Arizona republican., 1913-12-23
Recommendation of Adit.- Gen. Harris Concurred ill by Lieut.. La Garde For warded to Washington Recently
NO LIKELIHOOD OF
 FIELD SERVICE SOON
Job Patrolling Border One for Cavalry, Says Militia Head-Off to Meet Big Guns at Washington Next Month

Phoenix has been recommended to the War Department by the militia officials here as the point within the state for the immediate mobilization of the National Guard of the state in the event that any such immediate mobilization is necessary. This was 1 in response to a telegram from the War Department recently to Adjutant General Harris chief of staff of the guard asking for a recommendation for immediate mobilization. Lieut.. La Garde, inspector instructor of the guard assigned for such duty from the United States army. and who therefore represents the war depart ment on the ground concurred in their recommendation.
 There are several reasons for mo- bilizing the guard at Phoenix in the event any such action is taken. The first is, that this is a splendid place to condition the troops, the second is 1 the armOry stores are kept here, and need not be shipped away to another point should the citizen soldiers come, the third is the central location is here and the fourth is that recruit ing can be more easily conducted from this point as center when the ! It ought to be stated however in 1 connection with this action that there l is no immediate danger of any call ! being issued for the use of the Ari- zona Guard in the field, that should such a call be made at all the units i will all have to be recruited to full war strength. which will be about 12S0 men to the regiment, and the third is that the Arizona Guard is not going to be called into the field i to patrol the border. It is stated on good authority that the war depart ment will use troops to patrol the border. in case of intervention, from the eastern states, troops that must be acclimated before taking the field. The accIimated troops, and the Ari- zona Guard is listed as such in com parison with other state troops will be used across the border.
 In speaking about the matter last evening Col Harris said. T know of no mobilization orders that have been l issued to the guard or that will be, I do know however that Phoenix has been recommended as the point of ] mobilization until such time as water supply is developed at Tucson
 on the Wilmot range when the proX- imity of tht point to two trunk lines
 of railroad will make that the nat uraI point of mobilization. There is no danger of the Arizona guard going into the field with the companies less
 than war strength. which is 110 ef-
 fectives to the company.
 The only movement officially in
 the guard that is going to be made
 in the near future is the departure
 of the Arizona delegates to the meet
 ing of the National Rifle AssOcia-
 tion. the National Board for the
 promotion of rifle practice, the na-
 tional militia board, and the adjut- ants generals association at Wash
 ineton. n. C. on January II and 15
 next In the meantime and after
 ward the work of improving the in-
 dfvidual companies and organizing more companies within the state. de-
 veIoping the citizen soldiery will go
 on as usual.
 There is another thing I want to
 say and that is that the Arizona
 Guard is composed of twelve com
 panies of infantry. a band, a machine ! (CODtinred on Page TwO)