Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-10

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Tor further consultation with senator
Cannon. II hiss been agfcei ihat ~
anton 10 Tho troops Of cavalry iur-
ulshad Colonel Torrcy's United Ht'l,'
volunteer regiment thefe WV ~ IVY.
coded your state an addiuonal u,eps W
be known a. the First Utah uniiei
states volunteer troop cavalry. VIM,
officers will BE- commissioned W lvu'
consolidating no part Of Colonel ToffeyH
Al this time tho patrlousm u the
rtate was 80 niiame that there were
upon the grounds nt the mnsigfinr ren-
dckvous Fort Douglas, ttah. "h w
bench overlooking Salt Lake city more
than twice as many volunteers ~ WI,
needed to mn the quota delegated, and
efforts were made by utah'f feprcscnta-
lives IN Congress to have further Or
CARNATIONS 81 Infantry accepted hut
10 al such cntfrntier the war depart
mcnt was not only deaf but dumb a.
well.
Acting under instructions from the
secretary ~ war that organizations ~
the national guard ~ the state b.
givcn preference IN enlistment, III re-
erultinr officers were Instructed t. pre-
fer members 81 thnfc organizations,
which resulted IN the enlistment ~
many menhffAs altnNuAn DO f'hHiN
company u the guard was accepted az
Immediately the two batteries Of
ileht artillery and the troop N cavalry
were mustered into the servlcc.' mean.
time the following named having been
imprinted and Commissioned TO be the
oriccrs.
Captain. Rlchard W. Young. nrsi
-
lieutenant. Raymond e. Naylor. rec.
ond lieutenant. William Z. Webb.
BATTERY ~
Captain, Frank A. Grant first lleu-
tenant. Edgar a. Wedgwood. necon1
lieutenant. John v. critchlow, second
lieutenant orrin H. Grow.
CAVALRY THooP,
Captain. Joseph u. Cainc 'iirat lleu-
tenant. Bcnner X. Smith. second lieu.
tenant, Gordon n. kimbaii.
On May 18th. 1899. the troop o. caval-
~ enlisted In Utah Tor Colonel Torfcya
regiment were mustered Into the SER
vice at Fort u. A. ituarell. Wyoming.
with the following named officers ap-
pointed from Titan BY Colonel Torreyi
Captain. John y. cannon. nrft licuten.
ant. John Washington Young. second
lieutenant. Andrew !. Burt
Afterwards Captain Cannon was pro.
noted to be lieutenant colonel ~ the
regiment. First Lieutenant t0unE was
made captain. Second Lieutenant Hurt
was made nrst lieutenant and First
sefseani sidney X. Hooper was made
Second Licutcnnnt.
About ono-fourth Of company. con.
tiating OF forty mrn. were rccfulted IN
Utah also for the regiment of United
States volunteer engineers under com
mand OF Colonel willard Young. him.
self q son 81 Utah. appointed colonel
BY the President. and the chaplain.
Elias a. Kimbali. and the surgeon. Dr'
y. a. Ncacham. acrc also appointed
from this state. The men 20 re-
cruitsd are now In Honolulu. the colo
mel and the other Utah officers are In
Cuba.
The batteries and cavalry troops were
equipped from the ordnance and quar-.
termanier'n stores Of the national
runrd II the State, excepting the
horses which were furnished by Fov-
ernmoni. most of them being purchan.
ID nj Fort Douglas by Lieut.. liriant N.
Wells OF the Second United States In
fnntfy. mastering officer and acting
qnnrtcfmaster. In addition 20 the
equipment furnished from the national !
guard stores. IN reality belonging 70
government. but IN the custody ~ the
State land which Included eight ~
Inch guns ana cnianonr. harness. sad-
dies. tentafc. small arms. uniforms.
etc). the state expended ti.0l0ss In fur
thcr eavpmen' subsistence. trans
portntion' OF volunteers, etc. which
constitutes "a claim against government
and II by congressional enactment
rcinbufrable TO the State. A portion
OF thI. amount has aifvady been NJ.
lowed by the auditor for the wnr do.
partment aud the remainder awaits
necessary explanation 10 conform 10
Tho technical requirements " the de-
partment.
After y few weeks .ncampm-nt NJ
Fort Douglas. during which the voiun-
tser were put through a ririd course ~
dfilh. tho three organizations. two
Batteries and one troop werr ordered
20 San Francisco. In due course the
batteries were sent 20 Manila. whore
they took prominent para In tho re-
duction OF that city. Captains Young |
and Grant having been brcvetted hy |
the President for unilnntfy In action.
~ further official evidence of the effi- /
tiehcr and Ealinntry Of tho batteries.
the following telegram from iiriTndier
General v, V. Greene. who commanded
The batteries during tho several en-
eaxcmenta there. II quoted
'iiumboit. New. Sent. "a. issS.
-0oyernor ". N. Wells. Halt Lake.
win pass ogden tomorrow morn
" 'ell You perOnally of splendid work
done BY foungs ana urni,t'n batteries
at Manila"
II l. much regretted that wAn
Absent IN Wyoming at the time OF the
receipt Of the telegram and therefore
Hailed OF The pleasure Of the Interview
phd the thrilling narrative from AN otii-
clal source Of the heroic achievements
Of utah'a volunteer.
subsequently, by authority of tho war
uepafneht. the three Utah batteries
tiatiery 9 having been mustered INTO
the service uhiof The Presidents sec.
ond eau for volunteers aud ordered 20
garrison duty At Angel Island. Gait
formal, We're organized into "A bat.
TALON aud nreyei Major YOUNG was
promotcd by me TO major Of the hat.
TALON. to rank frun July itih, isss,
Thercuron the following pfoniotiona
were also made 10 nii vacnnclea. Flrst
Lieut., Edgar A. Weirwood. 10 be can.
tain Of Battery A, second Lieut.. John
y .fitrhlow 20 be mt lieutenant 81 ,
liattery n, Corporal George A. gen.
man. 10 be- second lieutenant az nnt.
tory u. These batteries arc sim al
though I am advised nv IN.
ndjutant general that they will b. ~.
turned 10 the United States and mus.
Tered out ~ soon ne regulars may be-
sent 10 relieve them. and thai such ,
regulars arc ALREADY under orders F,
The First Tro0p ~ Utah. United /
States volunteer cavalry. was ordered
rom the Preside, San Franelsco 10 al \
police duty during the months ~ A,,r. d
irt, September and October M ~. !
government parks In California. a 10.
nil which the troops performed uncom. q
though with keen dlaan 4
,ointment hscnuHe NJ the nnn.fuiah. =
rent Of their eynortntlons 90 20 10 Ma. I,
RIA. on tho 2lrd N December ma /,