Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-01
TRAIN MAKES GOOD TIME.
Progress of Militiamcn by Rail is
Satisfactory.
Especial to the News. y

Evanston. Wyo., Aug 1.-The spe-
cial train carrying the National Guard
of Utah is making good time towards
its destination, Dale Creek, a little
station near Cheyenne and along the
southern boundary of the Grow Creek
forest reserve in southeastern Wyo-
ming. 1t is on this reserve that the
monster maneuVer camp is situated,
and the special train will reach the
detraining point before noon tomor-
row If the schedule is maintained.
The first section. which left salt
Lake City early this morning Will
make long stop in order that the
animals carried may be fed and water
ed. The second section, which left
six hours later is reported from Og-
den as making good Roadway, having
left that point after short stop in
the Junction City. The run to ogden
was made in one hour.
QUEER LOOKING TRAIN.
Aboard this section, which is a
queer looking train, are all the ami
mails, artillery pieces, ambulances and
general quartermaster and commits
sary stores. 1t is an odd appearing
tumble Of cars, but follows the regu-
lar makeup plans for military trains.
In order to protect the horses, the
train has orders to make no short
stops or starts, for the horses Will
be harnessed and used the moment
they are taken from the train, and 1t
will not do to have any of them Grip
pied. The quartermaster, under whose
charge the train IS moving, and the
officers and commissioned Of
ficers of the battery, who have par
ticualr charge of their horses are all
solicitous for the comfort of the
beasts. Some of the animals appear
to be strangers to oats and hay in
such quantities as they are now re-
ceiving, and it is requiring more than
diligent attention on the part of their
caretakers to keep them from taking
on too great cargo for the capacity
of their stomachs.
ACTIVE wARHORSE.
The inner comfort of the men
aboard is under the watchful eye of
Col. II. NJ. Fl. Lund. As an old war
horse in the guard. but an old war
horse who is still active and spry as
the festive recruit, he knows all the
ms and outs of camp life BY lessons
of experience, he knows what guards
men want to eat ana what they can
have to eat, and he is trying to arrive
at happy medium. For lunch aboard
the special, he is serving as good
travel ration as ever was served be-
fore-and just little bit better.
Utah's soldier boys know their game
pretty we'll They know that they
must eat n different meal while SOL
diering than the ones they get at their
homes, but not one of them registered
"A kick because he had no raspberries
and cream for his noon meal. The
boys did have strawberry jam,
butter cream for their coffee and
few other trimmings for their noon
meal--and added to the other compo-
nents of a soldier dinner. that's pretty
fair messing for a militiaman on camp
duty.
ARRIVE SAME TIME.
The plan of Gen r. A. Wedgwood
who Is pilot-i n-chief of the special is
to have the running time of the trains
so arranged that both first and second
sections Will arrive at Dale Creek at
approximately the same time. Baggage
will be loaded in short order with so
many hands TO do the trick and the
hike to camp, IL miles away from the
station
Word has been received from the
second section to the effect that all Is
moving splendidly 40 acciaents of
any nature having occurred This train
carries little baggage and is not over
loaded with men, so the running time
viii probably be kept right TO sched-
ule. The wisdom of splitting the train
into two sections Is already apparent.
No delays such as were experienced the
last time the National Guard of Utah
encamped in Wyoming win he on the
card aud all unpleasant incidents Will
be lacking