Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-07-22
CALL ON SOLDIERS
TO REVIVE ". n. G.
Reorganization Order Is Issued by
Adjutant General.
COMPLIES WITH THE NEW LAW
Commissions to Be rendered to All
Who Served as Officers in U. S.
Army in 1s17-1s-Board to
End Strikes.

Madison.-A call for a reOrganiza-
ton of Wisconsin National Guard
units in all cities and towns in the
state where they existed heretofore
was issued by Adjt Gen. Orlando Hol-
way, in accordance with bills passed
by the legislature and just approved by
Governor Phillip.
Former members of the Wisconsin
National Guard and overseas men of
other divisions are asked to form the
nucleus Of the new organizations.
which have rendered in the past such
splendid service TO the state" These
men are asked to enlist for one year,
and the same privilege is extended to
the members of the state guard. New
men without service training will be
asked to enlist for three years. Full
plans were laid before the legislature
and were approved.
by direction of the governor" saws
the order of General Holway, sent to
the legislature "a commission in the
Wisconsin National Guard reserve is
rendered to each person of Wisconsin
residence who served as an officer of
the United States army between April
q, 1917. and November IL, 1918, and
who has since been or may hereafter
be discharged from federal service,
SUCH commission to be Of equal grade
of that held. or for which definitely
recommended in the United States
army. This offer is extended both to
persons whose commissions as officers
originated in the National Guard and
to those whose entry into the military
service of the United States was made
through other channels, and also to
those meritOriOus nOncOmmissiOned of.
Ulcers and privates who had been def
nttely recommended for promotion to
officer grade iii the United States
army previous to the termination of
hostilities with Germany"
Already General HOlway has re-
ceived an application from about
seventy-tive men already who wish
to rejuvenate their National Guard
unit now. and of the signers about
fifty have been in overseas service of
one class or another. The letter points
out that the privilege of shOrt-term
enlistment is due returning Guards
men and soldiers because of the re-.
cent dangerous service in cantonment
and battle campaigns"
But 1t was through the concerted
and continued effort of its members
that the Wisconsin National Guard
has proven no mean factor in national
Defense says General Holway's let
ter. 1.-THE men who made its war rec
ord have done great things; but, their
spirit being that which Overcame
every obstacle in battle, which won for
them the name of terrible fighters en-
during to the end, there remains one
thing to be done by them and by those
other Wisconsin men who have served
in the United States army in the war
against Germany. They, and they
only, can and must form the strong
nucleus of every unit of the reOrgan-
lied and amplified National Guard
now in process of formation, if the
campaign and battle knowledge which
they have gained is to be preserved
and impaired to the recruits who will
later take their place; if military COM
panieS, valuable training and fighting
units and long and honorable history
are to keep their identity and continue
their existence, and if the Wisconsin
National Guard retains what it has
gained at great cost. is to take a fur
thcr long step toward that military
efficiency which has always been the
goal of its members"
The adJutant general points out the
long record won by the different units
and holds them up to high praise. The
letter concludes: with the better I'M
derstanding and hearty cooperation
of all citizens the Guard becomes an
PIT and capable. instrument to organ
ize and adequately train such number
of citizen soldiers as the present or
any future national policy may deter
mine
With the view that all labor trOu-
bles in the state can be settled through
a board of Cancellation that will give
publicity to the findings back of the
strike the Nolan bill embodying that
idea has passed both houses of
the legislature and is approved by the
executive This week Governor Philip
Intends to send TO the senate the
names of the three men who are TO
nave charge of the Cancellation work
in the state