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Show National Guard Readies Muster Day Activities Units of the Utah National Guard throughout the state are busily making preparations this month for participation in the annual nationally observed ob-served Muster Day activities which commemorate the traditional tra-ditional "swearing in" ceremonies cere-monies of the Militia which date back to the birth of the Nation itself. Muster Day activities in Utah this year will stress the importance of the modern National Guard to National Defense and to the life of the communities in which Guard units are located, said Major General Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Adjutant General. During observance ceremonies cere-monies on Muster Day, National Nation-al Guard units throughout the country will give their annual status report to the citizens of their respective communities. In Utah the activities will be conducted state-wide on Feb. 21, 22, and 23, in conjunction with the! birth of the Nation's first president George Wash, ington. Parades and most activities will be held, however how-ever on February 21. Climax of the day long demonstration designed to enlist able bodied men in the National Guard and to assure the people of the communities of the Guard's preparedness and capabilities to serve in the defense of the country -will be a military ball to be held in the Ballroom of the Student Union Building of the University of Utah. Upwards of 2,100 Army and Air National Guardsmen will parade through! downtown Salt Lake City demonstrating manpower, heavy artillery and other modern weapons used by the Guard. Gov. George D. Clyde, Commander-in-Chief of thte Utah National Guard, will offer a proclamation stating the Guard's readiness to serve in the defense of the. state. |
