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Show NATIONAL GUAPiQ UNIT WILL BE MUSTERED IH AT MLPLEASAHI Adjutant General W. G. Williams and Captain A. J. Mec-hin of the! Jtah National Guard have completed com-pleted a visit of inspection in .fount Pleasant visiting the local ' rmory and conferring with the iiotment of Battery D. of the 222ni. eld artilleiy to this city. While ere these officer,-? selected the folding fol-ding off'cer;; for the new unit, pia'n L. R. Christensen; first lieu-aant, lieu-aant, Chcsley P. Seely; second lieu-I'.ant, lieu-I'.ant, James F. Jordan; another eond lieutenant will be named at a : r r-1 dale. These officers in turn -iec-ted Earnest G. Brunger a:s first, '."geant and A. V. Borg as supply ergeant, all appointments being; abject, to confirmation of the cotn-j ia!.d;ng general of the Ninth corps :rea. Jt is expected to n-easter in the new m't about April 10 and themon com Missioned officers will be named unit ten days after that dat? Reoruiiting for the new unit has eon carried on the past month and lxty men ranging in ages from 1 8 to '5 years have now been signed nr. 'wo expert mechanics from the local rganizal ion w'Ul be permaneatly en:- loyed to care for the equipment hich is invoiced at $160,000 and hipment of which will be begun ram San Fransisco soon after tho ocal unit is mustered in. Preparations are now being made or the examination of officers train ng camp at Jordan Narrows the after part of May. |