Show The Regeneration of the National Guard I 1 un 1 of hafl itai T I pot not be been n calk call upon In the year I hIlA Is Ia just J closing to P ronn service In III ki kt l the tile pe PM 4 of or the tte state against a upon It Yet 71 1 for tor nil all that Its Il history promises to be the th most m t Important during this II y ur nf ot any single year yeal during d rill It Ita existence nce ThIS Tad is a 11 revolution hoe has oc or occurred CUrti cund within the Ed Itself during the lb year tat The old organization became top heavy ta through the III dwindling a ny nya a ot of tbt ibe b enlisted mm tumbled over upon the tho em rank tf of t m n liMed men end and out of ot the thc ruins rut i up a new now guard luard with new now now new no spirit new Stew discipline and now new responsibility of ot the m lI men m n within tho service to tl I Its III re c tC It II I is II without a n brigade organisation and it I iii highest officer om wr ID is I only a I colonel I IThe The tumbling t bD over of ot the top heavy guard iuan must mut not he te blamed upon event cen of this ibis year yer The iho amassing arL hl of ot eight at the tho top hud had been ben growing sl Jowly wiy through the past two Uvo l yos r A Ath As AI th the strength has been beell from the bottom an it was WIl only that w we were r added h the thu IhlI public I taw saw the fall of or the guard Klur iome c In th the spring pring of this year yeo r Carbon county was Va the site of If Hi Ilu lart t active service of ot the tite National No During trouble of ot two ago nO a wr Yit was wall made mado upon the tho guard by y lib hb r tons hi in tin th tl belief bellet that th gt ri I i ii to t I L b against a them li 11 i ti I rn they till w t II standing landing out tvr Cu 01 their rights too Luu rei bl bW The he guard pard then numbered about aboul 40 man and ami at the of at the year fol following following lowing the active service it numbered only COO jI with organization at the tho ho h sufficient to carry an urmy of ot from to soldiers That some something I thing had hud to ba bo done dOM wt 1 apparent I hut lIuI how was wis another story and that an not discovered until the tte tn last of ot otA April A of ot this ya y and Ind when the tho organ organisation Its condition I Iby Iby by falling to turn out more than tho the corporal guard at lit the Decoration day parade Facht II ti Crisis Mc Th rite MIe well d failure of ot the guard to obey orders order found round Sam f C C Park Farl In Sn Denver and a 1 In between hit hi chief of staff It art J 3 O 0 Ny and M ll Bowman adjutant general ni aa to who wh was Val In command In the nb tib wn s n II of ot Gen Oen l n Park Both Joth officers rl re a all control IUd and then Jen Ol n Bowman orders order designating fol CO ol H M 1 11 U Luini Luid us n commander of ot the th guard In him to turn It out oat for or Decor Decoration atlon day A g i failure to 10 re rl respond pond spond which was wal partly th the therl remit rl ull nf ot the th Inability of ot officers to get clothing lUon attended a to and und portly III rt I tho the result re ull of ot hostility to ap tp appointees of ot th governor gov nor whom It was Will vere to the of ot the guard IU gu r rd u lid nd d not men of ep A number rumber cf ot I lions Ion thoI tho of ot the regimental cool com II t I 10 1 his hk hl had bail gone Oll In early In In y as a I of ut If tha ff gri n ml r I Il II tl ture had hod toot met iril Imri 1111 done one much for tor the guard guird 1 lr Kim fIm O C t Park Pu Pa rk had formerly loKi of or the First Infantry a I I uis ll veil 11 irn with the pr h hI 1 I Ir of t r tho th IC rd He II bill I ii l 1 n II d 11 I fr fr its t da An tI 1 s ono one brought Its it nil nilI IT I M II much lUch nearer neal r that chat r ra rI ni I Ii a II which put putt at att t I Ii t i il tH rl l 1 of the lie adjutant general enera I in f fid for armory purposes It i 11 1 l Il 1 that has ins been bt n used illiCit by byh I II I clI h ID to 1 uh an am advantage r I II I nw Armories at Ct Ogden sih I II I urn II lt l ti and ai l In Ii ut It and Nephi j I Work Irk of Senator Park was W appointed apoi by lv CI Iv Cutler 10 to t be b brigadier general lC III In o m ui II 1 of If I the tho brigade of ot troop troops ti i ilou lou fo I of ot only about 00 sold p lit I 1 It I wi out at once to recruit arl t it 1 rs r of ot Ms lila staff to Logan li Pi In in the hope of or mustering III n ri riI companies I at those places pla laes es No rr ro rotI r tI wn received however und and thir On the open lun refusal to parade brought natt n rs to In it a I show how down dOII Something of a er was created N 00 W MX X x x V f f v I V 1 I r L y 1 7 F Y i I A 1 y 1 A A y A t J A A y A t X y A y 1 Y A A Y y t 1 f I f Y 1 I X 1 n j MW N s c 1 m I GOVERNOR CUTLER AND oNI STAFF AND COLONEL GEOGHEGAN AT CAMP TAFT S 0 I by the Iho manner mallner III In which tJ Jov i Cutler the situation While the tho al general i Willi W we H tl i he hi had heard nothing ot or his hiM or III ii tt iI I It 1011 I and I wu walt e r reCast tl III u uto to it t 1 glacial nral d by Ii re IC j I I 4 i 77 S I l lI I CAPTAIN W VT B D KNEASS U B tat lit Infantry N i G T I 1 h e Holds Holti the tile Governors Medal for M te t In III Cum CIU II 1111 iii Veur lIU signing and while friends friend of len Gen Park lark Parke were e figuring that thal he hI would succeed O n Bowman How us nil adjutant general Gov Cutler removed one from And accepted the reI lion tion of ot the other oth r the tho resignation of Gen Oen Park having hIL In been tendered on of or the th dispute during his hi ab senco over who was ft In control Its Ile acceptance e wn taken t to 10 Indicate te mere merely ly iy I that the tho governor gc realized realised that the guard was entirely rely too smell to tu sup up support upI port rort n 1 brigade antI and I did I I not t Intended to pick p a successor This Jd Idea Idt i la further carried carriel l out In Ini ina IL a i request outdo mudo to Col Jot JOH Cica then chief chlof of ot the thu th governors to tOt l thu tho t hit ull Ii of or ad nl adjutant it I general What he lie would do I 1 bo bu Clint a subject t of or ei an aM 0 4 all eyes lind be b bee n turned toward I t ho the guard and holler belief wac general that thit It was us disrupted 1 0 1 beyond recall He ito IS watched ut lIt with Interest tutu then a L SIght ht was mis made mado upon ulon him him u as It U Itira was IVall ira realized 1 how ho wan vUlt his lii program pro and how holY radical were wro his hll I Sine Since then ho hc lias hu ha b ei ii tho the figuro n lIr of ot the guard und all 1 Is Ie at ut the tha ht head had ad adof at of n it movement with every Ouy officer be bo behind hint hind ii uil him hint to bring brinK the guard up Ul to a II standard iu emulated by ly tho the federal government ono tine ot of It its purposes 1 Is to t havo he tile re serve nerve re no 7 0 political end and lint il to tu have no 11 10 Ion 1011 in ii th i guard conic come even een on in Hie til stuff positions lo ns ox ex UH aM a a 11 rev reI u o nl iii fur tOI ui military anti and not political nI v A dauM In the tho fed federal federal eral oral law luw IlL provides pr for tol this thin but th thet t clause 1 ne Is hI not yet yot rt adopted In the tha law Iu Ill HIgh flight li Cal Col Geol e l 1 to In accept I tIm rank nf ot which should auci his hi and announced that ho Ii would take talin the he I position tem tell temporarily However Col Geoghegan Geo hegan was wal wasa waln n a soldier with a 11 reverence for tOI military spirit born U rn In his bones nod trained into then them through years ear of ot service In Inan Inan Inart an art regiment A long lone business career r had made the tarts ot at military discipline vague In III hU his mind mint but IUt not Its It Th rv were wert taints some things Im ht Imfelt felt hilt no would do ilo and II nIl when h n he found a u man mn w Art i N e 01 uniform ami atul doing doln them he ordered the uniform ort off Ith a sudden as surprised d the community Including ev or every cry ery newspaper In it the city except the News Its III belief bellet on In fl the simple principle that Col ol 01 Geoghegan would advance only on strictly military lines litres the Now News 1 continued to assert that he was IL II way out of ot the tha a aA A lu I Time developed the fact that Col eel was hC on Oil the right road Men on I who were ert doing their duty dut fount found that thai they were weNt rated higher hIher that than men rho continually con tin II all neglected It Pi Papers i pern went rent through headquarters In rapid tire fire or Cr ord Order d der r a II new nelV armory was ready to move Into In Salt Lake In 10 a II very var er quick time the battery which had sunk to almost nothing In numbers number was wu re rebuilt r built Into n ii strong organization und Anti the tile guard finally was Will able to report re Ort at itt Camp CR III II Taft Tat more advantageously sit lIt situated than any all previous site alto with n a 1 strength larger than nt at n t last years en fin flOut and a II spirit of ot unity un unprecedented In Us iti history It has hall be been n made by b the lou loss of or Its It I met Inet portion Following the encampment the problem lem of ot making the growth permanent presents pr Itself Col Geoghegan de demanded respect to the guari as all a II qualification for tor membership and und the dis disrespect respect of o some orne of ot Its It members ceas ceased a ad ed d while other uther r loft left the service tiit Ohl There came a day dLlY when whet a 11 certain N N number tin tuber 81 tI s Il I it tiron n loll t oL 0 woe ti II iii attempted to It t forte furre I t ta h l la 0 a il line Ii tie p a p In I I I I I 1 h hot lIer that he ho was wes not flOt t ii Ii I I position o However Ci c t non need boldly bold ly that HilI t It v w I IIller 01 Ill II 1 Iller I place to petition Mr fr r i of or u it superior i Ii r T II a ho wo was serving serring under undo 1 n hated all hh over and he hi h M i r 1 I li Il I 1 would rather muster out t II b I than have ha th t ci n I I 5 prevail ft One company then trl M r 1 suicide and sank ank pretty was wan wa culled called huwe hoef a 1 I u resignation re atlon ion scour t 1 l 1 Is 15 now 1 at work tl t rr rn company in to 1 Its It m si II i I I 1 U Is the tha only n nt t 11 j form tort Arc tre rt I IThe The Infantry i int 5 I at nt Ogden l Jk kc l i 1 I phi ami 1 1111 Monti tantI all along ii Id of or SlId anti nt at s It j Is ea olley y to lu On u i I I II I II rI t mistakes of ot the Ibe early I til gurI was tt to scatter Us Its comIn 1 th In i etnie nt at pour JOLI 11 I tI ii principal I result was the tha la lament I 5 r ment tl to them I t u I t ri TI IJ company Is I coi hv hi h I it L V u F t l Kneuss formerly a ser Bei S I I I I h th Utah batteries lIe Ho I soldier anti and was WIL murk r I ad because e of his hi i I UI Ln thence under trying t II ir II I r i I I These Th e qualities iove ae 01 I I I Ir r III In thai tho th guard il U comi comi II il iv t S first price In itt Camp Taft i 1 r I i J t tl best befit drilled In I II u th lit t h hand K Kand and anti h he now no hold holds a tor I it H itIn HIlL ItI In IlL I ti GooI 1 Of the commands other othor 11 I I ir i there thera are alG none Ione located out OIl r I j luke In this till city utro I i rit ll Ii t ill tery troop A the I n II I t 1111 Id tile the lie Signal cm 1 all ull i or r th ti m III j Ing InK maul ralI ml rII well t II i i in I il thi IY S I II re tn t tr revive revio r n I these thee i ider t t r r tr lr der dI del i II I 5 or First I S t ctr II r ti c 1 5 II sever lit u usa 5 I Istar star staff sa to u i I Ilog nl log InK ariu arlu vi at 1 I 1 I Ithe Ii the ol y ti II fK VI iii VIto t I Ito to experienced ni nl la al V i l Of or Zeat 1 1 Vr hN t Ill ll tacit next year do ill d fur 1 1 rt marl tl It l is 18 If It It will i 01 i rr i Ivi lr 11 ctt I H Its It I y u 11 t I i I of ot present pi II I II I ting It ci n II strictly military iy I q 1 top toll to to bottom Now New n nto S t tto to lie be desired d except t tier i LII n aH Infantry company compall lit it ut ita I g I wi a ft company at DC Prove Th i I creed a strum i li h limen III t J men to make them r i y yia il orl putties ia and the th next lilt litti in r t II e gain IH is l to 10 tiring bring I its enlistments t I S ii I Ine I This will probably II n I of or next year yea and th I t tu tube t Il t i ibe be time Ume to In organize tip the c i r I 1 and to look luuk t I I IS anew of or a force Corci of ot t I t J 1 v A w n nf 1 t p I 5 S f i t ti tj tI tf i t 7 j H Hj Hp Hc tI tf f I j f p f fIT c 1 i X I IT U X U 1 y S b I 1 t ii I 4 y i X I f X f X f I It f fy fX 4 I r I IS ff X S LL i ii iI ff I f I f I I y X X 1 V Photo bv by b Johnson Johnon Johr cn WM K M X M W II OF THE NATIONAL GUARD SALT LAKE CITY 4 S |