"IKE REGULAR ARI-fY AN!) THE NATIONAL GUARD
Ihe feeling of comradeship which gra/up between the National Guard
and the Regular Array, the feeling that both (^dth the Reserve Corps) be
long to one National Array, is emphasized in an address recently made by
Major General G.C.Rickards, Chief of the Militia Bureau, at the Array War
College, Washington, J.C.
Under the present lav, officers and non-coraraissioned officers of the
&ny are detailed, to serve with the National Guard as instructors,
so uhat the Guard s training will be uniform with that of the Regular ser
vice; but, as General Rickards points out. they are in a purely advisory
capacity and exercise no command'1 over the National Guard units
Ihe National Guard as the Regular Array is hampered in its progress
by a scarcity of Federal appropriations, said the General, who deplored the
iact that so few Regular officers and sergdants had been assigned as Nation
al Guard instructors.
... ^robaoly no duty to which a Regular **rwy officer or non-commissioned
officer may oe assigned in peace times is as important as that of instruc
tor in the National Guard, ihe great body of men comprising theGuard in
clude technical experts of all kinds whose services mild be invaluable in
war• Their patriotism and spirit are unquestionable, since otherwise they
would not expend tine and energy which might be devoted to personal plea
sures in training for their country’s defense.
Not only must the Regular Army instructor take a prominent, if advis
ory, part in the training of this important branch of the National Array;
but while on such duty he has a splendid opportunity to present the Regular
Service- to the community in 'tfiich he serves, not only directly but also
through the friends he makes in the National Guard, diich he will find a
group of representative and fervently patriotic citizens.
Nor will he find himself easily the superior of the National Guardsmen
in knowledge of military affairs. Host of the officers and many of the non
commissioned officers of the National Guard are veterans of the World War
and through attendance in the National Guard classes at the Service Schools,
subscription to the excellent Array Correspondence School courses, the con- *
stant armory drills and the intensive training of the summer encampments,
are surprisingly up-to-date on the latest tactical doctrines as well as
thoroughly versed in the basic subjects of military art. Hence it behooves
any officer or non-coromissioned officer detailed as a National Guard in
structor to be well "on his toes” professionally.
Only by the Regular Array* s whole-hearted appreciation of the National
Guard, and by the friendly co-operation of the National Guardsmen with the
Regular Army, can the most be made of our present scheme of national de
fense, and the United States be rendered safe from domestic and foreign
foes.
Headquarters was the scene of a sad accident Wednesday morning when, with
the thermometer 2 degrees above zero on the front porch, Lt. Clyde Grady,
post adjutant, put his ink bottle on the stove to thaw the ink. The bottle,
unaccountablyr broke, distributing ink Jin _an jaritistic and uniform manner/
PTARMIGAN HUNTING GOOD:
An expedition fron the local garrison to the slopes of Mount Ripinski
less than a raile north of Haiies, succeeded in picking up eight of the del
icate white birds, considered by Epicureans the best eating of all the game
birds available.
The ptarmigan stray down from the higher mountains, where they nor
mally live, during windy and snowy days, to feed on the buds of snail bush
es. They are not as common in the woods as in fairly open fields.