The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-16
THE NATIONAL GUARD


This week has been busy one in the /
aTmOry. Officers and men have become 1
imbued with the camp spirit and all I
organizations are sWamped with appli- !
cations for membership. AS rule the
mastering officers are choosing with
care lest undesirable characters get
on the rolls. 1t is believed that the en- !
listments this fall viii therefore, be of
more lasting benefit to the organiza-
tons
The battery will unite with the regu-
lar battery from the fort thus making
battery of maximum strength. Thus
will the officers have an opportunity
to handle a full sized organization with
consequent benefit.
Troop A will leave the armory tomor-
row morning in heavy marching order.
reaching American Fork for camp.
They viii then move on to the place of
encampment reaching their destination
Tuesday with the remainder of the
guard and the battery. Rations and
shelter tents are to be carried by the
troopers.
Those who cannot attend camp are
being dealt with strictly and with
equality. The efforts to have a large
attendance at camp are strong, as a
rule the employer relents and the man
gets off to camp.
Lieutenant E. Scott Woodward has
been detailed camp quartermaster-
The general plan Of the camp viii
be much the same this year as last,
though somewhat enlarged.
The battery held well attended drill
last Monday. The time was taken up
with artillery drill. Ginger was i'm
parted by the firing OF drill charges.
Private Bateman of the battery has
made application for a discharge on ac-
CONT of leaving the state to attendrI.e-
land Stanford university.
Trooper. now corporal, BogedahTs
horse was placed in the quarters of
troop A last Monday and each man
instructed in the school of the trooper.
\ ha7d drill was gone through with
and much beneft-deriyed- 3.
The new regulation Uniforms and
equipments are being ordered generally
by the officers.
The lateness of the receipt Of the
order from brigade headquarters caused
no little ineonvenience-a and uneasiness
among the men and officers,
The new bedding blankets are issued
to each organization.
Friday the troop held a drill with the
shelter tents.
The problem confronting the organ
! cations is how to find trees with tent
/ nOIQG ornWrircr
bushes do oak tent pegs blossom on?
When the shelter tent is over a hos
pital corps man, how many feet of him
viii stick out?
! An amount OF office furniture. ana
/ supplies has been purchased for bri-
gade Offices System and method is now
/ evident in every paper from this Of
/ flee.
Lieutenant Pembroke is detailed as
! sistant camp quartermaster to act in
| conjunction with Lieutenant Wood
ward.
Company D VIII take a carriage to
/ camp for the purpose of providing ex-
/ ira supplies from Provo and for con-
venience Of the officers.
/ erately at the provision made as to
! the method of carrying the pack this
/ year. The blanket bag is much more
welcome a burden than the roll thrown
across the shoulder.
The foot organizations will have a
hike of about four miles after leav-
| ing the train. The mounted troops viii
ride the entire distance. Speculation
is as to who Will be most tired.
Captain GreenewaId made short
| speeches to each of the organizations
! in the city last week. The remarks
were along lines of advancement
Walter Pike and Harvey Hardy will
I dispense wind TO the battery as usual
/ through their bugles.
Every officer will attend this camp.
| This is unusual, as there is generally
! someone who cannot co.
| The Apollo quartette is TO be in at
! tendance at camp. the men being mem
bers Of the guard.
The. signal corps viii be required to
construct a telephone line between the
camp and Provo City.
The poor apparatus of the signal
/ corps will be made use of yet another
! year. despite its unserviceable condi-
/ ton Thus is the problem of signaling
made quite difficult for the boys.
! The mon commissioned officers OF Doth
/ the battery at the fort and the Ma
! tional guard battery viii join the troop
OF cavalry, thus greatly augmenting its
! strength The body of. soldiers so
+. formed wili-be under command of Lieu
tenant Berry. u. $. A.. who viii IN
struct the boys in advance guard work,
giving them instruction in minor tao
! tics. which before they have been una
! bic to receive. They viii thus be an
! readiness to do regulation cavalry in
case any maneuvers are INDUCED IN.
. One-half of the troop will be assigned
| ~ each division Of the trnnns engaged.