Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-11
BATTERY TO HOLD
PUBLIC RECEPTION
Citizens to be Given Opportunity
To View Splendid New
Equipment.
IS VALUED AT 100000.
Most Modern Type of Field Guns Now
Issued to National Guard Ar
tIllcry Organization.

A reception will be held in the quar-
in Plcrpont street Monday evening. the
receiving line including Gov. William
Spry and officers of his staff. Col
Walter Scott. Fifteenth infantry. ann
officers of his staff Capt. William G.
| Webb and the officers of the battery
The purpose OF the reception is to af-
| ford the citizens of this city an oppor-
tunity of seeing the new equipment OF
the splendid artillery organization II
the National Guard of Utah, equip
ment recently received from the gov
ednment and costing over 100000.
Cards have been issued for the afEnir
and 81 large attendance is anticipated,
though guests arc not restricted to
those who have received the invitation.
as 1t is the desire of the battery com
mander that all those interested at
tend. Tho hour of the reception has
been fixed for $50 p. m.
The First battery was for many years
provided with the now obsolete 80 inch
breech loading rifles. These guns proved
splendid munitions of war in the old
warfare showed the government that
time to advance had come and the new
er models were adopted. The new
guns are handsome things to look at
and their mechanism has been pro-
noGnced perfect by experts. The bat
tery's equipment includes four of the
new guns with all accessory para
phernalla. including battery wagon,
store wagon, caIssons. harness and all
other equipment needed for full bat
terry at war strength. Tho Whole new
outfit is valued at over 100000 and was
exchanged by the government for the
old model equipment This battery is
now the equal in every sense of the
word of any battery in the world.
THE BEST GUN KNOWN
The new guns are of the breech load
ing type using fixed ammunition. that
Is. the ammunition is in the form of
large cartridges resembling rifle cart
ridges in every particular except SIZE.
The old guns were loaded with a pro-
jcctile and sacks of powder, then prim-
ed and fired with lanyard The re-
coil was SO great that it was necessary
to readjust the piece after each Slot
was fired The modern guns are pro-
vided with an oil cylinder for taking
up the recoil. A spade-like arrange
ment at the end of the trail digs its
way into the ground with the firing
of the first shot and after that there Is
no need of readjustment- So perfect
is the recol arrangement that the gun
ners arc able to retain their seats on
the gun during firing Panoramic and
telescope sights are provided and with
other apparatus enables the gun to he
used under much greater disadvant-
ages than the old models. The use of
pressed steel has replaced wood in their
construction in almost every part eX
ccpt the wheels and a bullet proof
shield protects the men serving the
gun from the fire of opposing infantry.
The battery commanders telescope.
telephones. range finding instruments
and other material OF advanced design
are objects well worth seeing.
The array of artillery carriages. har-
ness, small arms. Instruments and he
personal equipment of the men OF tha
battery is sufficient to completely fill
the entire basement of the armory. The
basement is concrete throughout with
an abundance of light and Is admirably
adapted to a good display of the equip
mcnt,