The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-25

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The buzz of preparation tor the Sep
! TENDER encamDment is already hsard az
l the armory. The different company CHI
| manders are hard at work detarrninlng
| who in their organization VIII be able 70
20 and those who cannot ana WY no.
/ least 80 per cent Of their commenos 70
/ camp. and they viii cry Oro0 10
/ successful The companies, since IasI
/ year. have all undergone q lecided slit
/ ing. and now although somewhat re
| duced in numbers, are composed OF Jar
! more desirable class OF young men. ms
/ IMPROVEMENT. however. is not confined to
Z the infantry companies alone, OuI 5 yer!
/ marked throughout the entire guard: a
/ move has been made into nllch better
/ quarters, at least three excelle-lt Out
/ side organizations have been mustered III,
| and both the signal corps ana petIeLy
/ have improved wonderfully IN prom
! cheney.
| tiOnal guard which soreiy needs nll5H5
| by a good instructor from the re2uisc
army. It viii be remembered that Ca2-
/ tain Briant s. Wells was the last army
| officer that the local organizations re-
! ceived instructions from and the guard
| was then at its best.
Brigade orders were received yester-
/ day appointing City Recorder joseph
rank as lieutenant colonel the vacancy
! being caused by the resignation OF 900
| mel D. H. Wells. Many very 7atterlns
| comments have been heard IN guard cir
! cles on the appointment, and the new OIL
/ fcer is welcomed into the fold
Lieutenant Colonel John D. Ford has
been appointed temporary commander or
/ troop G. The troop has almost since Us
! organization, dragged along very
| Iethargic condition. The appointment was
| made with the hope Of reVlYlng the com
/ mand, and Colonel Ford IS DafIcDl
| fitted to accomplish the movement -, ne
/ was first lieutenant of troop A when that
| organization was captained by General ).
| Q. Cannon and at its best me Golohei
! life into the scattered command. ana VIII
| very probably have part at 'east at the
! encamoment-
! The friends of First Sergeant Harry
! Jennings were much surprised Wnen rs
/ marriage was announced last week. Inc
! ceremony took place some lime last
month, and a precedent was set BY sub
| shutting Sandy for Pennington
A second ballot was cast a short time
/ ago for the purpose Of electing major
for the First battalion Twelve votes
/ only were mailed. and resulted IN no
choice, the leading candidates being Lieu
tenant Webb and Captain Jiey'Nood Of
company E A NUMBER or the oInceES
! stated that they had not cast a vote on
! account of neither of the candidates nav
ing declared a. desire for the position, and
/ co. fDe that the DossH5on would be re-
fused If either were elected, hey decided
! to wait until the matter took more
Monday night. at the armory IS prob
ably the busiest evening Of the week, At
that time three companies drill. and as a
| result there is constant Wnirl from
| o'clock until 10.
Companies and each added three
recruits last week.
It is understood that the Lagoon has
! been chosen for the site for the next en-
! campment Fort Douglas was thought to
have been settled upon, but 1t seems that
J the brigsdier general after making a TRIP
the west, quickly underwent a change Of
| mind.
The vacant second Iieutenantcy in COM
pany 3. which has been standing for
by the election Of Charles Forslund, Tor
merly a sergeant In company Il. Fors-
lund is an experienced nan n the mill
tary line, and will undoubtedly Ill the
position with credit, both to himself and
MS organization. Company 3 now mas a
line Of excellent officers. and the good
result is quite noticeable. It Is stated
that Ed Jordan, the first sergesnt Of this
organization, has a transfer into the hos
all definitely known. there are already
/ number candidates for the diamond,
29mong them being Sergeant rye, Mt. Frank
bers Of that company
| The signal corps made a second trip
to the Fort Douglas range last Sunday
| and participated in target practise until
I driven 70 town in the afternoon by a Sc
! we're rainstorm. The same organization Is
| out again today, when 1t IS expected the
seasons practice through 800 yards and
slirmish viii be completed. The CORPS
viii then lay over until after the en-
/ cam2ment, when each member viii con
/ tinue as long as his qualifications viii
permit Inspector OF Target Practice CO..
onel John d. Ford was on The range last
| SUNDAY, and was muSn pleased with the
showing, engaging IN IA little practice
himself with the revolver
It seems that the companies outside Of
salt Lake may have q hard time in
! bringing all of their members to camp.
/ Company A. at Nephi. has on its roster
roll the city recorder the auditor, the
city council, the trea surer, the mayor and
/ few other city of1ctaIs, beside some
Of the county officials. NeDhi would
doubtless miss so many Of its dignitaries.
The signal corps enlisted two more men
last week. D: h Gustavesen and J. 9.
TO its limit, tsventy-three men and three
At present the pride of -he coloners
heart is his brand new khaki uniform.
The rep ort that Captain Henry ]. Plum.
/ hon had contracted typhoid ever white
at PocatellO proves to have been ground
| less. The report came from the Oregon
hOf was formerly employed A note from
I the adiutant states that he was never
better in his life. and does not expect
to suffer locomotor ataxia nor anything
worse from his illness.
Much trouble is found lately in reading
the orders from headquarters The or
osrS are very dim and sometimes even
the number cannot be determined.
( Second Lieutenant Carter OF company
& has been granted q leave OF absence
for two weeks The Lieutenant VIII nor
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