The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-07-06
STATE TROOPS,
WARMLY PRAISED
GOV. OF UTAH RICHLY iNsPEcTs
MICHIGAN coNsTA5uLARY AT (
EAST LANSING.
HOME TROOPS HELD AS MODEL
Organization Of State constabu'arss
Serves to Keep Our Industrial
Troubles TO a Minimum.

Lansing. Mich.--Michigan's State
Constabulary, or as IL Ia officiany KNOWN
Michigan Permanent Troops. ut their
East Lansing post. were rigidiy in'
spected and warmly praised recently
by Simon Bsmberger, governor OF inc
state OF Utah.
Not only did the governor OF the
Mormon state compare the Michigan
men to the Pennsyiyania constabuiary.
the pioneers In the neid, but he also
commented at considerable iehstn up
on the wisdom Of the Michigan ON
ciais In thu establishment OF the con-
stabulary some months ago.
III You hadn't organized such
body OF men" be put It. you I'M
doubtedly would have had lot or In
dustrfal trouble In your Industrial
cities and In the copper and iron
mining districts. And l am told you
have had practically none at all"
After inspecting the barracks ana
those OF the troops who were In East
Lansing, accompanied by Col. Roy q
vandercook, Governor Hamburger dfs-
orssed In detail his ideas as to state
constabularies.
1--WE have some peculiar situations
I'm Utah" said he, land we are awrpY
that before very long we must have
state constabulary. And l propose U
model II In many ways after your
Michigan organization, a portion or
which l have seen here today. Pos
sibly IL will not BIO necessary for as
10 have as large an organization as
, you have right mt 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
possible volcano all tho time. SO far
! the government has been very kind 10
leave the two companies with us, but
recently in Washington was inform
J ed that II would not be long until the
government would have TO send the
soldiers for intensified service over
seas. Then we will have 90 have a
sonstabuiary. for our National Guard
IS gone.
Little thought has ever been given
the idea OF a state constsbulary In
Utah until very recently. Nevada has
a small force OF % mon. while Csik
fornia has one OF larger proportiohs
now I'm 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
Il not been for the constabulary.
Not long ago. too. In conversa-
ton with Governor Brumbaugh, OF
Pennsylvania. he told me that tho
10 mounted men the state now had
scattered over IL, were worth infinitely
moro than the $4,000 temporary mill.
tia which have been organized and
constantly drilling. cite both of
these governors merely 10 show that
the constabulary idea is now consid-
cred the best plan state can have
for homo protection We intend TO
have one in Utah, and will not have
10 walt for the legislature to- meet
: next spring 10 organize IL, either.
Under our laws, I can organize II my
aalf