Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
NEWS T 9an NATIONAL GUARD
evening at a pleasing affair given
the b. Y. u. in Provo last night.

4 evening at a pleasing AFFAIR gwen III
the b. U. in Provo last night.
General Syedgwood Viii present to-
1.-the officers OF The salt Lake organiza-l
istions and the various headquarters at
at the weekly meeting to be held next
Ifrhursday in the urnory several inl-i
portant matters and he is DESTROYS
that all officers in the city be present.
Tho regimental officers and officers Of
he present by order for the school to
be conducted the same evening.
The seni-annual inspection of the
First battery which MAS to have been
held this month, Lieut.-Coi. Clark Of
The Ordnance department, U. s. Al,
having been detailed for the purpose,
has been postponed until some time in
June. This postponelnent was made
necessary on account of the receipt Of
the Utat battery OF tho new S-inci
equipment \
The batterYmen have been almost
CONTINUOUSLY pusy since last Thursday
putting together the thousand and one
pieces OF harness., field guns and all
the dozens OF appurtena1rces and expect
80 have the compete battery ready for
drilling purposes by Monday night, the
sJete W.
Soon after the new equipment is in
order, and the battery gun room agai,
placed In It's customary ship-shape, a
big reception Is being planned by Capt.
Webb, when visitors Will be Initiated
to all the intricacies of the new equip
ment and witness drill by the men
at the guns.
& Monday will see installed in the bat
terry club rooms a new inner PLAYER.
piano WDien cost the batteryHen 1906.
Later combination billiard and pooi
table will take the place OF tile pool
table now In the quarters.
Weather conditions prevented the usai
&c the target rtii1setast sunday and Il
conditions are not had tomorrow tie
range viii be in use from Z a. nj. until,
7 l2;30 u e NJ men who have not fired or
who have failed tosqualify at 200 yards
taking tho 7o'clock tr;iiU and mel
waiting 10 hre5a 800 yards taking the
SEE train.
y spirited band practise was held
this week with over IS musicians pres
cent, Not all are members, of the band.
Ebut Bandinastera Christensen and Adit.
Arms are hopeful of filing the band
to its full strength from among the
number of men present at practises
a telegram received from General
Weaver. chief of the division Of
militia affairs OF the War department
ut Washington, indicates that the re-
cent rcquisition for supplies Tor the
sigma 5corps{is being filled. This ship-,
lSnient viii include field buzzers and
Other. electrical equipment and con-
Instruction supplies and also two sets
OF field wireless. Anticipating the arr
rival of the wireless sets at an early
|6date d section of the telegraph diyi-
take up a detailed study Of Wire.
less telegraphya in theory con-
|ssttuction, operation and repair.
The instrunents have a wide range.
1T is planned to attempt the sending
OF messages across Great Salt lake as
men have been given an OPP portunity
~ 5beS come familiar with heir o era-
IEtion. 1t is also planned to5use them be-
tween the various craft on the lake
and Saltair during the summer.
THE first "trip afield of the signal
corps will be made the first Sunday
Vision and the visual sections will
take all their paraphernalia into the
4 hills to the north for signalling.
4 Gordon Snow swas enlisted in tht
Il signal. &corpss4tiliS week and was as
, signed to the telegraph division
The following assignments were
i imade during the week BY Capt
Bourne. commanding the signal corps;
i Telegraph division: Chief Opera tor j
4 r. Rintoul, Sergt,. Settle. Sergt
4 christensen. sSergt ARMSTRONG;, I'ri.
/ Yates Chapman: Book, Richardson Will
son and Snow; visual and construc-
ton division Corporal Warthman, in.
i structol, Corporal Frost, Private:
4 Swift. Peterson, Cook, Roger, Hoy
4 ,Archbold. AIiern. fSimons. Stewart
i Faust and Hunter.
Il General sNNedgwood took steps thu:
4 week looking to the reorsanization O.
i CO. "A At Nephi. He will probably visi
1.-THE Juab CITY within q short time U
sfionk into this matter. The compan!
4 fell to IA low point at the recent GOV
st5ernment inspection and hastN step
n were stakenato ret organize 1t. a meetmt
4 of the people of Neplii! was held in TIT
4 Commercial club and assurances were
4 given that SUFFICIENT interest would ~
I5tallcn in the company TO keep IT u
1.-THE service and with sufficient mum
labers Sof suitable men TO place It nea
bigthe top of tho column of ayera ges. 4;
&l5pluce The Nephi company held 70
l5nn:lny Years.