Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-15
6 Utah Guardsmen Played on Mimic Battle-Ground

sion OF orders from u commapa,,
iicer The older Officers arc ,,,,lg Of.
TO put this system aside uttNllllng
step with the march of proeros Ssueping
is little instrument welehls tnere
than four pounds that viii fnii. less
mounted man at gallop and ke"w
continuous communication cstebiIslup
70 the starting point. 1t Is the sI,,,,1G
corps buzzer, and its features lsnal
ing exploited under the dhectine ne.
the chief signal officer of the an a OF
Erig. Gen. Allen, by a comnar'. my,
signal corps from Fort Leayon'i OF
commanded by Capt Cownn ~ ,ih,
Twentieth infantry. Capt Coua tne
hard worker and works inst ~, ~
harder than his men He ia cond AWE
ms campaign of education for
officers of the army and has ach,0,u..ee
wonderful results. e'eQ
During the maneuvers ar e.
Emmett Crawford. Capt. Cowan,s su,p
went into the action with coils AZ , mleh
and buzzers They followed cayoi.e
scouts at n gallop, laid their wire al.
Kept up constant communicate
with the commanding officer TN TN
informed him instantly of eve1,,byns
taking place within sight or hearing
ovERTAKEs AN ORDERLY
An incident occurred during ons =,
the maneuvers illustrating the vaIno "
the buzzer. A mounted orderi,. "
minutes before meeting cavalr,yr,v
who was followed by a man u.,h'A
buz2er. was started ont with an a..
from the commander Of the adyarel
guard. He had been galloninr ~
ward destination seven miles away
and his horse was exhausted q.
aglkad the hA iA'
GRAND. The buzzar man asked ,ss
message, repeated It over the hu,,.s
and had the commanding officers y,
ply before the second man had ,ies
ened his cinch in preparation for Il,
ride.
Another time the commandinv m,
Ger dictated message to an 0rdsrIv
and a bu2zer man at the same tin,s
repeating II over the buzzer c,ir.
After being handed the message, tho +
orderly mounted and began 10 riaa
away to his destination. four rn,s
away--a good 80 minutes ride in tbst
hilly country. Up spoke the sersean,
of signal corps with the buzzer and
said he had delivered the msssaga
and had a reply. The orderly ma.
halted, brought back and the officer
became so interested that he began
10 doubt the possibility Of the feat
until he. himself. had spoken over the
buzzer and had received his own reph
with his own ear from the sender Il
the message directly He was at orca
a convert to the use Of the buzzs,
though he had always mistrusted ths
instrument before that demonstration
WHAT UTAH BOYS DID.
The Utah soldiers were thrown into
tina i6sf n al.
the regulars. They learned lust what
the regulars We're learning The ar
tillery performed notable service. The
infantry kept right up with the rsgu-
lar infantry. The signal corps was
attached to and made part OF the
regular army signal company and
performed work that was highly COM
mended by Capt, Cowan and Col
Glassford, the chief signal officer Of
the provisional division.
The memory of the camp will be
lasting. 1t will be remembered as
outstrlpping all its predecessors in the
value of instruction received. The
men were well cared for. well fed, not
required to do things which passed
their endurance. There were many
unpleasant things, of course, but they
have all been forgotten The lessons
the Utah men learned will be lasting.
The soldiers are already planning Tor
their next camp, which will be state
affair. Then the next one viii be a
maneuver camp like the last one, All
are looking forward TO the carnps that
are to come and remembering only
the best parts of the last one me
worst parts were not 50 bad but what
they can easily he forgotten, Too
much praise cannot be bestowed upon
Gen. f. A. Wedgwood who went 10
the camp as acting quartermaster for
the regiment He handled his mn
well. and not one thing for their con-
fort was overlooked by him. Utia
too is indebted greatly to Lieut.. SEA
man of the Fifteenth infantry. who
was assigned to the Utah regimentio
help It over tight places. The regular
officers. az a unit and indivldualD,
went out OF their way to give the
militia the benefit of their experience
in many directions.
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