Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-30
COMFORT IN NEW CAMPS.
Te0l, at Inc PfolI51o 1c to fmo fIoor

r.. T.. Chronlclcl
Camp Merritt o. TO Doe abandoned
with utuc further delay Yesterday
morrlne acknowledgements Miller and
NIu. Inspected ihH pr r1rlt'0nn already
WlH0. 1ri chose ihs sites for tua camps
OBJ 90 hINHrut regiments Later Gem
'l.l .i..I'r determined upon the order
.N 'H. 10 ih. various commands viii Doe
litN .Ii lIrt i1 move win br
.I' .N.h California regiment. which
ordered Go return tomorrow
l' DIT. N'I camp .I thH ir .IilI uirlte
NHi. occupying 900. Hptr. hetN com
lH. .WH of fHH Sew Work. regiment
.nI tH' California heavy ARTILLERY. The
NfHIIInH lIEh. battery nHH boon placed
WIlN 40. california artillery Co. give
iNe nv.uth mHIH room
THE fllfy.nut Town win hr ordered
i' Wur. Friday and lt hv that day thc
remaining battalion Uf Che South p1-
mu regiment win he aboard tho 49,
PAU, iho north camp" will have dIa.
appeared entirely {, o. intended 10
move The Kansas rHrImHut Npndnv.
WIN The FifN-nrai Iowa o. Will uccuuy
ih. HupinE ground t1 M. Uuih ~ fh.
railway track Tennessee WIil be- ui1tU a
a. soon nH the kaHuus af. saturi In
ih.'r now camp. 10 viii be- followed ~
ilO f,Dru.ta. lnd.luHi nf ulfthe rom1ir-
lnr h1t'nnnns NJ the Eighteenth and
Mthi'-ih.fd Infantry viii go. though
u IfnnH ports he ready or nearly ready.
in receive any NJ those latter command.
Wh.n th"ir turn fnr moving comes. th1v
camp.
M officer whose position rlveu him
lt intimate knowledge uf no mater
.,,..,.. ~, ,. n'inl Tho mon who are 90
move 20 %. lrf'lI1 NOW Ht Clnp Nor.
i'l Mll h1rg nothing t1 complain vi.
preparations f1r their comfort and
N'lIlh are exceptional CantrHsfH ma
,'lhH made f'f transportation and ut,.
10 Moor rNrfy tent 90 Do prpvIdst
lh'H MIll Insure freedom from damn.
I'd ana, 90 ADJ 90 the ynlunt..fr'
lI'iHut'r thry will rHHt ON mair.al..
h1ufht Tor tham hy tho governmental
quar- master hy command Of major.
H.n,iN M,uiam.whn IL very soilcIioua
Jog the volunteers. and viii ar,r.
n'l,hcr money nor pncrry 10 III ~.
i.ElutniH of diroaso and of mo e,.ii,
Camp Merritt w
"A 'lrso portion of tho troops nre "a
,lut dlrD city south Of the tfnlon.rt
runway tracks, whore the rround IL
tf,sHy, and ih1roughly sheltered on two
hlu.H 10y trees. there being annie prp.
'u.n from the winds that blow
l',.nNh the Golden Gate aud from tho
These grounds will accommodate.
about 1000 mon. should mora come =
~ WIZ hr Dat In the eucalyptus grove
Mh'in lhg Third United States artillery
ramlcd last summer aud fail urirn.
ui.r-ucrrrnl Miller has approved M.
selection ~ this piece on land which /.
sheltered on all sides. The dinlcuitlS,
encountered by the board appointed 20
look after tho details of moving tho
camp were mainly In tho goitlnF u an
adequate water supply The pipe az
Lombard street which runs from the
srrirg Valley water complnya main
can carry water only about twenty foot
nrrufr Tho Tnl1n-airert Trucks Efforts
hfn now hrlnk made 90 tap the Spring
Nallry main nj Union and BAKER
streets n this can De- done the prob
lem VIII be- solved ln the matter Of this
eapsClrl camp Other camps viii be-
Hni Tiled hy tapping the oight.inch
main leading from the pumping station
Co the Preside reservoir
AN tht lumber that can be secured
from the vacated camps 10 tho BAY
District track IN now being carried To
tho Preside, ana a detail NJ men uu-
der Lieutenant Moiirnnm ~ the Eight
zenith United states Infantry viii de-
llv'r tho pIpc from the same place NJ
M various points along the ROAD Lead
Ing from Mcdowell avenue ~ the Pre-
f'Gin guard house.
Plumber. carpenters and mnaons
are at WORK now ana win finish In
day nr Two the task OF making the
new camps an that ~ desired Regl-
mtnt after regiment viii b. changed 10
thH reservation. beginning with the Sow
onth California on Thursday. These
hNHitmHtic arrangements win De- u
lasting ben. No., aud the authorities Will
not mako mistakes by undue haste.
General McrrlEm " determined 70 make
ih' l1rr.l.e camps model ones az
any cost"