The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-08
ASLEEP At HIS POST
Utah Militiaman Courtmartialed For
Serious Gffense.
PENALTY MAY BE SEVERE
WOULD BE DEATH IN TIME OF
WAR.
Another Sentry, In An Excess Of
Zeal, Placed Two Officers Under
Arrest-Story of Late Banquet
and Crap Game - Good Target
Scores Made.

Scores Made.
There was business at Camp Wa
satch yesterday. business which even
the young fellows who take the en-
/, campmert as holiday look on with
more seriousness than their various
calls and drills.
One of their number was before a
serious courtmartial, a solemn, somber
conclave of officers, who had him on
| trial for an offense which in time OF
war is punishable with death.
| Ellis Johnson, private of company
A, was sentry Wednesday night. He
was stationed on one of the far out
! posts to keep away supposed contend
! ing armies or to give notice of their
! arrival. But Johnson, becoming very
weary and sleepy with continual and
monotonous tramping, sat down on the
root of a tree and wandered into the
land of Nod. There a corporal of the
guard found him and took him to the
guard house, where he remained.
Courtmarital Detail.
Adjutant General Burton detailed
these officers as a courtmartial: Col
] onel Richie, Captain Hayward, Cap
/ tain Kamerman, Captain Walton and
First Lieutenant Tobias. Lieutenant
Colonel Wells was judge advocate and
Captain Smith was counsel for the de-
Tense. Only two unimportant witnesses
were examined, and an adjournment
was taken until $50 a. m. today.
Other court proceedings were before
the summary court, over which, Lieu
tenant Colonel Ford presides. He fined
Corporal Parr of company A one days
/ fn,. oh hcstw fans and
reveille without permission, and Private
Nelson of company G was sentenced to
a reprimand for the same offense.
Officers Arrested.
An energetic sentry who had evident
| ly been reading the newspapers came
near getting himself into trouble early
yesterday morning. Captain Hassing
and Lieutenant Durand OF company b,
who were returning to camp in the
small hours of the morning, were ar
rested by the sentry and taken to the
guard house. The sentry did not I'M
derstaEd that officers do not need
countersign to pass the lines. When
his mistake was pointed out he was
quite embarrassed. fff sf1t
A Late Banquet.
There were other exciting things in
camp on Wednesday night besides
these related. Company Q, which lis
an organization of young officers, gave
a banquet in the tent of Captain
| Greenewald. There was a spread OF
| cold delicacies such as the camp kitch-
en- and hard hustling could provide.
But there was something stronger;
some one had furnished two bottles of
champagne.
"A banquet wouldn't be complete
without champagne said Greenewald
yesterday. 5uif
While this little impromptu affair
was proceeding, there was a different
kind of amusement on the hillside east
of camp. An enterprising negro trooper.
of Fort Douglas had established a chap
game for the young militiamen. Col-
onel Richie and Lieutenant L. E.. Gill
bert. having heard of It. raided the
game and sent five men back to their
tents. They have the names of the
men, and whether or not they will be
prosecuted IS undecided.
Started Midway.
more innocent kind of amusement
was that furnished by Sergeant White,
the hurnoriSt of the camp. In his way
White is a genius and some day will
Shine as a funny man. He is the orig
inator of a Midway Plaisance, and he
is the chief ''spieler" thereof. Last
evening when the brigade review, re-
treat and guard mount We're finished,
the signal corps tents were the center
of attraction.
There were three glove contests and
several sideshows In the big tent"
there was the Zulu band of string in
struments; Sergeant Welty was ex-
hibited as the black elephant in an
other tent; Sergeant Mess as the
giraffe occupied another; Sergeant
Haigh as the great Sioux CHER was
prepared to meet all corners in a COM
petition Of cake eating. But as the
ohallengers had to furnish the cake
there were no contests. A watch, con-
sisting of the face of an old clock, was
presented to Lieutenant Shelter for
bravery on dress parade.
Good Target Scores.
The detail from company G made
some good scores at target practice IN
the 100yard distance. These men come
from Woodruff. They have hunted all
their lives, so they know the use of a
rifle. They made scores as follows:
A. l.. Eastman, % out of a possible %;
Rhuel Walton, %, and Aytch Sessions,
%. Every member of the detail made
as high as Il out of possible rs. That
means that each man hit the bulls
eye at least four out of possible five
times. Details of e, T and G will prac-
tice again today.
The Telegraph work of Captain
Greenewald and Lieutenant Scott from
Lake Breeze and from the hills back CT
camp were very successful. Several
messages We're read. The flag practice
by the signal corps at distance of
mile and half was likewise success
full.
The afternoon ceremonies and exer-
cises of the regiment were advanced
a half hour yesterday. Officers call
has been changed from lis to 12:45,
retreat and dress parade have been
changed from 6:15 p. m. to 5.45, and
the second. guard mount is now at 80
p. m. instead of o'clock Those Wis !
itors who want to see the evening dress
parade must reach the groundN half
hour earlier.
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