The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-25
Discomfort IN
NATIONAL GUARD
Adjutant General Said TO Have
Neglected His Duties,
SOME S Ms OF OMISSION
BOYS WANT THE GOVERNOR TO
COME DOWN.
SOME S Ms OF OMISSION


Camp Black Hawk. near Provo. Aug.
"a The enc question that every one in
camp is asking, and none, not even
Brigsdier General John Q. Cannon,
commanding the national guard of
Utah, can answer is, "Will his excel
iency, Heber NJ Wells, come and by
50 doing give US a governors day.
Il now looks as though Governor
Wells viii not find Il convenient to pay
an official visit to this camp. and that
the encamDment VIII prove a novelty
because the chief executive Of the state
VIII not contribute his share toward
making IL a success It has been Gus
tomary at all encampnsents Of state
troops TO have a governors day, and
should Governor Wells remain away
both guardsmen and regulars viii be
disappointed, and many Of the people
OF Provo and other towns in the state
who would visit the camp on the coca
sion Of his presence VIII not come
Politics Prevent.
The best information that can be OBJ
tanned here is TO the effect that Gov
ernor Wells is too busy with personal
and party politics to pay any attention
10 the state guard al this critical juno
ture in his affairs. The state convcn-
ton viii keep him busy tomorrow. and
the ratification at Saltair Friday
should he be renOminated, VIII require
his presence there. Should the tide of
battle go against him tomorrow. he
may decide TO come to Camp Black
Hawk TO recover from his Vexation
while receiving the hOnoTs due his off,
ciai position FROM the officers and men
encamped here.
GrumbIing at Burton.
There is considerable discomfort
among the officers and men of the ma
tionaI guard because Of alleged failure
upon the part Of Adjutant General G.
:. Burton to look after matters that af-
feet the various companies composing
the guard. Adjutant General Burton
made his appearance in camp this
evening for the first time. When the
encampment began he was on his an
nual vacation in Yellowstone park.
Some Of the officers assert that if he
had been properly attentive TO his Off
Cial duties he would have chosen some
other time for his outing They call
attention TO a number of things that he
has done, and some that he has not
done, all of which are declared to have
been inimical TO the good of the serv-
ice. Among these is the failure to send
a team of sharpshooters to Fort Riley, /
Kansas, 10 compete with teams of the
national guard from nearly every other
state in the Union and with teams of
regulars Then they say that COM
plete field telegraph and field telephone
equipment was to have been supplied
to the signal corps in time for this en-
campment, and would have been here
and in use had Adjutant General Bur
Ton been on deck and attending to BUSH
ness
Want Adjutant Generals Scalp.
To such an extent has the dissatis-
faction with Burton gone that it is
common talk in certain circles that
should Governor Wells succeed himself /
he will be asked 10 make the firing of
Burton one Of his first public acts after
beginning his new term Of Office
The failure upon the part of AdjUtant |
General Burton or some one else to
provide the proposed electric field tel
egraph and telephone service has caused t
this camp TO be isolated from the out
side world. ard there is now no COM
municatiOn with Provo, four miles dis
fant. except in vehicles or by walking
or riding horseback. Some day when /
Provo assumes Gifted airs, there viii /
be electric cars running between the
resort and Provo, and they viii make |
1t possible for people from Provo and /
other localities In the state who do not
have horses and buggies and carriages /
Of their own, to get to the resort with /
out paying livery stable prices. Prior !
10 the coming of the electric cars some
enc may have enterprise enough to es- /
tablish a line of buses between the |
town and the resort that will run reg
Ularly, and not wait until they are [
loaded with human freight before /
starting
Probably no better place could be !
found in Utah for a national guard en-. /
Campment than at the Utah lake re- /
sort, but il is wOefully deficient in |
transportation facilities at the present /
time Provo is a fine town and is in a I
fertile valley, in which all the farmers /
are prosperous by reason Of many sea
sons of abundant crops. The town IS 1
growing slowly, but substantially.
Yesterdays Drills.
This morning the different companies |
of the First regiment, y. &. L. were |
broken UP into two piatOOns each, i
which drilled in extended order. 4
While doing so they went through the 1
maneUvers OF skirmishing, making a 4
pretense Of loading and firing In the /
afternoon the companies drilled in ex-
tended order, aid later there was bat 1
talon drill in extended order. TIE /
battalion was Under the command of
Major W G Williams.
The officer OF the guard today II /
Lieutenant A i. Louder, and the Of 1
ficer Of the day, Captain O II. Has /
sing.
Watermelons are plentiful in camp. /
and privates occasionally have lively 4
times 'sneaking them into their
tents in violation of the orders of !
their superior officers.
Failed to Run the Guard
Last night a number Of men who had /
failed TO procure passes remained in !
Provo until after taps When they |
attempted to get back into camp tLey
were stopped by the sentries All but
one We're permitted 10 go 20 their
quarters after giving their ns mes and
making known the commands to I
which they belong. The exception was
a man who talked back 10 the officer
of the guard, and he was taken TO the
guard house, locked up and tkis morn
ing given a dose of double duty.
Officers Meeting.
At the officers meeting today i'm
headquarters tent General Cannon told
his subOrdinates that no one Is 10 be |
permitted 10 come inside the guard
lines after taps without d pass Should
any OF the officers or soldiers under
take TO run the guard" the sentinals
must use their bsyonets, and if the
bayOnets fail 10 prove effective, the