Iron County Record | 1955-04-21 | Page 1 | Local Guardsmen Demonstrate Readiness Status

Local Guardsmen Demonstrate Readiness Status Speed, efficiency and readiness to meet any emergency was demonstrated dem-onstrated by the National Guard Wednesday afternoon, when an alert was sounded from Washington, Washing-ton, D. C, as a means of determining deter-mining just how quick the guard could be mobilized into action ac-tion should such an emergency arise. Headquarters Battery of the 213th Armored Battalion in Cedar City showed unusual alertness in responding to the call, with 92 per cent of the men of the battery bat-tery reporting and given detailed assignments in less than two hours after the alert was sounded sound-ed in the nation's capital. The national alert was sounded sound-ed at 4:15 p. m. (MST), and was received in Cedar City at 5:55 p. m. The alert was sounded here with five blasts of the City fire siren and in 15 minutes 50 of the men of the battery In addition addi-tion to the officers had reported at the armory and were busy with their assigned duties. by 6:30, 57 of the 62 enlisted men of the battery, or 92, had reported re-ported and were actively engaged engag-ed in regular, detailed assignments. assign-ments. This percentage is unusual un-usual when it is realized that some of the enlisted men reside in other communities of this area. The all clear was sounded in Washington, D. C. at 8:30, and was received here at 9 p. m. and the men were released from a Job well done. On a battalion-wide basis the percentage of participation was 90, officers report. Thus 90 per cent of the enlisted men and officers offi-cers of the battalion, with batteries bat-teries in Cedar City, .St. George, Beaver, Fillmore and Richfield, had participated in the alert and carried out assignments by the time the all-clear was sounded.