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Show National Guard units to complete camp Members of southern Utah's National Guard unit, the 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 222nd Field Artillery, will return to their homes this week end after af-ter two weeks of extensive training at Camp Williams in northern Utah. The more than 500 officers and men have undergone extensive ex-tensive testing during the two weeks periods. The first week included battery tests in the Dugway Proving Grounds area and this week has been devot-ed devot-ed to battalion testing and training programs, according to Lt. Col. Eugene T Woolf, commander. Richfield, St. George and a combined Fillmore and Manti unit make up the firing bat? teries of the battalion, with v Beaver serving as the service unit. Cedar City serves as the battalion headquarters and headquarters battery. This week the unit has been training at Camp Williams and hosted Lt. Gen. Larseen, commanding general of Sixth Army from Presidio, Calif. Wednesday he observed the training of the units and their ability to provide mass fir-ing. fir-ing. ; Today, Thursday, the battalion battal-ion will participate in a new phase of training with night firing. The target area will be illuminated by the Search Light Battery of the Utah National Na-tional Guard with the Artil. lory Battalion then participate ing in a firing misson. Overall the Battalion is in its fifth week of a basic training train-ing program that has included special activities in connection connec-tion with the two week's of active duty camp. The unit, according to Lt. Col. Woolf, has also taken on new personnel and 60 men are currently waiting to complete their six months of active duty with the National Guard program, he said. The units will complete their respective communities Saturday afternoon. Drills in local armories will be held Sunday at which time equipment equip-ment will be cleaned and stored stor-ed fofr the summer months Regular drills will resumi again next fall, the command, cr noted. |