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Show x I too J rro ,-rt for the serurlr.j?' cf a r -w armory for i alt LsJe City, the L n owners of the building which coou.. s the present arrcory having; been a i vised ty their aent here. It Is s:Ji. that the site would warrant a much better tuning. XdeuL-CoL Beer sail he thoufht it was a matter which might, well be taken up by the citizens of Bait Lake, and the sursestlon was made ty another oficer that It should be re'erred to the Commercial club. Oen.' Cannon expressed the opinion In private conversation that the, trouble which had come up in the Guard was only the result of the natural reactionary reaction-ary apathy which was bound to follow such a campaign as the Guard had- ex-I ex-I perienced In connection with the coal strike, and which he believed could be overcome by well-directed efforts in the line cf reviving Interest. - Ip : .tiCcz t.t'.l by the oncers cf t ' : r.Ll Guard cf I'Uh in the ar- l j -icteriay aTternoon, rr'.r.-Cerv. ; Q. Car.r.on cave a heart-to-heart t .' . to the ofT.cers assembled, almlr.g ! remarks at thoie whom he said . vi - fpfklcff to promote 'dissatisfaction ur. x the-officers... : - - . .'.1 the city officers were present If th were any who disagreed with the Gsr.er&Ts remarks, they kept silence. ' In the. "course of his remarks, Gen. Cannon said: J 'There Is no question that there has - been too much fault-finding on the ' part : of some officers cf the Guard too much criticism of their superior officers. The noncommissioned non-commissioned oncer has no more right to question the wisdom of any policy adopted by the commanding officer than has the private to question the right of the non-commissioned officer to order him out to drilL " "Such work Is pure disloyalty and nothing else. It is a violation of the oath which every officer has taken; It destroys discipline and bring confusion confus-ion and disruption. . If the commanding authority pursues a wrong policy the reeponsibtity rests with that authority; author-ity; it is the duty of subordinates to oby, to carry out the policy deter-' deter-' mined upon, to the best of their ability." . . ' He also spoke of the fact that Guard secrets were being- given to the news. paoers. He did not blame the papers, but the offloers. He aimed one shot at t!e papers when he said: ' "I think, however, that It should be the desire and policy of the newspapers newspa-pers and the public to sustain the National Na-tional Guard, rather than to tear i It down. 'It has been a hard -struggle to . Vbulld It up, and. the State should be n Pud to keep It at least to its present . . efficiency. It Is not an agreeable service, serv-ice, to be sure." j Epeaklng of the dissatisfaction which seems to have secured a firm f opthold . among the officers, he said: "I presume there Is hardly a nsemoer today who would not be glad to get out If he could withdraw with the assurance as-surance that the Guard would go forward for-ward without his aid. But it should be a matter of State pride to see that It does go forward. There are good thing In store now in the way of Gov- -ernment aid If we will only keep the orjra nidation in -good working; order." ;The remark of Gen. Cannon were Indorsed In-dorsed by Capt. A. A. Smith of the signal sig-nal . corps. He said that "knocker" ehould be disciplined. - Capt. Andrews of the Nephl company 1 said his soldiers need a new armory. A prominent clttsen had agreed to 'build one If the State' would lease It for three . years. , This, he said, he undet-fttood undet-fttood that Gov. Wells was unwlll-, unwlll-, Ing .to do. .- He ' 'said . that with ."a decent .. armory fully 75. per cent of his: company would re-enlist at the expiration of their present terms of enlistment. Gen. Cannon promised to . use bis influence with the Governor Jn behalf of the Nephl company. It is believed that there is a fairly |