The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-25

"This Is war. and war is hell
A youthful trooper paused in his
work of rolling an overcoat and a
blanket in a ponchO long enough 70
repeat General Sherman's famous def
milton, and then resumed his task.
The trooper had not the slightest
Discrimination for the work that the
state authorities had cut out for him
in Carbon county; he was as enthusi-
astic over the prospect OF active duty
and as eager for the fray as the bal
auce OF the Utah national guard, every
,Ran Of whom had been on the tiptoe
~ delighted expectancy for twenty
-FOUR hours. But the trooper was un-
accustomed to the mysteries of a win
. ter campaign kit, and it was to that
particular phase of war only that he
referred.
Activity at the Armory.
Inside. outside and all about the state
armory on Market street yesterday
there was hustle and life and activ-
ity in prepare ton for the departure
of the troops that occurred a few hours
later. The non-commissioned officers
had small work i'm getting the sol
diers together as almost every man
II =
and the artillery were ION the spot
long before any formal assembly order
had been issued. Regimental Com
.Tnander Greenewald was at the armory
early in the morning and Brigadier
General Cannon and his staff were in
/evidence all day. IL was yorktown
@-riEht hard work-Ectting everything IN
readiness for the campaign.
70 is no chrds play TO call lot
q
ful occupations and equip them for a
hard campaign i'm a climate much more
rigorous than they are accustomed to.
But there was no confusion. The Of
fcers upon whom the executive labor
devolved knew just what 10 do and
how 10 do it. The telephone was kept
bus I'm communication with company
commanders in other parts Of the state,
while salt Lake officers were inspect
ing their men and dispatching wagon
= load after waE0nload of supplies from
the armOry TO the Rio Grande Western
depot 49,,
when not under the immediate eye
Of the officers some of the boys mani
tested disposition TO "cut up a
tribe after the manner Of college mer
after a victorious football scrap: but
this was merely exube-ance due 70 tbs
position the citizen soldiers found
themselves in. For mothers and wives
and sweethearts were there. lining thu
walls Of the assembly room and crowd
iug about the disenEaged men in uni
form outside the building grazing viii
admiring eyes on the blue and red 81
the campaign suits and the bright gilt
ter % side arms.
A. And there is no use i'm DENYING tina
Johnny" looks remarkably fine in hi.
soldiers uniform.
Shirt sleeves were displayed by mOr'
than one Of the officers doing the heavy
work. There was no play i'm this fea
ture OF the scene. Every man had q
be provided with heavy underwear
heavy shoes. rubber overshOes. blan
kefe ronchos camp table occessorie
and a hundred and one things that mil
fairy regulation requires for the com
fort and convenience OF johnny" whel
johnny" goes TO war.
Quick Time Is Made.
Tt was all done in remarkably quicl
time and fin remarkably good order
Starting carly I'm the morning the wOrl
was kept up until after supper time
but the main dispatChing OF goods an
aha ftaIe for TTfah'a LITTLE army that Ii