The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-27
Birmingham Sabres Go
 m For Day Of Pure Fun

steed's waist, his left arm non- chalantly folded around the most ad- yantageous place-his mounts neck. His right arm, which terminated in red and white wig-wag signal flag, describing graceful and impressive figures of eight, catenarys and other evolutions which beggar description, but where were beautiful in the ex- treme His supple. graceful and
 sinuous body undulated in cadence with the motion of his mount. On they came, rounded the training hur- dle, strengthened out and headed for the watering trough. At sight of the water the noble steed forgot his COW pony gallop: forgot his rider. forgot everything but that sweet, cooling fluid. Into the trough he plunged his fevered brow; and over that few cred brow sailed his rider, describ- ing a parabolic curve through the pellucid air of evening. Shall we say more? No, We shall not
 The entire troop was mounted and riding Thursday morning, for the first time in several days. Intensive rifle work has been the program for the week, and the mounted drill was only long and hard enough to give the horses and men light workout. Even Dynamyte. that benevolent looking, but outlaw dispositioned piece of horse flesh, was ridden. The troup went out through East Bir- mingham, Avondale. and to the park, making q circuit which brought 1t back to the post. The drt1 which was incorporated in the ride was very good and was well done.
 Private John Cowart's girl won't speak to him or anyone else. much, since she was nominated one of the Thirty.
 Daniel E. Morgan and Lester F. Bachelor signed for three years each, Wednesday, and Lewis B. Nose ley enlisted Monday. Private Mor- gan was a navy bugler. and will do the same thing in headquarters troop.
 Much has been written and said about the attitude toward the na- tional guard, and a little about the reserve officers The following ex- cerpts are taken from an editorial in the Army and Navy Journal for August 12:
 "....The careful student of any revolutionary movement will always find that the revolutionists only have really succeeded when the army has been converted to their viewpoint, or at least has reached a point of in- difference with respect to the de- fense of the government to be over thrown. The ordinary idea of masses of infuriated citizens gallantly over coming the real resistance of trained troops is not borne out by any or the facts of military history. In the first place, In all revolutionary movements, the mass of civilians do nothing, one way or another, except as a rule to avoid the points where the fighting Is taking place.
 The while history of armed conflict of man from the beginning shows that a relatively small num- Der of highly trained, well discip- lined and loyal soldiers can always overcome many times their number of partly trained civilians. no mat ter how well armed they are, or how much spirit they may have.
 1.-The national guardsman, the first to be called out in time Of civil disorder, lives, as a rule, in the com munity or near the community where the trouble occurs. The minute his duty Is performed at any time, he takes off his uniform, puts on ms civilian clothes and again mingles with the people of that community. His family, his property and his per son are not safe if that community Is in the hands of persons who are inimical to him, and who are de- termined to have revenge if he per formed his duty.
 "The national guard organization has many difficulties which can be solved only if the state and the na- tion can make the necessary appro- priations, and, above all, If the busi- ness men and the respectable element ment of the community stand square, ly behind it and show their willing ness in practical ways to help. In of the community stand square element Is selfishly indifferent to the needs and difficulties of the na- tional guard in times of profound peace. They don't want their em- ployes to join it, they don't want to give the men who go to camp an additional vacation, they don't want to contribute to the funds raised by the local Chamber of Com merce, if that body has an army committed. They don't know, and if
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