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Show REGULAR ARMY ' OTiEjiras. ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 11. Charges that regular army officers are so bitterly bit-terly opposed to the national guard system in the United States that they are attempting to make Its existence impossible, were made today at the conference of adjutants-general of tho central states, at the Minnesota cap-ilol. cap-ilol. The charge was made by Major TV. A. Curtis, former chief of staff to Adjutant-General TV. F. Rhinow of Min-I Min-I nesota. Major Curtis recently re- signed from the staff of the adjutant- I "pnprnl nt Wnshinclon. I "Every officer in the regular army is against ihe national guard," said Major Curtis in addressing the meeting. meet-ing. "You officers must fight Jiard for in six months the national guard will be a thing of the past." Adjutant-General Holway, of TVis-consing TVis-consing declared that states can not maintain national guard organization under the present federal laws. |