Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-22
SOLDIERS Shy At
UNCLE'S RATION
Hall a Wagon Load Of Food Re-.
moved from Train After "Starv-
ing GuardSmen Leave II.
WANTED ICE CREAM AND CAKE
The only Proper Duty in Camp should
Have Been Croquct Matches and Ten
MI, Gamc~-lund Responsible.

The national guard has been home the
larger part Of two days now. and the
open season for kicking is still on In
the matter Of 'jawbone' as the Filipino
natives soon learned to refer TO Ameri-
can soldier camp gossip, the Utah mill
tiamau eXccls his only competitor, the
American regular and the principal
virtue of both Of them iu this matter Is
that tbey live up to the traditions OF
free speech under which they were bora
and had their bringing up.
Some Of the tall hckors ON the en-
campmcnt at Fort Russell have a lead
over the regulars In this branch of the
service, as regular regiment if 10
broke loose as have The militiamcu.
would be mustered this morning ami
ordered forward into ~ miles of the
most SWampy and muddy road that
could De found between here aud the
west mountains. After 90 had been
marched round and round. TN a point
had been reached where the field OFF,
GERS were convinced the men were glad
bareback was hard. and were willing
that clouds should rain, and that the
sun may shine when 10 gets ready. then
II would be- returned 90 an army ra-
tloE On camp. and the pernicious kick
ing would be out Of fashion for quite
a while
The "talkfest" puts the brand OF the
rookie on the military man. and E
the militia couldn't round up recruits
- 4
them in % that next time they viii 60
al II differently then there would Doe but
little use Boo having the camps. The
hopeful thing about IL Is that almost
every soldier feels and says De VIII
know better next time. aud plan his
own course differently, The most das-
tardly thing about 10 Is that designing
Salt Lake newspapers VIII assail The
present state administration over the
heads of the uniform Of their county.
and attack the citizen soldiery boz /
manner calculated 10 dcmOralizc It's or
ganizatiOn. Con order 90 dtride the party
that happens 10 be- in power. The fact
T. that Uncle sam needs the militia OF
Utah a lot more than does the state
governor. and since the Spanish-Ameri-
can war Uncle sam has done every
thing boz his power 10 put in each state
a numerous militia. II is not so os-
sential that the militia reach a pcrfcC-
ton 81 military excellence. as ID is that
10 keep on taking in new men, or rath-
er boys. Tor the battles of the world
have always been fought with lads of
20 years and under on the average.
These youngsters 90 puts through the
A b Cs of military service, and then
when an emergency comes they can be
quickly absorbed into national army
that viii know how to handle ITSELF
keep alive and 60 about its work with
military horse sense" n there b. any
point where politics OUGHT 90 bow 20
common patriotism 10 b. Ben the attitude
% the couutry's military establish
ments.
BATTERYMEN ALSO STARVED
Utah batterymen Will remember that
they nearly starved to death going 90
the Philippines ON "a government ra-
ton that two companies ~ regulars,
ON the same ship. waved fat upon The
poor batterymau who went to the
kitchen to Get his pan OF "slumgul-
hon" stew % dish out 20 the waiting
line ON the midship deck Of the steam
a. Colon. " here Battery 4 was quar-
tered. found regulars waiting for ap-
uctizing dishes. and bareback fries that
looked inviting. In after months,
when the hatterymcn were older az
the game. and had learned 10 Toy an
over hard bareback iu pan ~ bacon
grease. and mastlcato canned salmon
hy mixing ID with tomatoes in one
large stew. they found that they, too,
could fattcn ON the ration. Butter vas
easily forgotten, aud the time even
came when soldiers soaked haidtack
in their coffee aud ate % in preference
10 fresh bread and hot biscuits This
was IN the Gays Of barracks NE at The
Quartet de Meissc between the span
lsh war and the Filipino outbreak
WAGON LOAD or FOOD.
The trouble with the militia just now
T. a natural one. Instead ~ expect
lne 10 20 on a military campaigl. they
tried 20 make a civilian picnic out OF
a. Instead n making use of military
provisions. they cried for the things
they were used 70, and mourned that
they were not there AFTER an the un-
kind things said 81 the eating depart
ment, here Is 4 serious and absolute
fact. the commissary officer sent a
man through the military train IN salt
Lake. after u had been deserted by
soldiers csllins loudly for breakfast.
and this man collected over hall an
express wagon full ~ good. wholesome
government food. Canned beans. stu
unopened lay beside canned corned
beef. siill unopened. and packages Of
hard bread werc with thee On pro-
fusion. n this fare had been cough-
nuts and buns the youngsters would
have known hUw 90 side w 20 a. but