The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-16
NEWS Of TIE
NATIONAL GUARD.
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Company of the National Guard has
been selected to act in ttL drama ACROSS
the Potomac" which will be put on at
the Grand next week. The company will
rehearse on Friday and Sunday after
moons. The battery here was offered the
chance, but as the men are not drilled IN
the handling of the musket, the infantry
was selected. The men Will make a
creditable showing in the battle scene
II IS stated that on some evening next
week, the officers of the guard will form
a party and sc in uniform to witness the
rendition.
It is announced there will be an en-
campment next year. There viii be as
much money in the treasury TO EIe credit
Of the guard as there was expended in
this encampment That Will be ample,
with the following provisos. II is eH-
pected that ten companies of infantry
VIII be in the service at this time next
year. There will be q troop of cavalry
in this city; preparations ROW being in
progress for its organization. The batter
les will be in better shape and everything
will be lovely. That will mean an IN
crease of men, however, and an increased
cost Then to provide against al con-
tingencies, every officer Mill be asked TO
forego the drawing of his pay until the
legislature meets 10 make the approprta-
ton. which. it is believed, VIII be ch2er-
fully agreed TO. 1t is stated that an IN
creased interest in the guard is being
work will be done. For adj of which, etc.
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2 A member of the Ogden battery makes
the following comment in the Evening
Press of that city. in relation 10 the en-
campment:
The boys of battery B returned to the
city Sunday morning after an essence OF
six days in attendance on the encamp-
ment at Salt Lake. To say that some of
Them are not pleased with the treatment
received is putting it mildly When we
left the depot Tuesday morning the boys
were all feeling good in anticipation Of
that the first meal was served them on
the encanpment grounds dissatisfaction
ran rife among the men. Thursday L
heard a number of OR boys openly
threaten that they would desert Many
of them were sick from the effects of the
''s!op." as it was universally termed, and
have mot fully recovered from its effects
yet. They became so incenSeo at the
fare when compared with what was
served to the officers, that they went in a
body and awaited upon the officers and
as 60 seize the cook and attempt to
throw him in the creek.
But the board was not by any means
all that the boys had 10 complain Of.
They were iN-treated by the officers,
who used pr0fane language TO them
and were overbearing In their conduct.
Major Gibbs and Lieutenant Jackson
were the only commissioned officers on
the grounds that did not treat the men
Ike dogs. A private is in no sense in
fer4or 10 an officer as between man and
man and he is deserving of just as much
respect. 1t is not the man we salute. It
is the stripes. and the heart protected by
these glfttering epalaettes is no better
than that which beats in the breast of
the most lowly in the rank
Nor it this all When we were
brought into Salt Lake CITY after the
encampnaent was over we were told by
the captain that we were still under
orders and would be until We returned
to Ogden which would not be until the
next morning at s O'Clock. We then
preached the question of food and
lodging and breakfast. Upon what meat
doth this our Caesar feed that he hath
grown 50 great?' BY what authority
can they compel the men to remain in
! Salt Lake City and refuse to pay their
expenses? Major Gibbs very naagnan-
ilnousiY rendered us the armory 10 sleep
IN. but as the men had hut one blanket
very inviting. place, especially as the
night was rainy and cold.
In conclusion, however, I wish to
state that the encampmert, so far as its
object was concerned, was success.
Battery 3 can cherish the one consoIa-
ton that they outshone their competitors
on drill. even If ior Gibbs and Lteuten-
ant jackson were the only officials on The
field that had the blindness to Compliment
them on it and appreciate their good work
and more than all else to tell them So
ONE WHO WAS THERE