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Show LIT, W, B. WALLACE URGES THE NEED OF PREPAREDNESS When Lieutenant W B Wallace of the regular army put Company B of the Utah National Guard through a course of drill work at the Armory building last night, he exemplified the idea of preparedness for actual serv- . ice. It was regular Armory drill, but ; It was explained by tho lieutenant that it was only a part of what is re- ; quired In regular service. Lieutenant Wallace stated that, while the artillery and cavalry divisions divi-sions of the army are important factors, fac-tors, it remains for the infantry to stand the test on the firing line, and that, without infantry, the army would be Inefficient He said: "It is the Infantry that Is compelled to do the advancing under fire. It Is tho infantry to whom falls the lot ol routing the enemy. In this day of trench warfare, as demonstrated in Europe, the nation with tho infantry with the best training in trench fighting, fight-ing, which involves bayonet charges, hand-to-hand combats, either with knives, pistols, or the gun used as clubs, wins out. The artillery paves the way for attack by tearing down or destroying fortifications, but the artillery does not win the battle alone. The cavalry also plays an important im-portant part In the early stages of war, or before operations have settled set-tled down to the trenches. The armed horsemen may demoralize the enemy's forces, but they cannot win the battle. One round of fire from a modern machine gun will sweep a whole area where horsemen might be operating and kill all or the greater pari of them. It is then that the infantry in-fantry must play its part." In the drill work the lieutenant emphasized signal work, explaining """ " " siting, aim understanding, understand-ing, of signals rested largely the skillful skill-ful movements of tho infantry. He said that to know the signals was one of the essentials of infantry life and that no company could be successful suc-cessful without a thorough knowledge of them. Mr. Wallace was assisted In the drill exercises by Captain W. C. Kueass of the Ogden company. Rev. John Edward Carver, pastor of the " First Presbyterian church, spoke interestingly on the question of military training. Mr. Carver said: "I think this is a very appropriate time for such a demonstration, being the eve of the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest advocates for preparedness and the Justif ier of war, who after uniting what was known in his time as the north and south under one nag. became known as the man of charity, because of his expression, with malice toward none, and charity char-ity for all.' The fact there is a sentiment senti-ment for preparation for self-defense all oyer the country makes us more worthy of entering into the spirit that characterizes the observance of the anniversary of tho great man's birth. "The individual training that every American soldier receives, in addition to the military drill, puts him In a cIlss apart from tho European sol dier, who fights not individually, because be-cause he is denied the privilege of individuality that free citizenship affords, af-fords, but In automaton or machine like manner." |