Show NEW RULES DEPLETE I RANKS OF MILITIA II I I Iw w WASHINGTON July uh 20 Application tion of he hew IO militia laws Jaws n to tIme national national na na- na- na lional guard cuard has hs caused a lica hea v pap paper mortality amou among the tho ornamental I militia officers The requirement that I the thc militia conform in or organization to the TC regular Mill army standards has been I met b bv by all nil of ibe states except South Carolina with the 1 startling n result that there already have ha been dropped three I major generals thirty brigadier gen generals generals en more than one omie hundred colonels and anil a n number of of officers of Je less As a r result of these changes there ha has been a great improvement in time the cal eal fitness of or the enlisted 1 fOrto forro of i the he mili militia tia aud pro progress in jn the thi instruction of ot officers arc nrc now really availing h es cs of the criticisms of the inspection officers of the United I States army amon among them I |