The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
NATIONAL GUARD OF UTAH
NOW MUCH WEAKENED IN NUM-
BERs BY THE WAR.
Many Guardsmen Resigned to Volun-
teer For Active Service-Being Put
Again On Substantial Basis.

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Again On Substantial Basis.
The national guard of Utah was or
ganized before Utah was admitted as
a state, at time when Caleb w. West
was governor. Governor West was a
military man and it was through his
efforts that the national guard was Or
ganized. But Governor West met with
many obstacles and discouragements.
The legislature refused to consider any
proposition toward the organization of
a national guard in the territory. But
in spite of all this, the governor la
bored zealously. and in the end ac-
| compliShed little. at least.
The guard was organized and then
came the struggle to secure an ap-
preparation to aid the militia. Finally,
in 1897, a small appropriation was
made, but not sufficient to put the
guard in the position it wished for.
But equipments We're secured and work
begun to put it into shape At the be-
! ginning of 1898, the strength of the
militia was about 600, including two
batteries of artillery. one troop of
cavalry and the rest in infantry.
The life of the guard has been full Of
! ups and downs and in April last, bat
| ter1eS A and B, the former being in
! Salt Lake and the latter in Ogden,
were disbanded by Governor Heber NJ
| Wells, who succeeded Governor West
I Then came the call for volunteers, and
as the militia was not called into Serv-
ice, the men began dropping out and
taking their places among the ranks
of the volunteers. This depleted the
ranks of the national guard to a great
1 extent and nPPpSSif1 fed changes
both in the rank and file.
With the organization of the two
batteries for the volunteer service of
! the United States, the eight modern
breech-loading rifles and all of the
equipments belonging TO the batteries
of the militia were turned over to the
government. These guns then formed
the armament of batteries A and B of
the Utah volunteers. Then came the
cavalry troop for the volunteer service,
and enough arms and equipments
were taken from the militia to equip
this organization. A large number of
tents and other camp eQuipage was
also taken for their use, and when the
first volunteers left Salt Lake for the
front the armory of the national guard
had been pretty well stripped.
ONLY MUsKETs LEFT.
There had been no call for infantry,
and as there were a number of Spring
field muSkets and other infantry equip
ments left, the work of the guard was
continued, but without artillery or cav
airy in the organization. The hospital
corps was also discontinued, as nearly
every man in that branch Joined the
volunteers or enlisted in the regular
army for the war
The strength of the national guard of
Utah as it now stands numbers some
thing less than 800. and consists of
companies a, B, d, e and F of the
First infantry. These companies are
drilling regularly, but are under the
proper strength. However, recruits are
being daily enlisted and it is hoped that
they will be nearly filled to their prop
er complement within a short time.
The roster of officers of the national
guard as it now stands is as follows:
Governor Heber NJ. Wells, command
er-in-chief.
Colonel c. S. Burton, acting adjutant
general and quartermaster general.
Colonel E. w. Tatlock, inspector of
target practice.
Colonel T. ]. Stevens, commissary
general
Colonel N. C. Wallace, inspector gen.
eral.
Lieutenant Colonel N. w. Clayton,
aide-de-camp.
FIRST INFANTRY.
ColoneI-Morris L. Richie
Major-H. NJ. II. Lund.
Regimental Quartermaster E. G.
Rognon.
Regimental Adjutant-Captain John
w Afford.
Company A
Captain-A a. Smith.
First Observation-Disclosures 3. Reed.
Second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Smelt-
ger.
Company B
Captain-J. a. Hensel,
First Lieutenant-Charles A. Floyd.
Second Lieutenant-Oscar Winkler.
Company D.
First Lieutenant-R 8. Carter.
Second Lieutenant-Wil Darke.
Company e Cat BountifuD-
Captain-Levi Haywood.
First Lieutenant. w. Kelley.
Second Lieutenant-H. ]. w. Burn
ingham.
Company Cat MantD-
Captain-Ezra Christensen.
First Lieutenant-Bruce Cox.
Second Observation-Disclosures futile.
Signal Corps
Captain. a. Greenewald.
Senior First Lieutenant-W. II. To-
bias.
Junior First Lieutenant-W. r. Sib-
ley.
The old company which used to be in
Brigham City has dropped out of ex-
istence, but an effort is being made to
reorganize it. This company, if reor-
ganized, will be known as company c.
An attempt is also being made in Lo-
gan to organize a company.
Captain Hensel is also trying to or
ganize another company in Salt Lake |
and for that purpose has been assigned |
to special duty.
RECORD OF FAILURES.
Dun & Co.'s Report of the Business
ReVerSes of 1898