The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-29

In one corner of this tent is a soldier
shedding tears on that dear letter
from home.' For the first time in their
lives the boys realize what mother was
to them. Salt Lake and Utah grows
dearer every day and Salt Lake Her
| aid is seized and read with eagerness
hard to describe.
Camp discipline is now getting into
mechanical working order, and abso-
lutte law reigns. Every offender is pun
ished to the fullest extent of the law,
and "monkeying" is stopped absolute
ly. One of the pleasures of the men
used to be to josh the guard and run
the lines when he wasn't looking. The
guard house is continually full of these
men nowadays, and they are never
guilty of a second offense.
The fact hat army life gives one
chance to see the world had some in
fiuence on many, when they made up
their minds to enlist. They are now
having their desires gratified to the
fullest extent. Every evening nearly
the whole camp get leaves of absence
and visit the many sights of interest.
Sutro baths, Golden Gate park and
Chinatown are the places of nightly
rendezvous. At the latter place many
of the men meet "a good friend of their
father, who knew their mother" and
leave him two hours later possessing
only an empty purse.
AS yet, Utahs batteries possess no
mascot. (Some of Salt Lakes ener-
getic men might donate them one.)
However, they have distinctly unique
and characteristic word. II is Hoo
roo" They cried "Hooroor' during the
entire trip. Every town greeted the
boys with "hooray," as the train pulled
in, but as it pulled out, they were cry
ing 'hooroo,' having learned it from
the boys. Here at camp, when the 9TH
er soldiers hear the Utah boys cheer,
they prick up their ears and listen.
Then they catch on" and use the yell
in their own camp.
Hooroo for Utah. Hooroo! hooroo!
HOoroo for Utah whatever YOU do
Hooroo for Utah. Hocroo! Hoorooi
The word is an invention of Honest
Billy Eduards of section 6. He got his
title, Honest" from the fact that he
found a heavily laden purse on the
floor of his car and voluntarily return
ed it to its owner. AS the crowd cheer
ed him for it he said. No, not much,
l am a thief and have been convicted,
but don't steal from my friends"
Drill! Drill Drill is the motto of
the camp. Every day four drills are
held. To enliven them, several of the
sergeants march their sections to Gold
en- Gate park or to the Preside, ard
drill in these beautiful places. The
boys will soon commence mounted drill,
with commands given by the busle.
Fine health continues TO prevail
throughout camp. the hospital having
yet TO claim its first sick man.
The writing of this is interrupted by
the arrival of a band of schoolchildren
bearing United States flags and flow
ers. They distribute these among the
soldiers. singing America" as they
pass our boys appreciate this more
than anything else of camp experience.
Corporal MabeTy voiced the sentiment
of the soldiers when he said: L don't
care a bit for grand send-offs, but do
love to see these schooichildren greet
us and present their tiny cards, asking
you to please write to them. It's a
sight which makes one feel manly, and
if we ever go to battle it will be with
visions of these little tots before our
eyes, and it will be brave Spaniard
that bests u.s.
RUSSELL, Battery A.