Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-15
RIDE TO COLORADO SPRINGS
Leaving Resort City Long Hike to
Camp Crawford viii
Begin.
Rows in Olive Drab VIII Solve Prob
lens of War for One Mouth
Return in September.

81 With more baggage than circus and
" nearly 700 men, not to speak of hum
n bred and half mules and horses the
Il Fifteenth infantry left this city at 11;l5
n this morning for a six weeks trip afield.
The regiment under the personal COM
mand of COL Walter s Scott entralned
at the Rio Grande depot and tn.
ming will find them in Colorado Spring9.
After nights rest and meal or two,
the men. baggage and animals will take
up the long hike from the Colorado city
to Camp Emmett Crawford, near Fort
D. A. Russell, Wyo.. a long, dusty
march of POS miles through canyons.
valleys, over hills and past farm lands
burdened with the grains and fruits
of the season. The arrival at the camp
ground is scheduled for Aug. /, giving
the men little over two weeks for the
journey overland.
Up this morning at s O'Clock. the sol
der boys found hard days work
ahead of them. Each company packed
its baggage In the army wagons of the
prairie schooner" type. The men car
ried their blankets, ponchos, clothing
and toilet articles in their blanket rolls
carried across their shoulders. Every
fourth or fifth man carried in addition
to his rife. haversack, canteen and
first aid packet, an intrenching tool-a
small short handled shovel Here and
there were men with short handled
picks. others with axes and all pre-
pared for service of any sort The SOL
dbers wore the new olive drab uniforms
and campaign hats OFFICERS were htted
out with field glasses and revovers,
dispatch cases and odds and ends OF
equipment used for field service. There
were $50 enlisted men and full conn
plement OF officers or horses and
mules there were. 4s--and owing to the
these were of every. shade and color
save violet.
THREE SECTIONS.
The troop trains departed in three
sections. The first section carried Col.
Scott and his official family compris-
ing the regimental headquarters. with
the section also were the mounted or
derby detachment under command OF
Lieut. Seaman and the machine gun
platoon under command of Lieut.. CAT
fey. Companies F.. G and II were
also with this section. The makc-up
of this section was six stock cars. two
tourist sleepers, one baggage car
two tourist sleepers and stand
ard Pullman. The second sec
ton went under the command of Lieut..
Col. Williams and Maj. Rowan and
carried besides three infantry COM
panies the regimental band The train
was made up of three fiat cars. one box
car, three tourist sleepers, one baggage
car, two tourist sleepers and one stand
ard Pullman. The third section car
ried companies alone with Mai. ARA
\ smith in command. 1t was made no
OF two fiat cars, two box cars, two
tourist sleepers one baggage car, two
tourist sleepers and one standard Pull
man.
COOKED MEALS ENROUTE.
The baggage cars are placed In the
centers OF each section and are to be
used by the commissary, looking to
the inner comfort of the men while
enroute. Army ranges were set up and
meals were being cooked before the
train was ready 10 leave the station.
On the fiat cars the army wagons were
packed in close order, six wagons rid
Ing OH one car, covers, harness and
supplies being tightly packed in the
beds and all being knocked down before
loading. Twenty men lifted the big
wagons one by one To the cars and
then all were secured with ropes to
travel in safety. The box cars carry
tentage, foodstuff and other baggage
and soon after arriving at the depot
each company was split into details
TO load the great amount of bag
gage. The scene was busy
one and the onlooker saw the
repetition OF many depot scenes
enacted during the departure of troops
for the Spanish American war There
was no confusion Every man knew
his task, and there were scores of ofIi-
Gers, non commissioned officer and
packmasters and assistants busily on
gagged in directing each OF the six
hundred and more men in the perform
anoe OF his tasks,
MULES FROM MISSOURI.
II was in the loading of the horses
and mues where the amusing sights nf
the day were enacted There were
many long cared specimens OF the Mis-
souri, duadruped To be taken care or
When the time came 10 put them I'm
the stock cars twenty and more To n
ihrty-six foot car. a task OF no small
proportions was presented. The in
herited stubbornness OF the Missouri
ans was everywhere apparent, and 10
get them into the cars when their ideas
We're 10 the contrary was quite anus
ing TO the onlooker and intensely yex-
ing to the packmaster, The mules
seemed 10 know what was expected OF
mem, and Just to be contrary To pre-
serve the tradition OF their species they
were bent upon doing Just what was
not wanted.
feature OF the column as II passed
hown Main street was noted In the
machine gun platoon, This part OF
the military establishment, while not
entirely new, has formed "A part OF no
regiments stationed at Fort Douglas
prior 10 the Fifteenth, The machine
gun Is small affair and gives ihu
infantry miniature artillery com
\ blemeni The rifle itself Is Of small
" PORE and Is carried on mules back
specially adapted pack saddle
WYNN Il are carried the gun carriage,
mmunition boxes and accessory parts,
pc whole making very fair load fol
stocky mule.
y WIhe troops marced from Fort Doug
10 the Rio Grande depot headed
Col, Scott and stan and mounted
XXderlies. Then came tho band, the
fantry companies. hospital deiaeh
Aent and wagon train In the order
zen, The command marched In route
er until Second East street was
Ched. and from there down Eaufl,