The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14
THE NATIONAL GUARD

Monday evening company VIII De
mustered into service with a strength
bordering on fifty men, This COM
Pany Eas drawn upon the business and
professional life of the city for InOst
of its membership. The company
purposes to have an honorary roster
to augment its social significance For
some time they have been seeking a
private armOry and have several prof.
ectS in mind. For the present they viii
no doubt have TO drill in the National
Guard armOny. G. n. Warwick is the
organizer. He has been assisted by
others, some of them members of other
organizations in the guard, who viii
probably be elected to commissions in
the new company
In a communication received from
the headquarters of the department Of
the Colorado the signal corps, n. G..
L. was asked to furnish additional
information as to the number Of horses,
bicycles, telegraphers, photographers,
signalmen, etc. The maneuvers are
going to be held the latter part of
August near Cheyenne, WyO. In view
of the interest being. taken by the
war department the signal corps has
suspended drills in the infantry drill
and taken up signal work with a VIM
A telegraph system has been set up
in the armory and several good opera
tors in the corps viii commence in
struction. The Telegraph will be Civ
en- detailed attention, as we'll as the
flags and the STUDY Of the telephone.
During the absence of Captain Green
waId Lieutenant a. a. Smith will be
in command.
Monday the battery was instructed
in guard duty by Lieutenant Webb.
Three details were made and the du-
ties of each were gone through with
Captain Williams has preferred
charges against a member of his COM
pany for absence from drill. having
twenty-one specifications against the
offender.
Troop a continued gallery practice
Wednesday.
The time Thursday night was put in
by the signal corps in securing infor-
nation as to the qualifications of the
men and in the setting up of the tele-
graph instruments.
Major Haywood, after having served
five years, has asked to be retired on
account of his business interfering with
the proper performance of his duties.
Captain Bowman has put new re-
Hector on the target butt, giving much
better results in gallery practice
The officers and men of troop A
are interesting themselves in behalf
of the organization by endeavoring to
have the resignation of Captain sum
mers acted upon, placing a captain
/ in the troop again to put it on firm
basis. The troop has been for six
months without captain and the
/ men think about a sufficient length of
| time has elapsed.
Trooper ToIhurst left during the
week for California
Company G is reported as being in
a state of disruption and in danger of
muster out.
/ An auction sale of condemned goods
viii take place Monday morning at
clock at the armory. The articles
offered are blouses, caps, trousers,
/ hats, gloves, trOuser stripes, bugle and
! cord. all in first class condition as
I condemned goods go This is the first
| of this kind of sales but in the near
/ tiOns VIII be held, consisting of al
condemned goods in the armory-
The old board of survey has been
| dissolved and a new one detailed con-
sisting of Lieutenant Colonel H NJ
/ H Lund. Captain Bowman and Lieu
/ tenant z V Smith as reporter
VIII r. Reilly re-enliste5 last We'd
nesday in troop A.
The unofficial announcement of the
place of encampment is one most hope
| full The place mentioned IS Chey-
enne and the results of the recent
| United States inspection is the only
l thing upon which the fate of the ma
/ tional guard depends. It is hoped that
| official news viii be shortly forthcom-
/ ing It seems that the signal corps
/ is the only organization with which
no doubt exists as to whether or not
! they viii 60.