New Britain herald., 1922-12-15
NATIONAL GUARD rs
IN NEElOF funds
General Richards Estates That
Militia Is Year Behind

Washington, Dec. Is Lack of
funds has thrown the National Guard
Zone year behind In the development
required by congress itself" Major
General George Q. Richards CHIEF of
the militia bureau, declares in annual
report, F." 4.e a. 81,
'Thls retardatlon will be continued
during the fiscal year 1928, as INSULT
Client funds were provided for. that
period" General Richards added
This Is regrettable in view of the
/ countrywide acceptance of The Nation
al Guard idea by the American citi-
zenship, even in the present incom-
4 plete state of the National Guard de-
velopment, there are now more than
2,200 company units or the equivalent
thereof being maintained In 1850
towns and cities throughout the coun-
try. These local organizations range
IN size from single group OF so men
IN village to a National Guard gar
rison of $4,000 In New York city or
Brooklyn. |., 49, ~ !
Support of People
1.-THE National Guard has the sup
port of the American people. To COM
piete its organization is simply mat
ter of money"
General Richards said the militia
bureau looked forward to early COM
pletion of ''not less than five infantry
divisions and one cavalry division in
addition to the two infantry divisions
already federally organized" The
27th New York; division is federally
recognized throughout, he said, while
the 2sth (Pennsylvania) division is
fcomplete except for the air service"
The other 16 divisions OF the Is in
fantry division plan range from 98 |
per cent. complete in the 37th (ohio)
Utah and Nevada) division. The four
cavalry divisions range from rs per
cent. complete for the 21st New
York. Penna., and r. ~ to- 30 per
cent. for the cath idaho, Iowa, Kan,
MIMI, N. d., s. D., Utah, Wash, and
Wyoming) division.
The progress to be made during the
coming year. General Richards said,
depended upon the ability OF state au-
taorities to furnish suitable armories
as well a. upon federal funds. Re-
garding the cooperation OF the war
department In National Guard devel-
Opnnent he said:
Need Of Cooperation
The need for harmonious coopera-
tion between the two services is gem
orally recognized, and the policy !.
adopted towards the National Guard
By the war department will, 1t Is be-
lieved, achieve the desired results
The two great hindrances to properl
and speed development of the Nation
III Guard are lack Of sufficient funds
and regular army personnel for daltyI !
as instructors. When these two de-
acieneies shall have been corrected,
The orderly development and future
success of that element of the national
defense viii be assured Il
General Richards added that after I
i year as the first National Guard of
~ Is most gratifying to be able to tes- :
tify to the earnest and constructive q
cooperation of all elements Of the war 4
department. on the guard In the de-
Cilae problem Il A8s s f5 E HI
SOundness Of idea t
T SIN frank I'd say he continued, | 4
That 4 believe even more firmly than La
iver III the adundness of the National y
Guard Idea. The United States can 3
lot have well developed NATIONAL %
suard service fully trained and equip il
led to take the field and at the same
line escape the payment Of the $50 Ii
l00s0 900 per year that such com o
letely organized force would probably b
Ost. One must come inevitably to the v
onclnsion that recently adopted b
measures Of economy with regard to
he National Guard are on doubtful la
alue and are not In accordance with lei
no desires of the citizens 81 the Unit al
4 states Hi
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