The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-31
GUARD DEFIES
ITS COMMANDER
-Four Militia Organizations Refuse to
Obey General Orders.
DECLINE TO GO ON PARADE
URT-MARTIAL PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST OFFICERS LIKELY.

and I'm defiance of Colonel II. NJ. II.
Lund, who was temporarily in COM
mand Of the national guard i'm the alb
seUce of BTigadier General :. G. Park
/ who is in Denver. the two local infan-
try companies. the battery and the sig
nal corps refused to turn out and take
part in the Memorial day parade yester-
day. As a consequence of this disObedi-
ence, the entire national guard of Utah
was represented in the parade by Col
oneI Lund. Captain W A Tobias of
( Colonel LUnd's staff and troop A of the
First cavalry. composed of twenty-six
men. under command of First Lieuten-
ant +. l. Bourne.
CoUrt-maTtiaI proceedings against the
/ mSubOrdinate officers and men are
/ likely
The brigade staff was absent. as was
/ the signal corps. Lieutenant A J. Skid
more commanding. company d. Cap
! tain O r. Hassiug commanding COM
/ pany Fl. Lieutenant r. A Young COM
/ handing and the First battery of field
| artillery Captain William c. Webb
/ commanding.
! The First Regiment band, which has
! been organized less than d month was
! excused from participating in the par
} ade because its members had not pro-
/ equal to the necessities of the occasion
/ Held'S band was substituted. But none
/ Of the other local COmmands was eX-
/ cUsed from appearing i'm the parade.
! The different local companies of the
! guard were ordered to assemble i'm the
/ armOTy yesterday morning and to be
1 prepared to fall into line and start with
! the other organizations promptly at .
! O'Clock. Colonel Lund. Captain Tobias.
/ Lieutenant Bourne and twenty-six cav
/ alTymen marched out of the aTmory al
/ the appointed time and took their places
/ i'm the ranks
Thus was the national guard Of Utah
/ represented in the Memorial day par
/ ade.
Excuses Are Given.
All sorts and manner of excuses were
! offered for the failure of the officers
! and men to obey the order Of Colonel
! Luud to turn out in the parade Some
! had on citizens clothes or the wrong
! kind of uniform. and didn't have time
/ to ego home and make d change" 9TH
! ers were unable to procure horses To-
! ride, and others Lad still different red
/ sons a bunch Of Drivates sent out to
| rustic Un horses for the field artillery
| came back and FepOTted that they could
/ find no horses that could be used.
| It is said that Captain Webb of the
battery announced two or three DAYS
! i'm the parade. and that if il was not
! excused from paradinE he would ten
der his resignation. The reason said
/ to have been given by him was that the
I battery did not have its full number of
men. and that until its ranks We're re-
/ cruited it would do no service OF the
! two companies Of iUfantrymeu. only
about twenty-five men came TO the
drmOTy-
The friction in the national guard.
/ which is of long standing has contiu-
Ucd since John g. cutler. ST. became
/ governor of Utah. and an attempt was
made to reOTga0IZc the national guard
! by making Sam - Park briEa Gier gen
eral and J N Bowman adjutaut gen
: eral- Some of his fellow officers do not
/ like Adjutant General Bowman. and do
not hesitate to let him know it.
number Of improvements have been
/ i'm contemplation which il was hoped
would put the guard on better basis
Among them was the building of a new
aTmoTy with a gymnasium and the re-
CTuitiuE Of the strength of the different
companies of the guard These may
! he suspended until such time as a mum
Der of cOUrtS-mart iaI have placed the
. responsibility for yesterdays djsobedi-
euca of the order to turn out I'm the
. Memorial day parade
( Statements by Officers.
Asked why the national guard had
such small representation i'm the par
ade yesterday. Colonel Lund admitted
that some of the officers refused To or
] der their men 10 turn out
] Were the company commanders
/ guilty of direct disObedience of orders '
I Colonel LUnd was asked
/ Yes they Were he replied
/ "Will they be Court-martialed2 '
Il can't say as 10 that The matter
no a AZ II.
ton viii be taken. The whole trouble
. arose out of the action of one of the
. organizations, which declined 90 take
+ part lin the parade and encouraged 9TH
/ erS to take similar action Il Is evident
. that there viii have TO be a rerruau-
izatiou of the guard I do not think IT
proper 10 say anything further ON the
subject at present
Governor John G. Cutler. commander
in-Chief of the national guard stated
yesterday afternoon that ne has re-
ceiVed am iutimaJiOn that there had
been some trouble in the guard but
that h. was unable TO say anything
about the matter.
"Brigadier General Samuel Park is
sued general orders for the national
guard 90 participate i'm the Decoration
day parade. but l noticed that there
+ was not a fun company of the guard in
line. just what the reason was ! don [
. know. but I intend To look into the
/ matter as soon as BTigddier General
I Park returns from Denver"
When asked why General Park left
so suddenly for Denver, he replied that
he did not know
Adjutant General J. n Bowman re-
fused to make a statement i'm regard 10
the matter. He did not deny, however.
that there had been trouble i'm the
guard.
Il have nothing to say at the present
time for publication he said. and I
have no reason to give as 10 why the
national guard did not participate in
the parade.
CAPTAIN ". Q. Webb Of the battery
denied that he had handed i'm his resig-
nation. bat said that there might be a
reorganization of the battery.
4 know why the battery did not take
part in the parade but 7 have nothing
TO give out at all. If there has been
any trouble among the officers Of the
guard I know nothing about it. and
took no part in IT, General orders were
issued by BTigadier General Park "a
the national guard TO march in the Dec
[ Grafton day parade. but / do not care
to make any statement about the mat
ter or give any reason why the orders
were not carried out"