The Parker post., 1914-06-27
A SHAKE-UP
Is PREDICTED
FOUR COMPANIES OF NATIONAL
GUARD WE'RE GIVEN UNF FAVOR
ABLE REPORTS AND WILL BE
MUSTERED OUT.

AS a result of the recent inspection
made by the officer of the u. S. War
Department over the Arizona National
Guard four companies were given un-
favorable reports and will be muster
ed out, says the Examiner
This is a serious bolw to the
Arizona National Guard and it's pOssi-
BILE disruption is foreseenby Adjutant
General Chas. w. Harris in the pur-
pose of the War Department to mus
ter out four companies. Should this
result in reducing the strength OF the
regiment to less than 300 men, the
government would cut off it's support.
Colonel Harris has asked the Off
GERS of various companies to urge
AnIizona's representatives in Congress
to protest against this contemplated
action of the War Department He
believes that it is unfair to require
the same standards of the Arizona
guard as are required in the East
since this state is in a period OF de-
velOpment and since the guard must
necessarily be developed along with
other institutions of the state.
Should the four companies be mus
tered out, it would leave but eight
in the regiment and would make regi-
mental organization either impossible
or unsatisfactory. 1t is probable that
the organization then would have to
take the form of two battaions.
Companies H and l. of Yuma are
not among those boycotted, and Co.
Fl was ranked among the first in the
state The showing which the Yuma
companies have always made is ex-
celent and they are to be congratu
lated.
Companies K and e, of Tucson also
found favor in the eyes of the inspec-
tor, and information regarding the4
blacklisted has been withheld by Col.
Harris in order to avoid embarrass-
ment to the companies so singled out
The situation he regards as a seri-
Gus emergency, although Yuma Off
cials feel that there is no cause for
alarm. At the time the inspection
was made the Yuma companies were
out on duty, doing guard and sentinel
work along the government canals
and the fortitude and excellent mill
tary behavior spoke of splendid train
ing and equipment for the exigencies
of war.
In this connection a genera | upris-
ing all over the state is noticeable,
says the Republican of Phoenix. The
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation of that city and the Mesa
board of trade Saturday sent long
kilograms to the representatives of
Arizona in the national congress, pro-
testing vigorously against the action
OF the war department, and asking
that best offices be used to obtain a
resembling order.
1t is claimedby the military author
tiles Of the state that the order has
been made absolutelywithout any de-
gree OF fairness and with no idea of
the conditions out here, or with any
eye single to the fact that Arizona
has been a state but little more than
two years, and that in that time it is
manifestly impossible for Arizona to
do those Things which the older states
have been completing for years
1t also has ben noted that the same
thing has been done to states in the
east having small representation in
congress and Arizona has been picked
as the goat in the west. In this con-
nection it is we'll to remember the
signal victory obtained by General
Harris some time ago over the bu-
reau of militia affairs and the war
| department relative to the disburse-
ment OF funds allotted to the states
uAH0l olie ploVlStoLs W Lhe lillLlud JILL
1t is thought by some-who claim to
be in a position to know-that the
victory referred to has made the pO-
htical soldiers, who stay at Washing
ton year in and year out, sore at Ar
iona, and that they have determined
to punish the state for the temerity
| and knowledge of it's adjutant gen
eral