| Show I I I I I I I FORT F 0 T DOUGH DOUGL D 0 U G l j TO STAY SE GENE GENERA 1 WEDGWOOD t DECLARES J 1 Head Hea of Utah Militia R B Rf f turns From Washington Conferences j. j I Fort Douglas will 1 not b be he enl enlarged rg t to br brigade aro post pot at nt present nor will wi It it c ei eibo be bo abandoned abandoned according to 4 Gen Gc A. A A Wedgwood of tho the national guard gar Utah General Wedgwood has hl Just turned from tm toni Washington D. D C. C Wl While in iii Washington my time Ume T a v mostly moUy devoted to military matters matter though I gave save some Mme attention to I t Green river irrigation known I as iS Utah ser segregation No 1 Ii 11 General Wedgwood VW o said to a live tivo of oC TIlE THE TIl n LI UHl tou today Meetings of oC three bodies represent different factors of or military service w scheduled to he be held rit ut about abut the ea fa time Ume tho the Adjutants Generals General's the national militia mitia board and tho the t tonal Rifle Q association Many Jan matters maters Interest were taken up b by lh tb bodies and recommendations made mado or lion Uon taken One of Important Posts My 1 Ii personal opinion IB is that I I F Douglas considered l from a pure standpoint Is tI one of ot the two most I 1 POUant posts post In the United States a 3 I 1 heard nothing in Washington that teed tet ed cd to change my view in III t I J. on the tho contrary 1 I believe e that thai Its m 18 lar tary tury worth is 18 recognized b by the war 1 to such an al extent that thai t Cue question ton of or Us Its is abandonment ha ue ne- been seriously considered The Tue Tie question of r the enlargement posts at nt any point pOin docs does not nol app appear r be A matter mater of or present pO possibility ct C corn cern or Importance I From publication rac facts acts month made b by the war n department ton I it seems that tha t 1 for n arms and ammunition is of or greater n der f et cern than Iho thio tie concentration of oC troops particular training points In lit garrison garlEn for foi tact The question U Uon of the tho extent to wh an any an post in the iho United States will sarr garrisoned In tn the tho Immediate future wi 1 h question which apparently depends ii ur or da day b by da day events and and the question the nC necessary movement of troop troops ui ur the border and theIr retention in in han can can of oC conc I 1 believe the sole folo consideration c bele prom Ing Inh action of or the tho war department In Ingard gard to location of or posts the thc thereof the iho thereof j l the concentration of or troops tops at differ dUCer points point from time to time lime Is military I l and necessity Hy and I am of or t opinion that tho the military value Off f. f 1 Douglas ha has been fully placed before iwar l i war department nt b by our representatives and that the fully s n el Ut tho same came Many Matters Matter Up Many rany maters matters were Cre taken up b by t national militia board but a as their f 8 lion is In tJ tile the form 0 oE of which are aro ao to lo bo be ap approved rO ed or by the secretary of ot war var a a. till full ota ful lent In relation thereto would not proper at this time It may mai be st sa ma 5 how however that in all al probability the tho to j JI ii tonal rifle competition at Camp PC Pcr will wi be bo t revolutionized b by providing in hI t I rules for the Ule competition in 1915 1935 that tt least ten of oC the tho shooting members of or 1 t I team tem must he ho enlisted men and that tt Om officer QI above the tho grade grado of ot captain i a be he permitted to be bo a shooting team tem temme me ber and It Is J possible ble that no of or a u shooting team tem will wi bo ho permitted b bo he a I man roan or officer who has hs ia ev evs r attended a 85 a a competitor If I these si st are aro taken it i will wJ be bo to the end that t professional characteristics of or the tho co cr petition petton be abolished and that th Iho ro rr event petition stands squarely as an Instruct Wesley I King ln secretary of or the committee said Mid With reference to the appointment a dele by the Salt Lake Lako committee of tut t sixty of ot which Govora Spry is chairman it i was the decision that committee previous to Gene Gener Wedgwood's going to lo Washing that he was as to obtain all 31 possible 1 1 fora formation ton ns as to t tuo present ent attitude the war department to F FC Du Douglas and that tat ho was ws to wire 1 tl committee If I It seemed advisable d at tl th time for Governor Spry and MaJ R fl I Young who lund had been selected to rc r sent tho the committee ommittee in Washington ton Join him there Receiving no from him luau the delegates tc selected b by 1 t committee did not go O an and Gene Gener Wedgwood has advised me since nce his i r turn lurn to Salt Lake Ike CI City that there e i ilo to lo bo be no apparent apprent reason for alai alu relative to lo the abandonment of or F Fo Douglas Doula at this time |
