The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-21

the service. and why the guard is in the
eonetucn It IS today.
s- - r15iasll was capped when General
a1neIi, through General Burton, called
TOT board 0f INQUIRY On this board
were appoirted Colonel n. W. clayton.
SolSIlel sam = Park and Lieutenant
n4l0more. They were directed TO tnves-
Isale the causes for Shortages in equip
n1snls Of the guard and also to investi-
SAFE as 70 certain alleged tilefts Of prop
erty from the arrnory
now according TO the regulations, a
9ealQ Or inquiry must have a judge ad-
N9caLe- When General Canaan was
asked to appoint one, he would not do
IL When his attention was called 10 the
AT Jnar the rules required it, he said
thdt the board was one OF investigation
ana not Inquiry. The order specified that
~ was one Of Inquiry Accordingly the
ooare met and decided that they were IL
lesaAy appointed and had no right 10
make any findings. Accordingly they
sent IA a report stating that their find
lngs were nothing and That their Opin-
lon was that they had no right TO serve
either as a board Of inquiry or iuvestiga-
ton in view OF the manner in which they
had been called together
General Cannon Scored.
General Cannon's action in refusing to
appoint a judge advocate and trying TO
make of the board something in direct
CONFLICT with the army regulations shows
how much he knows about military mat
tiers. SOfne OF the boys tried TO work up
a scheme 10 get him 70 resign some time
ago But IL failed They want someone
illillaiy affairs and who is at least com
pelent to look after his men.
ne greater palt Of TINS shoEIise LnSt
tee board was to investigate IS the result
OF ne penny wise, pound foolish IneInods
st headlllarters- Here the government
mas furnished the battery and troops with
equipment worth thousands OF dollars
me company captains are held RESPONSE
bic undeC bond FOR this property Instead
o. spending little money 70 Tx I'D a
SAFE. 81 IS left in f6at ola armory. where
rnrs .eHa rn hat 10
likes. II has been done time and again
l-ven the window castings have been taken
IN this way quantities Of stuff have
0een lost Reports of the condition or
the building have been made 20 headquar-
is gone a board is called and buster IS
made as 81 the captain were going 70 be
charged with crime because OF me
condition Of the building. The captain
must pay for what IS missing. or ms
this officer IS treated Just as If he had
stolen the stuff himself.
Captains Under Bond.
"A captain is under 500 bond to per
form his duties, YET when he is oetalled
20 report upon something thar requires
fhe expenditure Of money, his report IS
submitted so some clVlllan or Otner army
officer to be checked up as III It We're
feared that DE would not make a straight
report Cases have been known where
the officers at Fort Douglas were asked
q a guard officer. But the fort officers
.'-rhese conditions and such interference
with officers are causing them to get out
or the guard IL is a direct insult TO them
and would not be eountsnanesea IN TN. me
regular army. III IS because or Just such
meddling that some Of our best companies
are now an TO pieces Two o1lcers OF +
company Bount1ful have resigned and
the company that was the crack one
of the guard can turn ont but six men for
Inspection. There were eight companies
n
bus five. We have men who are COM
peteut. active and interested in the work
They would make fine showing if they
could, but under these conditions what
can be expected of themE
Good Things For Battery.
~This Is not all. For some reason the
battery seems 10 get the best OF every
thins in the guard, and that is causing no
extra amount of good feeling They have
gotten hundreds of dollars worth of gov
eminent property and a large amount of
1antrv has 30 take what is left after the
battery has its pick IL the things MT, an
right; III not, ~ is Just the same
This seems rather unfair especially as
Il would he the infantry that would have
called out In case Of rot or any thing
Of that kind, of what use would be the
battery with its long range suns? The
inlastry Weuo nave 70 DO the work, yeI
&c Is the battery that is getting the money
Rhis lis also causing i'll feeling and dis
Cottent among the men, II would be all
Tifht if both branches were given an even
- eak. But what inducement is there for
men 90 so into the infantry when they
see the battery getting the best of every
thng2
t-There is plenty of material in the state
that under the right management would
make one or the finest guards In the
country. But as things are at present,
matters are ia sorry plight. Several
high officers are upon the verge OF re-
signing. If they do there are two or three
companies thar VIII go out in a body.
lney are remaining in the guard simply
because these Officers remain there and
1isht for their rights
General Burton's Statement.
General Barton, when. seen last night
md asked about the aftairse of the guard.
5sid be knew nothing of the conditions
n 40 not know of any such discomfort"
said he "OI course, there are petty
grievance as is always the case among
Erunued because they have been called
10 account for loss OF equipment, and the
battery seems 10 think thstt the infantry
Is getting more taVors than they a party
roI them came to me and asked FOR more
room and complained that they were not
being given the recognition they thought
-.But it is just a small matter that does
not amount TO much I'm regard 20 the
complaint about the way maJterS are
handled at headquarters, 1 would say that
they are given attention as soon as pos
sible- Everything requires time. and
they often get rather impatient As for
report from II yet don know OF any
tiissatisfactiOn among the men with their
officers. and ] Trims IL IS simply idle ru-
NOR. The governor and the Officers IN
progress and have the best OF every Lhing
that il can
MURDER IN MONTANA.