The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-06-01
STATE TROOPS
WARMLY PRAISED
GOV. OF UTAH RIGIDLY iNsPEcTs
MICHIGAN coNsTAeuLARY AT
EAST LANSING.
HOME TROOPS HELD AS MODEL
Organization Of state Constabuiaries
Serves to Keep Our Industrial
Troubles to a Minimum.

Lansing, Mich.-Michigan's State
Constabulary, or as It IL officially known
Michigan Permanent Troops. at their
East Lansing post, were rigidly In
spected and warmly. praised recently
by Simon Bamberger. governor OF the
state of Utah.
Not only did the governor OF the
Mormon state compare the Michigan
men to the Pennsylvania constabuiary.
the pioneers In the field. but he also
commented at considerable length up
on the wisdom Of the Michigan ON
cials in tho establishment Of the con-
stabulary some months ago.
III you hadn't organized such a
body OF men" he put It, you I'M
doubtedly would have had lot OF In
dustrial trouble in your industrial
cities and in the copper and iron
mining districts. And I am, told you
have had practically none at ALL"
After inspecting the barracks and
those OF the troops who were In East
Lansing, accompanied by Col. Roy c.
vandercook, Governor Bamberger dis.
cussed in detail his ideas as to state
constabularies.
1--WE have some peculiar situations
in Utah" said he, land we are aware
that before very long we must have a
state constabulary. And propose tn
model 1t in many ways after your
Michigan organization, portion oil
which l have seen here today. Pos
sibly it will not be necessary for us
to have as large an organization as
you have right at the start. but we
can use your system and have our
barracks arranged much as you do.
"At present we have two companies
of regular army men at Camp Doug
lass. They have been used to KEEP
down any disorder we may have. We
have larger smelters in our state, with
a population around them much as
you Michiganders have In your cop
per and iron countries. You know
what that means-you are sitting on a
possible volcano all the time, So far
the government has been very kind to
leave the two companies with us, but
recently in Washington was inform
ed that it would not be long until the
government would have to send the
soldiers for intensified service over
seas. Then we will have to have a
constabulary, for our National Guard
is gone.
Little thought has ever been given
the idea of state constabulary in
Utah until very recently. Nevada has
small force of 25 men, while Cali
fornia has one of larger proportions
now in process Of organization. The gov
ernor of Nevada told me not long ago
that he did not know what might have
happened in his state this winter had
it not been for the constabulary.
mot long ago, too, In converse
ton with Governor Brumbaugh, OF
Pennsylvania, he told me that the
10 mounted men the state now had
scattered over it, we're worth infinitely
more than the $4,000 temporary mill
tia which have been organized and
constantly drilling. cite both OF
these governors merely to show thai
the constabulary idea Is now consid
cred the best plan state can have
for home protection. We intend tc
have one in Utah, and will not have
to wait for the legislature to meet
next spring to organize 1t, either
Under our laws, can organize 1t my
self.
while there have been complaints
and I suppose always will be. about
the cost to the state and the taxpayer
where a permanent force OF ,constab
ulary Is maintained, It strikes me thai
counting the cost in dollars and cent:
is the least of the question. II yor
count the cost of what lawless mobs
might do, in dollars and cents, 20,
will also find that your total runs
away up. II the state constabulary
even at huge cost for maintenance
can prevent loss of property running
into the thousands, to say nothing o
the loss of lives, would consider tina
almost any sum Of initial expenditur,
were wisely spent"
Governor Bamberger, during hi
stay in Lansing, where he was maxim,
Liberty Loan speeches, went into de
tails as to the method Of working on
war activities on the part Of Michigan
In many respects, he said, the prob
lens which his state had to face wer,
akin to those arising in Michigan. H,
was much interested in the move
ments In Michigan for the purchas,
of seed corn, tractors and other plan
by which 1t Is expected to accentuat,
and increase the crops this year. AL
Of these plans, he said, had been start
ed in Utah, but he was doubly inter
ested to grasp the details of the worl
in Michigan, and also to see how tn
/ plans wera working ont