The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-11

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Next Wednesday at a. m. all the
! organizations of the guard in Salt
/ Lake and company Z at BOuntiful viii
/ turn out in honor of the Society of the
/ Army OF the Philippines. It is hoped
| that all the men viii appear as il is
/ desired to make good showing.
Twenty men of the signal corps will
report at the armOry this morning at
S o'clock when they viii repair to Fort
/ Douglas range for a few hours target
/ practice. The targets were put in
| place yesterday and some good shoot
! ing is expected.
The members of companv e were
! rendered a smoker by their officers last
Wednesday night. A good attendance
was on hand and. after q short drill
/ the men were marched to Kolitz's ice
cream parlOrs where the refreshments
We're served. Throughout the evening
pleasing music was rendered by Lieu
tenant SmeltZer's graphaphone, ans
the affair altogether was thoroughly
enjoyed. This little incident is quite
( illustrative of the new officers inter
est in the organization and if it is
possible to build the company up Cap
ger are the ones to do it.
The battery will probably have to
postpone drill longer than was really
intended on account Of the condition
OF West Temple. Wires are being laid
underground along that street which
mas, OF course, necessitated the tear
ing up Of portion of the pavement.
All indications point toward the next
encampment being held at Camp Bur
ton on Twelfth South and State
streets. A committee has been iuves-
tigating the advantages of the differ
ent places proposed and the choice
gradually narrowed down to Camp
Burton and Fort Douglas The com
mlttee has visited Utah lake. Center
vile and the Lagoon, but none of these
sites was considered favorable and the
east bench location will probably be
dropped from the list on account of the
over abundance of dust found there
Captain Scmmers was lately an
pointed inspector Of rife practice. This
IS the second time the captain has
connected himself with the guard.
having formerly been the captain of
company G He was at one time a cap
captain in the Georgia volunteers and
VIII be gladly welcomed back by ev-
eryone in the guard.
The rest which the hospital corps
has been enjoying the last two weeks
IS now just about al it's end and good
hard work will soon be commenced.
Company 3 held a special drill last
Friday evening which was fairly well
attended An effort is being made to
inject laughing gas into the members
which is to some extent succeeding
Captain Henry J. PIumhof. adiutant
of the First regiment. has written that
he will not be able to attend the ap-
preaching encampment on account of
having accepted position at POcatel-
10.
Brigade orders issued Friday ap-
point Captain SOmmers acting adju-
tant.
Notwithstanding the hot weatlR.
the signal corps had an excellent at
tendance at its last Thursday evening
orlI only five men being absent, ali
OF WhOm We're out OF the city On
account Of the growth Of the organiza-
ton the officers have given up their
lockers in the quarters and moved
elsewhere. A supply OF new articles
was lately received and the men viii
now be completely equipped.
Lieutenant CoverdaIe. late COM
mander of company 3, by appoint
ment was relieved of his duties bv
order last Friday. His connections
viii now be with company H alone.
which he, TO a great extent, aided in
organizing.
The roster OF the signal corps was
Slid out another notch last Thursday
evening by Ct listing Lee Smith. the
first sergeant OF the High school cadet
corps.
The examination for the first SER
geantship of the signal corps will be
held in about two weeks. A number
of sergeants have signlfied their in
tentions of taking the test, among
them being Sergeants Bourne. Law
son and Evans. More applicants are
expected within the next week. AS
TO the grading subject matter. pen
manship. neatness and expression will
be taken into consideration.
A complete set Of gold plated collar
was mailed to Captain H. J. !
PlumhOn last Thursday bearing the
compliments of Colonel s. G. Park.
A set of eight signal flags and stats !
was received at the armory yesterday.
This is the first time the state has 1
provided flags for the signal CORPS. the /
organization having formerly pur- |
chased them itself The fact that If /
has been fitted out with the new set /
is probably due to the efforts Of Colo /
mel Park.