The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-22

homes and their work for such a paltry
consideration ind should no. DO 70.
qulrod to do go.
Tho law na 1t atands allowa no nav
whatever for duty At tho annual on.
!e,nmpments. This 10 n great mistake.
There Is n popular notion that tho an.
nual oncap pmcnt OF tho National Guard
10 q sort Of u picnic or "jnnboroe."
Nothing could DO further from tho facts.
ono day OF such drills MS wo had in tho
Acat At Patkcrsburg and Martinaburg,
or ono MI hts sentinel duty such "a tho
mon had to endure ut Gypsy Grove or
Camp konna In tho cold rain without
oVcrcoats, would DO ample to convince
any ono vi no would caro- to try II, that II
Is no picnic.
Tho work OF the mon at tho oncnmp.
mont Is nrtluous--lt Is tho hardest kind
oil work. Men should DO paid for this
camp duty Us well as for service In tho
field, for II Is only by means Of camp
duty that thcy can DO trained for tho
more important lutlos OF active service.
would not pay Of tho men ut the
cncampments DO bet,cr for tho enforce.
mont OF dlsciplinoY"
DISCIPLINE NOT ENFORCED.
Most assurcdly. Patriotism 10 all
right and the members Of tho National
Guard are not lacking in that virtue. In
fact 1t was tho only motive for the OK.
cellent service rendered by the men
during tho late troubles. But at the
camp tho conditions are different. The
men.ate not called together on au occa.
sion oil public danger, but merely for
drill and instruction, and very naturally
many OF them robel against strict disci-
pine whom they arc not receiving n
cent OF pay for their services. Then.
too. tho officers sympathize with them
TO somo extent, aud consequently have
not tho heart TO be rs exactlng rs they
should b.. | confess to that feeling
myself"
What pay is proposed in the bill
prepared by the board Of officers aud
now before tho legisla,ure?"
FOR active service the pay proposed
ranges from 81 20 per day for u private
soldior to - per day for a first sergeant.
The pay OF commissioned officers Ia re.
NesON W About ollC-llhil VI VIM ~ IL III
the United States army. Right here, |
want TO say thet as a rule, the officers
OF the national guard are perfectly
willing for tho legislature to economic
all it pleases on officers pay. but insis:
that enlisted men DO paid literally. For
camp duty, tho pay proposed is % per
cent less than pay for active SERVICE"
docs the proposed law enlarge the
national guard?"
THE ordinary strength OF the militia
under the proposed law will be two regi.
ments as at present, but the maximum
number OF companies in a regiment is
increased from ten TO twelve. In euer.
gencies the governor Is authorized to in
crease the number OF regiments. Tho
actual force o. militia, however, will de.
pend, OF course, on the amour. apprc-
n!iated by the legislature for its main.
tenance."
what about the claim that We haze
no use FOR national guard?"
~ cannot zee how any person car
make such n claim seriously. II after
the occurrences OF last sprinr and sum.
mer, II any one should advocate the
abandonment OF the national guard,
think that it would be waste OF time
to argue the question with him. l take
it that the necessity OF maintaining a
reasonable force OF militia is recognized
by ALL" C. IL. II.