia a body Another bowling team has been or organized organIzed in the signal Ignal corps and will wUl soon Boon argue the question of superiority with the team headed by S Sergeant Smear Sm r rA A committee Lie new iw J uni uniform uniform Uniform form question as affecting the na guard was appointed last Sunday at af atthe the officers me The part which will wilI be given ghen particular ar attention is just jest how ho much of the new regulation equipment the officers are to provide themselves with there being about three uniforms under the new provi provisions provisions that would be practically aUy useless to a guardsman The hospital corps is organizing g a band It is stated on good authority however h that this organization will W not pot strive to deprive the First Regi Regiment meat ment band of any of its laurels The uniforms have already been obtained i and it might truthfully be stated that the efforts of the corps If It on a s life lifesaving lifesaving I saving expedition would be of little value while bile clothed in such regalia I IThe The action of troop A last Wednesday Wednes Wednesday day evening will probably be passed over with but slight notice An elec election election election tion will very probably be held next Wednesday to tl fill an impending va vacancy vacancy a J cancy In the second lieutenancy and Sergeant E V Smith the erstwhile captain will doubtless be placed in the I i position 1 |