The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-13
THE NATIONAL GUARD.

The event of interest among the or.
carnations Of the guard stationed il
salt Lake for this week is the bat.
Talon drill, which will be held Wednes
!. Jay evening. with company H, troop A
ana battery A in line, under the com.
nand OF Colonel Park. These drills are
very interesting. and all of the mem.
oers or the guard look forward to then
with great deal of interest. They an
pear for these battaIions drills wher
they will not appear for their regular
, weekly drills. The drill will commence
at $3.50 o'clock sharp.
The third competitive drill for the
IA. c. Lflley gold medal win be held
Dy the signal corps at the armory next
thursday evening. This drill should
nav been held two weeks ago. but was
postponed on account of the small at
. tendance.
company H had a fair-sized turnout
at oriil last Wednesday night. On ac-
count of misunderstanding as to the
evening on which battalion drill wa
10 have been held, the members of this
orga nization did not appear for drill
tuesday evening, but appeared Wed
nesday night instead.
I
! corps inspected the books of that or
ganizatiOn last Friday night. He found
! them all to be in first-elass condition.
and comDlimented the first sergeant
and quartermaster sergeant very high
~ Tor the thoroughness Of their work.
Priyates H. c. Mcneil and A. L.
hunol1sen OF company D have made
application for discharges from the ma
tional guard. on account of their work
interfering with the proper discharge
of their duties as guardsmen.
General order No. 25 was issued from
headquarters during the past week, and
confirms the election of Fred U.
terry A.
! First Sergeant Tobias of company II
was reduced TO the ranks by a general
company order issued by CAPTAIN Will
hams, and by the same order Sergeant
Pyke was appointed to fill the va
The transfer of Quartermaster Ser
geant Burkhart of company ID mas been
forwarded to headquar ters, approved.
The signal corps received very en-
couraging letter from Captain Greene
waid of that organization. who is on
a business trip in the east He has
VISITED many national guards during
his trip, and found that the Utah ma
tional guard can hold its own with any
OF them, and especially the signal corps
OF the N. G. u. He states that there
are no signal corps in the east that he
has visited that can either send or re-
celve message any better than the
signal CORDS. N. C. U.
Arrangements are being made for a
Joint field day at SaItair the early part
Oh next month, to be held by troop A
and battery A. Troop A had intended
10 hold a field meet at Calder's on the
18th inst, but on account of not being
able to obtain horses. the meet was
called off and arrangements were im-
med1ately commenced for a field day
at Saltair.
Charges have been forwarded to
headquarters accusing Private Dyer of
the signal corps of non-attendance at
drills. These charges will be pushed,
and an example will be made of Private
Dyer. Every member who has any
fines against him will be court-mar-
tailed if they are not paid before the
end of the present month.
After a delay OF about one month.
battery A succeeded in getting enough
men present last Monday night to elect
a second lieutenant. Corporal Fred
Leonard was unanimously elected to
I'LL the vacancy.
The signal corps spent last Thursday
evening signaling with the acetylene
gas flash lanterns. Lieutenants Smith
and Skidmore were in command of the
two stations at Third and Fifth South.
and transmitted messages from one to
the other for about an hour and half.
Ihis work is more interesting than
drilling with the rifles, and the mem
bers of the corps prefer, during the
summer months, the use of lanterns to
the rifles In the near future stations
VIII be taken on the roofs of two of
the high buildings in town, and COM
munication will be kept open by the use
of the lanterns for several hours.
BY a unanimous vote, battery A de-
eided last Monday night to vote Charles
Timer out of that organization. He
viii receive his discharge at once
Battery A held a well attended sec
ton drill on West Temple last Monday
night.
LTOOp n VIII gam one more recruit ,
next Wednesday night. MIR. Watts
posted his name for enlistment last
Wednesday night so the committee on /
enlistments might act upon his appIi- |
cation The chairman of the commit |
tee will report favorably upon the ap- /
plication.
Since the warm weather has set in \
H, stationed at Provo, has
been drilling only twice month. and
will continue TO do so until encamp- 4
ment.
An order from headquarters is ex-
pected almost any day. ordering the
Utah national guard on an encamp- /
ment. In this order the time of en-
campment will be stated, so that the
men will know when to ask for vaca-
ton. The place of encampment will
be given out in the form of an order a
little later.
On account of his falling to aupear
regularly for drills. Mascot Heating of
the signal corps has been dropped from
the rolls. There are already several ap-
phcations for the position, but il will
not be filed until Captain Greenewald
returns.
Get Wise.