Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-15

in dime ut peace by showing il
lust what way is was the pur-
= pose vi the cncampment of
militia ana regular army troops in thu
crow creek reserve for the past two
weeks Similar camps are being held
throughout the various departments o,
the army In many parts OF the united
states for the same purpose. Such
camps are not outings for the guards
men I'm any sense Of the word, though,
Of course there Is a great amount of
pleasure bound TO creep IN and It does
prove before K is over to have been not
only camp of instruction but, too,
Il pleasant thing to talk about, to re-
nember and 20 hope for again.
Shorn OF tho sight OF blood and the
singing Of bullets, there is every CON
dition Of war confronting the saldiela
al the maneuvor camp Tho protes-
sional soldier In the regular army has
seen war and he soes IN such maneu-
VeI camps all the war tlmo scenes re-
produced Among tho regulars there
are thousands Of recruits who have had
few months ,crvice and who need
training just az much as do the mill.
tiamen There are many militiamen
who are old soldiers of the guard and
many who have seen regular and vol
,nteer service Taken as \ whole tho
national guardsmen showed UP well
with the regular army The intelll
gence NJ the men and their officers
and their understanding NJ profession
al text BOOKS resulted In the conduct
of action against imaginary and repre-
sented enemies that surprised many
Of the older regular army officers,
many Of whom were serving as UNI
pires.
WITH THE UTAH MEN.
The Utah troops left for Dale Creek,
Wyo Aug l and arrived In camp In
che midst OF rain. late al night anu
supperless. II remained for them TO
mitch camp. cook their supper ana
to mako such beds a s they could for
their first nights sleep in camp Re
veille sounded early next morning, and
though very tired and sleepy
the Utah boys we're ready for
their frst day in camp The spirit that
prevailed Is well illustrated in the good
HUNDRED remark of one of the boys,
who rubbed his eyes open and then
said to no one in particular:
"well. Uncle Sam is pretty good to
me. He gets me UP in the middle of
the night TO give me something to
eat"
The spirit in that remark was the
spirit Of the camp. Whatever came to
the boys as a duty TO perform, was
done with good humor and smile
always scared away frown and
hearty laugh always routed a grumble.
The first day of the camp was spent
in getting things soldier shape, Tents
were pitched on line, the camp
ground raked free of all rubbish kit
chens built and by noon all was done
and the trumpets blared forth with the
sweetest tune" known to the soldier.
mess call To the jerky notes of this
old call the soldier boys have set a
Jingle OF words. They run this way:
Porky. porky. porky
without a strip of lean;
Soury, soupy, soupy,
Without single bean;
Coffee. coffee. coffee.
The worst we've ever seen.
UNCLE SAM Is GOOD.
The words are as good as the music
and the dinner IL the best of all. II Is
very true that Uncle Sam is good to
his soldier nephews. For many years
experts have been at work devising
good ration for soldier fare. The re
Quiremcnts OF soldiers in the line Of
business is that the food be good food.
nutritious, we'll cooked and inviting
to the palate. 1t IS OF necessity limit
ed as to variety. but n good army cook
can make 81 varieties of soup with a
bean and strip of bacon or even the
shadow Of ham bone. The govern.
ment experts who have been working
so faithfully for many years to deter
mine upon a ration have met with sig
nal success I'm their work. The garr-
son ration is abundant in reality
and lacking nothing In quality. II has
three principal components known as
the meat component. the bread COM
ponent, and the vegetable component.
with coffee, milk, cocoa tea and trim
mings" In great variety thrown i'm. The
daily ration for a soldier is more than
the normal man can eat, This makes
possible savings" which are unused
quantities Of food which may be cred
tied to the company drawing them and
various delicacies substituted for them