The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-11
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.

NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.
General order No. 13 was issued L
the various organizations during The
past week. II is as follows
fnst-At an election held by com
pany 6, First infantry, at Provo Utah
on tuesday, May 6, 1902, Private J. A
tWeives was elected second lieutenant
second-At an election held by com,
pany ii, First infantry, at Salt LAX,
CITY, Utah, on Tuesday, May 6, 1902
lrst Lieutenant W. @. Williams wa,
elected captain and Sergeant II. E
Greenwood was elected first lieutenant
The hospital corps gained two re-
crults last Wednesday night, when lie.
I roy Lyman and T. WOolley were mus,
tered into the service. The corps need.
lew more good men to I'LL up its de
! pleted ranks. This organization is onIy
/ allowed sixteen men, and there are a
present ten men in the corps. Major
\ Benedict wants six first-cIass youne
men to enlist in the corps.
Inc signal corps was the guest nj
First Lieutenant Smith of that organ.
ization at his home last Tuesday night
progressive siXty-three was the game
OF the evening. Sergeant Ball can.
tured the first prize and Sergeant Wat.
| son the consolation prize. At a lat,
hour dainty refreshments were served
ana the boys departed with the best OF
IeeLngs toward Lieutenant Smith.
me following appointments were
made by Lieutenant Webb at parade
OF the High school cadets Friday aft
ernoon; To be acknowledgements
Fratt, Sherman and BUSHNELL: and n
De corporals-Privates Price, Peters
and Hartley.
Troop held nOn-commissioned off,
GERS school at the home of Captair
summers last Monday night. AftaT
some hard drilling the non-coms. Sal
down to a delightful supper, the guests
OF Captain Summers.
Colonel H. NJ. H. Lund inspected tbe
cadets Of All Hallows college durino
the past week. The inspector found
1ne equipment to be in good condition
ana their maneuvers in the manual of
arms and the foot movements were
very well executed.
Battery A gained two recruits last
Monday night in the persons Of
Breekon and 7. Nightingale.
Captain Thomas of company A. Higb
school cadets, has been absent from,
ms command during the past week. and
Lieutenant Bourne has had charge of
the company
The signal corps did not go out for
neId practice with the heliographs last
sunday on account of the cloudy wea-
ther The photographs are useless
without sunshine, and as flag practice
can oe had at the armory the CORPS re-
NAMED at the armory.
Captain Grow Of battery A took his
non-eommissioned officers to Agriclll-
tural park for instructions in mounted
drill last Sunday.
Lieutenant NuttaH was acting ad-
Jutant Of the High school cadets durinp
the past week on account Of Adiutanf
Bourne being in command Of company
Private Corbin of the hospital corps
has been granted a discharge on ac-
count of leaving the state.
At the election Of company H. held
at the armOry last Tuesday night the
company succeeded in electing a can
tain and first Lieutenant, but was nm
able to elect a second lieutenant. All
members Of company II are urgently
requested to be present next Tuesday
hot
De elected Those who are in the lead
are First Sergeant Tobias and Sergeant
Pembroke.
The following has heen signed by ev-
cry member Of the signal corps:
To the Adjutant General National
Guard Of Utah-Sir: We. the under
signed, beg leave to tender our resig-
nation as sergeants of the signal corps
n. g. o., so it can be organized to con-
form with the United States laws gov
ernlng the signal corps, u. S. A. there
Dy conforming with the Utah militia
I Battery A will not turn out for
mounted drill this morning. The bat
terry non-commissioned officers have
neen out for mounted drill every Sun
day for the past two months and to-
morrow they viii take a vacation.
The signal corps has received three
new fagstaffs to replace those that
were sent with the new flags and broke
the hrst time that they were used.
The regular weekly battalion drill Of
the High school cadets was held on
their parade grounds Friday afternoon
in the presence Of a large crowd of
spectators.
The report Of the inspector Of target
practice has been forwarded to head
quarters and accepted. Those who
won badges on the target range last
summer viii now receive them. The sig
nal corps received its badges last
Thursday night. The badges for first
class shots are of a very poor quality
and are not nearly as pretty as those
given last year.
II the weather permits. the signal
corps will go up City Creek canyon this
morning for field practice. Captain
Greenewald will have charge of the