The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-18
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The Many Instances n witch the Csissea
Soldiers Have 8eea Called On to Pre-


II. Many Instances .. which the csssssa
eoISsers Have Beea Called On to Pre-.
servo Order ssd Execute the Laws.
wAsHNoroS. April 1.-THE recent resort to
the regulars Of Fort Mckinley for putting
down local disturbances in Wyoming, on ac-
count OF the lack OF q suitable force Of State
troops. suggests an examination OF the SER
vice performed by the National Guard OF other
States under similar circumstances.
1t happens that the Adjutant- Generals OF the
several States and Territories have recently
furnished statistics on this subject. brought
up to tho present year. They cover the cases
in which the organized militia have been
called out during tho past % years. Nat
urally there are great differences between
the States In this respect. Virginia. for ex-
ample. reports calling out her troops 80 times
within the perod from 1881 to 1891. Texas
nearly equals this record. since her troops
were out 20 times in not quite 16 years. Last
year they we're employed on three occasions
to assist at IN execution to dispense mob
and to guard Jail Other duties in previous
years had been to serve against hostile
Indians. to suppress convict uprising. to
guard against race troubles. and so on. At
one time there were as many as PIT men out
Still another high record is that Of Iowa.
1876 The railroad riots. the mining troubles
the ousting OF liquor sellers. and the arrest Of
murderers were portion OF the occasions
that required their services
As contrast. Delaware. New Hampshire
Rhode Island. and Wyoming have not called
out their troops at all for riot duty in the last
quarter Of century. In the case Of Wyoming.
however. 1t was not for lack OF occasion. as
has Just been seen. Vermont, Georgia, Mary
land. md South Dakota called out their mill
tia but once each on such duty in the period
under review. A creditable fact in the YER
mont case. q miners riot in 1888. was that out
OF five companies called upon ninety per cent
OF the men reported ut only two hours notice
Mnryland's one experience was costly. since
three regiments and battery were on duty
for II month in the labor riots OF 1877. ut an
expense to the State Of over SSO.OOU.
-, But Pennsylvania far ,surpasses all other
those from which no returns are printed in
the magnitude OF the riot duty imposed upon
her militia. In the mining troubles Of 1871 she
cost of SIS. 900: In tho umbertroubles Of 1872
t59 men from JuIy - t. avg l. at Ia3 sost Sf
men for about siX days. ut a cost Of S25.OO0: In
the mining troubles Of 1875, 1880 men from
April f. May ~ aRd June e lyme 3 at
Nov. Is. at cost Of s7i6.Ooo; finally. in tho
An pr pS May o ys cost az g 'n
A State which has lately had an abundant
for her mta In T9t duty is s,
at cost of Sl5OOO. in consequence of the con-
tract labor troubles: and at the official rerort
month WI" It seemed e pretty clear from the De-
velopments OF last year. that the state needed
y r9GRs ST ss G5%pSs fS ss
for quelling q riot In January. and again in
while In the railroad riots Of the following July
the whole National Guard was for week I'M
der IL IN s dnrnf hs sH yesTs
were called out repeatedly to ,quell election
riots to protect iais. to prevent lynchinGs. to
mobs and so on On one occasion as many as
300 men were called out: on another. eight
companies OF infantry: two OF artillery. and
militia i've times between 1876 and 1884 for
guarding prisoners. uuelling riot ut Sacra-
Was sn Vile in
two companies served a fortnight. ,Colorados
militia have been out very often. both In riot
sometimes serving as long rs ten days. The
Connecticut militia have been en- lied upon only
four times since 1870 in enforcing law and in
these occasions 1--WE companies were out.
In four out OF the six occasions, when tho
kept order at great fires in Boston. Springfield:
troops out nve times from 1901 70 lsSH. the
who served ten days in the Milwaukee riots OF
1885. The Kansas troops nave been out eight
times on important occasions. The Chinese
riots called out the entire National Guard OF
the State OF Washington in 1886: the Seattle
fire, five companies in 1880: last years coal
mining troubles. regiment Of infantry and
troop Of cavalry.
These examples will give good idea Of the
extent and variety Of the work ofthc organized
State troops In all parts OF the Union, 1t is
only by collecting such details as the House
Committee on Militia has done much more
fully than it has been necessary to % here.
vulme OF the militia for these purposes. 1t
performs work that would otherwise. fall upon
the army. under the guarantee which the Con-
tected by the United States II necessary from
domestic violence. Thus in doubl e way In,
Guiding its local preservation Of order as well
ns its readiness to answer tho call Of the
President against a foreign invader. 1t can
fairly appeal to the liberal support of Con-
gress. and its record IA here indicated should
help to support that claim