Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-11
General E. A. Wedgwood Believes
Report From Denver High
ly Colored.
SUPPLY INSPECTED.
Army Headquarters Knows Fully as TO
Quantity and Quality of Flow
On Maneuver Grounds.

Having received no official notice 20
the effect, General Il. \. wedgwood is
inclined to the belief that there is lit
tie, II any. truth In the word from
Denver that there will be no maneuyers
on the Grow Creek reserve this August.
as contemplated An Associated Press
dispatch, received IN this city last night.
states that owing TO lack OF water the
maneuvers viii have to be abandoned.
No official notice Of the intention has
been received at Fort Douglas Cen
eral Wedgwood is Of the opinion that
the maneuvers win be held
The dispatch IL attributed to the de-
pleted financial resources Of Colorado.
which state was for some time In
doubt as TO whether or not its militia
would participate In tho maneuVers,
and II Is believed that the water scare
has been seized upon with keen appetite
by Colorado as an excuse for not par
ticlpatng In the camp OF instruction
for regular and militia truops
All details OF Utah's participation In
the camp have been completed and the
entire personnel OF the states forces
Is prepared to move at the time desig-
mated I'm the order. Aug. .. General
Wedgwood says that the order viii be
carried out and that the maneuvers
viii be participated in by the Utah
militia men.
LAST PLANS COMPLETED.
The movement Of the First battery
and Signal Corps the mounted organ
izatiOns OF the guard, which Is the
most difficult part OF the trip. was
arranged for yesterday. The horses for
these organizations and for such Of
fcers as are to be mounted, 125 horses
In all will be received at the high
school campus Aug. ?. where a picket
line will be established and the horses
Inspected and cared for until the time
for loading the train arrives The First
battery will receive and care for It's
own horses and the signal corps will
receive and care for it's horses and
those OF the mounted orficers Of the
First Infantry and medical depart
ment These two organizations VIII
load their other equipment during tho
day OF Aug. 2. including artillery car
riages Kit wagons instrument wagons,
ambulauces and other imDcdiIncnta. re-
quiring six horse cars. i've Nat cars
baggage car and the necessary sleeping
cars 10 accommodate the men OF the
First battery and a detachment of sig
nal corps This train will probably De
the first section and viii probably leave
the o S. L. depot at 7 pm. The see
ond section Of the troop train VIII carry
the infantry troops, signal corps aud
hospital corps In addition to the bag
gage of the commands Both trains
will be provided with kitchen cars and
hot meals will be furnished the men
en- route The trains will arrive at Dale
Creek Wyo.. Aug In time 10 go into
a shelter tent camp for the night ot
Aug. "a striking camp at dayhrcak
and arriving on tho camp ground the
- A
he established. Tho actual work or the
camp will be begun Aus. .. when II
Is expected the maneuyers in whlch inc
Utah troops will participate VIII be
begun The First battery and signal
corps will be detached from the Utah
troops and attached TO similar organ
izations Of the regular army, ms was
done at the last vancouver camp held
in wyoming two years ago.
WATER SUPPLY INSPECTED.
Commenting on the Associated Press
dispatch from Denver, local officers OF
the militia ana officers OF the army
stationed at Fort Douglas say that IL
is not convincing They point out that
the water supply for the maneuYer
camp has been subjected to frequent
Inspections, both as To quality ana
quantity and that its condition IN both
respects has been constantly known at
department headquarters in Denver. To
them II seems altogether unlikely that
any sudden change should occur and
certainly. in their opinion. " snort
water supply was indicated, the orders
which called for the march OF the Fiji
teenth Infantry to Fort u. 4. Russell
Wyo would have been amended 10
meet the contingency. Very little
credenco Is given the dispatch here
either In army or national guard
circles.
The dispatch received last night from
Denver says;
Denver. july lO-ENtcnsiNe army
maneuvers at Fort -. a. Russell Wyo,
involving several regiments OF regulars
and the pick or the National Guard OF
colorado, Utah and Wyoming duo 20
begin July rs, have practically been
broken up, because Of water famine
prevalent in the northwest. according
10 adyices received here today.
Adit.-Gen. John Chase, on lnforma-
ton received from the fort. has can
celed the participation Of the Colorado
troons and II IS understood here that
Utah and Wyoming officials have taken
similar action.
The Fifteenth infantry from Fort
Douglas. at salt Lake city. which
marched the last $50 miles Of tho route
10 Fort Russell and Is due there now.
probably will be turned back, It II re-
ported
Water supply at the fort Is under
stood to be only 1900 gallons daily
as against normal supply Of 10000
gallons, and Is taxed TO the limit.
The Colorado troops probably viii
hold their encampment at the rife
range near Golden.
Assistant Adiutant General II. VI.
n. Lund holds that n there was really
any scarcity Of water al the encamp-
ment location. tho officers detailed TO
survey the place for military oc-
cupancy would have ascertained this
before any movement was made Of
troops In that direction, and the
Fifteenth infantry Is now about due
there from Colorado SPRING. He takes
no stock in the Denver story.
Major w. G.. Williams believes the
Denver report Is case N cold feet
with the Colorado militia They want
10 escape the encampment maneuvers.
and take this way or wriggling out 81 |