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Show Expect To Form fciional jn3rd Unit Here Committee Nears Quota Of Eighty Names Xefded To Establish Unit LiilB of the movement for a $onai Guard Unit feel very I.:;-; that St. George will be to meet the requirements in Irirving for the proposed Com-t Com-t Engineers company. To have I jriit'of tlie National Guard Vied in St. George has long "Lj a ambition and looks now Tjf this may be realized. It Vs however, states Howard sXCj that some misunder-"U-fiigs could well be cleared up ' c this time. - Such a unit would be composed Itfdf of local men including te Captain, two Lieutenants and ' ier officers and three or four officers who would be on tfite salaries. AH regular mem-is mem-is as Explained heretofore would h Pay for each Practice tsdi would be held one night imek. Already many have filed JElications and it is believed Ibe aimed quota of 80 will be iiched by the first of next week (Continued on page ten) National Guard Unit (Continued from first page) when it is anticipated Adjutant General Williams, Major DeWeiss and other necessary help will return re-turn to conduct the examinations. The problem of housing was surveyed when Adjutant General Williams and Major DeWeiss were in St. George two weeks ago. They report the local recreation hall" would afford ample accommodations accommo-dations with but little change, and would also permit housing of the small equipment. Shelter for road-working machinery and large equipment, can be had readily, it is reported. The establishment of a National Guard Unit would mean a payroll of from SS.000 to 510,000 annually, besides providing an invaluable outlet for leisure time'training for lix-a' men from the ages of IS to 12. The work of the unit would include road building, pontoon bridge building, boat construction and numerous activities along this line. It is not training for wartime war-time activities, but for home guard purposes and should be regarded re-garded as an . opportunity, state those who aiv working on the project. Although those accepted must sign up for throe years, they are able to get honorable transfers, trans-fers, or releases in order to attend school or to accept positions otherwise. other-wise. It will include besides the regular weekly training, the summer sum-mer encampments and diversions in labor that will increase the capacity of the individual as well as benefit this section of . the state. |