The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-22

listed 105; signal corps. Zone bicycle
company, officers, 3; enlisted r. Total
officers, 80: enlisted. S37.
l have said that the state of Penn
sylvania expends about $115 per year
per man upon its state troops. To an
proDriate that amount in Utah would
mean that the state would expend
S106,950, and that sum would be too
great a burden TO bear The guard
does not ask it. In fact, we do not ask
for one-tenth that sum. Give US S12
per head and we will be satisfied.
In order TO secure an appropriation
the need of the same must be shown,
and it is for that purpose the following
is written. In setting UP the absolute
necessity of the same I shall use a
portion of Lieutenant Lassiters very
able report, in which he informs the
secretary of war that: 1T is recon-
mended, as indispensable to the sue
ceSsful maintenance of the guard, that
armories he obtained, by purchase or
rental, at places where there are trOpS
THAT an encampment be had each
year of the entire guard. or a portion
of it,
That encampments be in conjunction
with troops Sc the regular army"
THAT the adjutnant-generaI receive a
salary sufficient 10 enable him to de-
vote his entire time to the duties of
the office"
To this 1 will add paragraph IS of the
same report, which says concerning the
uniform clothing, character and con-
dition of
The ''undress uniform" of the army
that on hand in the guard has been in
use more than two years.
. The needs of the guard are. first
equipments, which it has in the way Of
arms; second, clothes, which it also
has although, as stated they are be-
coming somewhat the worse for wear;
third, proficiency in drill, which is at
tanned by practice: fourth, encourage
ment, which costs but very little
Up to date the state nor none of the
municipalities have provided a suitable
place for drills. True. this CITY gave
the use of a hall in the joint city and
county building 70 the infantry, but
the men were continually being warned
they must not order arms" according
to tactics les't they break the plaster
on the ceiling below. They were re-
quired TO tread lightly for fear they
would spring the joists. AS a result
the drills were not successful. The
other organizations have done the best
they could. The appropriation should
be increased so as TO permit of the
companies in the cities and towns rent
ing suitable halls for drill and storage
of arms. The amount stated will be
ample for all purposes.
Proficiency in all branches. however
is not acquired in the drill hall Es-
pecially is this true concerning the
knowledge of life in the field. In other
states encampments should be held
every year. This can be done with
the appropriation alluded to. Oh, la
dies and gentlemen of the legislature,
$12 per man viii work wonders, and
what state is there which would re-
fuse that paitry amount? How proud
a man would feel of his uniform if
after requesting that sum be given him
each year for all purposes, it was re-
fused How he would look down on
the buttons of his uniform and, toy
ing with the eagle on the beehive, or
the beehive on the eagle, as the but
tons will be Eve have not received
them yet for lack of money with which