The log cabin Democrat., 1913-06-27
ARKANSAS MiLJTiAMEN HAvE DONE GOOD SERVICE
 FOR STATE.
ENFORCE RESPECT FOR LAW
h Guard Were Abolished Arkansa, Would Sc Only State Without
 Citizen Soidiery.


 slstins Of two regiments of about if teen hundred men and officers. was or sanizsd by Gen. W H. Haynes under orders of Gov. Jeff Davis soon after his first inaugural.
 The Guard as it now stands is made up or the very best young men in the state. carefully selected in each com munity where company is organized Ihey are Arkansas boys, the sons oe mon who saw service in the Confeder- ate and Federal armies Many of them are veterans of the Spanlsh-American war
 In so largs an assemblags of men some few may not be what ia desired ln citizen soldiery. but the per cen. tase is 90 small as not to be consider. ca. These men are sworn into the service of the state for a term of three years, and are subject to the ordars or the governor at any and all times to enforce law and order. and they nave no volition of their own: when oroered they must go. The pay of these men While in active service is from rifty cents to SIPS per day while their officers receive the regular pay of the united States army when on duty.
 ousually the Guard is ordered on duty ten days of each and every year foF Tile practice. and the same length or time In a camp of instruction or maneuyers in which case the United States meets all expenses and their Day. The state is only called upon to pay the salary of two officers at the adjutant generals headauarters. and the rent of company arsenals and in- cidental expenses.
 At one time the Guard was csIiad to protect life and property in Argen- la. during a general strike They were called for duty along the Arkan, sas and Louisiana state line and at i'm portant points along the railroad to protect the state from an epidemic of yellow fever. They have often been called in squads and by companies to protect the courts and to arrest crimi- uals and to support county officials in enforcing law and order They have been called to protect the Ievees along our rivers. to prevent cutting of the levess. and to labor in repairing brooches and to raise the levees in or der to prevent overflow of waters which would have proven very destruc- tive
 In every case the Guard proved itself to be very efficient in service.
 At all times. it has been I latent force, ready to move and to act If properly called to preserve order and enforce law in any and all parts of the state. This may account for the fact that the soldiers were not needed Of tener. an ounce of preventative being better than a pound of cure. It is of no small value to the state and to citi- zens who have invested money in com mercial ventures within it's borders to know that there is power behind the courts to enforce it's orders and respect for law.
 It is not believed that the people will sit idly by and see the National Guard of Arkansas disbanded because Ol tilo WduL Ol a IcW uOllaTS 70 meet actual expenses, which cannot be paid by the general government. The federal government is ready and willing to pay 5000 for every s1 paid by the state. and the reason for this is that the National Guard is sub ject to the orders of the War Depart ment and the president of the United States and they cost the government less than 10 per cent per man as com pared with regular army and can be relied upon with certainty. for. under the Dick 'ill, the National Guard is required to be up to the standard Of the regulars in equipment. efficiency. drill and rifle practice. It is not be- ieved that the patriotic people of Ark. ansas will permit the Guard to dis band and ttus advertise the state cs being the only one in the union with ] out q citizen soldiery,