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Show National Guard Units To Stage Muster Day Programs Plans for local observances. In every Utah National Guard com-munity, com-munity, of a nation-wide Muster Mus-ter Day observance Feb. 22 were announced in Salt Lake City this week. More than CO Utah National Guard officers from 26 cities throughout the sta'e heard Mus-ter Mus-ter Day plans at the regular commanders com-manders meeting Feb. 1 of Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, U'ah adjutant ad-jutant general. The participants were commanding officers and key staff personnel from Guard units throughout Utah. Gen Rich conducted the meeting in Salt Lake City Armory No. 1. The adjuant general advised participating officers of plans for the Muster Day observance in Salt Lake City and presented a proposed schedule for observance In all National Guard communities communi-ties ir Utah. Hlgrj.lpht of the local celebrations celebra-tions will be parados and fomia- Hons r ug which National Guards. t. will take an oath rn. affirming iheir patriotism and loyalty to the National Guard and its purposes. The muster formations will be conducted In much the same manner followed in the Colonial days when the country's early militias held roll call and inspection. in-spection. The 1938 Muster Day will honor the nation's firs? president, George Washington, on his birthday. In .Salt Lake City the occasion will be marked by a parade through the downtown area of 2,000 Army and Air National Guard troops. A muster Day formation for-mation will be conducted on the city's main street. Other observance of the Nation-wide event will include an open house in every Utah armory, several military balls and other events. |