The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-27


attendance. about rWeuty-seven men
Delns present The drill consisted OF
the revolver manual and infantry
movements The boys are steadily i'm
proving and are to be omolimented
for their good work.
The signal corps enjoyed an oyster
supper after their drill Thursday even /
ing at the expense of their popular
senior lieutenant, Andy Smith. The /
boys were all seated at one prettiIy /
decorated table and made a neat ap-
pearahce. During the supper short !
speeches We're made by the officers 81 !
the organization. n which the excellent |
conditions of the corps were naturally !
touched upon. but the men were u~ged /
20 CO lt1nue their interest in the work /
and thus maintain its present efficiency. |
After giving three cheers and a tiger
for the signal officers the men returned /
10 the armOry.
The battery now has a roster of about |
fifty men, having lately recruited q /
number Of that class that make good |
/ guardsmen. The orgs nization still de- I
slres a few more of the same kind.
The signal corps is probably the only I
organization in the guard that devotes I
tune outside Of the regular drill nights /
10 its work The sergeants are anxious /
to get out on the hills with their flags
and "heliOs."
The signal corps continued its good
J work last Thursday by wedding out
Two more undesirable members. This I
Z viii probably end the process in the
/ corps The Organization believes in
/ having a few good men, rather than
many poor ones.
/ Three applications remain on the
signal bulletin. All the applicants are
! excellent men and viii probably be
! hE {
/ the action taken Thursday night two
/ more good men win still be needed.
! Cnoer the present command. com
pany IS improving very rapidly and :
/ IL IS noticeable that the men take d
{ much deeper interest in their organ
/ lzatiOn. About twenty-five members
were present at the last regular drill
ana the movements were remarkable
Tor the alertness shown by the men. /
all OF which indicates that the poor
condition of the companies lies not /
with the members.
Company II met in the signaIite
I rooms last Tuesday evening and elected
offlcers- Ralph Sharkey. Robert Cover
dale and Ed Williams were respective
" elected TO the positions of captain.
and first and second lieutenant All
I three are experienced officers. and win
such men at its head the company viii
/ II is expected, rapidly forge 20 the
front.
Company b made an Intellectual at
tempt TO elect officers last Wednesday
night At 1880 the meeting was ad-
Journed indefinitely by the presiding
officer. Colonel Sam Park and an off,
Ger VIII be appointed to take command
of the company.
The present condition of the guard
= very gratifying, particularly so to
those few who have put their shoulders
10 the wheel and pushed il over the
rousher roads. A few moments spenr
IN the spacious halls, always kept So
neat and trim, speak palmer than col
umns of writing.
members of company met at the
Armory hall last Monday evening with
their fun equipment and with the ex-
pectatlon Of being mustered out of the
guard out since all the state property
has not as yet been turned in. action
VIII be deferred for some time.
Many members of company A are
making applications for transfer to ,
other branches. The migration seems
to be principally in the direction of
company G. which is now the best
company in the city.
The present crack company Of the
guard is company T., al Bountiful. That
organization has a full. roster, a re-
markable feature being that nearly ,
every enrolled member attends drtll
regularly. The condition of the com
pany is undoubtedly due to Captain
Haywood and his two lieutenants
First Sergeant Ed Jordan OF company
3 has made application for reduction
and transfer to the hospital corps. :
The hospital corps now has twelve
members. and it is hoped they win !
cease their emulation Of Rip Van Win
kle. move into their quarters and get
down 10 work.
After the disarmament of company :
A. company II viii occupy its quarters.
mus making room for the hospital :
corps.
The Officers association met at the
aTmOTy last Thursday night and a2- :
pointed a committee TO wait uDon the
legislators in the interest of a good !
appropriation and certain desired :
changes which require the action of the :
legislature.
The first sergeant of the signal corps
has been given the privilege Of taking
out men, during the week, for practical
work Thus few of the sergeants, :
curing good weather. viii receive much =
more practice than previously :
captain Haywood Of company + VS.
tied the armOry Thursday and attend :
ed the officers meeting I'm the evening.
That he came to the city simply 10 :
attend the meeting shows that his
heart is in the work.
The custodian Of the armory has :
been provided with rooms in the Same =
building. The position has never been :
hiled by ii better man. and it would :
only be just of the legislature was
asked TO raise his salary
Interest is evidently lacking in the Z
new troop. but il is expected that en-
thusiasm VIII revive when the weather ;
VIII permit the organization to drlil :
with their mounts :
senator kearns viii tender the Off =.
GERS Of the guard a reception at the
knutstord hotel Monday evening.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications as they cannon =
reach the diseased portion of the ear =
There is only one way to cure deaf ;
ness. and that is by constitutional rom y
edies. Deafness is caused BY an in =
famed condition Of the mucous Urfns Z
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