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Show jBjlicr oMVar Department to Kfonnect Guard and Regular SB Organization. IfcfiRAI; WEDGWOOD SAYS V OUTLOOK IS ENCOURAGING EjQlant Believes Important Ejll Now Before Congress ilK Will Be Successful. ijnt General E. A. Wedgwood Wh? Utah National Guard returned jg Month's trip in the cast Mon-fnorSp. Mon-fnorSp. General JVedRwood was 5B business trip and waited iSow jK Boston, "Washington and Ghi-JRL Ghi-JRL While at the capital General IKLood ascertained that it is the i!fiK 0f the war department to nmke mm Rational guards of the various '.SH auxiliary organizations to the rfBwfe'nTinost an impossibility to se-mK-anv details from any of the do-aKneBtsr" do-aKneBtsr" said General Wedgwood, aKId especially the army and navy dc-snnts. dc-snnts. as only the general routine SVKk is being conducted, and it trill be SUK; time before any of the real points iflBiaiKussed h' t,ic nie" in cnare of jjKqbd several talks with some S'f 1KB) lesd officers, who are in direct IlKrcenf the militia rfffairs of the na Bc, among tliem General Weaver, WKiloi division: Captain Kerch,, chief BKdirfeio" ot" infantry al'fairs: Caj)-flSK Caj)-flSK Shawl, chief of division of artil-SU artil-SU and Captain Potrief, chief of di-mHoi di-mHoi of cavalry, My talks wero not-H?Diliti;i not-H?Diliti;i lines, but I concluded that MFnJ3ority of the state militias were SKuellcnt condition." Encouraging for Militia Bill. raMw11 a3e concerning the militia MB which is before congress at the sfflKfrti tunc, General Wodgvood said, Kas an absolute impossibility to tt tho conditions or standing of bill before tho members of con-b, con-b, as they were at that time deeply ihii in night sessions and quests ques-ts of grave importance, such as the iwfje treaty, tho reciprocity with lids, the Lorimer question and the kierial popular vote affair. The 'however, is a good one and will tj benefit the militia organizu- !J at large 'The Utah guard," continued Gen-nVedgwood, Gen-nVedgwood, "is in good condition l.has been greatly benefited by its frienco at tho maneuvers held "with ttpilar soldiers at, Camp E. S. Otis Wyoming last year. Referring to nfle practice this year, I did not ifr information at vfashington, but u certain that the government will jb the work more vigorously thay if. Tho Utah guard team made a improvement last year and special tttipn will be given tho oxperts vear, as the team will be compelled oot in one class higher. The work trill Legm as soon as tho weather utions change for the better. 1 do mpr whether, or not tho practice Mis carried on the guard range at grille or at Fort Douglas. Tor Larger Army, turning to the army question," , General Wedgwood, ""there is a !. jo enlarge tho army, and the R plausible way of doing this is to the national guards on the same we in military efficiency as the m standing army. Tho German pre forces all its men io take a' pe-in military drilling and in that Mractn-ally all of tho men are ?Kd soldiers. In the United States k utional guard is tho only organiza- -u'ivc,s ,hc nien at ,arE a ( ?Wfie. TCar department has secured .ptioii which has enabled regular $Mt ml.ccr?il0 hcl'' ou1'111 the guard ' 'IK i.i 1 eri nf tlie department is "'alBr- tllc K"ar1 members so trained -flRi? iCas-, oi: war wIien troops are laEr .?s"es t!'e regular army, the rmr -r ,ht l'nd with trained WjMLj takes 6IX mouths to get men rWK; i!rol,or,v :iml in !,n emergency Sii 6,"1L h,,lc h;ivo l lT?V&- lic war department, is Wfi 1?lc,rostcl i" tho natioual KW anO the result, will be that the ?un-l1 will be of growing im-n im-n all thb states. |
