Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-25
Utah BOYS IN SAN FRANCISCO
Claim That They are Fine Looking Eel
lows, and that Visitors Stood In Won
derment and Admiration.

San Francisco Chronicle: As the
boys from the mines and mountains of
Idaho were leaving the foot of Market
street on their way to camp the Utah
troops were landing to take their places
about the tables generously supplied
by the ladies OF the Red Cross society
with sandwiches, hot coffee, fruit and
flowers. They started up Market street
at o'clock. with officers mounted on
fine horses, with all of the 2i2 men OF
the two batteries in bright, new uni
forms, with flaming red distinctive
ly artillery flag flying over each body
of heavily accoutered men, the soldiers
from Utah presented striking appear
ance on the march.
They are well equipped and are
picked men from salt Lake City itself.
The first light artillery men ordered
to Manila they are proud in the pos
session of eight of the finest possible
field rifles and are eager for the fray.
These guns are the very latest model
80 inch breech-loading rifles. So care
full are the two batteries of these beau
tiful modern war implements that they
set their tents in two rows at opposite
ends of the square, leaving a space
within where the most cautious watch
can be kept upon the field pieces placed
close to the mems quarters.
The nom commissioned officers of
these Utah artillerymen wear heavy
side arms, and the sentries ON duty
pacing their beat with drawn swords
present striking contrast to their
neighbors of the infantry, with their
old-fashioned Springfield rifles.
Tomorrow forty-eight horses from
a II n 40, hap IN mil. TO
the equipment of the Utah batteries.
The First Troop Utah United States
Volunteer Cavalry will also reach here
tomorrow, and again Utah will be the
initial representative of another branch
Of the volunteer service added to the
troops in San Francisco.
Great interest was oceasioned by the
coming of the light artillery, partly be-
cause of their red stripes and red cape
uniform, and partly because of the
word Utah There are many fine-look-
Ing young men among them.and visit
ors to camp stood about and wondered
and admired. A Utah man is authority
for the statement that fully 10 per cent
of them are Mormons.
Captain r. w. Young, in command of
battery A, is a grandson of Brigham
Young, was graduated from West
Point In 1852, and from the Columbia
Law school in 1884. and was, until he
Tttiftu ITpln tNt Regular uilliy, III 1881
judge advocate on General Hancocks
staff. Later he was business manager
of the Salt Lake Herald. and, most re-
Gently, a practicing lawyer in Salt Lake
and brigadier general of the National
guard of Utah. He was also Demo-
cratic candidate for the Supreme court
judge of the State. Lieutenant Gibbs
of the same battery was, until this en-
lismtent, major of the First battalion
of the National Guard of Utah. Second
Lieutenant Naylor was n lieutenant
colonel on the Governors staff. Ser
geant Wells Is not only the nephew Of
Governor Wells Of Utah, but he is n
graduate of Cornell. where he was the
bright particular orator and debater
who helped to defeat the University of
Pennsylvania. Corporals Brown and
Ritter are also Cornell graduates, and
they and Wells are young lawyers of
Salt Lake. Quartermaster Sergeant II.
a. Young and Corporal Smith are doc
tors of medicine, and gave up their
practice to enlist. Sergeant Fisher is a
civil engineer, and Corporal Williams
is a mining engineer. Corporal Varian
Is the son Of eX-United States District
Attorney Varian of Utah. Private Nell
son is the son OF Colonel Nelson, editor
of the Salt Lake Tribune. Private
Thomas Is son of Ex-Governor
Thomas. The cook for this battery
was the chef of the swell Alta club OF
Salt Lake.
Battery B is also from Salt Lake
City. Captain Grant. in command,
was. In civil life, a prominent mining
man and insurance agent. He was
also colonel of the First infantry, Utah
National Guard. First Lieutenant o.
X. Grow, an electrician, was a major
of the Utah National Guard Private
Grant is the son of the commander of
the battery. First Lieutenant wedg-
wood is a lawyer. Sergeant Center is
Critchlow was a practicing physician
of Salt Lake. CORPORAL John Dom
nellan. leader of Salt Lake SWEETEST
cotilions is the son of the cashier of
the Commercial National bank. Ser
geant Hines was an instructor at the
Utah Agricultural College. Commits
sary Sergeant Young is a doctor OF
medicine. First Sergeant Ethan Allen
is descendant of the famous Ethan
Allen, hero Of the battle of Ticonder-
oga.
They are all in excellent health and
spirits, and have occasion to be, for
they have comfortable Sibley tents
compleU individual outfits, and plenty
to eat. Only one of them, Private Ac-
karet of battery 3, arrived here In
bad condition. His right arm was
while dangling it out of car window
He is receiving good care in the bat
terry hospital tent,as the hospital corps
Is from the regular army.
A SUPERIOR CLASS OF MEN.
An hour after the Idaho volunteers
had left the ferry depot Utahs cracl,
light artillery batteries stepped jauntils
from the ferry boat and swung into
line before the Red Cross society
free lunch" counters. There We're tive
batterles-A and B--under command OF
Captain r. w. Young, ex-lieutenant in
the regular army. and Captain +. A
Grant. The members of these two bat
terles, the only light artillery ordered
to form part of the Philippine army OF
occupation, are a particularly fine lot
of men. They are well equipped, large
ly out OF their own pockets, and are a
superior class of men in the matter OF
education. In the ranks are the rep
resentatives of Cornell in an intercol-
legiate debate with the University OF
Pennsylvania, two practicing physl-
clans and three practicing lawyers.
The men We're in camp at Fort Doug
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