The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-01-10

period ana yet st no time has our Ma
tional GUARD exceeded 37S men. and
a. rapidly - sound 1udement has per;
II now numbers little more than fifty
men. To no point has more than TWEEN
y guardsmen been sent, and this to DO
duty at some power plant or railroad
bridge or tunnel. and at no time has
. man been ssnt except through law
full request Of duly constituted author
titles OF counties and the request of the
citisens. further. never except to pro-
tsct against supposed alien enemiss-
THE SELECTIvE SERVICE.
The salsctive service law WAS to be
BY the governor into two federal dis
tricts Two district boards Denver.
Pueblo-each five members. appellate
appointed. sixty-seven local exsmp-
ton boards were also appointed and
organized As named by the governor.
provost marshal was selected. hav-
ice. Through the selective service Law
over 10000 OF various nationAlities
5So for
inductsd into the federal service. a
most delicate and responsible trust had
hso. y..t0S: sosrd ;Io M Many o.;.r
simpler walks OF life. Temptation
great In passing upon the questions OF
exemption, and yet no member OF TINS
entire sslectivs service force has ever
been removed for disIoyalty, fraud or
incompetsncy and. In truth. no suostan
tial charge has ever been laid against
The state and the nation owes them
debt of gratitude II was this :ys.
TEN that savs 70 us our army y,,Sost NOS,
financial compensation.
SO efficient Va: the provost 1as ma5sha, az
hfv~ For tDhA Arxrtr nd
successor had not gone far upon his
way until he was called to Washington
into consultation and for advice as to
the great work that 10 still before this
department..
fhe state. through the .elective
draft. the National Guard and volun-
10000 men. No state has done more.
NATIONAL GUARD.
When the call of the President came
proclamation OF the governor went
out calling the Guard one month before
it was to go into federal service: Every
gathered in the mobilization camps
Camp Gunter at PUEBLO and Camp
Baldwin At Denver Uniforms. under
were promptly contracted for and pur-
chased at from so to 100 per cent less
than they could have been obtained
driii.d, put into good condition a. to
health. snd. On u: date that the Pres Pres
to the FEDERAL G' sovernmsnt. M % No state
has done better by its soldiery: no sol
diery has reflected more honor upon
n II. 'ns mobiilsation nha hon'0e Of tn. National
the ssiectivs draft and the ma,nt snanes
sss a. pareS sE .hs
cost the state, when payments are
completed BY the national government.
approximately 100000; When We real
mestic troubles Of 1908 and 1904 $780,
900. with 100 lives lost and millions Of
dollars ls IN property destr19y,sd. and ;. ;h,.
paid out over $4,000. many lives lost.
millions of dollars in property de-
stroyed and business interrupted. and
little 10 the outlay that even inter
national war may bring upon us when
our people are acting harmoniousiy
how much It means for our people to
act as they have throughout this strug-
gle In loyal and effective harmony.
more-is the good feeling that has OBJ
'"ined In ss,sn am9ns , our =, p.oDis. ;S.I
people. pc except less than than on:.eSsrt.r % VAR" 'os Of
for tn. year isis The war expenses
corporations. BY this ta1 the inter
est upon bonds was to be paid and a
redemption fund provided; l7eo.ooo of
~ !a4 ali ins.r.ss has BEEN paid and
sllssip. .s 3" tsf DFs"ePa sapS lay
Tss .sa,. Sas y. oSss
tions-end many long outstanding
sixty thousand dollars va: owing the
city Of Denver: ys.rs past DUE. for sps.
indebted to the military department Of
the federal governmsnt for supplies;
ernmsnt and the national. This amount
was Investigated. reduced to the proper
amount. less than $1,000. and promptly
ventory Of the military property Of the
state. The last inventory showed ap-
pro1imateiy $1,000. The property has
careful Inventory. With no large In
m.iilliissasy property q Ii. state At
The balance du. for the mobili.a-
with great difficulty vouchers have
state for the balance due from the fed
eral government for this mobilization
are approaching payment
of a ts., 1 n: mis.1y d.psrs Ts1sa
close accounting for all supplies re-
ceived from the federal government,
which will avoid great loss in the
future.
In this record OF the patriotic efforts
of our psople, may I turn for a fur
thsr word to those in private life? Be-
fore the bonds provided were ready
for the market II was necessary to pay
off our soldiery before they were
mustered into the federal service. Ger
tificates Of indebtedness might have
been issued to the soldiery and zone
upon the market. This would have
involved. as has occurred in the past,
sales at heavy discount, with loss to
the soldiery and diseredit to the state.
Three of the members of the Council
of Defense were called In and. after
conference with the governor. state
treasurer. auditor and attorney gen
eral, 3550,000 was promptly furnished
and the obligations met without q cent
state.
Various calls were made upon the
private citizen. AT the first Red Cross
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