The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-19
TIME AN0G0S
Is CAMPS NAME
National Guard and Regulars Ar
rive ct Utah Lake.
LONG MARCH IN HOT SUN
EVERYTHING IN READINESS
FOR MILITARY WORK TODAY.

1S.-It was just 1907 p, m. when
the stars and stripes were raised
over Timpanogos. At that particular
moment Brigadier General John 2.
Cannon was standing in front Of the
regimental tent, facing the formation
Of soldiers to the east % him. Between
him and the extended line of dusty ana
tired militiamen was the tail flag stan
At the precise moment the reSimental
band struck up the star Spangled
Banner" and slowly a mammoth nag
was hOisted to the breezes.
The men were too tired 20 cheer
much. They had just completed
| four-mile march in the heat of the mid
/ day sun. That none of them fell by the
/ wayside on account of the heat was due
/ to the thOughuulness Of Lieutenant
| Colonel J. Greenewald. who rode at the
head of the column. About every mile
! he halted the column to let the men
/ rest. Had he not done so the hospital
| corps commanded by Major Benedict
| would have had something TO do.
| When the guard reached Camp Tim
| panOgOs it found a white tented village.
| They had been preceded by the two
| companies from Fort Douglas, who left
J the reservation Saturday morning.
making the fOrty-odd miles from Salt
| Lake City to camp IN easy stages. Be
/ fore they reached there a detail Of men
/ had been at work some hours pitching
| tents for the guardsmen When the
| regulars arrived they We're compelled
| to buckle in after their long march and
/ pitch their own tents.
! Overcome by the Heat.
And pretty tiresome job it was in
the hot sun after the long. dusty march
| Of the morning. The regulars tempo
| rar1ly lost several men during their
rTrE-
| much for them, and they bit dust" as
! they say. Inasmuch as the ambulance
/ was along. accompanied by three mem
| bers of the hospital corps from the fort,
| the unfortunate ones did not suffer
| They We're taken care of on the spot,
and after being revived, continued their
| mOnOtonOus tramp.
Camp TimpanOgOs is beautifully 10
Gated. A more ideal spot for an en-
campment could not possibly have been
! selected. The sanitary conditions are
all that could be asked for; the vista
| would prove acceptable to the most
critical; and as for acreage, there IS
sufficient room between the camp and
the outskirts of Provo to drill the whole
United States army in extended order.
The camp faces due east. Foremost
is the tail flagstaff on the western edge
Of the parade ground. Immediately
behind il is the regimental and brigade
! officers tents. Then come the tents of
! the regular officers, and behind them.
! across the camp street. are the tents Of
the different militia commands. To the
left of the Flagstaff are the tents of the
two infantry companies from the post.
| To the extreme left are the tents Of
I the battery and cavalry.
The camp formation is as regular as
though General Miles had laid it out
| himself. The proper distances between
I Tr1 p
and other regulations too numerous to
, mention relative 10 camp life Of regu-
l lar and state militia companies. are
carried out to the most minute detail.
Surrounded in the Mountains.
To the east Of the camp. across a.
broad stretch of country, at the fur
Their end Of which is the city of Provo.
, are the WaSatch mountains rising ma
] jestically from the fertile and well cul-
p tivated valley below. The mountains
I form a semi-circle around the camp at
! a distance. the remainder of the circle
being formed by the shore Of Utah lake
TO the west of the camp Beyond the
, further shores of the lake are more
I mountains, shutting the valley COM
, | pletely in. making the camp on the
waved-kissed shores of the lake. the
Y center Of a mammoth amphitheatre, 50
r to speak.
n
! work their first day in camp. They hal
> all they could do to get things straight
+ ! ened out Before they reached camp
j they had had about seven hours Of good
! hard work. At o'clock the guardsmen
had reported at the armory on Market
street in Salt Lake City Many had
! been there an hour before that time.
r getting things into shape. It was after
! s O'Clock before everything was packed
/ and loaded into vans to be carted 10 the
: depot
! At the Rio Grande station the vans
: had to be unloaded again. and the
: equipment loaded into cars on the spe-
cial train which took the soldiers down
= to Provo IT was exactly S:56 when the
4 conductor called all aboard. and the
. guard was off on its regular
| annual encampment Al q-25 the
train pulled into the Garden City
where it was met by two COM
panies from Manu and Nephi AL
most an hour was consumed in un-
loading the car of horses belonging "a
? the officers, and the two ears Of per
7? sOnai belongings, tents and other
? equipments.
= Then began the long. dusty. tiresome
march over the dusty roads to the
camp. The line led through the center
of Provo Contrary 30 expectations
9 the citizens Of the Garden City did no,
, turn out very largely to see the bows
There were few people on the streets
$ but not as many as expected. tn.
/. cheers for the boys in the new regula-
= ton summer uniform were few and fal
IL between.
et March to the Camp.
4. The band played as the column
n passed up one street and down another
y When the outskirts Of the city wal
- reached, a halt occurred. Everything
II excepting guns was loaded into wag
s. ons, to save the boys extra weight OF
" the march. After that only company
formation was adhered to in a genera
way.
When the march was taken up for tn
al / camp after the first halt, the member
+ of the band chartered a straw wager
/ 70 take them out. It was loaded dow
\ with fresh green alfalfa On the side
10 of the rack sat the musicians, jeerin;
10 at the infantry for being compelled t
10 walk After a ride Of about two block
~ IL was reported to Colonel Greenewal'
" that the members of the band Wer
~ | riding. Instantly he sent back WOrl
for them 20 form in line and march
Ii was then that the dusty. tired in
fantrymen had their sweet revenge. ]
was their turn TO cat-call the ban
men. The latter took it goad-naturedls
he however, boasting that they rode tw
u blocks, If they were not permitted {
or ride any further.
IS It was well towards evening when tn
&c battery came numbering into cam