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Show THE GUARD. According to all reports coming from Jordan Narrows, where some hundreds of the members and officers of the Utah First light artillery are encamped, en-camped, the training is just about as intensive as it possibly can be on this sido of the ocean, far removed from the battle front in France, where it is supposed the regiment will be sent to complete their training and then take up the work of showering shells upon the Huns. The young men who joined this organization are fortunate indeed in respect to their commanding officers, who not only have the required technical knowl-editi1, knowl-editi1, but have had the necessary experience ex-perience to enable them to do the most efficient work in the formation of a real fighting force, and we believe Vtii will have reason to be proud of the record of both officers and men when to acid test is applied on the firing line. The organization will not be called to the colors until August o. 'and it is said that by the 20th of that mouth the boys will entrain for Linda Vista, in southern California, where they will be still further instructed as to what to do and how to do it. It will not take long to fit them for their coming campaign across the ocean. and if transports are available they will be sent over to join Pershing's army some time this t'al! or early in the winter. win-ter. The men now at the Narrows will not break camp until the Hth of the present month, and as thVy will be called into the federal service a few d ays thereafter their n rmy life ma y be said to have already begun. They will have home cooki ng and sleep in home beds for a couple of weeks and then the3' will be off until the war is over. The Utah battery came back from 41 t he Philippines covered with glory, I and now that it ha.s betn expanded into a full regiment of artillery, with the I same commanders at the head, very j naturally th people, of the stare ex-I ex-I pect the reputation gained across the Pacific ocean to be more than main-; main-; tainer on the other side of the Atlantic, Atlan-tic, for the opportunities presented will he much greater and there will be a 'Iftnnni for the highest qualities of leadership upon the part of the officers of-ficers and for intelligence and bravery upon the part of the men. There will be one more week of training at the Narrows and then the time for parting will be close at hand. While the national na-tional army of 500,000 men is about to be assembled and the regulars are being be-ing drilled to enable them to act well their part in thebloody war drama, let us not forget that the Utah artillery artil-lery regi men t will not lose its identity iden-tity by reason of being sworn into the federal service, but will bring glory and fame to the name of the commonwealth common-wealth wherever it goes. Let us see to it that nothing is lacking so far as ihe personal comfort of these boys is concerned con-cerned if it lies within our power. Wc do not know how long the war will last or what the future has iu store for us in the way of enduring privations pri-vations here at home, but we do know that the state is going to be worthily represented on the firing line and we desire to pat our boys on the back with every mark of approvar while they are yet with us. The national guard is no longer the second line of defense of the United States, but a very large part of the first line, and those who have always violently opposed 4it should change their tune before they talk any more, about war. Heretofore it haB never been possible to maintain a large army in the United States or to secure universal training. Under the circumstances circum-stances the organization of the national nation-al guard was the best thing that could be done. Fling the state flag to the mountain breeze! The guardsmen are ready to be "up and at them." |