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Show THE PULSE OF NOKTII SANPETE JUSTICE To The NATIONAL GUARD Congress is definitely committed to the policy of preparedness a i;-i i nr-t war, preparedness pre-paredness for a continuation of American Ameri-can peace and prosperity. That much is settled beyond a doubt. The Contin; ntal Army scheme is dead. Peace to its ashes! With regard to the land forces, there remains now bat to increase the size of the regular army to reasonable propor-. propor-. tions and to augment and develop the National Guard of the several states. They will constiute the "citizenry trained to arms" for which the president is contending. Justice at last will be done to the National Na-tional Guard, and in its new development it will constitute an army upon which the nation may s-!Vb de-. -end in time of distress. dis-tress. It has never failed yet to respond to the call of our country, and it never will. From a reliable and trustworthy source, from one activelv com-erned in the framing and shariing of this legislation, legis-lation, the editor of the Pyramid learns that the new plan will call for increasing increas-ing the National Guard to approximately 500.000 m-n. apportion -d among the states according to popidiiion. These troops will be armed and equipped equip-ped in precisely the same manner as the regular army, will be suhiect to the same regulations and discipline, and will be educated in their duties under the tutil-age tutil-age cf experienced rflicer'i of 1he army. A pay bill on a .a radioed scale will be passed by congress which will give private soldiers approximately $48 a year each for attending 1 'ills, with pay for officers in proportion to 'Loir grade. In times of fl-r. r-''i.-rl will remain re-main under the control of the governors of the several staes, but in time of war or in the event of a mioinl need the president will have authority to order out the troops of any state for service without the formality of calling for volunteers. vol-unteers. The dcvelovmcnt of the National Guard is probnl-lv ti e most practical and effective, and yet the least expensive, method that could be devised for supply ing an army of adequate size and efficiency efficien-cy for defensive purposes, and the federalizing feder-alizing of the state troops will practically eliminate any hostility that may have been entertained toward them in certain quarters heretofore. The National Guard of Utah is made up of young men of a high order of intelligence, in-telligence, whose patriotism has been tried and found true, and if the time ever chines when the nation needs their services ser-vices the president may rest assured that the patriotism of Utah will be second to none. There is but one flag, and that flag is our flag! |