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Show pany him on official trips, and bo his "right hand men" In all matters where confidential official advisers are needed. need-ed. "Yes, I have," was his reply. "The one thing of which I am certain is that I believe in cltlien soldiery. I approve th policy of our nation In making the citizen soldiery of each state the first reserve of the army, to be called out in any hour of emergency. em-ergency. "This 'means that I approve the policy of keeping the guard eflcflent, and of affording all the training practicable prac-ticable to its officers and men so that In case of emergoncy they will be Informed and ready for Immediate service. ser-vice. Obviously a good guard cannot be one whose officers of the lino change constantly. My personal staff, I consider, of course, my personal affair, af-fair, and consider that staff officers can do but little to either make or mar an efficient service In tho line. An exception should be mado, of course, in the case of the adjutant general, upon whom ' much depends. Tho present incumbent is a man or military training and I want him to continue keeping In touch as he Is with regular army orders and discipline, discip-line, and to continue to keep the guard in a state of preparation for either service, parade, or annual camp. , "Right now I have a letter of Inquiry In-quiry from General Boll, commanding the armies of the Unltod States, asking ask-ing whother our guard, or a portion of it, can come down to Washington to participate la the inaugural ceremonies. ceremon-ies. "I dont know whether It Is practical to send them, but If a way can be found, I hope to see them go. Possibly Possib-ly the nation will aid in some way, and it may be that by slighting the encampment en-campment a little this year funds can be Baved out to send at least a selected select-ed portion of the command to Washington." Wash-ington." Outside of stating that Gen. "Wedgwood "Wedg-wood would be retained at the head of the guard, Gov. Spry wa6 not ready to make any annoncement this morning morn-ing concerning his staff. "I am busy now with my message to the legislature," legisla-ture," he said. . "That will consume most of my time between now and the time- the legislature meets. After that I expect to announce the members of my personal staff." "This staff consists of an adjutant general, an assistant adjutant general, gene-ral, a surgoon general, a quartermaster quartermas-ter general, a commissary goneral, a Judge-advocate general, a goneral and Inspector of rifle practice, an Inspector-general and two aides-de-camp. Their first official appearance will bo at the administration ball to be given Jan. 25. at the Odeon hall. GOVERNOR SPRY IS BUSY IN HIS OFFICE Salt Lake. Jan. C With a line of people waiting to see him whose length seemed never to grow less. Governor Gov-ernor William Spry this morning spent his first three hours In his new office. In the outside room, where his secretary. John K. Hardy, was bu3y with official communications, tho throng who wished to see the governor govern-or waited Its opportunity, and for each one who was given a chance to state his business three more gathered Into tho crowd eo that when the governor at 12:30 o'clock left for lunch there were still callers who could not be accommodated. A reporter who stood in the line for an hour finally enjoyed the coming of his turn when finally ho asked Governor Gov-ernor Spry for the details of his first morning In office, his reply waa that he "felt as fou6y as a hen wkh one chick." The first person to receive the official of-ficial signature of Governor Spry was Harold S. Daynes, who had presented an application to be appointed as notary no-tary public. The appointment was made today, and in placing his name at the foot of the document Governor Spry performed his first act in actual line of duty. Gov. Spry was asked If he had yet made up his mind definitely In regard re-gard to his personal family his National Na-tional guard staff who will aceonv |