The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-15
GOVERNOR WELLS PRESENTING THE eUIDoNs

chased in Utah, which provoked cheers
from the troop.
/ This concluded the ceremony. but the
! governor said he had one word to say
I in parting. He wanted the volunteers
! to remember they were fighting in the
cause of freedom. Not for the glory
of conquest, but because the United
! States had said that Cuba must be
free -----------
Don't forget the Maine,'' cautioned
the executive. Remember that or XII
the atrocities ever committed, the de-
struction of that battlesnip was the
most atrocious and when you enter bat
tie. in such service falls to your lot, re-
member the sailors of the navy VINO
were stricken down with no opportun-
ity of defending thems elves-"
CHEERS IN PLENTY.
This admOnition provoked a cheer
from all the men. The batteries then
cheered the governor, the Cleofan.
Captain Young, Captain Grant, Captain
Game. the flag. and everything in par
ticular. 1t was noted that battery B
men have the lustiest voices-some-
thing they are proud of.
THE DAY AT CAMP.
The routine at the camp yesterday
was much the same as during the pre-
vious day's-drill, drill, drill The men
are improving fast, and if horses could
be furnished them for a few days,
would soon be in rafting condition.
One section was taken to the range
yesterday and eight percussion shells
fired. The target was green patch
of grass about a mile and a half dis
tant and the object was hit three
times and very close results marked
the other efforts Had the shots been
directed at an opposing battery, the
commander and his forces would have
been very disagreeably situated.
VISIT FROM PRES. WOODRUFF.
Among the visitors to the camp yes
terday was the venerable head of the
Mormon church. President MILFORD
Woodruff. who was given a seat at
headquarters, where he could watch the
gun drill Of battery A. He was a very
interested spectator.
Captain Hodge. formerly command
ing battery B at Ogden, also came down
and took a lively interest in the pro-
ceedings.
Sergeant Louis Fehr of battery B
found a handsome gold watch on the
grounds yesterday which the owner
can have by calling on Captain F. A
Grant and identifying the same
WHEN WILL THEY MOVE?
The question as to when the boys
are going to move is still in doubt
The equipment has not arrived as yet,
and Lieutenant Wells said last even
ing that he did not know when the
same would be here. The men, how
ever. are in good condition here. The
rendezvous az San Francisco is not
nearly so comfortable as here, and the
opportunities for drill are not as good
there as here. The general opinion is
they viii be here until completely
equipped. and when they move they
will go right to San Francisco and take
the steamer TO Manila.
Lieutenant Crtchlow was officer of
the day yesterday, and performed the
duties of his Office like a veteran.
OLD GLORY WILL FLOAT.
Governor Wells yesterday signifed
his intention of having the state flag
fly from the star on Ensign Peak. the
one erected by To- Herald and given
to the state. on the day the volunteers
leave for the front. The flag was first
unfurled there when Utah was Mexican
soil. Fifty years later it was again /
swung to the breeze during the recent
jubilee. The governor deems that the :