The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-25
BUSY SCENES AT ARMORY PREPARING
FOR THE DEPARTURE OF THE TROOPS

to invade Carbon county was accom-
plished before o'clock in the after
noon.
During the morning hours the officers
and men ceased their work for a short
time to listen TO an address from
Brigadier General Cannon on the ex-
petition ahead. its meaning and pos
sible results. Then the business OF
getting ready for departure was re-
sumed again and went forward quick
ly.
Perhaps the busiest man IT head
quarters yesterday afternoon was Lieu
tenant Colonel Lund. assistant to Ad-
iutant General Burton. Lund jumped
from the telephone TO his desk and
back again eighty-fve times when a by
stander who was keeping tab ceased
to count The assistant adiutant gem
eral was interrupted about every three
seconds by e man with a load Of shoes
or blankets or other equipment, or by
a subaltern who was badly i'm need OF
specific instructions concerning some
! knotty point Of military procedure.
LUnd talked over the wire with the
captains in Nephi. PROVO. Lehi and
Bountiful. Usually the converse ton
ran something like this:
All Ready to Move.
Hello, Captain, how's your COM
mand?"
"AH ready to move i'm two seconds;
/ say. are we going out2"
/ yes. Got plenty of equipment. warm
underwear and everything else for the
men?"
You bet: say can't we go first?''
wei. see that all your men have
| heavy shoes, correctly fitted and every
thing else necessary. How much
/ ammunition have you2'
] A bout 1000 rounds"
/ Bring 1000 rounds with YOU.
/ IT was the same story all altdg the
/ line. Every company was ready-au
/ excellent showing for "A division Of the
3 national guard that has only once be
: fore in its history been called upon "a
/ get into action"
The men of the cavalry were sent to
/ the scene of trouble as infantry. They
/ viii be provided with mounts should
/ the occasion demand. but as most Of the
work is likely TO be in the line Of picket
duty horses viii not probably be neces-
saTy.
Contrasting grimly with the bright
: smiling faces Of the soldier bows, non,
of whom looked particularly sanEuina-
ry, were the omiEous black mouthef
/ tubes Of the Calling guns that frowned
/ threateningly from their carriages as
they were trundled down to the depot
/ These terrible instruments of destruc
tion that can NOW down a mob viii
the facility Of n moving machine cut
trg grain. accompanied the expedition
as part OF the equipment Of battery A
light artillery.
Plenty of Ammunition.
ammunition? ~ General Cannon re
peated, I'm response to a query. well
Wen have forty rounds for each MAJ
TO start with. ia addition to a reserv
that ! imagine will be about all we vii
reed and the big commander of tn.
national guard SAILED grimly-
Brigadier General Cannon. Lieuten
iant Colonel GreenewaId, the latter com
handing the First regiment with TIT
STAFF officers. WIN make their headquar
tiers at first at Scofeld. From tina
point they viii scatter wherever Their
seems most need of their services. Tn
troops viii be posted al SunEyside SEQ
field Castle Gate Winter Quarters
Clear Greek and every other poin
where violence exists or is threatened
That the determination Of the governo
and the military officers is to enforc
the law at all hazards and 10 maintain
order at whatever cost was Cmphl
ically announced yesterday by BriTa
der General Cannon in an address &
Il Continued on Page Two)