The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-05
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| Especial 10 Inc 6eIdluJ
| San Francisco, June To-day was
inspection day at the Utah army camp.
The men slept little during the night,
as joy over the news that they will
| leave for Manila with the next eXpedi-
ton kept them awake nearly all night,
| talking the matter over. They were all
up long before reVeille had sounded,
and spent the morning preparing Tor IN
specuOn in heavy marching order. AT
| o'clock they had cleaned up the whole
camp, and were lined up, fully equipped
! for a march. 1t was understood that
| they would be taken to the Preside,
| two miles distant, to be inspected, but
| owing to the intense heat this plan was
changed, and they were inspected at
! their own camp.
Colonel Hughes and Captain Mallory,
of the staff of General Otis, were the
| Inspecting officers. 1t took them nearly
an hour to pass down the line of sol
diers. They thoroughly scrutinized
each man, and examined all his equip
| nent. AS Colonel Hughes took out the
| beautiful nickel plated revolver Of Cor
poral Will Ritter, he uttered an excla-
nation of surprise, and complmented
| him on possessing such a. fine gun.
After the inspection was completed,
gun attachments from the sections of
| Sergeants NeStrOm, Lehman, Johnson
and Brown gave an exhibition drill on
| the guns. II is the Utah boys first en-
counter with the officers of the army,
and they were greatly surprised with
| their conduct. Instead Of arrogant,
naughty commanders, they find quiet,
7 reserved, unpretending men, but who,
nevertheless, maintained a soldlerly
| bearing.
| The day was a genuine torrid zone
| scorcher. Much hotter than any since
the arrival of the troops. Sweat rolled
I cfa
and the hot sand burned their feet
quite little.
! Owing to the intense heat, drilling
was dispensed with, and instead the
! boys were Vaccinated, under direction
of DR.. Hartell, assisted by DR.. Young.
4 hospital tent was added to those at
| camp today. 1t was erected under the
direction of Dr. Hartell, who is detailed
to act with the batteries until DR.. Pen
rose assumes control
]. TiIton Donnellan has followed the
precedent established by Scott Wells,
and refused to accept a position on
| General Merritt's staff, giving as his
| only reason that it would ALLEVIATE him
from Utah's troops. He reported for
duty at o'clock yesterday morning,
| and was examined by Judge Advocate
| Crowds He passed an excellent exam
! inatiOn then, and was put 10 Work as
| secretary at headquarters. AT the close
of the day he felt thoroughly lone
| some and hOmesick for the artillery
boys. He. therefore, asked to be re-
lieved and allowed to return TO his
! section. The request was granted, with
! some reluctance.
The orders for the battalion to be
ready to move by o'clock Tuesday
! morning remain unchanged, and the
camp has been placed on waiting or
| ders Lieutenant Gibbs is officer of the
day today, and has limited the issuing
/ of passes to Is OF the men each even
! ing This will give each man a chance
/ to go down town once before embark
ing. Tomorrow is Lieutenant Gibbs
41st birthday, and the battery may cell
citrate the occasion. He has been nick
named 1.-The MAJ who stays by his
guns by the boys.
1t was thought that the men would
I be paid off today, but the money did
not arrive. 1t will be here tomorrow
or Monday, at the very latest.
A CIDER RAID.
On the day that the artillery left
| Salt Lake The Herald announced that
, Hewlett Bros. had sent a barrel of
cider to the boys. The barrel contained
I 50 gallons, and today five gallons of 1t
was distributed among the boys. The
rest had been used by the clique that
is on the inner workings of the kitchen.
1t is considered doubtful if the boys
would have received any of it if one
/ of them had not discovered the barrel
and made raid on it.
The boys are kicking good and hard
at few things around camp nova
/ days. They condemn strongly the ar
rogant indifference of the commissary
department Its motto seems to be,
I'VE look out for No. l, and the bat
/ terry may take care Of itself" There
seems to be no order, no provision for
the equitable distribution of provisions
coming into the battery. A little
bride for the cook goes a long way,
and such articles as eggs, butter and
fresh meat, donated TO the battery,
never gets outside of the clique about
the kitchen.
The boys have also a few bones to
pick with some of the non-commis-
stoned and one commissioned officer.
/ They were chosen before they had
proven out of what material they were
made, and a little authority seems TO
have completely overcome a few OF
them. They take every opportunity to
call a man down, and act arrogantly
to the extreme. This only serves to
make the boys good and sore at them,
a condition in which good work can
not be done.
Captain Young, who is almost idol
| lied by the men, is fully aware OF
these conditions, and realizes that in
some cases there are better men in the
ranks than those holding minor Offices.
1t is thought that the discharge of
Sergeant Aldrich is only the COM
mencement of a movement looking to
the complete reorganization of the bat
terry, and many would not be sur
prised to see such plan put into eff
feet. RUSSELL, Battery A