Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-15
Drowned by Wyoming Sun They
GO Back TO Civil
Life.
SHOWED GREAT EFFICIENCY
Regular Nrmy OGiccrs Lavish Praises
On ttah Militiamcn for Intclli-
gent WORT IN Notion.

where they have been since Aug 4 en-
gagged with troops Of the regular army
IN mancuvers Tho IrlltiaIsen en-
trained at Dale creek sr.dar evening
and arrived hen, shortly after o'clock
yesterday morning. remaining IN Their
sleepers until dawn and then busting
about the depot unloading baggage and
forming column for the march 10 the
ormory for dismissal
\ stop Of Ave hours was made at
Green River TO permit feeding and
watering Of horses While there the
/ guardsmen lavlshed their money on
I CONNECTIONS, fancy foodstuffs aud other
( things afforded i'm the ono street rail-
! way toWu-the first town they had seen
/ Tor two weeks. From Green River thu
! nip was made on a slow schedule with
| ont stop. except at ogden, where Com
| pany Il detained at midnight
Reveille sounded at . o'clock yester-
| dav morning and at > 30 the men had
been Fed and were at work and soon
after We're ready 10 move. For the men
OF the signal corps roveilie sounded at
I ann. ANA soon after the horses and
20 hniCql "Ouinment of this command
we're unlCade1. horses hltched and sad
died and before the infsntrymen were
astir the company was on the march
To the armory. Tho First battery had
the greatest amount OF impedimenta 10
unload. consisting Of field pieces. CATS
sons, KIT wagons. escort wagons and
horses and harness. The artillerymeu.
however. were soon AZ work and had
their carriages on the trains and
hitched iu record time. Arriving at
The nrmory all guns were washed nnl (
oiled for winter stora ge in the base .
ment The infantrymen followed N,ith /
baggage wagons and soon had them 4
uuloaaed and stored away. doing away /
utterly with the confusion that has /
prevailed In former years due 10 the
advance preparation for this work
SOUTHERN BATTALION LEAVES
The Second battalion. capt Hepplsr
in command, left for the south on the I
: 80 train. detralning one company az
ca h OF the following places Ephraim
Mt. Pleasant. Mant, Richfeld.
The state rife team left Dale creek
Friday evening with Adjt. Gen r.. A. !
WedgWOod in charge as team captain
Major Fred kanmerman, capt Brady |
ana Lieut. SorensOn accompany the |
team as team officers Tho team Will
compete in class g against teams OF
picked rihomen from many other states.
All unite In the opinion that the l
maueuvers. while more strenuous than
any in past years. have been more in
'tructivo than any before held. The
work FOR the militiamen was hard ana
he lessons learned only at the expense
" much cNerton. The purpose Of the
government in making this tost was to
determine how much dependence may 4
% placed in tho national guard. TO |
he credit 81 the troops from Utah 10 y
nay be said that every man stood the =
est without hinching and as an indi.
alton Of the estimate i'm which they =
we're held by regular army officers ,
he following extract from the report Of
'hief Umpire col. r r. Davis may be
tied "
The brunt Of tho infantry nre action y
ell To the First Utah. which regiment :,
.as intellig gently handled and showed I -
ommendable spirit. During the after -
Don skilful advance ~ this regiment | 4,
nder artillery fire was noted 80 Il
MAJ. WILLIAMS IN COMMAND p
Mai. W. c. Williams handled the n
tab iufantrvmen and he later called
rs officers together 10 express his ap- M
recia tion OF the manner in which they IN
'-ordiuated with him in their maneu- y
ars before hostile troops al
The senior artillery commander Of
he regular army compllmented cant.
y. q. webb ana his officers on the IN
diligence ~ the batterymen. the OK
'llcnce OF their service in fire action q
nj upon the intelligent and soldierly
spostlons made Of the artillery By
apt Webb ana his subordinate ON
'rs. At target practise the gunners
ado an "nviable record far surpass- on
x the records made by the regular eli
itlerles at tho same targets few IA
'Ns Doforo. The equipment Of tho
tterN has been kept in perfect con P'
zion and ~ ~ the latest model op
The work Of the signal CORPS. while IA
y 50 spectacular az that or the ar I'm
letN nor conspicuous on the field as -.
AZ ~ infantry troops. was highly 49,,
nplimented by Mai. Carr. chief sig ,a
j pihcer OF the provisional division.
Il by Capt Hartmann commanding
npsny l. signal corps. T. s. A.. to ,e'
non company the Utah signal COM "a
nv WIS attached. The regulars were !"
rpriscd 10 see a militia company th'
'ipp"d with more modern equipment e9'
m that furnished the regular army. ~
such was the case. particularly in va
'eless telegraph sets With the sets ria
the regular signal company dis sta
Ices OF seven TO 10 miles were difn- TT
I to cover. but with the sets taken ma
camp by the Utah company II and | fell
miles were easy. The range Of the ed
an Companys sets Is ~ miles hut art
sets devised could work that far in of
Wyoming hills due To the presence bee
great quantities Of iron which en- Of
bic the waves 10 such an extent that of
sets are limited TO about l5 miles low
'qucntlN during the maneuvors the the
IN signal company opened station ln ,r
} minutes. had messages on the way q,
received, and then in two minutes H..
IN took down station, n record not | 40,
elled by the regulars. The company | ~
compimented many times by ~
VI Standiford. assigned as instruc- p,,
for efficiency and intelligent COM ny
1ersion OF the necessities In partic- Hi :
cases He expressed his opinion ~
{ the Utah company was fully pre- mex
ed for active service az any time II run
ut be required INST
PRAISE FOR CoMMfSSARY
UGH praise lg given Col ~ NJ. II.
I'd, the Utah commissary. whose
Illustration was The more apprc-
cd BY the regulars because 81 their
ariente with tho Wyoming troops vi
allowance per man. for the mil rem
s. 23.l6 cents per DAY from the arc
'rnment subsistence department.
ording 20 reports from the adtu- I'll
generals office. the government mas
missary was so satisfied with Col IN 2
Is adm nlstratiou that he and his ucdu