Charlevoix county herald., 1918-10-18
STATE TROOPS Save
j. s. AND MICHIGAN
MANY TIMES COST
TWO ara ACHIEVEMENTS STAND
TO CREDIT OF BODY UP TO
PRESENT TIME.
l W. W. QUICKLY CHE CkMATED
Site War Preparedness Board Has
Won Great Credit Through Work
OF the Constabulary.

One OF the most effective steps TAX
en- by the Michigan War Prepared.
ness Board since its creation by the
legislation when the United States
entered the world war, was the for
nation of the state constabulary, or
Michigan State Police These troops
have been an insurance against dis.
order and already have saved the gov
eminent and the state many times
their cost.
The state war board realized when
the call for troops came that the de-
parture OF the national guard would
leave Michigan unprotected against
home troubles and Immediately plan
ned the formation of body of state
police 200 strong The work Of the
constabulary has more than vindicat-
ed the judgment Of Gov. Sleeper, Sec
rotary Of State Vaughan, Attorney
General Groesbeck, Auditor General
Fuller, State Treasurer Odell and
superintendent of Public Instruction
Keller, the elective state officers who
make up the war board, and all of
whom except Superintendent Keller
are candidates for reelection on
Nov 5.
Two big achievements stand to the
credit OF the state police up to date
The first was Kidding the state Of the l..
w. w. menace The other was the
suppression OF booze smuggling after
Michigan Joined the ranks OF dry
states. But besides those two jobs the
state police have done a huge amount
Of other most important work.
Stamped Out /. w. W..
The constabulary disposed of the
|. w. w so promptly and so effective
ly that many people in the state did
not know Michigan had been threat
ened with the same serious trouble
that many western states eXperienc-
ed. But one of the first sabotage eff
forts OF the disloyal elements in this
organization was to hamper the pro-
duction Of ordnance in this country
by tying up copper and iron mines
and mills in the upper peninsula.
Lawless leaders of this organization
who respect no government, sought
to spread reign Of terror through
the mining district and prevent peace
full and law abiding miners from con-
tinuing their work, thereby Gripping
munitions and other war necessities.
Had it not been for the organiza
ton Of the constabulary it would have
been necessary to have federal troops
sent into the upper peninsula-troops
that the government was anxious to
send to France as rapidly as possible.
The state saved the government from
that, thanks to Gov. Sleeper and his
l,,o
Without firing a single shot and al
most without striking single blow
detachment of % mounted troopers
quelled the disturbance in Gogebic
county, assured the citizens that they
were on hand not only to protect
their lives and their property but the
lives and property OF striking mem
bers OF the |. w. w. as well. and with
in comparatively short time brought
order out OF threatened chaos
Because OF the opportunity for
alien enemies to spread their vicious
propaganda among ignorant foreign
ers employed in the mining regions
the troops have remained on duty
north Of the straits and will continue
70 patrol the district for the duration
Of the war.
The troopers are out only to assure
law and order. They are not main.
tanned to break strikes, but have i'm
partially protected men at work
while strikes were in progress and
strike pickets who were attacked by
others. So we'll have they done their
work that when 1t was proposed last
fall TO have them withdraw from the
upper peninsula for the winter
months a howl OF protest went up
from all elements OF the population
Nah Rooze SpouooIera