The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
MAJOR SHERIDAN
FOR THE GUARD.
ONLY ONE COMPANY OF 0S MEN
IN THE GUARD IN MONTANA;
SHOULD BE REGIMENT
STATE Put More Men In Army ON the
Basis Of Population Than Any
Other State by 40 Per Cent; Ex-
plains War Departments Plan for
Reorganization.

Major Charles l.. Sheridan, adj
jutant general Of Montana. has Is.
sued an appeal for the reorganiza.
ton Of the Montana National
guard. He says there IS only one
company of national guar1smen In
the state when there should he q
full regiment.
Montana is asleep at the switch.
but I am sure that she will arouse
herself and do her full share. After
the splendid record, which our state
made during the war, when she put
more men into the army by 40 per
cent than any other state in the
union, with like population, she
surely will not shirk her duty in time
Of peace. This is something that all
Of Montana should be interested in,
not only the man who is eligible for
membership in the guard, but the
business man, for We must have his
moral support to make the guard a
success. We must remember that
there is safety in strength and al
though we hope that We will never
have another war we can not be sure;
and II we do, a trained man will give
q better account of himself and stand
q better chance of coming back than
one who is unframed.
In Montana
Under the plans of the war de-
partment for army reorganization,
the United States has been divided
into nine corps areas, each area to
contain one regular army and two
national guard divisions. The ma
tional guard divisions and the regt-
ments composing them are to have
the same numerical designation and
to come from the same districts as
those which participated in the war.
We are in the ninth corps area, which
consists of the Eighth regular divi-
sion, the 4Oth and 41st divisions.
Montana forms a part of the 41st di-
vision and to furnish the 163rd in
fantry, one engineering regimental
headquarters. two companies and
one headquarters company of engin-
GERS, one ambulance company, one
motor transport truck company. one
battalion of 155 M. M. field artillery,
one combat engineer battalion, one
signal corps construction company
one ordnance heavy maintenance
company and one military police com.
pany.
"The organization of these units
are to cover a period of three years
Pay for Drills
1.-THE national defense act. which
was passed by congress with the hop
Of building up a bigger and better
national guard, provides for the pay
~ thA ri f0p drill This
pay is to be one days pay for the
same grade in the regular army for
each drill attended, not to exceed
eight per month. These drills to be
not less than one and one-half hours
of actual instruction. Thus the pay
ranges from 100 for a private w
to $50 for a captain for each drill
Each summer there will be a two
weeks camp of instruction at which
the guard will receive regular army
pay.
First on the Border
"Prior to the trouble on the Mexi
can border in 1916 the average
American citizen did not realize wha
q great force the national guar'
really was. But the call of the presi
dent on June 10. 1916, saw the guar
ready and within 10 days after tina
call over 100000 guardsmen wer
on the border and en- route. And
10 . safe statement that their YER
numbers prevented further trouble
with Mexico. Though it seemed lik
q waste of time to we who spent tn
summer of 1916 on the border. I an
sure that it was cheaper for US ant
for the nation than campaign il