Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-06-03

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either. Some were too arrogant;
others too lazy. Communications from
companies, batteries and troops have
been sent up to be pigeonholed and the
organizations have suffered as a result
of sheer neglect. The salary of the
Acknowledgement is ridiculously made
quate. 1t should be made large enough
to warrant that officer devoting his
time and attention to it and if an APP
pointee does not devote his time and
attention his resignation should be
called for and man selected who
will. An organization of citizen sol
diery cannot be maintained without
an expenditure of money and if tho
state is going to have guard it
should provide the means of sustaining
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Because of the neglect of the guard
in times past the esprit de corps is
very lew. Only among the rockies
is much enthusiasm shown. After a
man has enlisted and served n few
months he sees how matters are go
ing and gives up in disgust. What
applies to the enlisted men, applies to
the commissioned officers. 1t is safe
to assert that more real military spir-
it prevails in the corps of High School
cadets than in the several militia or
CARNATIONS of the city.
There are too many units of the
service in this city. Salt Lake can
support and run the battery, not more
than two companies of infantry and
the signal corps, but as for keeping
up a first-class cavalry troop, and one
or two more organizations, that is
an impossibility. A cavalry troop OF
right ought to be made up of young
men of means, in order that each mem
Der can own his own horse. This
equipping of a troop with livery horses
farm horses and horses off hacks is
all nonsense and poppy cock and while
the spirit of the young men who turned
out in the parade on Tuesday last is
to be commended, the display is not
The battery is not required to present
the natty, dressy, true to the line APP
lpearance cavalry troop is
expected to present, and with energy
on the part of the members enough to
respectfully turn out on occasions OF
state can always be secured. 1t was
so prior to the Spanish-American war
at any rate.
Ogden ought to be able to maintain
two infantry companies, Logan GER
tainly could maintain one, Provo an
other, Manti another and the county of
Davis another. This would make an
eight company, or two battalion regi-
ment which with the battery, the sig
nal corps and detail for
a hospital corps, would be
about all the state would re-
quire. The appropriations made by
the legislature for armory purposes
would be ample and the provisions
made for encampments would enable
these summer schools of instruction
in conjunction with the soldiers of the
regular army from the post, to be sue
cessful and productive of much good.
The present Acknowledgement is GER
tainly willing to do all in his power TO
place the guard on a good footing;
the igadier-general Is young man
of standing and has an enthusi-
asm in the work. 1t is said that well
to do and well known military man
of this city would accept the position
of colonel of the First infantry and
would spend some money and consd-
cradle time in perfecting its organiza-
ton. The present commander may be
a good fellow all right, but he is Ia
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