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Show State Guard Will Furnish Officers for Great U.S. Army f T", UTTRE .Increments of the I H ' regular army and the na-tional na-tional guard and tbe conscription con-scription army will no doubt be largely officered by men who enlist en-list now," is the message sent to all men of Salt Lake who attended the training camp here last summer, by J. A. Reeves, chairmsn of the Training Train-ing Camp association. This message is contained in a letter to the train- , ing camp men. urging their support j and help In securing thirty recruits for the national guard. The association associa-tion has Joined with the Grand Army of the Republic, and between them they have agreed to raise at least fifty men for the Salt Lake organizations organiza-tions of the national guard. The letter let-ter to the training camp men follows: I mander for the Grand Army of the Republic, baa sent to each of his comrades the -following letter, urging them to work for the securing of sufficient suf-ficient recruits to bring the guard to war strength: "Dear Comrade I am sore we are all Interested in doing our share tn the end that the good name of the state of l'tah may he written in the history of the great war In a way that will be ever remembered. In times past young men never failed the country in an hour of need. Today, To-day, they are responding slowly to ' the call of duty. Veterans we are of a great war, hut we ahould not feel that we have 'done our bit until we have made it certain that, the pres. ' ent generation offers itself to defend the flag and the American institutions, institu-tions, as we ourselves did in the dark "Salt Lake City. June 2, 1917. "My Dear Sir The governor and adjutant general of the state of Utah have requested that, in order to make no the quota rno.ii I red of the state to bring the national guard of Utah to war footing, the Training Camp association as-sociation of Salt 'Lake, through the attendants at the ramp Inst year, undertake un-dertake the task of recruiting at least thirty men for the guard. We, therefore, there-fore, urge that you take steps at once to Inform yourself of the needs of the guard and do active recruiting recruit-ing among your friends, if conditions prevent your enlisting. "With the training you have received, re-ceived, snd if there Is no one dependent depend-ent on you for support, the advan-taga advan-taga of joining the guard at this time should be self evident. Future increment in-crement of the regular army and conscription army will no doubt be largely officered by men who enlist now. Those who wait to be drafted cannot reasonably expect advancement, advance-ment, as it Is safe to assume that ! those who do not voluntarily take up their country's obligations cannot expect ex-pect consideration If forced to do so. "Will you kindly address J. A. Reeves, chairman. Deseret News building, as to your intentions, in order that we may keep a record of what is being doner' ml2Sis: days of tne republic I "The national guard of Utah is ! the only organization which will go , II through the war bearing tbe name of the state of Utah on its guidons and standards. Hundreds of men are yet required to bring the state's military forces to war strength. The state of- filial and the adjutant general of ; the national guard o' Utah have asked the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic to lend aid In' this a crirical hour. The department commander com-mander has, therefore, pledged the good will of his comrades and hss assumed as-sumed on their behalf an obligation to raise twenty men ImnieriiateW for A the nrganlzatlona being recruited in . ! this city. i "The department commander, there- fore, requests you to give this matter . your earnest and Interested . atten-tion atten-tion at once. Von are appolnl-d a deputy recruiting officer for the national na-tional guard, and are, therefore, expected ex-pected to send to the recruiting sts- tion. at 21ft Main street, some sble bodied young men of military age to ' enliat for the war. The office is open i from 10 a. m. until 10 p. m. Instead .J of raising the twenty men we have " pledged ourselves to raise, I am sure -we would all rejoice if we could rask it six times twenty, just to show the rising generation that the spirit of . 1 sit ill lives " |