The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-12
.G uaYdS M e n
Tell of Rotten
Food, Graft

Sdt VI Jul AOuSy wages VI OiiC
dollar per drill, every member of
the 245th C. A. has to buy a uni
form costing SS5. Add to this our
hats, ornaments, ETC., the cost for
every buck private is $45 each. How
much does the tailoring company
pay to our officers for this graft?
What do we get except a uniform
that will make US look good to the
war mongering, strikebreaking in
specting officers? They give US
uniforms in order to fool us and
attract other young workers into
the National Guard.
If we come late for drill or are
absent from drill we are fined S..
If we can't pay the fine we are sent
to Jail for from Is to q days. How
long are we going to stand for this?
Let's get together and demand that
every fine be refunded and all time
spent in Jail be paid for.
What do we get out of the SO as
sessment we pay each three months?
If we have to pay for our food at
camp why go to camp as a soldier?
We could use that money for a real
vacation. Last year in camp we
saw what rotten food we got while
we worked like horses.
Refuse to pay all assessments!
Let's join together and refuse to
give the officers and more graft
money.
Sincerely,
A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN.
Here is some more news Of the
212th c. A. After a lot of COM
plants about the old anti-aircraft
guns, the 212th C. A. has been given
some new ones. The old ones were
just about ready to fall apart.
On Monday, May 5, Captain Wes-
ton talked to US about chemical
gases. He dwelt mostly on tear gas
and its use in breaking demonstra-
tons of reds" Anyone who heard
him could easily see that he meant
workers when he said "reds" and
that he wasn't on our side, but on
the side of the bosses.
] have just found a new racket
outside the many old ones chat run
rampant in this armory. When
soldier asks for a new article, such
as shoes or leggings to replace the
old ones that are worn, he is ap-
preached by the supply sergeant
who tries to sell him something a
little better than the regulation ar
ticle for few dollars. If he doesn't
buy it, he doesn't get the regulation
article either.
Also if a soldier happens 70 leave
part of his uniform laying around,
the top sergeant or the supply SER
geant hides or keeps the article so
that the soldier is forced to buy
new article. This loss or theft of
equipment is always blamed on the
soldiers themselves, but I once
caught the top sergeant trying to
make away with my hat. He told
me this was done to teach Us not
to leave our things around and that
they were always given back.
(Boloney)
Yours truly,
A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN.
l was lucky enough to get a copy
Of the last issue of the Rebel Guard
before those giving it out were
chased away by some officers who
don't want US to learn the truth.
Now I'm beginning to understand
why the government is willing to
spend so much money in training us
to use the machine gun.
In the list Infantry we are being
taught to use the machine gun at
various ranges and targets. We are
being made ready to fight the next
war that the bosses of this country
are preparing. The bosses also want
US to be ready to shoot at strikers
when strikes take place.
/ am going to learn all about the
machine gun so that can use it not
against the workers but for the
workers, against the bosses.
Yours truly,
A GUARDSMAN OF THE list