Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-06

sour daily camp life was reveiile at
9 breakfast at $40. clean camp from
TO :. Then there wac short drill
81 ana general camp work and at
tending TO personal affairs such az
cleaning guns and uniforms till n.
From 4 20 4 the boys were free 20 20
where they wished. Dress parade
rame At $3.50 always attended by
from 5000 to 40, 900 people. supper
was served at s, when the boys always
decided that chef Brugger was
greater cook than the man who found
the pole
mo ono was sick. except few
cases ~ too much soda water and
watermelon, for a boy d half stomach,
YOU know, and whore there are boys
and something 90 eat there will be
occasional insurrections below the
belt. One or two slight colds were ac-
Quired. bat nothing serious This rs
really remarkable record. seeing
that there was such a great change Of
climate and daily routine of living.
AS for visitors they came In
hordes. II Is hopeless 20 name them
all Governor Spry and stan formally
Inspected the camp on the 2sth and
reviewed the cadets the next day.
VISIT PACIFIC FLEET.
"on the 27th. the entire corps paid
visit 10 the Pacific feet About 40
cadets went on board each boat where
they were received by the officers from
the captain down. as " they We're
grizzied old veterans. The middies
especially took every care 10 show tho
vessels almost from the top Of the
mast 10 the bottom Of the keel To- the
boys. The boys had such a good time
that Il took several days to get them
out Of the habit Of hitching mp their
trousers and trying to dance horn
pipe every time | gave 'fours left
zone day, tho 2Sth we chartered
steamer and took in the Seattle water
'front.' the navy yard and other points
Of interest about the sound We were
gone eight hours and had a fine time.
sunday We cleaned camp and then
everybody loafed. II was freedom all
day long.
President Chilbcrg Of the exposition.
accompanied by about twenty very
prominent civil and military officials
paid n formal visit 20 the camp on the
following Monday. the 20th.
AT Portland we received recep-
ton out of all proportions to our Inn
portance. The mayor and staff With
other prominent people. an I'm autom0-
biles. with a squadron Of police. met us
~ the station. We were invited to
parade, which we did and for one mile
and half through the streets lined
four deep on the sidewalks on each
side. More people watched the cadets
than appeared at the c. A. r. parade
here In Salt Lake. Just how many I
do not know, but there was at least So
600 Of them, perhaps more. And it was
one long roll OF hand clapping and
cheers
When we were held up for "a hours
near Huntington with i've other trains,
things got a little dun for everybody
so the band got out and gave a concert.
Then the cadets turned themselves
loose and gave fantastic performance,
the like OF which I mover saw before.
It's official title was high jinks' and I
have a suspicion Il leads right back
TO that day on the warships. Anyway
the Ave trainloads Of people laughed
till they were tired-and the boys came
back into their own train feeling bet
ter.
The band gave a concert on the ex-
position grounds. and IL was freely
said that many q better known band
had not equaled them. on the whole
there was not one unpleasant incident
on the whole trip. II was a fine thine
for the exposition. for the boys them
selves and for Salt Lake"