The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-23
GEOGHEGAN is
TO BE PROMOTED
VIII be Made Adjutant General of
the National Guard of Utah.
TWO LIEUTENANTS RESIGN
BATTERY IS LEFT WITH ONLY
ONE COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

TAHS national guard will agair
~ have a brigadier general in the
near future, according to informa-
ton from an authoritative source. The
new general viii be Joseph Geoghegan.
at present inspector general on Gov
ernOr John G. Cutters staff and acting
adjutant general of the guard. It is
known that Governor Cutler has twice
offered TO promote Colonel Geoghegan
TO the position of adjutant general,
with the rank of brigadier general.
Colonel GeOghegan's friends now assert
that he will accept the appointment
which viii probably be made soon after
the governor returns from Portland.
This promotion Will I'LL the va
cancy caused by the resignation Of
Brigadier General J. NJ Bowman last
June. BY accepting the post, Colonel
GeoSheSan Will be enabled to draw the
salary of $1,000 year provided for
the adJutant general Under the at
torney generals construction of the
law. Colonel GeOghesan, as acting ad-
Jutant general, is not entitled TO none
t&ry compensation, although he has
been performing the work of the office
for two months.
Colonel GeOghegan's promotion will
leave vacant the position of inspector
general 1t is understood that a former
wei known staff officer of the guard
VIII be recommended for the place, al
though the man IN a position to speak
with authority on this point declines to
discuss the matter The governor has
full authority in the matter but his
appointments must be confirmed by
the senate when it meets
TWO Lieutenants Resign.
First Lieutenant Fred Smith and
Second Lieutenant GEORGE Worthen- =Of
the FIRST battery, forwarded their res
lgnauons yesterday. The letters of
resignation were purely formal in char
acter and assigned no reasons. al
though it is known that the officers
designations were called forth by the
same conditions that led to the prepar-
alton by the enlisted men of the pet
ton asking that they be mustered out
The letters of resigna ton were mailed
TO First Lieutenant Fred L. Leonard.
commander of the battery. yesterday
Lieutenant Leonard viii probably en-
dorse his approval on the resfgua lions
and forward them to Colonel H N. H
Lund, who, in turn, will present them
TO Colonel Geoghegan
Inc Two designations followed closely
the receipt of letters addressed TO the
Officers by Colonel Geohegan. asking
II he could count on the uneouivocaI
support of the officers in efforts TO
build up the battery. The pronptness
with Which the designations followed
the receipt of the letters of the acting
adjutant general suggests that the Off
GERS intended the designations 10 serve
as an answer. Both designations Will
probably be accepted promptly
Lieutenants Smith and WOrthen are
charJer members of the battery. Both
ehlIstec as privates and rose through
the grades of corporal and sergeant to
their present positions Lieutenant
smith was elected second lieutenant in
1904 and first Lieutenant early during
the present year Lieutenant Worthen
became second Lieutenant at the time
Lieutenant Smith was elected first lieu
tenant Lieutenant Smith was captain
and half-back Of the famous High
school football team of 1900. and Lieu
tenant Worthen played center on the
same team.
Only One officer Left.
The acceptance of the designations Of
the two lieutenauts following the ac-
ceptance of Capt w. c. Webb's resie-
nation, leaves Lieutenant Leonard the
only commissioned officer in the bat
terry. Lieutenant Leonard is a com
nIeEcial traveller and says he does not
believe he wiz be able to go into camp
with the battery on September 5th
This situation has raised a question
whether an organization can be ordered
on active service without having a
commissioned officer in command If
discharges are issued to the eighteen
DatterYfnen who signed the petition, the
strength of the organization will be
ieSsened to an extent that would make
it impossible for il to go into camp
with the full equipment
Colonel GeOghegan continues to be
optimistic. however, despite the ad-
verse circumstances that confront him.
The battery viii go into camp if
l. IS only strong enough to man one
gun" he said yesterday. we shall
have this situation Strengthened all our
presently. and within a year from now
We shall have that battery recruited to
its full strength and in better shape
than it has ever been before"