Due to lack of funding, the Army National Guard has cancelled enlistment and retention bonuses except for soldiers scheduled to deploy in 2008 or 2009, and it appears likely that its recruiting campaign will end on Aug. 31, unless it can do something about funding. Also running out of money at the end of August will be the Guard Recruiting Assistance Program, which pays soldiers up to $2,000 for each individual they recruit into the Guard. That program has been the source of some 42 percent of the Guard’s recruits. The dearth of funds also leaves in limbo Guard members whose re-enlistment windows expire before Congress provides the funds. Congress cannot fix the problem until it returns from summer recess.