The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-15
! NEWS OF THE
! NATIONAL GUARD.
K AMMm4OON ~OOANMN%~&.

Battery A, First artillery, held a session
with itself last evening in an effort to
fill the position made vacant by the res
ignation of First Lieutenant John J.
| Williams. 1t was the most exciting cleo
ton ever held in the history of the guard,
and resulted in an adjournment without
a choice The meeting was supervised by
Lieutenant Colonel n. w. Clayton of the
general staff. Twenty-four men of the
40 on the rolls were present and p was
necessary to a choice. The candidates
were Second Lieutenant John A. Hensel
First Sergeant Daniels and Private John
! D. Ford.
The hrst ballot resulted in IL votes for
| Hensel, 8 for Ford and for Daniels
This was thought to be feeler, and an
other was ordered. 1t showed IL votes
] for Ford and II for Hensei, Daniels l.
Some enthusiast stuffed an extra ballot
! in the third poll and the vote was de-
| ciared void. On the next ballot the re-
suit was Ford II, Hensel II. The sue
1 ceeding ballot was productive of the same
result. The supervising officer announced
a recess of 80 minutes TO permit the men
10 caucus, and one was taken
At the close of the ballotlng, HenSei
threw his strength. to Daniels and the
vote until the close stood, approximately,
Foru g. Daniels 10.
/ The supervising officer saw there was
no chance for an election, and declared
T the same adjourned until next Friday, II
he had the authority to fix a date, or un-
! Til d date to be selected by the command
After the election, the battery pro-
ceeded to enact a new set OF bylaws,
which will be forwarded to the brigade
commander for approval.
The state armory these cold days is
very pleasant place in which to drill
There is no chance for person becom-
And sneaking about armories. the guard
in this city now numbers enough TO bulld
a good armory for itself, and the subject
is being agitated consIderaply. II IS pro-
posed to lease a piece of ground Tor
term of years and erect thereon a pulid-
ing which shall be owned jointly by the
members of the guard organized as a
/ CORPORATION. For instance. the cost OF the
same is S100 900. Ten thousand shares at 81
each can be issued and sold. The stocks
unsod if any. can be placed IN escrow
with some one for q loan, and as last as
redeemed the proceeds can be used in
paying off the debt created by the erection
of a building. There are in this city at
present nearly 25o natlonaI guardsmen.
At the rate Of 81 per month per man, IL
would require four years to pay for the
same or thereabouts, and each one would
have joint interest in the building: But
there are many who could subscribe 50
Ger month if need be, an Ne structure
could be paid for in a sh.. me. Some
frTn would be glad to erect building
and wait for the payment with fair rate
of interest.
The edifce. if arranged rightly. would
be a moneymaker too. 1t would have
a floor larger than any in the city for
dances and meetings and would produce
considerable revenue. Perhaps $1,000 is
q larger sum than will be needed, but
the figures have been used as basis for
an estimate
Each command would have its own
rooms for meetings and storage of prop
erty. and the drill rooms, of which it is
believed there should be two, one above
the other, could be utilized for marching
purposes.
Several members of the guard have
been in consultation in this matter and a
definite proposition may be made very
soon.