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Show UTAH GUARD MAY WED CUT Snioot - Cutler - Spry - Anderson Comnwiiiders May Have a Chance to Fight. BEST OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY DROPPED OUT War Cloud in Orient May Give Governor Chance to Sell Blankets. Whllo tho war cloud hangs low In tho Orient, the word conies that In numerous Western States word hns been reclved to hold tho National Na-tional Guards In readiness for duty. Tho department de-partment has alrcuuy nottflod tho Governor of Montana to hold his mllltla In condition to rib-pond to a call at any llmo and It Is probable proba-ble that the little Govomor of Utah will rc-celvo rc-celvo Klmllnr Instructions In Uio near future Make Sorry Showing. And what n woi dcrful showing Utah's Guard would muke at this time among the othor military mili-tary orgunlotzlonH of tho Went! How tho leaders of tho Smoot-Cutler-Cnlllster-Ander-son-Spry aggregation ,nu pnrdonably "point with prlclo" to the ruin tiny have wrought among an organization that was at one time a credit to the Stole. No matter how serious may becomo tho danger dan-ger In Ihi' far East. Joseph F. Smith Is ntlll the polygamous head of tho Mormon church. The Go.nnor of Utah llvos, and tho Statu mllltla Is still able, to musir a connU guard. Think of that, those of you who aro Inclined to tromblo at tho menace of tho yellow yel-low peril. Ha-i It not been taught In many a household that Culler could do no wrong? Of Little Consequence. Of cours It Is of Utile consequence that Adji.-On. GeochtjjBii hns resigned. Ulsgustod by tho method of Utah's Executive. It It of llltlo conKiuonco that nn entire company Is readv to turn In Its equlpmint and return to prlvato life. It Is of little convquenco that tho chief clllecrs ot other organizations have, sent In their resignations, woniy of the strife that lias marked the Culler ml ministration. All this matter not. iSjtler nnd Col. Lund still live. Suppofe lhal urgont deirand for mustering Into service Utah's Guard rrullj existed, would not the result b a pectable for gods and mfn to nmllo at ' No BrlRodlcr-Gcneral. the ofn-clunt ofn-clunt Sam Park having resigned when hU nnnhood could no longer withstand ih".- snubs to whKh ho woa subjected by tho Governor's puppets. No Adjutant-General. Oeoghegnn having worked hard for months without encour-ngoment encour-ngoment or assistance, anally giving up In despair. There Is Lund. Llcuteiinnl-Colonel and Acting Adjutant-General. Tliero are tho Captains and i-.leu;enunts, most of thorn vounir men anxious to do tholr duty, but without military mil-itary training In actunl service and further SiandlcapiK-d by lack of a commander whom they respect Would Bo Inspiring Scene. .Should It chanca that toniorr w or the next day the National Guard o( Utah should bo ordered nut for service, what an Inspiring sccno would be presented. Easy Is It to Imagine Gov. Cutler, clothed In eye glas-res and u little brief authority, thus addressing the members ot tho Guard. "Gentlemen. HI congratulate, you. but remember, whllo your blood flows hln diifen& of your country thut my blankets are the best blankets for the money." And then Col Lund' "I tank yu bane gudo fellars. but I ikal not murcb In front. I will talk with you after tho battle." Gov. Cutler has not yet recolved orders to hold tho National Guard In reaTnnwt for service ser-vice In tho Enst. Tho lxnl knows what ho would do If that should huppon. |