The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-22
GUARDS TOOK IN
THE CAY GIRLS
Jealous Officers Get in Their
Work at Provo.
SOME OF THEM FAVORED
OTHERS WERE SORE AT BEING
PASSED UP.
SOME OF THEM FAVORED
Especial to The Hersid)


Camp Timpanogos, Utah, Aug. IL
Three society bellies of Provo expert
enced the novel sensation last evening
Of being placed under arrest by the
corporal Of the guard and marched off
TO the guard tent in front of the guard
detail. One was arrested for wearing
an officers uniform and the other two
for being in camp after taps. Their
arrest was a joke, although the young
ladies and their military friends did
not so understand il at the time. To
the credit Of the ladies. whose names
are withheld for obvious reasons, it
must be said that they were more I'M
concerned and less ratified than were
their militia friends.
Jealousy.
There are several officers OF the
guard who are receiving more atten-
ton from the beautiful girls Of Provo
than their fellow mess companions
That. as might be imagined. has caused
no little amount Of jealousy. Last
evening when one officer was enter
tanning two especially pretty girls and
several other officers were standing
around looking high. wild and lone
some. they cOncOcted a joke on their
fellow officer. The officer of the guard
was seem" and readily fell into the
joke.
At a certain moment the corporal Of
the guard saluted at the officers tent
and informed the latter that he was
under the painful necessity of placing
the two ladies under arrest for being
I'm camp after taps. The corporal knew
nothing Of the joke. and i'm true mill
tary style refused to listen to any ex-
plantations from the officer The latter
was seemingly greatly exercised, but
81 availed him nothing.
At the front Of the guard detail the
two society bellies were compelled 10
march down regimental row TO the
guard tent. where they were placed as
regular prisoners.
By that time it had leaked out that
the arrest was a joke upon the enter
tanning officer. and the young. ladies
had the laugh upon him. He took It
good naturally. afterward swearing re-
venge upon his Jealous fellow officers.
More Jealousy.
In the other instance the officer of
the guard was put next" although
the corporal was not. He made the ar
rest under ludicrous circumstances.
When the corporal saluted at the
officers tent and said that he had been
detailed to place the young lady IN
der arrest for wearing an officers uni
form. she heard him. Instantly she
slipped off the blue blouse which she
was wearing when the nOn-com came
up, thinking ne had not seen her. When
he informed her of the charge, she
said:
Il am not wearing a uniform" hop
Ing to carry out her bluff.
Saluting, the corporal said:
II know you are not wearing one now
for you have just taken it off; but you
did have It on when I came up"
Without any further ado, the cor
poral marched the young lady off to
the guard tent, where she was placed
under arrest
Her detention was not Of long dur
alton. however. because Major Samuel
King, the judge advocate Of the guard,
pleaded her cause so fervently that the
officer Of the guard finally consented
TO release the prisoner provided he was
given official assurance that she would
appear before the court martial the
next morning.
The story Of the two arrests did not
leep long. and was soon all over the
camp, and today spread into Provo.