Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
: Ups" And Downs" OF Utahs Soldiery.

into two sharply contrasted periods
The first was before the Spanish
American war and the second was
after IT, Before the war; officers aud
men alike were In fair shape. but the
war disrupted the guard to rs foun-
dations taking officers. men and
equipment
The war was a splendid example OF
the services state guard can perform.
As organizations, the guard batteries
ana companies were usaiess for service,
but as individuals thels membership
was what saved the volunteer batter
| les their reputation and seat them TO
! their glorious career ola guardsmen,
| who knew drill detail took the recru-S
| Of the volunteers under thels wings at
once, aud pounded into them The do
| tails oi warfare. before the commands
| ever moved away from Fort Douglas.
| The guard companies had been mus
! tered out, but their membership fur
| nished most OF the officers of Batteries
| and u. for the Spanish war; and
! nearly an ~ the first set NJ corporals
/ and sergcanls who sat on the ia, and
! made the command look like soldiers
! until hey become so In fact.
| When he guard was organized after
| statehood. L consisted Of ~ commands.
| IS officers. and 40 enlisted men, making
| total strength Of 46S, u has never
| since made so good showing IN num-
| bers
Brlgadier General Willard Young
| took the guard 20 camp IN 1897 for five
| days. In lS9S The war shot the ranks
| TO pieces, but Maj. H. NJ. H. Lund
| gathered up the remnants and went to
| camp at Pennington.
WAN vvrT4 SPAIN
! For the war with SPAIN Hs men went
| with Batteries 4 ana ". and Troop \.
! most Of them coming from tho guard's
membership. Under the second call,
! another battery was sent. while Troop
! l. ~ the Second regiment of volunteer
| cavalry had gone out making the total
| Of 627 men senr of 10 war, as the states
/ first contribution 20 a national dim.
! Guilty. The strength Of the unorganised
! militia In 1898, which includes all men
/ liable 10 military duty was given a.
| 26Ti5 men. Of whom 9, 500 were In Salt
! Lake county and 2ii In Weber.
on reorgantsing the guard, TO hll mo
| ranks after the spanish war had pesu9-
a total OF 3o6 men and officers had heen
| obtained by Jan. ! 1899 At tlns time
Charles $. Burton was adjuta nt-sen-
eral, having taken the ofice When an
the work OF recruiting the var Volun-
tcers WAS thrust upon the state, WITH
SIS thousands of details that no ohe
knew save those who went througn
with IT, and finally accounted 10 ING
government FOR all the equipment ana
supplies that changed hands
N, rApry srAcrs
IN 1899 the guard went TO camp az
Fort Douglas on Sept {, and remained
In camp five days, under command OF
! Brigadier General Jno. .. Cannon. The
camp was styled Camp Wasateh. In
| 1900 IL went TO camp again at Fort
Douglas, atylng the encampment tlIfs
time Camp Liscum." At the first
camp there we're 23J men and IS officers
I'm attendance; at the second 2s9 mel
and 30 officers. The choice OF the site
s signlhcan'. COY, M ,sisor ,e' roe sH%
the money worse, in the opening. era
of state government, ana MS FREUD
| Charles $. Burton, was constantly ae'
vising ways and means 10 keep tAt
guard up, without spending more than
a minimum amount OF money 10 90 IL
These two camps saved a great deal o.
money In travelling expenses ana Wers
in keeping with the policy OF GOV
Wells to limit guard expenses TO ths
lowest possible amount, while so many
state institutions We're clamorlng toi
money 10 start their existence.
In 1901 the boys were back from the
Philippines rested up and ready to &c
back into tho service so the guard be-
came an Organization OF veterans es-
| peclaly Webbs Battery A. which Wa'
a thing or which the state could b.
proud,
In 1901. the guard was t45 men ant
officers strong and in 1907 It was a5
| men and officers strong. simply holding
| its own during these years. In 1901 the
! guard camped for eight days at La.
COON. styling the site. Camp Lawton'
IN honor OF the grand old soldier who
had recently been shot In the Philip
pines In 1909 n camp at the same
place was called Camp Funston IN
honor OF Aguinaldo's captor.
CApuONy Cot-N1-y EkrT. AWAY