The herald., 1898-02-08

Sousa's Bride Elect" ''Stars ant
Stripes" "El Captain" marches, the
American Patrol overture from Fra
Diavolo," and the Chinese Lantern
concert waltz, all of which were greatly
enjoyed.
Shortly after s o'clock Brigadier Cen
eral c. F. A. Last, Lieutenant Colonel
John r. Berry and the other speakers
of the evening entered and took theii
places on the platform. General Last
presided and made a short opening ad-
dress.
General Last said that it gave him
great pleasure to bid all welcome to the
celebration of an event which enabled
the national guard to reside in house
adequate to it's needs. He further ex-
pressed the hope that the people in the
community would take an interest in
the national guard, and keep that inter-
est up: that they would go to the armory
again and often to see the men in theil
working clothes as we'll as when ar
rayed in full dress.
He stated that night after night the
officers and men go through the evolu-
tions there that are needed to make a
of what might come. Invitation was
given to enlarge the ranks, in which
there is plenty of room for more re-
cruits. For those who have not time
to bear sword or musket there is the
honorary membership. which entities
one to the privileges and exemptions.
General Last spoke some very earnest
words of appreciation and approval of
the integrity, morale and loyalty of the
officers and the men in his command
as he had seen it evidenced at the en-
campment last summer. In closing he
expressed his belief that all would work
as cheerfully and promptly in case of
international or other trouble as they
did in the social amenities of the pres
ent celebration.
A note of regret was then read from
Colonel Lawton, who was obliged
through illness, to be absent; and Col
onel Berry was then introduced with
words of high praise and esteem. The
colonel presented his subject, THE Ma
tional Guard" with an evidently warm
interest and convincing earneStness. In
part Colonel Berry said:
National Guard is the term used ia
designate the enlisted, organized, uni
formed and armed militia of many. though
not all, of the states. In this state and
probably in others, the term distinguishes
the organized from the unorganized, or
what is technically called the enrolled mi
litia, which last embraces all non-exempt
able-bodied male citizens between the ages
of Is and 40 years, whom the law of the
United States, as well as the state, makes
subject to military duty when called upon
to perform it by the proper authority.
The National guard is not national in
the sense of being a creation of the ma
tional government and supported by it.
The states create and maintain these mil
itary organizations, subject. however, in
certain important respects to the national
authority.
The national military organization is the
regular army, to which the militia organ
izations are assimilated in every possible
way-having the same system of organiza-
ton, using the same drill regulations, and
conforming to the same customs. For a
few years past regular army officers have
been detailed as instructors and inspectors
of many of the state organizations, and in
the same way details have been made to
number of educational institutions
throughout the country in which military
instruction forms a part of the currjcu-
lum.
The existence of military organizations