Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1919 — EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

Secretary Baker’s statement committing himself unqualifiedly to the plan of again upbuilding the national guard with federal aid should put an end to the insinua-tions-that the war department looks upon the guard as a step-child. The secretary’s stateirient pledges in advance the support of the war department to the rebuilding of organizations that so well fulfilled the best traditions of the American volunteer.