The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-14
SOCIETY IS SHOWN
EXCELLENT TINE.
DeadIieSt Battery in the World
Is Attraction at Brilliant
Function.
UTAH MILITIA RECEIVES
GOVERNOR WILLIAM SPRY AND
STAFF AMONG THE GUESTS.

In the most brilliant military affair
Of the year. the officers and men of
the First Utah battery entertained last
night at a reception attended by Gov
ernOr william Spry and his official
staff, Colonel Walter ). Scott and Of
ficers of the Fifteenth United States
infantry, and several hundred guest Is
The scene and appointments OF the
reception were picturesque-the long
wide corridor of the aTmory with its
brown carpeting, walls covered with
Oraping masses of the national coIofs
and standards and the streamerS OF the
fantastic Oriental lanterns; the inter
mingling throng in which the resplen-
dent, gOld-laCed uniforms of the off,
GERS were brought into striking con-
trast with the sOmDre black or the
evening dress and the many-Aued col
Orings of fashiOnagle gowns, all blend
ed into a picture.
The affair was something of an Eat
home" The guests were received by
Governor William Spry and Colonel W.
5. Scott assisted by members OF their
staffs, and then welcomed and taken
care Of by the officers and soldiers
of the battery. In the basement OF
the armOry where the equipment IS
stored the visitors, while being shown
the field guns and other arms ana ac-
couuements that make the Utah bat
terry the equal of any other IN the
world, were entertained by an orches-
ira and served with refreshments.
Among the distinguished guests at
the reception were Governor william
Sprv, General T.. A. WedgwOod, Colonel
H. T.. Booth Colonel II. NJ. II. Lund,
Colonel 4. S. Wright Lieutenant Colonel
Rodney Badger of the governors staff;
Colonel Walter s. Scott, Major Nancy,
Captain Willis Uline, Captain W. A
Cavanaugh, Captain T. r. Harker, Cap
tain Bryan Conrad. Captain L. W. Row
GfI Ifa1rrannnr u TT EiIIUl2n- Lieutenant
A O. Seaman, Lieutenant Alva Lee Lieu
tenant n NJ. Green and Lieutenant III.
A. Bell of the Fifteenth infantry. Many
of the officers of the National Guard OF
Utah were also present
New Field Equipment.
The new field equipment, consisting of
the three-inch, breech-lOsding steel rifles,
the latest and most modern gun in exist
euCe. was the center of attraction to the
visitors last night. Every detail OF the
gun and equipment was explained and eX-
hibited by the men trained in its use.
The new gun in brief description,
throws two forms of prOjectiles, shrapnel
and she'll and is effective at distance
of $500 yards. The pToieCtile weighs
fifteen pounds, the shell being used IN
the attack upon Notifications and breast
works. and the shrapnel upon bodies of
men. The latter has a combination time
and percussion fuse. The time fuse can
be set to explode the shell at any given
moment in it's flight, and as it eXplOdes
small steel bullets burst in an egg-shaped
area, with a sweeping direction. One
shrapnel shell, if is estimated. viii kill
a massed body of 800 men.
The gun and carriage, with their shield
and top covers of bullet-prOOf armOr,
form in themselves a protection to the
gun crew of fifteen men. A feature that
seemed unbelievable TO the majority OF
the visitors, even on explanation, is that
the gunner never sees the object at which
he is firing. In actual warfare the bat
terry would be concealed either behind a
hill or by some other means The bat
terry commander. stationed at a distance
from the guns and in a position to view
the enemy, would direct the fire by
means of field telephone, communicating
the angle of firing to the separate guns
BY means of the range finder the gunner
would fire at the given range. BY means
of a telescope arranged on the gun the
gunner obtains a panoramic view Of his
immediate vicinity to the rear and sides