River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
A NATIONAL
GUARD RESERVE
Old Horses Have New Years Dinner
at Washington, But John D. Don't
"Set En- Up" For the FIiveF
PRINT PAPER PRICE PROBLEM
interesting items From Hon. James
A. Frear, m. c.

interesting Items From Hon. James
A. Frear, m. C.
In circular made public last
week, the military bureau proposes
that where a national guard regi-
ment is called out for war service. q
reserve training battalion to fill va
cancies at the front shall be organ
i ed out Of the national guard re-
serve and by voluntary enlistment.
1t continues, "If for any reason
there shall not be enough reservists
or enough voluntary enistments to
organize or to keep the reserve bat
talions at prescribed strength, a suf-
ficient number of the unorqanized
militia shall be drafted by the Presi-
dent to maintain such battalion or
other lesser reserve unit at the pre-
scribed strength" Recruiting Off
GERS of the national guard are in
structed to discourage the enlist
ment Of married men, or those hav-
ing others dependent upon them, eX-
cept in cases where such men desire
to become officers, or where it would
be to the public interest to accept
such enlistments.
The reserve is to be composed of
men who have had three years serv-
ice in active organizations and whose
enlistment contracts will require
them to serve 3 years more in the re-
serve unless they prefer active serv-
ice. 1t will remain an unorganized
body in times of peace. except for
temporary purposes. Members will
hold the same rank in the reserve
that they held at the time of fur
Tough from active service, but when
drafted into the Federal service they
will report in the grade of private.
It is the firm belief of many nation
al guardsmen that regular army
officers have placed many obstacles
in the way Of State enlistments for
the purpose of discrediting volun-
teer state troops Autocratic meth
DDS of bureau officers who have be-
come important figures in the pre-
paredness propaganda, are not above
suspicion.
Automobiles now have their day
and even the humble Ford compels
pedestrians to scurry out of the way,
but gas is still needed for cars and
John d. gets all that the traffic will
bear. Christmas and Sunday and
week days look alike to the stony
hearted local gas king who invariab y
collects his tax at so much gallon.
| speak of this because the horse
came back during the holidays to a
Christmas dinner which was given to
every old dobbin in Washington
that would attend the feast. The
idea originated with some benevo-
lent people last year and this Christ
mas, word went out again to owners
of nags of every color, age and de-
scription that a Christmas dinner of
oats, hay, and little desert of car
rots and small apples on the side,
could be had at the open house for
horses According to local papers a
marvellous arrayof horses with mot
ly drivers celebrated, the drivers in
dulging in doughnuts and coffee
while the horses munched what was
once upon a time forbidden fruit.
John DIS prices remained firm for
gas, with no gifts to celerate the
Christmastide.
In last weeks letter, Secretary
Lansings talk about being on the
verge of war, was given as an exam
pie of laundering methods uniform
ally pursued by a department which
has repeatedly given out sensation
al tales. The next day the Secre
tary personally wrote a second in
terview declaring his first interview
had been misunderstood. Just how
he could have been misunderstood
he failed to explain but after the
New York Stock market crash, Rep
resentative Wood, Republican, in
PRODUCED a resolution alleging that
secret information of the President S
peace note had been given out in ad-
vance to the wolves of Wall street.
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