The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-14
militia THROUGH
WITH MIMIC WAR
Changed Aspect of Youthful
Soldiers Who Reach Salt
Lake This Morning.
INFANTRY'S GOOD WORK
BATTERY AND SIGNAL CORPS,
TOO, PLEASE REGULARS.
Lon slaff Correspondent.l

TNAN SFON, wye, aug. 13.-( On
+ hoard National Guard special -
The Utah National Guard, return
Ing home from the naneEVers al Camp
OTIS, reached here al midnight, and
the train left shortly afterNard, speed
Ing toward salt Lake. The guard Will
reach salt Lake IN the morning at
about oAeiOcks and VIII march AT
o'clock to she armOry in PferPont
street without any attempt at a pa
rade, which was originally planned.
Tonight Major ". q. Williams brought
the Officers together in ear and COM
piimented all On the showing la camp
for himself and for Adjutant General
n. A. MSdgNVood. who Neat east with
the rifle team. The meH are behaving
wen On the train, coming home with
plenty of singing and EOOd humOr.
A wholly changed column of men VIII
appear on the streets OF Salt Lake than
that same column OF TWO weeks ago
which left salt Lake for the biennial
maneuVers on the Crow Creek national
forest reserve, chiefly maintained by
the government as a maneuVer ground.
dhe land used Tor maneuVerS begins
about IL miles from the little station OF
Dale Creek WyO.. between Laramie and
Cheyenne and covers little more Than
a hundred square miles, and much or
that ground has been trayersed by the
infantry, signal corps and battery OF
the Utah guard during the snort eight
days ia camp.
Rfantry's Good Work.
Much of the time in camp. especially
for the infantrymen, has been spent in
company with battalion drill. under the
direction OF Captain Sorley OF the Fiji
tcenth Infantry who was detailed Tor
the instruction Of the Utah infantry
troops And in that drill they have
shown wonderful Improvement from
day 10 day, until they appeared like
regulars during the last few days. In
the maneuvers in which the infantry
men took part, they did excellent work.
ID inc # o. nd
Speak 10 any army man OF the Utah
troops. and he Immediately asks about
the battery.
4 have Leard a good deal about the
battery. You know. IL is known through
the army as the best militia battery in
q United States, they say.
when the battery Went on firing
pie last TUESDAY the Mills ana
oIhel lnts Of vantage were lined with
office and men Interested in the
work. They had all heard that the bat
terE would be thrown into action, and
they wished 20 see what il could do.
Percentage "a Surprise.
Targets used by the mule batteries
here We're set up for the Utah battery.
They were about mile away. and the
percentage Of hits in the targets
mule baJteries-prOVed a great surpris'
80 the regulars. After the firing, there
was a steady stream OF riders and
walkers toward the target ground, and
many OF the 90 shellS-Or parts OF them
were recovered. The battery gun
Hers put one target out of commission
Sntirely and riddled the others with
bullets.
The work OF the signal corps has
surprised officers OF the regular army.
The corps is more completely equipped
IA an any other signal corps of the
militia Of the United States, and the
officers ana men understand the appa-
ratuS During the first TWO DAYS in
camp Major Carr chief signal officer,
visited the signal corps quarters sew
eral times and watched the working
OF the wireless. He was so well
pleased with their work that the signal
corps was placed in the first problem
last Monday and worked with company
]. regulars. in furnishing Information
for the umpires.
The experience has been OF incaIcu-
liable value 20 all arms OF the guard of
Utah. They nave been thrown with
the regulars every day, have been Civ
en- pointers gained by men who have
spent their life in the army service