The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-04
TWELVE DAYS OF
HARD CAMP LIFE
First Battery, Field Artillery,
Starts on Long March
Today.
ALL SORTS OF DRILLS
SALT LAKE COMPANY, N. G. w.,
TO CAMP ON CRlsMON FARM.

with four officers and sixty enlisted
men, the First battery field artillery y.
G.. T., will leave their camping grOund
at the high school campus this morning
at O'Clock for the annual encampment
and practice march. The battery, under
the command Of Captain William C.. Webb,
viii head directly for ParIey's canyon.
going to Gogorza, where they viii branch
off into East canyon and pitch their
camp. The march to the camping ground
viii take the greater part of the day,
although Captain Webb is sure that his
men will have their camp pitched and all
details complete before nightfall The
battery will remain iu East canyon un-
til Tuesday. Aug. 10, when they will join
! the remainder of the guard at the reSu-
lar camp near Mil Creek
All day yesterday the state aTmOry pre-
sentrd busy scene. All equipment was
i'm place before leaving quarters. The
horses were brought up from SpringVille
yesterday and by noon the battery was on
its way to the temporary camp on the
high school campus.
The practice hike which was planned
by Captain Webb and his officers is q
new idea I'm the state encampments. and
this is the first time that an organiza-
ton has been allowed to hold an indiVid-
ual camp Of its own. The march through
PaTleys canyon viii be absolutely accord
stop after leaving Salt Lake until the
battery reaches its camping grounds.
Daily Routine.
Thursday morning. the first day in
camp, the battery viii take up their daily
routine. The men will leave their cots
at O'Clock in the morning and from then
until o'clock I'm the evening they will
be busy all the time There will be
mounted drill, artillery drill and riding
their horses without saddles, everything
TO make their training complete viii be
gone Ov n and when the organization re-
turns they will be greatly improved in
their already high efficiency.
Each day in camp the 3-inch field rifles
viii be taken out for target practice. The
guns are new, having been furnished the
battery this spring, and so far have never
been fired. The battery will also have a
detail Of signal corps men attached to its
organization to install telephone service
in the camp and to connect them with
viii be under the command of Captain
William c. Webb and Lieuteuants Fred
Smith Max Brown and y. r. Thomas.
General r. A. WedgWOOd IS highly
pleased with the encampment of the bat
terry and is loud in his praise for the or
ganizatiOn. The men Of the battery do
mated their services from Aug. until
Aug. 3, making twelve days camp pos
slble. Their pay viii not start until sun
day; Aug. 8. the day the remaining or
ganizations Of the guard go into comp.
National Guard Camp.
Orders were issued from the headCuar-
tiers of the National Guard Of Utah last
evening that the local organization would
leave the armOry in this city al o'clock
sunday m 1Tning for the camp. which will
be held at the Crismon farm about two
blocks south of Mil Greek postoffice
Companies c and II. the band and hos
pital corps will be taken to the camD
On street cars, while the signal corps viii
20 on horses The first DAY i'm camp will
be busy one for the signal men. The
entire camp will be supplied with a tele-
phone system Of its own by the guards
men and connections viii also be made
with the lines of the Independent and Bell
Telephone companies The infantry com
panles VIII spend the greater portion of
their time for the first three DAYS IN
camp in drilling and making ready for
the G.. A. r. parade.