The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-26
NATIONAL A NOTES.

NATIONAL A T
The past week has been a very busy
n for ~guardsmen and the coming
week will be buster. as there is the
same activity among the citizen sol
diers, who are preparing for camp, as
there is among regulars just about to
leave a post for the front. Among
other things, the four companies. A,
b, c and G, will drill every night dur
ing the week s0 as to get the new
men into shape for the encampment.
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Lieutenant Lund, commanding COM
pany B. has asked for the discharges
Of the following men, for the good Of
the service: Privates Lorenzo Carr.
Arthur Zuber, Fred w. Jones. Henry
Sahnt Hyrum Powell. r. E. Living
stone. Oscar anderson, Leo Broschin-
sky, John YenseI Allie Williams, Rob-
ert Reed and S. S. Smith. While Lieu
tenant Lund is in command of the
company he is going through the sift-
ing out process and before it is time
to go to camp he expects TO have one
of the best companies in the guard.
Captain Lev S. Haywood of COM
pany E was in the city yesterday with
a requisition for more property and
supplies. The captain reports his COM
pany in the finest condition and he
expects to take forty-seven men into
camp.
Company A reports two e~nlistments.
The men who signed are Will Simp-
kins and Carl Peterson: also one re-
enlistment in the person of Sergeant
Hugh Nation.
Chief Trumpeter Harvey Hardy
would like to meet as many of the field
trumpeters and drummers as a pre-
sent themselves at the Armory Mon
day night. He would like to give
them some advice and instructions as
To calls that will be used during the
encampment. Sergeant Hardy says he
will ave no more red tape about the
field music, but expects every man to
put in his best ticks and be what is
Known as a wind -jammer."
Company B will hold an election in
quarters Monday night and a full at
tendance is urged.
Company D, situated at Woodruff.
has in a requisition for leggings and
gloves. This company will make a
fine showing at camp.
Sergeant ]. II. Burnham of company
E has been granted a discharge on ac-
count of leaving the state.
Private Arthur Caffal of company
A is on the sick list, but expects to he
on hand for the eneampment.
Captain Haywood is going to spring
something new on the city company.
He is going to take fo~rty-seven men
into camp and has made arrangements
70 have every one Of his men wear
an army blue shirt. These shirts viii
be the same as the government issues
and will cost the men s1.30 apiece.
This is something every company in
the guard should do, as it gives the
men the uniform supposed TO be worn
by soldiers and adds greatly to their
appearance.
The list # names in company G has
reached thirty-five and every man of
them is a fine specimen of what it
takes to make a soldier.
Corporal Lewis Of company B has
L &c 1lOll an t6ltLueQ IuTlOuRn
through Oregon, while Private Perren
of the same company has been granted
a ten days furlough.
A discharge has been granted to
Clarence Swensen Of company A on
account of business interfering with
his duties as a guardsman.
Captain Gaines cavalry troop will
without a doubt be mustered into the
next Wednesday at the Armory.
Company E. at Bountiful, gained five
rockies" during the past week. They
are Perry lockwood, John Rigbv.
Call. The latter is a volunteer, hav-
ing served in the Philippines.
E~x-Lieutenant Lawrence Smeltzer is
a candidate for second lieutenant of
company G. Lieutenant Shelter is
an old guard officer and h c bows
would like to get him in the
as he has lots of push and energy.
Corporal Frank Young of
will soon be on hand TO drill with
company again. Corporal Young
has been sick for the past three weeks.
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Sergeant w. c. Hardy of
has been granted a thirty-days' fur
with permission to leave the
state.
The entire signal corps will go to
Fort Douglas this morning for target
and Photograph practice, at Z o'clock
sharp. The corps has three vacancies
and Captain Greenewald would like
three good men to ill up the ranks.
Other than first-class men with good
regulations need not apply.
This week Will find Major Glendin-
ming the busiest nan in town. He is
quartermaster genera and that
to show that he will not be
die. He has charge of the transport
ng Of all troops to Fort Douglas.
Company B will hold a business