ARMY: Sultan of the Guard

Last week there was a small but hopeful sign that the U.S. Army might be on the way to getting tough—tough enough to face modern military competition. Major General Daniel Isom Sultan was ordered to command of the 38th (National Guard) Division at Camp Shelby, Miss. He was the first Regular Army officer in this emergency to replace the National Guard commander of a Guard division. He will not be the last. Of the 17 National Guard divisions which went to France with the A.E.F., only one (the 27th) had its original commander (Major General John F. O'Ryan) at...

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