Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-05
STATES IS CALLING FUR
 REPORTS
Adjutant General of Arizona Is Requested to Send in Re- ports Concerning Prepara- ton of National Guard,
WANTS TO KNOW
 REGARDING EQUIPMENT. .
Probability of War With China Supposed to Have Caused lnquiy-Bill Now Pending to Double Appropriation.


 A number of matters of news inter- est pertaining to the national guard were made public yesterday by Col onel Leavell, adjutant general, and Colonel McCiintock. commanding the first regiment, says the Arizona Re publican of the 16th inst.
 The most interesting thing, because of its implied meaning, is the fact that some time ago Governor kibbey received from the quartermaster gen. eral of the army a request that he be informed in detail what equipment, tentage. cooking utensils, etc, were at the disposal of the gcardsmen of the territory for immediate use in case it was needed. That inforInar ton was supplied by Col. Leavell.
 Col. Leavell also received request iu line with the foregoing from the chief commissary of this department as to the designation and stations Of the national guard organization iD the territory, and where they could best be mobilized ssould that b. deemed necessary. In explanation il was stated by the commissary that in the event the guardsmen were as sembled at any time it would be Lie duty to furnish subsistence to the re spective companies from the time they assembled in thelr armorles un- til they were brought together. He therefore desired this information merely for use in the event of an emergency.
 All this is important to the public generally, only insomuch as a great deal has been said in the papers late ly about the possibility of trouble with China. There is no hint of anything of the sort from the war de- partment headquarters to the terri torial officials, other than the infer ence that might be drawn from the requests for information, and the To- cal officers of the guard do not as- sume to construe any hidden mean ing. A nation having attained the importance of the United States in world affair is liable most any time to be called into an armed discussion with somebody, and it is a natural conclusion that the recent tur5uiance in China has put the fighting arm Of the government on it's guard While there is no serious fear of a war with China, it is only the part of wisdom to be ready for any emergency, and it is apparent that the government
 
 should trouble arise in any quarter.
 Another item of interest especially to the members of the guard is that Major Hoel s. Bishop, of the Fifth Cavalry, and who is now stationed at Fort Apache, has been detailed by the war department to make the an nual inspection of the Arizona nation al guard. and will begin his tour of the territory early in April
 Still another item of special inter- est to the guardsmen is that in pur- suance of a suggestive order of the war department Col. McClintoch has issued orders dated March F, direct ing the physical examination of all members of the guard and all recruits who are hereafter enlisted. This ex animation is to determine their prob able efficiency if called on for active service. The examinations will be held by the regimental surgeons.
 Another bit of news that will in terest both the guardsmen and all who have the interest of that branch of the government service at heart comes from Washington. That is that a bill will be reported fayorably ip the House at an early date and viii doubtless be passed, amending what is known as the Dick bill, which nov provides for the equipment of the na. tional guard The new bill will ap. propriate two million instead of one million dollars, as provided for in the Dick bill, among the various states and territories. AS Arizona; portion under the Dick bill was about s5700 annually, it is assumed that under the new bill this territory will receive approximately twice that amount This national aid is, ol course, only supplementary to the provisions made by the state and ter ritorial legislatures, and heretofo ( the government has permitted it's ey penditure for only three purposes transportation, pay and subsistence Under the new bill the guard is per mitted to expend it's money for al most every needful expense of the organization, one special mention he ing that if necessary it may be used for the purchase of horses.
 Altogether it is designed to pui the guard more nearly on business basis. or what might be called a wal footing. treating it more hberaily and making 1t an effective organization iT the event hostilities of any sor should confront the government Tn stead of being so largely an ornamen tai of Fourth of July organization, i will be a very important 2uxilisry tc the regular army should it's service! be needed.