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Show national en I io oo io com H If tho plans of tho war department Hj I for the joint maneuvers of the regular B r.rmy and the militia ne.-;t summer do H not fail, tho Utah National Guard will H take part in the largest and most Ini- H I portant maneuvers yet attempted in H this country Washington dispatches H ndvise that the war department hn9 HJ , communicated with tho adjutants of H tho states of Utah. California, Arizona, H "Washington, Oregon, Idaho. Montana H and New Mexico to ascertain tho num- H ' bqr and kind of troops each state will H I be able to furnish. B Congress has been asked for an ap- BBa proprlation of $1,350,000 to cover the BBjl expense of tho joint manouvors net BB summer, as the former appropriations BB have limited tho number that can take BH part. It Is thought tho war depart. BH rnent may seek to Increase the nnm- BJ her of militia troops by asking the BHjj governors of the states montloncd to BBi call upon their leglslatuics to supple- BBjj rncnt the funds supplied by the na- BBl tional treasury' BB9 Adjutant Genera! Wedgwood of the BB Utah National Guard said Inst night |