Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-16

NATIONAL GUARD
STRIKES Tents Y
Citizen Soldiers and Men Of FIT
teenth Infantry Break
Up Camp.
~ ------- 1890
PLEASANT AND OTHERWISE.
PLEASANT AND OTHERWISE.
I'reponderance Of Memories, How
ever, Are That the Time Was
Well and Probably Spent.

S9SSA an q Ilitit afiS : ~
Well and Probably Spent.
Striking their tents soon after day
ybeak. the men of the Fifteenth infan-
try and the National Guard OF Utah
left camp yesterday and now nothing
remains of Camp ]. @, Cutler but the
memories of tt-sonie Of them are
pleasant memories ard some others are
not, but the pleasant memories are in
the prepondelating number All agree
that the camp has been a profitable one
for the guard srnen. There are those who
offer Criticisms of many details. but
there always are such persons and some
of the criticisms have come to be re-.
garded largely as part Of camp rou-,
tine.
The companies of the southern bat
TALON, y u # and q. under command
of Maj Fred Zimmerman, struck tents
Saturday evening and then pitched a
camp of shelter tents in which they
slept until morning. They were mus
tered Saturday evening and paid and
made ready TO leave camp at an early
hour Sunday morning. Immediately
after breakfast they left camp and as a
farewell the band met them as they
We're leaving camp and then headed
their column to the Rio Granda tracks
at Sugar where they took cars for
their stations at Mt Pleasant, Rich
field, Manti and Ephraim.
gs The battery broke camp with the
morning gun and Immediately after
they We're mustered marched out of
camp with all their impedimenta. The
] band met them and gave them q hap
py tune to cheer them on the begin
ming OF their ride to the city. Upon
arrival here the horses had to be res
turned to Springville, which was not a
pleasant task after the breaking of
dusty roads. Captain Webb de-
sclares the campaign this sum
mer to have been one of the
most profitable ever spent by his bat
terry. The first week OF his summer
program was spent In a practise march
and target practise in East canyon. He
was accompanied by Lieut.. o. Q. Ellis
and the time was spent with much en-
sjoyment8arid profit to the 1batterymen.
WITH IlHE SIGNAL CORPS.
s4,Tle Signal corps, which has been
practically detached from the remain
der Of the guard, has spent the time In
the working out of problems in infor-
nation. making trips into the canyons
near the camp site, laying wire as they
went and making every hour of the
camp count for something. The men
are much enthused and when they
broke camp gave vent to their feelings
with three rousing cheers. Sixty men
or bust was adopted as slogan for
1.-The winter energies of the organization
and the men declare that when they
SO to naneuVers next fall they will be
ready to show the regular signal corps
how to do things properly. Mai /. Ar
rasmith of the Fifteenth infantry VISIT
ed the Signal corps camp yesterday just
before camp was struck and declared
that he had seen many. alleged signal
corps in various states, but that he
had not before seen one that could
deliver the goods, to use his own ex-
preston
INFANTRY COMPANIES.
The infantry companies were some
what slow in getting to work Before
the big parade of last Wednesday they
had hardly started to drill and We're
not in the pink of condition to partici-
pate. Had the parade been Saturday,
however, there would hive been vast
difference. After Wednesdays parade
rgular officers were assigned to the
militia companies as instructors and
regular non-commissioned officers to
the squads
The results of the instruction given
in this way surprised even the men
themselves. All along the line regret
was expressed that such a program was
not adopted earlier in the camp.
The splendid condition In which the
companies found themselves Friday
after two days of such instruc-
ton was displayed In the COM
petition for the governors cup,
which was won by Company B, sta
toned at Ogden, The drill put up by.
Company II of this city and the Ogden
company when the final contest for the
cup was being held, drew expressions
of admiration from regular officers and
many OF the enlisted men of the Fiji
steenth.
ZIMMERMAN RESPOsIBLE.
For such success as marked the camp,
the credit is largely due to Maj. Fred
Zimmerman, who was for the greater
portion OF the time in command Of the
camp. Col. Plummer, being a mem
Der of the rifle team. was at the team
practise much OF the time and could
not give his personal attention to d
great part of the camp work. He was
in camp, however, in time to command
at retreat parade, at which time Mai.
ikammerman took the First battalion
and Capt. Eakle the Second
called upon with no warning be-
forehand to command the Second
| battalion during the camp. Capt. Eakle
| displayed his ability as field OFFICER
| in a manner that won him many COM
pliments.
Visitors to the camp who have had
experience in military matters, and
there We're many of them, including 6.
a. r, visitors to Utah, former regular
army officers and former Officers in
the National Guard, were struck by
several features that hardly drew forth
marked expressions OF approval.
Among them was the location of the
camp hospital This tent was pitched
between two company kitchens and less
than 80 feet distant from the ranges
used Tor cooking the meals for the
! members of two companies. The Local
| ton Of the tent AT such a point was
criticized frequently by visitors. Among
1 the men there was almost universal
complaint of the Limitations OF the ra-
ton and the poor drinking water fur
nished The dlatory methods of tn.
| staff departments OF the camp admin
| istration Were commented upon by
those who suffered because of them.
! To the water was charged much of the
| camp sickness, which seized a great