The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-07
Band Makes Good Showing.

The middle of the forenoon brought wei
come relief 10 those who had been dong
sentinel duty. Colonel Lund ordered
guard mount and fresh detail of
TWENTY-FIVE men went out Lieutenant
a. Y. Johnson relieved Officer of the Day
kneass- The n. G. L. band, organized
several months ago through the efforts
of Anthony La Torres, had its first chance
a guard mount this morning TO show the
natives what il could do. The band, in
the opinion of many of the officers is
new organization. Drum Major CleVe-
land. formerly with the Twenty ninth in
fantry, is whipping the men into form.
Co. II Makes Record.
Company II. CAPTAIN Freeman H. Bas-
sett viii probably get the prize of $50
to be awarded the company putting It's
tents up in regulation style in the quick
est time. although the official announce
ment has not yet been made. Regular
army officers who are staying at camp
Taft are open in their commentator or
( the showing made by company II. FIVE
tents four of them SibleyS and one an
/ n" and a kitchen tent were put up in
tWenty-fOur minutes and an examination
showed at the end of that time that the
tents were In regula ion form and line.
The record is all the better IN view OF
the fact that other companies had fewer
Sibleys which require a longer time 10
put up
Stars and Stripes Raised.
II was lust ABOUT noon when the stars
and stripes were raised above Camp TaII
at the nOrtheasterty end OF the Held Inc
flag is ten by twelve feet and is mounted
on "a thirty-foot pole. The raising of the
national cOlOrs was done by SQUAD of
men detailed for the purpose.
Many were present at Camp Taft when
the flag flOated down this evening 10 the
accompaniment of the sunset gun Old
Sol being saluted by one of the 30 field
MAN Behind" Arrives.
The guard had IMAM beESnd" in more
senses than one in the person OF Private
Buhl of company Yesterday, BUM,
while scuffliug with members of his com
pauv just before pulling out OF the ID a
r. q. depot early Tuesday morning, lost
his hat At the same time the train
started IL was either hat or train, and
Bull chose the hat. He arrived Yesterday
afternoon and rejOined his fellow guards
Msnti youths who IRE used TO riding
anything from a scraggy goat up TO a
Wall-eyed pinto viii have yarns TO SPIN
for month as 10 now TINS anc 5hs AT
lieutenant from the city attempted 10
ride Sanpete horses. The latter have been
secured from all over the county for the
guard. ..
lieutenant who had an experience with a
pinto which belongs TO Manu school
girl The pinto is one of those pretty little
beasts having face OF chiidhke lhlo-
cence. on the spot this lieutenant claimed
this particular horse as his during the
/ lieutenant. What happened is not To the
/ Iieutenant's discredit. The nature of the
pinto was summed up by a Manu young
ster. who asserted that 1T amt what
YOU does. but 'ow you does 1t with that
caYuse-'
Anparently il wasn't What the ieuten-
ant did for the dOmgS were ali the pom
/ to's. ard the way she did il. Also was
all her own. She bucked the officer OF.
He decided on another mount.
/ Ii has been practically decided to aban-
don the proposition of connecting Camp
/ Taft by telephone with Salt Lake City
via the Rocky Mountain Bell company 5
/ lines The SIGNAL corps was to have the
/ work of stringing the wire, but II is be-
/ lfeVed that there is not a sufficient sup
/ PLY on hand,
! Colonel Geoghegan is expected 10 arrive
here at l2:45 o'clock this afternoon. Colo
Incl Lund. Captain Sly and others will be
or hand TO escort Colonel GeOghegan 10
/ Camp Taft
/ A committee from the Commercial club
visited Camp Taft today and issued an IN
/ vitatiOn 10 the officers of the guard 10
attend q reception in this city next sat
+ urdaV night i'm honor of Governor Cutler,
: who is expected here or that date. The
I reception is 10 he given under the au-
/ spices of the Manti Commercial club. the
Z Farmers club. CITY council and Ladies'
! Literary society. The visiting committee
| remained in camp and took dinner with
/ the officers.