The log cabin Democrat., 1920-10-09
BIG AUDIENCE OUT
 10 GREET GUARDS
SMOKER PROVES SUCCESS
Flying Squadron Speakers Present Military Topics-Off to Nor
 rilton Today.

A large and representative audience attended the smoker given to the Fly ing Squadron of the Arkansas na- tional guard in the rooms of the Con- way Commercial Club, at which three present day topics were presented by as many speakers. In the audience were townspeople, students and people here from the country, who were guests of the club and the American Legion for the smoker. After the speaking, cold drinks were passed around and the audience made acquainted with the various members of the party. The reception given the squadron here was one of the best it has received in the 64 towns and cities already visited. and re- fleets great credit upon the club and the legion for it's success.
 The squadron left this morning for Morrilton. Under a change of or ders, the state tour will be concluded at Atkins on Monday, before the dis bandment at Little Rock on Tuesday
 E. w. Torreyson presided at the smoker last night introducing the speakers with his usual we'll chosen and happy remarks. Major R. B. Andrews of Beebe, a veteran officer of the guards and commander of the squadron, was the first speaker. His subject was the military policy of the United States, tracing the origin of pat iona ,ppraporadpace bool, - +bo revolution. After it's close, Major An drews said, the nation had a civilian army of seasoned veterans and needed no standing army. The same thing was true before the war of 1872 the civil was and less true of the period before the Spanish American war. Following the war last named the na- tional guard was established in 1901 under the Dick bill and later reform ed under the national defense act of 1916.
 The war with Germany proved that the nation could not maintain it's isolated position congress admitting the fact when it adopted the military policy recommended by the American Legion. It provides for a standing army of 280,000 men and a healthy national guard, the standing army to be decreased in the ratio the guard is increased. Enlistment of quota of 7,500 men and officers for the na- tional guard assigned Arkansas is the ultimate object of the squadron in it's tour.
 Phillip E. Sisney of Hot Springs, adjutant of the Arkansas department of the legion, a veteran who saw ser vice on the front and who later was attached to President Wilson's peace commission at Paris, was the second speaker. He enumerated the bcna- fits of guard organization to com- munity in it's training of young men, protection of life and property, aside from the financial returns. A guard company in Conway, he said, would have payroll of about $12,000 an- nually including armory rent. In praise of the guards, he said that three of the first combat divisions sent to rance were national guards, and that two-thirds of the first 100,- 000 men on the front were guardsmen.
 Major Thomas Rogers ot Paris, prosecuting attorney-elect in his dis trict, spoke on 100 per cent American ism as the spirit which animated the troops at Chateau Thierry in the Ar gonne and also kept active the folks at home in the various war financial undertakings.
 In addition to the three officers named above, the squadron is com posed of the following men: Lieut.. Frank Freeman, and Privates Percy Stephens, W. B. Apple, Tom Garrett, Cecil Wilson, Henry Bogart, Jesse Pugsley, Emmett Thompson, Charles