Philadelphia Is Looking for a Few Good Gentlemen
Deployments Thin Ranks of Unit That Has Lured Blue Bloods Since 1774
By Michael M. Phillips
Updated Oct. 15, 2014 6:31 p.m. ET
PHILADELPHIA— Gregg Connell ’s enlistment into his National Guard cavalry unit went like this:
Already well-lubricated at the armory bar, members of the troop passed around a wooden box. Those who wanted to accept Spc. Connell dropped in white marbles. Those opposed, black marbles.
White marbles outn