The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-07
NATIONAL GLlARD


At an election held by company c last
Monday night, Adjutant Jack Afford was
elected captain by unanimous vote. and
lieutenant. After the election refresh
ments were served at GIFTS hall
Quartermaster Webb is very much
pleased with the looks Of his quarter
master-sergeant's store rooms. The rooms
are kept in such good order by, Quarter
tenant Webb said they would pass a reg
ular army inspector, and this is saying
great deal.
Major Benedict took the Hospital corps
TO Taylors undertaking parlOrs last
tuesday night to learn something about
the human body by watching the process
Of an autopsy.
Battery A has received new field belts
and knaPsacks- The knapsa cks are not
the old kind that are carried on the back,
but look like a valise. They are about
one and a half feet square and are car
ried IN the hand.
Company c has lost another Of its best
members Private J 3. Chase received
his discharge last week on account of the
expiration of his term of enlistment. Mr..
Chase thinks he viii not re-enlist.
The basket ball teams of companies H
ana 9 played a. practice game in the
mOry hall last Monday night. At y o'clock
score stood s to g. Corporal Bowen of
company c scored all the points for his
company.
Next Thursday night the signal corps
will hold its regular monthly drill for Its
gold medal
Sergeant Green Of the first section. bat
terry a. leaves on a two months tUrlOugh
soon, and Quartermaster Sergeant Cham
berlain will be in command OF the first
section.
Battery A will hold another mounted
drill at Agricultural park one week from
today
General order No. Il has been issued.
This is the long looked for order giving
the various organizations permission TO
use their guns on the target range.
Company H held a spirited drill last
Monday night.
The members of company 3 who have
been in the habit OF attending drill when
they pleased have come to the conclusion
that it is better to attend every week, as
a squad has been sent out for absentees
and, as a result. company 3 has held bet
ter attended drills.
The examining board reported on the
examination of the officers last WedneS-
day, and on Monday an order viii be IS
sued giving the results.
Lieutenant EiuulQOLE OF the signal corps
has been offered the position of adjutant
of the First regiment, \. O. T.. but
yet has not decided whether or not to ac-
Cept the offer.
Ssrgeants Skidmore and Hanson of the
signal corps are having 2 very enjoyable
time at Ephraim. Sergeant SkidmOre is
manager and captain Of the phraim base
ball Sam, and Sergeant Hanson is man
aging the bicycle races. A consignment
of trout and a bear hide is expected from
gone into the mountains back of Ephratm
on an extended hunting and fishing trip.
The signal corps has received permits
sion to enlist twenty-three men. Hereto
fore the strength of the corps has been
twenty enlisted men and three officers,
but now IL viii be UWenty-three enlisted
men and three officers. This number will
give the corps five sets OF fours instead
of four.
The Signalite Social club moved its fur
niture from its club rooms last week and
viii not again engage rooms until after
encampment-