The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-26
Week With National Guard

Indications from the capital point to
the defeat at this session OF congress.
| and perhaps for many sessions to come.
| OF the pay bill for the militia, The fed
eral government is now devoting $1,000
900 each year TO the arming and equip
ing of the militia of the several states
of instructions when United States
troops are present and for the expenses
incident to small arms practice. and
| to be that all Is being done at the pres
ent that should be done by the national
| government,
T. is conceded in WashIngtGgI that the tn,
tendance al drill but Washington is
looking to the state 10 do this. The con-
sensus OF opnilon is that the states must
efficient national guard reserve to the
regular. army Is to be maintained The
to o the " citizens tie soldiers 'E for the time they
for each drill attended in the year.
bringing i the the amount u1m'i t. to $40 year to
each enlisted man. For this dollar per
drill, the ,guardsman deSotes two hours
week to study from drill manuals and
other books. For the -commissoned
officer. In addition 10 this, he has a
weekly non commissioned officers school
to attend. requiring from two to three
hours additional Men detailed to spe-
cIal duty. mechanics. artificers. saddlers'.
company clerks and others are required
TO devote even more time TO the state
| and nation.
AS has been pointed out in such man
nized the necessity for pay for guards
men,. this rate of pay will be only
small return by the state or general gov
ernment to those men who from pure
patriotism have enlisted In the organized
militia TO provide for the security OF the
nation II the time comes that shall re-
<,,,l- l,.zk, IN, 1AnT trNc~
small standing army OF the United
States.
Enlistments in the Salt Lake organiza-
| tions are progressing rapidly. and before
the 1e1t camp of instruction, every com
pany will be at full strength, insuring
period of successful instruction.
military caniyaI is in course 05 ,Saoof OF
athletics in the Salt Lake armory. The
affair will partake OF the nature OF the
outdoor tournaments held in the, east
by the regular army. but naturally on
a smaller scale. There Will be all sorts
OF competitions between teams selected
The local HGmpSneIs The fnes pro- Of
races. wall scaling. competitive exer-
cises and drills, and will conclude with
deciding the championship for 19lo-l9l1.
Every Salt Lake company Will enter the
competitions and the evening Will un-
doubtedly prove interesting 10 civilians
as we'll as to guardSmen and friends from
Fort Douglas.
The battery's baseball team is badly
crippled by the loss Of Its pitcher and
captain, Sergeant Sam Taylor. Sergeant
place as team captain. but a regular
pitcher has not been selected from the
candidates The hard luck OF the battery
In its athletic teams has extended to
the basketball team. too Lloyd Rumph.
the battery's liyeliest forward, was
called to Garfield In the week, to be alb
sent about month.
Major o. smons of company A, Sig
nal corps. who bears his military cog
nomen as a souvenir OF his christening
and not from the appointment Of the
commander in chief. has again reported
for duty in his organization, his fur
Tough having expired,
A furIough has been granted Private
Dean Swift OF company A. Signal corps.
to permit him to pursue his studies in
electrical work. after which he will re-
turn TO his organization.
into the first battery last Monday night
and was assigned to the third section
r for duty
Sergeant Y, G. Warhurst OF company
capable OF lifting over sixty pounds in
a three mile wind and Will begin at once
building it for the use, OF the company.
, II will be used to lift the antenna OF the
field wireless sets instead of utilizing
the sectional mast when terrain condi.
tions are not suitable to the erection of
measures seven and half feet in each
; dimension. and when not In use may be
FOUR foSn'O inches riH diameter The e kite will
weigh about ten pounds.
The signal equipment of the First bat
terry has all arrived now and VIII be
the members OF which will begin work
, with it Monday night.
, company A. Signal corps, has ordered
,, from eastern manufacturers models OF
{ Blcriot and Artoinnette monoplanes,
with working drawings OF full-slze air
craft, for, the use OF his company. which
= soon begins the study Of the funda-
mcntals OF aviation. Lectures illustrated
with storeoptlcon will comprise tho
/. joct Will be invited. The dates of the
r lectures will be announced later
The weeks athletic competitions for
Thursday night ut the armory win con-
sist Of basketball game between conf
b First Infantry. and indoor baseball games
between company II and First battery
= +. A. The baseball game begins ut S;lI
. o'clock and VIII be followed by the bask-
e.ball game.
q q Eugene Ely, who appeared here IN the
coast artillery corps d OF i ,hE boad Ma,1oGa "a.
aviation squad, to be composed Of the
4 two signal men from each company, giy'
ing sixteen mon WIFI "uOUl 10 DtblI
: work Curtlss bplane has been Sc
!, cured and several members of tho corps
b are building others, The new armorS
d al Fourteenth and Mission streets Will
II have a landing station on its roof. witt
r hangers erected at one end In which tc
. house tho machines.
: Captain w, G. Webb. commanding tH'
y First battery. II. a.. has received a copy
r OF the report on the test OF All auto
II matte cannon. the report being published
5- by the Yorwacrts OF Berlin, authorities
Il on artillery, The field pieces. which are
:, of comparatively large cnliber, are fee
. with fixed ammunition arranged in !
" bnndollcr operating through the brcccl
mechanism In such manner that the
proicctilcs are placed ready for firing
q ilrcd extracted and elected all In thu
= twinlSlng Of the eye rendering the artil
u lcry effective for rapid firing In do
VI gree never before cqualcd and almos
st equal 10 the rate OF fire for which thu
Maxim and other automatic machine
guns have been noted.
: a measure carrying an appropriation
:. ! uf sT2. 900 has passed In both houses o
Is the California legislature and has re
n OF Ilt.4y