The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-20
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.

The findings of the courtmartiaI
which tried Private Winkler of COM
pany B have been made public by gen.
eral order No. %. The verdict was
guilty of absenting himself from en-
/ campment without leave. He was
given the minimum penalty. s., which
he paid.
The signal corps will finish its sea-
son's target practice one week from to-
day Part of the corps will practice
! from 100. 200 and 300 yards, while the
remainder of the corps viii shoot from
800 yards. 600 yards and skirmish.
The minstrel troupe from company
II is rounding into shape. Friday night
Bob Kenyon was elected manager and
George Goddard secretary and treas
urer.
Privates Clawson and Robinson of
company G applied for furlough last
week, with permission to leave the
state.
Colonel Beer met with an exciting
accident Friday night. A First street
car and the coloneFs horse met, with
the result that Colonel Beer now car
ries some court plaster upon several
parts of his anatomy.
The members of company H enjoyed
( themselves for about five hours Friday
night at their club rooms in the Auer-
/ DSch building Refreshments were
ser"ed. after which those present were
tres ed to a rare musical treat. The
assemblage broke UP IN the wee sna'
hours.
S. Christy was voted into the hos
pital corps last Monday night the
corps now has twelve excellent mem
bers. Only four more members are
needed to fill the corps to its maximum
strength.
The Armory was wired with teIe-
graph wires yesterday by Sergeants
Lawson and Schmier of the signal
corps. A class in advanced telegraphy
will be organized next Thursday night.
Battery A enlisted two more mem
bers last Monday night. Spencer c.
Bradford and J. Hume.
Private Ward of company c has ap-
piled for a discharge on account of
leaving the state. He has gone to
California. where he has secured
very desirable position
H. Burgstrom and H. Welte posted
their names for enlistment in the zig
nal corps last Thursday night.
Company II enlisted six members on
Friday night-N. Wolfe. Scott Wood
ward. F. Moore, II. z. Greeneward, j.
w. Trewhela and T. Swaner.
The bylaws of company b have been
amended so that now those members
absenting themselves from drill with
out leave may be tried by company
court. One case has already been dis
posed of. that of Sergeant Young. who
was fined so cents for non-attendance
of drill.
Battery A is to give another dance at
the Armory the 18th of next month. A
royal good time is promised those in
attendance. Something in the amuse-
ment line is promised at least every
other week during the winter months.
The following members of company
II have applied for discharges on ac-
count of leaving the state: II. Solli-
van. w. II. Kahler, Forslund, d. Osler,
j. Riddle, Taylor and ]. D. Rahkum.
There are several non commissioned
officers to be appointed in company n.
These officers viii not be appointed
for some time, to give the officers time
to see what kind of material the new
members are made of.
Trumpeter Thomas of battery A is
out of the city. He is soon to apply
for discharge on account of leaving
the state.
Troop c is soon to be disbanded.
Colonel Ford, who was detailed as COM
mander, has come to the conclusion
that the present members cannot be
gotten around to drill, so the troop is
to be mustered out of the service.
Private Thomas Of Ia ffarx- A hoe ~
piled for transfer to company H An
other good trumpetsr is needed in the
company and Private Thomas will in
all probability be appointed.
Company H will endeavor to finish
its work on the target range today
Since the N. c. L. football team -;
become a reality, the football team
from battery A has become a thing of
the past.
Lieutenant smeltzer of company B
took his brother officers of that COM
pany to supper after drill Wednesday
night.
Sergeant Dyer of the signal corps
met with painful accident last Thurs
day while playing football at All Hal
lows college. His wrist was badly
sprained and his leg wrenched so ~
to necessitate his staying in bed for
several days.
Lieutenant Smith of the signal corps
was last Thursday night the recipient
of a handsome charm in the form OF
an elk's head. The gift came from
Captain, Greenewald of the cor3s in
honor of Lieutenant Smiths initiation
into the 3. p. o. Z. lodge.
Released From Jail.
Washington, Oct. 19.-The state de-
partment has been informed that w
H. Neatly. the American citizen who
has been lying in jail at Porforio Diaz.
under commitment for contempt of
court in Withholding certain legal pa
pers. by a Mexican court. has been
released on bail. This removes the
acute phase of the case. in which the
state department had Interested itself
and the triaA will go in in the usual
Mexican ma pner.