Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-16
Gallant Regiment Marches From
Depot to Fort DaugIas
This Morning.
MEN STOOD THE TRIP WELL
Officers Praise Administration of Camp
Anairs Ia Matters OF supply
And Sanitation.

The Fifteenth United states infantry
returned early this morning from its
3O-days tour Of duty In wyoming.
whore Il participated with the Eleventh
and Eighteenth infantry. Eighth and
| Ninth cavalry six batteries OF the
Fourth (mountain) artillery. Company
NJ engineers and the uationl guard OF
| Utah ana Wyoming in the BIENNIAL
camp OF maneuyers on the Crow Creek
| reserve.
The regiment, under command OF
Maj. Wills r. May. broke camp at
Camp Otis Sunday. eatrain.ng at Dale
Creek and arriving here ovor the O. 5.
l. this morning Tho regiment marched
from tho depot 10 Font Douglas with
MAJ. May and star at tho head of the
column setting the pace for the others
to follow with the band playing and
colors flying.
The men Of the regiment, many of
whom are recruits and who participant
ed In their FIRST camp and march. stood
thc TRIP and camp life exceptionally
well The officers OF the command
speak Of the camp as one OF the most
profitable they have participated In
from an educational standpoint. They
are loud ia their praises OF the camp
quartermaSter and commissary depart
ments. both Of which We're handled by
Officers OF experience and exceptional
capabhty resulting in "A maximum OF
exterior and interior comfort OF man
and beast while at the maneuvers
SANITATION WAS PERFECT.
The excellence Of the sanitary ar
rangements OF the camp was the oc-
casion of favorable comment on ali
sides. Veteran officers expressed the
s.FNt mi. hot
participated in camp 30 free from
Objectionable features In matter of
sanitation, or rather tina lack of It.
This condition was due largely to the
cooperation between the surgeon-gen-
eral of the provisional division and the |
Inspector general, Major j. M ARA
smith, Fifteenth infantry. who returned
this morning with his regiment. Major
Arrasmith was constantly riding about
the camp on the pet black mare be- |
longing To Mrs. Arrasmith. observing |
the conditions i'm the kitchens. picket |
lines, rears and kitchen sinks. enforce |
ing the recommendation of the sur
geon- general and making suggestions |
for the betternent OF conditions The |
result was an almost complete absence
Of dies in the camp and OF materials /
wherein they might be propagated The /
result was that only one case Of ty- /
phoid was handled I'm the camp. where
as in former years on the same ground |
the average has been well into the So
mark All refuse from kitchens and
stables was burned daily and the sinks
Allied with straw saturated with crude
III and burned out. Lime was con-
SANITY sprinkled in the sinks, and the
most rigid precautions against the
spread OF disease taken. The camp site
when vacated was even cleaner than
ghen the troops came upon n. The
inactivity OF the hospital corps while
It camp was due largely TO the eN-
RENE preventive measures enforced By
he Inspector general upon the recon-
nendation OF the surgeon general
According to the umpires' reports. the
fifteenth infantry was handled with |
are skill, in the various maneuverb
leld during the month
Today and all week. Great FeruIlo