Show 4 AS TO T TIlE IE NATIONAL In iti every overy puzzling entanglement tr th there re com comes s a time when it Is well to 10 8 stop slop OP erase everything e that has gone jf and and anU begin n new w. w That Is 18 the pre present ent condition in tho the matter of he National Guard of ot Utah I It is I is a time for tor or all the good people of oC Salt St Lake to forget the past and c even cn n i. i forget rg t who vho ho every man has haf in an any way a i been a factor actor 11 the tho dl discussions cu of tho the pa past t. t and start ne new In the work for tor the regeneration of or the guard This In hi an organization that Utah t m must st have Let that hat be the starting I point o n Th There ro will be a National Guard of Utah and U I 0 Th national mo ement along I that line The con congress 1 has made matIo pro pro- I Io I I 7 t l. l r. r i i r t. t i d I. I t 1 r iZ i vision for fOI or at nt least partially lly supportIng support support- Ing Ing ho tho guard for Cor arming and housing and drilling the guard and o of attachIng attach I Ing I it Il to 0 the great reat military arm aria of or the nation This state will not bo ho l left f falone alone without br organized F lion This state will have Its official r relation with the citizen clUzen johler soldiery o or of ortho the tho countr country It I happens t that nt there I Is one thing that will not ern erase erase and c and that I is the honor that has has be been won by the soldiers soT sol ol- ol dl diets diers t of Utah We e do not nol need nerd dwell on It I here hero Rut nut there lucre Is not nol a military mill mili ml- ml tar tary man In the nation nallon who does docs no not know the honorable story tory of oC the thc Utah artillery In tho tio Phlp Philippines Now ow let us Ul take that ns as the sufficient suf sur- foundation for or tho the structure structure we weare weare nr are going to build In the past pat then I hero thero Is noth nothing ng but honor And by bythe bythe bythe the blood of or the boys who stood by their thel guns in that faraway araway land there I is going to be be no dimming of that glorious escutcheon Since there must b be a guard It will wi have c to have officers There should be he an adjutant general who has a knowledge o of military affairs af af- af fairs airs In some degree He lIe should be a business man and be pOR possessed eC of or a general interest in general generl affairs He lIe need not be a fanatic on the subject of nf Jl soldiering but ho he should have an anal al'- al' alI assistant I tant adjutant general who will b be every ewry Inch an adjutant though adjutant though that could not be his his rank or title tte This af assistant i should know leow military affairs on their tHir practical business R side ide Th There re reIs Is bookkeeping and correspondence that must be attended to This is no boys boys' pia play It I is a 3 matter mater of or national Interest Tho The Pr President Is IR for 01 It I it and andall andall all al the thc other states ha loyal loyally In In line Much ruch of the tue clerical work worl of the guard will wi fall fal to the re responsibility responsibility of ot the n assistant to the adjutant general And if he ho be wl wisely widely el chosen there thore will 1 be he no difficulty with wih re re- re ports port There must he be a brigadier general and amI In most mOt respects he hc should hould be such uch sucha ucha a man a as the adjutant general general able able generl-able able to spend a ta day ha or a dollar dolar and ani sufficiently suf sut- interested in the guard to set ct the tl example of showing sho himself at occasional ional drills and evidence in a thousand ways rays hi his Interest in the com corn I mand Perhaps most essential is the thc colonel He must bo selected with a good Teal deal of oC care for 01 nearl nearly the whole q question of of success is is' is isto to be he decided de tIc- b by his ele Uon Ho lie mut hav havo acquaintance with wih military affairs He lie mU must l have been a u soldier He lie le must h have e capacity for or an executive C JosI- JosI ton ion tion He lie must mUt know how to handle handl men how to appe appear ar creditably In public pub pub- lie lic lc how to become his uniform how to issue Isue orders orders and and how v to I know now tle they are obeyed He Hc must be thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- respected and er universally ly liked He must have ha enough of or a fortune fortuno or enough of ot an nn income to en enable enable enable en- en able him to be much with his guard le He must have a Social standing in the He lie must bo be a man of tY good re- re c in business and professional lonal cir clr- cir cir- cles He lie must in a word cord favorably Imp tho the community that tho the Utah National l Guard Is to he be taken seri seri- ousT X Subordinate officers will wi not be bc so d difficult I lt Dut But the they will compare comparo favorably the like organization In Inan an any other state of or the Union with wih a sense of or the obligations of discipline and tho the tact t tt impress that obligation obligation obliga obliga- tion ton upon enlisted 1 men With this tar tar thero them will wi be no trouble about bout the Unlisted men There aro are hundreds of or t em here In Silt Salt Sl Lake who will wll bo be glad to enter the ranks to take tako part in ip the tho drills dris to tomake tomake make tho the public parades which the public so much approves and to enJoy enjo enjoy en- en jo Joy the occa occasional lonal social affairs that will wi become a part of oC t to c life of oC the guard V I I Where shall haB this start start 1 With lh the I governor He is s. s b by virtue of or of his of- of fco flee fico tho the comm commander In In e. e and must select the general oU ers He Hema ma may have ha e had some difficulty in the tho past but bilt we 0 have wiped that all aV off of the 01 slate slate Certainly he has no thought of ot otan an anything but tho the good of the guard the tho tho advancement of the state In his motives mot cs He n needs eds your assistance lance not your condemnation ton He lIe le ca cah cao not become a dictator and send to the block If It J they do not accept accept the mo thc positions and nd work out the pIn plans ns If or which he indicates a preference This or Is Il a republic c nd And above all we wc must recollect that the essence bf C Impulse In every step ep of or the work wl wi wi l wilbe I Ibe be the spirit of oC the volunteer Then Ther can be no compulsion lon C Cc aJ COnsent at atto l to the beginning Is Is the only process I And so t there must be a sentiment on the part palt of oC the tho public which gives gi support to the governor gO If I we ve 0 all allwork allwork al work worl cros crosswise he can can do nothing nothing- and antI we wo will wi ill have ha no guard If I we give gl him a cordial encouragement he can and will wi do all al that Is needed anti and we will wi have a guard Suard that at will wi be the H S l. l f pride of or tho the state and the tho peer of ot any other militia mita organization between th the sen seas |