The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-03
HORSES N DEMAND,
THAT is IFTRooPs ARE CALLED
INTO SERVICE.
It Will Take Over One Hundred and
Fifty If the Organizations Go As
They Are Right This Minute, Not
Allowing For the Extras-Four
Big Trains Required to Handle the
National Guard of Utah.

Matters look warlike, the owner of
horses has already been approaching
the officers of the National Guard, with
a view to disposing of horseflesh for the
artillery, the cavalry and the mounted
officers of the infantry, who would go
with their commands.
1t would require several horses TO
prepare the citizen soldiers of this state
for action. There. are two batteries of
artillery, which Would take 81 animals
for the guns and caissonsf alone. In
the field this number might be, in
creased by the addition of two horses
to each carriage but here there are
only harness. four
There would be in both batteries eight
officers, all of whom would require
horses, making p. The non-commis-
stoned officers entitled to ride would
take % more, making for the artillery
100 even, provided no spare animals
were carried along.
If these were sent in palace stock
cars. SO they might be fed in transit
it would require six cars for the
horses. It would require four gondola
cars for the guns eapd caissons, two
baggage cars for the harness and other
equipment, and four coaches for the
transportation of the men, making 16
cars in all, or two very respectable
trains.
Artillery horses. are required by the
regulations to be geldings, between 4
and years of age, average 1850 for
leaders and 1900 for wheelers. They
must be strong, have good shoulders.
although not too deep, and are expected
to move the guns by force of weight
rather than getting down to dead pull.
All must have good feet, not too large.
Captain Gaines troop of cavalry
would take so more animals, provided
he did not recruit any farther. The
infantry would require about five or
six. So that it would seem that over
$50 animals would be required at once
if orders were. received to move to the
front and obtain horses before start
ing.
1t would take eight coaches, including
one Pullman, three baggage cars and
one palace stock car to move the First
infantry. It would require one coach.
one baggage and three stock cars to
move the command of Captain Game.
The signal and hospital corps would
require two cars and a baggage car.
So that to move the entire command
as it stands at this time would require
Sc cars of all sorts, or four trains, to
transport, quite a respectable show
ing, and one which causes the railroad
agents. here to keep a sharp lookout
for, because it means plenty of bust
ness.
1t is expected that if trouble does
come and the local guard is called into
the service of the general government,
that the troops would be shipped south
ward via st. Louis and would thence
go south toward Florida by way of
Nashville, Tenn, and thence through
this being the shortest route.
Whether the route would be desig-
mated by the quartermaster general at
washington, or left to the discretion of
the quartermasters of the several COM
mands, is not known. The railroad
men are anxious TO learn this, but of
course no one can tell anything about it,