Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-04
Three Hundred Utah Boys All
We'll and Happy in Their
Wonderland.
CHEERS GREET BATTALION.
Californians Shower Praise and Fra
grant Flowers Upon the 800 from
salt Lake High school

''N'' 'fi'iNiNAt' NAY IL ne llOtel
camp is now tie home Of the cadet
battalion Of the Salt Lake High school
The camp was not captured by the
cadets. but Gen. Funston presented II
to the boys in blue from Utah before
they arrived in this city. Arrived at
Oakland, the youngsters took the town
by storm, and from the Ferry in San
Francisco, up Market to Van Ness ave-
nue. and then to Suffer street. where
cars were boarded for the preside, all
was triumph for the spick and span
cadets Men. women ana children
thronged the streets and through a
! crowd numbering into the thousands
the boys marched with soldierly tread
To the music of the splendid band they
nave with them, conqucring wherever
they appeared. Gay bunting dressed
the avenue through which they passed
schoolchildren lined the way and show
cred the soldiers with CALIFORNIA; most
fragrant blossoms. Everywhere hap
piness, cheerfulncss and hospitality
have abounded Like Caesar the Salt
Lake youths have come, they have seen
and they have conquered Not all fields
have been invaded, for their stay IN this
city has only begun When they leave.
however, their victories will be num-
bered by the places they have seen.
GOOD TIME MADE.
The cadet special train arrived 80
minutes ahead of its schedule. All along
the way capt William c. Webb com
mandant of the cadets, had expected to
detrain at Oakland and then, after bag
gage was transferred to the waiting
transports. to take up a march for
Fort Mason. A telegram from General
| Passenger Agent Horsborgh of the
! Southern Pacific was received stating
| that the site after inspection, had
| proven inadequate. Gen. Funston had
offered the model camp in its stead.
| This was little disappointment TO
| Capt Webb for he had wished that his
| cadets might pitch their own camp and
| show the army how such a task is
| accomplished by 800 vigorous, high
| spirited boys. The cadets We're at home
| in their camp 20 minutes after arriving.
| +. W. Wilson, a former Salt Laker.
| had taken advance steps to make their
| stay little more pleasant. He had a
| straw stack on the camp site and all
| hands were soon busy filling the bed
| sacks with the straw and very soon aft
| err neat hunks were in place in the
| tents.
LIKE TRUE SOLDIERS.
The appearance of those tents 30
| minutes after the cadets arrived was a
| picture of soldierly neatness. Each
| was like its fellow; its hunks We're all
| uniform; equipment placed in neat
| piles: everything in order and then 300
| hungry boys were lined up in front of
! their tented city for inspection. This
| inspection was little different TO that
/ gone through in other military camps
| In addition TO looking to the appearance
| of the boys, the condition of their
| equipment and Ike military features,
rigid inquiry as to the health of each
boy was undertaken by Capt, Tyndale
| and his assistants in the hospital de-
| tachment, To the surprise of the cap
| tain not one boy had a complaint Not
one of them had so much as cold.
headache or other i'll. The health of the
command from Capt. Webb down to
| the big st. Bernard dog they have with
them FOR d mascot is excellent.
THEY LIKE THE COOK,
The biggest man in camp judging
from the fact that he completely fills
the heart of every lad in the tented
city, is Arnold Kruger. a Swiss cook
who has the inner man OF each one OF
| the cadets at heart. II Is no easy task
To cook a meal for 800 boys and have
| IT fit the taste of every one OF them
| That is what Burger is doing, though.
He has been with the cadets IN all or
| their previous camps and he mas seer
much service with the regular army
and with the National Guard of Utah.
! He is a Jolly little fellow and is always
ready 10 please and anxious to know
what more he can do for the boys.
Up TO last night. there was some
suppressed excitement IN the heart OF
every cadet. Not even Captain Webp
was free from IT, General Wedgwood
/ A "a that
rang throughout the pine forest back
of the camp and skirting the bay IN
which every cadet Joined. the buSes
from the guard tent (Which has no
| occupant, by the way) IN martial mar
mony sounded Quarters the some
what mournful melody or the pus,e
was followed with cheering from the
boys Are they homesick? Not one
of them The good old High school yell
| "yVith n yevo, with viVo. with NeVo,
! vivo YUM" split the air ana then
| every lad polted his head into his tent
and waited for Taps
BUSY WRITING LETTERS.
The brief intervals between Quar-
| tera" mud Taps" was good deal IKE
n session of the Ready Letter Writers
| ct,b Postal cards, letter paper, en-
velopes and stamps were brought out
i'm amazing number and soon a Story
| of the day Wdh on llS way w t'' "'''
M home. There are lots OF those ca
| dets who look at pictures they brought
with them. Some of them are OF
nroud mothers and some OF them are
Of pretty high school girls While
thev we're writing TO tho folks at
nome many OF those cadets were be-
stowing a glance now and then at those
rIctures. They are a happy lot ihose
high school youngsters
SLEEP CLOSES BUSY DAY.
oTaps" sounded from tho guard tent
nj 10 o'clock and in n seconds time
tho entire camp, except for Captain
Wobb's tent, WAS IN darkness. Thor
,vea not a sound To ho heard over tht
tented city and the sentries patrollec
their posts before 800 sleeping boy,
from the salt Lake High SCHOOL who
we're dreaming OF the Wonderland int
which they had been carried by tbs
fnet Southern Pacific train In less thal
30 hours ..,,.,. a..
inp of "A monster cannon and the rOl
~ drums. awakened from their dream
laden Elumber tho 800, II WAS the be
,claning of their week Of military rout
ine Following the reVlelle the ca
diets assembled by companies In from
~ their tents, roll call showing ever
man present and ready Tor anything
that might chance his way the yet
ttug-up0 exercises were gone through
calculated 30 Timber stln Joints an,
lazy muscles, Then the 500 made