The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-16
NATIONAL GUARD
STRIKES CAMP
Gtail'S Militia Leaves Scene of
Recent Daily Practice
ManeuVer.
IMPROVEMENT is SHOWN
SIGNAL CORPS is COMPLIMENTED
BY MAJOR ARRAsMITH.

From o'clock until noon yesterday,
camp J. c. Cutler was a busy scene
when the soldiers of the national guard
and the First battalion of the Fifteenth
infantry We're striking tents and prepar-
ing 10 leave G and II companies of Salt
Lake were the two last to- leave the
camp, starting for salt Lake shortly after
II clock. The regulars from Fort Doug
las and the First battery left at $50
. clock. At about s o'clock the Second
battalion from the southern part Of the
state left for their homes. From then
OF the other companies We're busy getting
Things IN shape for the final move.
All of the wire which had been strung
Tor the use of officers of the camp during
Inc week Of the enCampment was taken
down yesterday morning by the signal
corps men, The corps left camp shortly
after 1880 O'Clock.
This years encampment has been a
most valuable one TO the men OF the
guard While there were no maneuYers
by the entire guard, the men have been
busy drilling and showed a wonderful i'm
proVcment Saturday over their work a
week before, When i'm marching order,
the men seemed 10 be another body OF
men, They were given the advantage of
the experience Of the Fifteenth i'm the
drilling and made the best of it during
the short camp
The First battery Of Salt Lake was out
for a week in East canyon before joining
the guardsmen at Camp Cutler and dur
ing that time the men were kept busy by
captain w - NeDO ia target practice
aud maneuvers. which showed their re
suit in the marked Improvement OF the
appearance of the men i'm camp.
Make Daily Maneuvers.
Daily maneuvers were made by the
signal corps under Captain r. l. Bourne,
and much valuable work was done. Just
before he LETT camp Sunday morning
Major j, NJ. Arrasmith, of the Fifteenth,
paid high compliment to the signal
corps.
Il have been mixed with signal corps Of
"a good many States-natiOnal guard corps
never knew national guard signal corps
could amount to anything until I came
10 Utah. The Utah corps has done the
work like regulars and the showing has
been remarkable to me, especially in COM
'parison to the work of like organizations
IN other states'
1t was not until late Sunday morning
that @ company finished its session.
When O. company meets there is gem
orally something doing, and there was
no exception this year The newly COM
misSiOned officers Of the guard, who went
up since the last encampment were put
through their PAGES and were finally
treated to a banquet for having furnished
some high class amusement for the older
Officers and for several officers of the
regulars.
Never has so complete a victory been
scored as that by the signal corps ia win
ming the guard trophy cup from D com
pany, Of Mount Pleasant, by a score Of
is TO .. There was nothing to it from
the first. But the big surprise of athletics
at the enCampment was the defeat of the
Fifteenth infantry team by the signal
corps by a score Of II TO 6, this game
being played right on the heels of the
championship game. Seven Of the regi-
mental team were in the game The sig
nal corps has the following men. +.
Settle. Book, b. Settle. Aheru. Armstrong,
Reinmund, WarhLrst, Richardson and
MOnehan.