The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-06
GUARD Is NOW
IN NEW ARM0RY
Salt Lake Organizations Take Pos
session of Better Quarters.
IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED
READING ROOM AND GYMNASIUM
TO BE INSTALLED.

salt Lake organizations of the Ma
tional Guard of Utah yesterday began
to occupy their quarters i'm the new
PierpOnt street armory, formerly the
High school building. Most of the
equipment had already been trans
ferred from the Market street building
TO the new armory, but the fitting UP of
the quarters viii probably not be COM
pleted for three or four days yet
The new armOry building is much
superior to any the guard has ever had.
The idea of building an armory has not
been abandoned, but, with a three
years lease on the Pferpont street
structure, the members of the guard are
planning elaborate improvements for
the building. The plans contemplate
the early establishment of q reading
room equipped with current periodicals
and to be kept open at all times for
the use of members of the guard; a
gymnasium, a handball court basket
ball, indoor baseball, indoor tennis, ETC.
on the upper floor. The basement win
contain two bowling alleys and a shoot
ing gallery with range Of 100 feet.
The usual cOnveniences in the way of
shower baths, etc. will be Installed i'm
mediately-
Gun Room in the Basement.
given over to the use of the First bat
terry, which has established it's gun
room there The place now contains the
four 3.2-inch field guns, valued at s.. eco
each, caissons, battery, wagon, forge,
saddles harness. store wagon etc with
the lockers and personal equipment of
the men. The battery has about $40
600 worth of property in the room. The
guns and the heavier part of the equip
ment were placed in the basement by
means of temporary derrick, but in
the near future an elevator for the pur-
pose of raising and lowering the heavy
ordnance and equipment will he placed
in position.
The new gun room is sufficiently large
TO permit standing gun drill in the gun
room without repairing to the street
as was necessary at the old arTnOry.
where the guns We're literally piled up
on one another in order to get them
under shelter.
On the ground floor are the quarters
Of the First battery, troop A, the signal
corps. and company d and company II.
OF the FIRST infantry. The upper floor
contains the drill room, LOG by 80 feet
in the clear. officers parlors, band
equipment room and practice room, the
lecture room and equipment room of
the hospital corps. the adjutant gem
erals Office. the offices of the command
ing officer of the guard and three rooms
for the janitor. The drill room will also
be used as gymnasium, open for the
use OF members of the guard at all
times when actual drills are not in pro
gress. The new drill room is much
larger than the one formerly in use on
Market street and affords ample room
for the maneuvering of a full company.
The guard will probably be installed
in its new quarters with drills in pro-
gress before the end of the week.
Guard Is Building Up.
The change has already had a bene-
ncent effort on the organizations, sew
eral of which have added number of
recruits during the past few weeks.
The local strength of the guard is at
present made up as follows:
First Battery-Captain w. c. Webb
First Lieutenants Fred U. Leonard and
Fred Smith; Second Lieutenant George
Worthen and forty men.
Company H-Captain Freeman Bas-
sett. First Lieutenant Ray Young and
forty men.
Company Do. H. Hassing. First
Lieutenant Peck, and thirty-five men.
Troop A-Captain A. w. Game Jr
First Lieutenant L. r.. Bourne and
thirtY-ffve men.
Signal Corps-First Lieutenant Ar
thur Skidmore. Second Lieutenant
Harry Bero and sixteen men.
Hospital Corps-Lieutenant Colonel
G. NJ Benedict, Major II. A Anderson
and six men.
First Infantry Band-Drum Major
Young and twenty musicians
Colonel Joseph Geoghehan, acting ad-
Jutant general. and Lieutenant Colonel
III. M. II. Lund. commanding the guard
and Major w. G. Williams of the FIRST
infantry, have already established their
offices in the new building.
The new armOry IS heated by steam.
which Will make it no longer neces-
sary for the miiitiamerf to kindie fres
on winter evenings and sit around IN
their Overcoats until the drill room be-
comes warm enough for use. The build
ing is well -iEhtel by numerous win
dows in the daytime and by electric
lights at night. Cement sid ewaIks
lead to the 'Ioo-s OK the building. 4
great Improvement over the Market
street mud.
After New Guns.
The First Battery is hoping to 10 in
Guided in the distribution of nesv field
guns provided for by a recent congress
slonal appropriation. The apnropria-
ton contempIat%s supplying the new
weapons to about two-thirds of the
National Guard art'ucry organizations
OF the country The guns at present in
use recoh abou' seven feet after Zach
shot, even with lochci wheels. This
difficulty is overcome by gIycerine re-
coil cylinders in the new guns. which
take up all the recoil. The rev curs
are Of the type known as rapid-fire
guns
The new or5ar of the war ,seualt-
ment will BE- ut n effcc- when lat
terry target practice begins this year.
The order requires that every shot
from the guns whether with fuIl
charge or with he sub .calibre a.
tachment Dc immediately reported 10
the war dera It -npnt
The National Guard encainrnent
VIII begin Sept. this year The site
has not yet been decided upon. but two
locations, one near Snyderville in sum
NIT county and the other near Manti
In Sanpete county, are under eonsi1-
Grafton. One OF these ,,.iII r,,,nI,., -. \ !.