Show Guardsmen Have lla ve Chance to Rise W. W Opportunity for Promotion T Told ld In Event of War Var Organized Volunteers Will Get First Consideration By T T. DeW itt Foster men of or tin tin- national will stand more I E 4 1 guard today Idi J chance of ot advancement ul and promotion to the commissioned defensive establishment establish establish- personnel of or tho de ment of or the nation than the men ap applying ap- ap plying for or places In th the officers officers' re reserve re- re servo serve corps and who apparently are willing to serve only in the event ent that thc they are given sl commissions In Iii tho the event c of war nJ the tho national nf guard u of the thc several states will wilt be In Increased In- In creased ell to its war strength th of men as ns the first move This will ill mean that Utah's quota will win be he close to men The l. l expansion will mean the the thc formation of ot it many new units and tindee un under tin un- dee der- the tho provisions pro of ot the national de defense defense defense de- de act officers for tor these unIts unit can come only from the membership of ot the guard Section of or the tho national defense act sa says The commissioned officers or of said paid organizations national guard shall shah be appointed rom from amon among the members thereof Ill wait walt until unlit they call for Cor vol volunteers volun volun- un- un Is th the excuse b being offered b by man many this time lime Such excuse is 18 not well founded C lr tho the volunteer organIzation organization organ organ- hallon of or tho the military forces forces- of at the nation today tOclA Is tho the national guard suard i I I I I I I I I The only difference If is In the name and anti the advantage the national guard has over the tho previous volunteer organization or or- of being already alread or organized and la is in fact a permanent volunteer organization Those men who are holding off oft from I enlisting at this tIlls time and who are easing their own minds by applying app for tor places in the officers' officers reserve corps may In lit the c nt of or find themselves adly mistaken Cpr it would be possible to place them In the ranks should the draft be called Into service It Is 18 hardly like likely 1 that men who go into service only under draft will bo be given much recognition when it comes to the selection election of ot officers when there are arc volunteers In the ranks equally equall fit It H is again desired to call attention of oC the youth of the country to the ex exact exact ex- ex act status of or the national guard and I tho the place it hol holds s In the defense establishment establishment estabI I of or the nation There continues continues con con- i to be in existence a fallacy tallac of ot l Ideas that the national guard Juard of toda today i is practically the national guard of ot twenty years ears ago ENTIRELY NEW ORGANIZATION Nothing could be bo more In error The national guard suard of ot toda today through h the several federal laws under tinder which it has been administered in tho the last ten years is an entirely new and different or organization than that of 1898 when the federal government go had no control or call whatever er on the organizations of ot state troops Through the provisions of tho the na national nR- nR defense act IHl passed ed by congress In lri June 1916 tho the national guard huard of ot the several states was fe federalized that i is is tho the organizations were placed under the direct control of tho the war department department depart depart- ment and at the command of the president at all times The national guard today stands atthe at nt the line of defense in the mill mill- tary establishment of the nation and supplants the volunteers of or former days das The national guard of ot to today a Is tho the volunteer organization org of or the na na- na- na tion It I is however a a. permanent organization of volunteers and in Its present status much better equipped und and prepared to take to 10 tho field than any organization of or volunteers the nation nation na na- zia- zia tion ever er has had at Us Its command In previous times UmeS volunteers have been r. r raised ed after ACter the tho declaration of or war ar Today tho ho national guard Juard stands as an organized and fairly efficient unit practically ready to tro o into the field This ha has been ma made o possible I through h the months of or training given i cn to the men during their tour of or dut duty on the Mexican bor border er Tho The national guard Juard offers orter to the youth of the nation an excellent op up- up for fOl military training without taking him out of ot the productive e walks of or life The Tho national guard offers to youth opportunities for gaining entrance to the tho United States StateR military academy at West cst l Point which for 0 or somo could i not be had in any other way M MAKES KES BETTER MEN It gives him an nn opportunity to make himself a b better man physically and at the same time In to become a of or an organization which has for fOI its only purpose the defense of It the nation I The national onal guard of today is the coming coming- down of ot th the minute man of the I revolutionary da lays days standing read ready when the call can comes comi to go 0 to the de defense de- de tense of or the thc nation and the protection of his home and family Men Ien who are able to tel pass tho the ex examinations ex- ex stand a n far tar better Opportunity opportunity opportunity for or promotion and advancement In the national guard and a n more read ready chance for few reco recognition In tho the event of war than those who are arc serving b by simply appl applying to be bo named on the officers reserve corps The men of the reserve corps will not under any circumstance be called until the guard J has be been n expanded to full war strength and it Is more than likely that the creation of ur new or organizations organizations will b be he placed under the direction direction tion of the machinery of oC the national guard g in the several states states This will mean that the men In the ranks of the national guard who are efficient and who are arc able to pass the thc examination will be given Iven preference over who have c ot rot served with military on organizations and who only are nrc willing to 10 go so Into service ser as commissioned com corn officers Tho Justice of or this plan is unquestioned unquestioned I and It Is believed td that man many who plan llan to enter tho the s service as full- full fledged c commissioned officers without having basing served in any an way A toward the of ot u H most Important arm of the service lc when n their services are badly needed will be he sorel sorely dIsappointed disappointed pointed and may In lii the tho end be compelled compelled com corn to enter as 36 enlisted men after all I |