The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-05

The First brigade, National guard of
Utah, slept under canvas last night.
Camp Kent, or rather the ground
which was known as Camp Kent last
year. is again a tented field Once
more stalwart young men in blue uni
forms are patrollins it. Again the
bugles are sounding reveille and assem-
.bly and guard mount and mess calls
and taps A few of the boys who were
there last year were there today, but
most Of their old time comrades have
seen so much OF the real thing that
they don't care about playing at sol
Giering any more.
In honor of the mountains that rear
their SCARED peaks behind Fort Doug
las. the camp of 1899 is known as Camp
Wasatch. So it was designated by
Brigadier General Cannon in an order
issued yesterday morning. Before a
large proportion of Salt LaEe bad
breaixfasted yesterday morning the re-
giment had formed and vas marching
to the post. Most of the companies
turned out good delegations. The small
lest was B, with twenty-seven, and the
largest was A, with thirry-seven. The
total enlisted strength was 1872. To
this must be added the hospital corps
with five enlisted men ana steward.
and the signal corps with sixteen en-
listed men and three officers.
Bustle and Confusion
There was much hurry ard hustle
and confusion yesterday morning. The
tents had all been putched, but the
grounds had to be puliced and hun-
dred things attended to that are al
ways overlooked until the last moment.
The boys didn't begin 10 settle down
until after the noon M IS Then the
real work for which they had been
called together began. They were or
dered out at 8 o'eicek .or company
drill. and the way those lads were put
through their PAGES was n sight.
For d solid hour and a half in a sun
that was at least ''summery'' t5le lads
sweated through setting up drills. ma
npal. of arms. open. order marching and
counfefTnarcEsng. BY the time their
officers relented and the recall was
sounded the guardsmen were willing to
admit that camp of instruction = 70
Sunday school picnic. They were given
half an hour of rest before the call 10
which all soldiers respond most cheer
fully was sounded. 1t was nearly 6
O'Clock when supper was over, and
then came the prettiest ceremony Of
the day.
This was the dress parade. retreat
and guard mount. At the first call
Held's band, seventeen strong and aug
mented by eight buglers, marched
across the parade ground TO the liveli-
est kind of d quickstep. They were
followed by the two battalions. and at
$50. as the sun was sinking in a sea
of gold behind Antelope island, the
regiment faced the Scolors that tapped
lazily in the dying breeze before nri-
gade headquarters. The scene was
most impressive.
Flag Flutters Down.
The soldiers stood at attention. sill
houetted against an Grange back
ground like a row of well-carved sat
ues Suddenly the buglers on the ex-
treme right broke into the lear notes
of retreat. AS the last sounds were
hanging TREMENDOUSLY in the air the sun
set gun was fired and the band. with
all its strength, began the Star Snan-
gled Banner" Slowly, slowly, the flag
futtered down from its staff, while
every officer, every private, every spec
tator did silent homage 10 the banner
that has never known defeat.
The twilight was merging rapidly
into darkness when the companies
marched back to their quarters. Night
had fallen when the ceremony IF guard
mounting was gone through with. but
ii was accomplished with precision
At4al W CO AOll4e1i hcabits NOAJSiNf-a Zig TIE
almost utter lack of practice the mill
tiamen had had.
A band concert of an hour wound VI
She first day in camp. day hat WAS
full of incident and work and worry
but (which had its compensations in the
notable progress the guards had made
from raw recruits toward fighting ma
chimes. There were few visitors, a fact
probably accounted for by the number
Of other attractions and. the knowledge