Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-11
Secretary of War Appoints Ma
tiona| Guard Officers to Meet
In Washington.
FOREIGN OFFICERS AT CAMP.
Big Maneuyers nj Fort u. A. Russell
To BE Watched by Military
Experts of Europe.

News OF interest has reached Ma
tional guardsmen in the notice of the
appointment OF Brigadier General James
A. Drain. adjutant General of the
National Guard of the District of Col
umbia, Adjutant General Nelson IL.
Henry OF New York, Adjutant General
c. r, Boardman of Wisconsin, Adult
ant General Bib Graves of Alabama
and Adjutant General oran Perry Of
Indiana to membership in the new
board of national guard officers pro-
vided for by the last session of Con-
gress. The appointments are made by
the secretary of war and the officers
will meet with him in Washington,
June Is.
At that time national guard affairs
will be thoroughly discussed. The APP
GRAFTON OF the new militia laws as they
affect the national guard will be shown
TO the secretary of war from the
national guardsman's standpoint. The
secretary OF war will point out the end
the government is seeking with regard
to the administration OF militia af-
fairs and the board will present its
views as TO the best methods TO be fol-
lowed The opinion of guardsmen is
that the general government Is seeking
| to come Into the closest contact pos
HlDlt WIN inc CltlLtD Solultiy VI lils
| United States, recently planned to be
| the National Reserves and to take
| the place OF volunteer armies in case
| of necessity. So that ttse government
| may know Just what instruction is be-
| ing given the militia. how the various
| states are progressing and to ascer-
| tain just how much dependence may
| be placed upon the guerdsmen are the
| objects being sought after.
WILL ARRANGE PROGRAM.
1t is expected that the conference
between the secretary of war and
| this board of five eminent guards
! men will result in a program of in
struction and suggestions for further
| legisla ton. The fact that the national
| guardsmen OF all states are equipped
| identiaclly with the regular army leads
| to the necessity for uniform and graded
| instruction in the opinion of we'll post
| ed militia officers. Chief among those
| who have ben working for national
| support for state troops are General
| Charles Dick of Ohio, and General
| Drain, who has devoted the greater
portion OF his time to the improvement
Of Workmanship among civilians In
| and out OF the militia service. These
two have had much support from
national guard officers and governors
| of states In their work and II Is prin-
| cipally through their efforts and with
the recent legislation regarding mill
tia affairs has been enacted.
FOREIGN ATTACHES.
Information has reached National
| Guard of Utah officers to the effect that
at the annual camp Of instruction to be
held near Cheyenne and Fort ID. A.
Russell Wyo.. Aug. / to lb, there VIII
probably be present a number or mil
tary experts of foreign powers. such
COZ a
the maneuvers of foreign armies ana
many foreign officers were present at
the FIRST maneuver camp of the regular
army held near Fort Riley, Kan. sew
eral years ago. Since that time, how
ever they have been lacking. II is ex-
pected that general OF the frehch
army, two German officers, two from
England, a Russian cavalry officer mad
possibly one or more Japanese otncers
will be present at the camp to see the
regular and militia troops of the De-
partment Of the Colorado maneuNers'
There will be about 10000 soldiers an
camped for the instruction in the art
of war this fall In this one camp alone
and for the various problems they VIII
be divided into blue and brown armies,
the dress indicating their Attachment
All conditions of war are simulated
and results are estimated by experts
who act as umpires. These uinpires
compute from conditions obtaining our
ing the progress and at the command
cease firing" just what losses or HE
probably would have resulted In actual
conflict, what men and property would
have been captured and the net result
of victory. Comments as to mistakes
and good judgment shown IL also given
for the benefit of the officers In charge
of the various units engaged In the ao-
ton.
For comparison with results obtained
In Utah AT the recent inspection of It's
troops by Maj. May OF the Fifteenth IN
fantry stationed at Fort Douglas, who
was detailed by the secretary or war
10 conduct the inspection, the results
In the Tenth regiment at the time or
It's inspection had strength OF sS2 men
and $50 were present. nine being abb
sent or percentage OF 1896 being
| present. In the entire national guard
OF New York. It's strength being 81, lss
men the average attendance at dr1ll
50 far this year has been IS per cent
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