The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-29
Rally to Support Of the
National Guard Is Plea Of
1t. Col VIM. Hutchinson


Of peace?" may have become so IA
tude and yet the insistent call of those
who are in close touch with national
affairs forces one to realize that the
need for armed guards is real ana not
imaginary.
Every young mag in Ardmore should
consider it his patriotic duty 20 be.
come q member Ct one Of the national
guard companies, declares 1t. Col.
William Hutchinson.
Every employer should encourage
his employees 10 enlist. rather than
to discourage them as is so often the
case" Colonel Hutchinson said.
"Onc Of the greatest difficulties the
Guard has TO encounter is the indif-
ference and hostility of the employer,
dollars in his bank account, forgets
his duty to his country.
"Ardmore, to its shame, has some
of this class; but Ardmore also, TO its
everlasting credit, has some as pa
triotic and self.sacri1icing as can be
found in the whole country.
Employer First 10 Call.
1T is the employer, the man of
property and substance who is the
first TO call for the National Guard
in time Of riot. flood or distress and
he il is who should be most ready
10 give every aid and encouragement
TO the National Guard. Finally. it is
the man who recognizes his duty, and
who, when he recognizes it, faithfully
performs il. that is the only one who
may properly be called n good citizen.
When the draft was in operation dur
ing the war, there were men who
We're properly excused from service
for good and sufficient reasons. SO
there may be men who should not
enlist in the National Guard. But
as there were slackers then, so there
may be now; men, who, having a
duty TO perform, and no good reason
for not doing it, are as much slack
during the last great war.
Young Men Enlist.
Fathers, send your sons! Employ
ers. send your employees. Young men,
join now! In so doing, you will have
the approval of your consciences as
having performed a duty required Of
you; you will help to build up the
city in which you live. and perform
patriotic service you owe your coun-
try"
The National Defense.
To give the laymen a more com
prehensive understanding as to the
organization of National Guards. its
duties and other facts Of interest.
lows:
The National Defense Act. OF June
3. 1916, as amended by the Act of
Congress of June /. 1920. provides:
| "The Army of. the United States
shall consist of the Regular Army, the
National Guard when in the service Of
the United States, and the Organized
Reserves"
These are the three lines OF defense
provided by Congress FOR the future
defense Of our country
The Regular Army. the first line of
defense. Is pretty well understood 1t
is the professional army. always on
duty.
The third line Of defense, the Or
ganized ReserN es, are a recent creation
of Congress, the purpose of which is
TO form a skeleton army in time of
peace for the emergency Of war. So
far as possible, Reserve officers are
appointed TO duty with the Reserve
divisions, each officer assigned TO the
place he will occupy when his division
is called upon for service. When
volunteers are called for or the select.
i've draft put into operation. each
enlisted or drafted man will be sent
to the division organized in his own
home state. and when he arrives at
the mobilization camp he will find his
company officers waiting to feed.
clothe and train him.
The Second Line.
The National Guard is the second
line OF defense. under the provisions
OF the National Defense Act. In any
emergency requiring the use OF q
greater force than can he supplied
10y the Regular Army. the National
Guard is the force called upon at
once. 10 be followed later by the Or.
ganIzed Reserves, or third line OF
defense
Recent legislation by Congress re.
ducing the Regular Army 10 $50, ,O00
men, has vastly increased the import
ancc OF the National Guard In the
plans FOR the national defense. IT in.
dicates that Congress intends TO rely
more and more upon the National
Guard for the defense OF the country,
and less upon the Regular Army re.
duclng the cost of the military cstab
/ lishmeni very materially. and dffus-
/ ing military training and instruction
TO a greater extent among the citizens
ot the country OF military age.
OklahomaS Quota.
Tho Act 81 June 4. 1920. provides
! that the National Guard must reach
a strength OF 500 men for each senator
and Representative IN Congress by
June go. ls24 which In Oklahoma,
with two senators and eight represen.
tativos, means strength OF eight
/ thousand men, 20 be attained by that
date. In the entire United States.
the strength to be- attained on June
80, 1894, is 24,SOO. The strength at
the end Of the fiscal year. June 30.
1922. In the entire United states.
should be $4,000 but at the presen,
time. the strength Is approximately
10000. In oklahoma, tho strength
required on June 10. 1899, will be-
$500 men. and the actual strength al
the present time is about $500. Okla
homa, IL will be seen, has gone far
toward filling it's quota, but still has
far to 10. The last report available
/ ehouad Oklahona 10 ba fifth In stand.