Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-08-04
Camp Floyd, Utah Territory.

A correspondent of the Republican give,
the following description OF Camp Floyd,
Head Quarters Of the Army in Utah Terri
tory
"1'he camp ground is three miles square,
but the camp proper is laid off at light an
giles, and occupies nearly one mile east by
west, and three quarters north and south.
Nine buildings, from so to 100 feet front,
situated at the west end, furnish General
Johnston and staff, with comfortable quar-
ters, and all provided with the necessary
out-houses, with parede ground running
North and South, the whole extent of Head
Quarters, and East and West $50 feet
Two vide avenues, one $50, and the other
100 feet wide, occupied on the four sides
with enc hundred buildings for the accom-
mediation OF Repimenlal officers and men.
Three additional streets, with equal capacity
a-e taken up With buildings, end occupied
with officers, non- commits stoned staff, mu-
sicians, company store rooms, guard houses,
suffers stores, and eight large, spacious
frame warehouses, $50 feet deep for Guar
termasters and Commissary's stores, and
then follows TO complete the camp, another
street with large and well-regula,ed store
rooms for the military storekeeper, work
shops, one 450 feet front occupied with
carpenters, harness makers, blacksmiths
painters, wheel l-wrights, coOpers, &c.. and
10 give an idea OF the magnitude OF the work
performed, we shall only mention a few
items: 4 coo sets Of harness, and 700 wag.
ous have been put in good ani servicab!r
condition, by repairs; large number oI
wster-kcGs AMI buckets have been made oul
al old IN m,trr1aI. AID hi,lt 10 the West twc
buildings, 800 feei each front, furnish the
employers with quarters. Two suffers for
QuIr,ermaslr.s, nrn have large and hand
soln- frame sIurr hud>es Tor their business
on til, street. Finally, to the right, a,
our OF .ine q, the last named street, /, d cor
ra! 800 by 400 ieet, md 10 ieet h gh. with
sheds tor the pruecIiun Of h"r>es aud mules
and a little further East, three large and
well regulated adobe stables, for artillery
and dragoon horses, well ventilated al the
sides and tops.
No, very remote from headquarters. DR.
Hobbs, general agent for Mes.rs. Russell
Mrjars s Waddell, is situated, with hi.
rtfice. mess. house and quarters, where al
the business OF that extensive freighling
firm is attended to with popularity and Fl
deity.
The camp is supplied with wells of water
by digging fifty or sixty feet, and the uni-
mails from a pond created by spring re-
mote from the place, and carried through
troushs under ground, which FURNISHES also
ample power for a small mill, which is dai-
ly employed choPpmg wheat, and is rend-
cred less harmless TO animals in that form
but If fed in the grain causes disease and
death.
We have seen many military camps, in
Florida, Mexico, Sc, during long acquain-
lance with the army since 1886, but, with
out the fear of contradiction, we can say thai
Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, takes off the
palm for completeness, order, kind and har-
monious feelings in exile amongst officers
soldiers and citizens, who number in the
aggregate four thousand men.
The high state of discipline to which
all the troops have attained is due 10 the
commanding officer and his aids. Artillery,
Dragons and Infantry vie with each other
to excel. Dress parade, come eff daily
morning and evening, and on Sabbath with
Inspection. At stated periods regiuentaI
and brigade drills, with field exercises and
sham fights, fill up portion Of soldier.
life.
I To the everlasting credit of the ,oldier5
oil concur in the opinion that Mormonlsm m
is the very lowest Of I'll public institutions
known, and would, with all their hearts, aid
TO Danish it from our escutcheon, whirh
they think would be- much to the credit o
our Great Republic. at home and abroad
G. w. NJ.
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