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[page 2] under command of inexperienced officers. The War Department is carrying out its long cherished scheme for running the National Guard. They are depending on us for the brunt of the fighting. If we make good, it will be the regular officers who are in command of the divisions. If we fail in anything it will be the fault of the National Guard. Personally, I am not effected. It so happens that the Third has no Lieut. Col. so I will presumably be Liet. Col. of the new regiment. I am awfully afraid that Col. Linxwiler will be ranked out by Col. Keeley of the Third. It all depends on the construction of Army Regulations as to length of Service. Keeley has had his commission as Colonel a little longer than Linx. but Linx. has been a commissioned officer of the Guard for much longer and was also an enlisted man in the Spanish War and saw active service in Cuba. If he had been a commissioned officer in the Spanish war there would be no questions of his seniority. If you can get any chance to