The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-16
COMP ANY Il QUITS
NATIONAL GUARD
Entire Aggregation Will Follow Cap
tain Bassett in Request for
-
Retirement.
DUE TO ROW OVER ARM0RY
DETERMINATION TO MUSTER
OUT MADE UNANIMOUS

Company H, the crack organizations
of the national guard of Utah, will have
ceased to exist by the end Of the week
so far as membership is concerned
Following the decision of Captain Free
man H Bassett to resign, as forecasted-
in Mondays Herald, the formal an
nOuncement was made at a meeting
held, by company H Tuesday night.
Upon Captain Bassett confirming the
announcement every one of the twenty
two officers and prfvates present de-
claTed he would ask for his discharge.
There are thirty members in al to
company H. At the rate applications
for discharge are coming in and being
approved, today, or Saturday at the
latest, will probably see a neat bundle
of military papers forwarded by Cap
tain Bassett to Colonel H NJ H. Lunds
commanding officer Of the regiment.
Included in the bundle viii be Captain
Bassett's resignation, which has been
withheld thus far in order that he
might first acquiesce in the wish Of the
men in the company to endorse their
requests for discharge.
VIII Be Up to Hans.
Thereupon the matter will be strictly
up to Colonel Lund. 1t is customary
where applications for discharge are
regularly endorsed by the company
commander for the regiment commands
er TO add his recommendation that they
be granted. Indeed, members of CONF
pany II are acting under a provision
of the military code which provides
for the regimental commanders en-
dOrsement I'm such cases excepting Un~
der extraordinary circumstances.
Actual work of mastering out COM
pany H viii require little time. This
company has been a shining mark in
the guard, and at its regular monthly
inspection Tuesday night Major W. G.
Williams, in charge, expressed his
qualification at the splendid condition
of its equipment.
Tuesday nights drill inspection was
followed by an informal meeting, at
which there were present twenty-five
members Of the company. A number OF
those I'm attendance asked Captain Bas-
sett his position in the matter" re-
feTTing to the controversy aroused by
the action Of Governor J. c. Cutler and
Secretary of State c. s. Tingey, repre-
senting twO-thiTds of the executive ar
mOry board, in Overruling AdjutanC
General Joseph GeOghegan and allow
ing the use of the aTmOry for the Re-
publican state banquet.
Captain Bassett replied that he was
not open to make any statement as to
Z
think carefully before deciding to fol-
low his example and retire from the
guard. He made it plain that no act
of his should be taken as an invitation
to them to do likewise.
On the other hand, his men declared
if it were in their power TO assist in the
adjustment of any differences Captain
Bassett could count on them for assist
ance.
If however. he had determined on his
resignation they only requested that
he pause long enough to allow them to-
file applications for discharge with him.
And that is what is happening.
Thus far about a score of applica%
lions have been forwarded TO Captain
Bassett.
Members of Company.
Company H lines up at present, or
rather, will line out soon, as follows:
Captain, Freeman H. Bassett; heu~
/ tenant Frederick Barnes; first SER
geant, J. G. Reiser; quaTtermaster SER
geant r. Williams; second sergeant. J.
H. Glow; third sergeant, Harold c.
/ Smith; corpOrals, NJ. Groesbeck, S.
Simpson. Leo Crosby, Heming Morten-
/ sen; musician. A. W. Wilkinson; pTi-
Yates, Fred Bassett, Walter POLAND,
Harold RhOdeback, a. Oberg, Herbert
Hall, Dean VI. Daynes Con furlOugh).
J. c. Bule, A. A. Earl, R. A. Runs
| wick, J. @. Lewis. A. MeLaren, J. H
/ Maddox, 3 r. Quinn, @. A. Raleigh,
: Carl Reynolds, A. L. Reynolds, H. o.
Smith, William Campbell, A. Avilla.
/ Without dispute, this is the crack
company of the guard, it's performance
/ at Camp Taft having demonstrated
this. Not only did company H capture
/ the first prize for putting up its tents
/ in military style in the best time, but
/ it won two firsts and two seconds at
] rifle practice. Sergeant Smith is the
/ best shot in the n. G. L. and is cap
tain of the rifle team. Lieutenant
/ Barnes is the next best shot, and these
/ two are the only expert riffemen who
/ ever qualified in Utah. The company
| has always maintained a high merit of
I standing.
Freeman H. -Bassett has been captain
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