The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-01
FIRST UTAH CAVALRY
TO Leave SATURDAY
Railroad Officials Get Orders to Send
Trains to Salt Lake to Convey Troops
to Mexican Border This Week.

Salt Lake City, June 9.-The first
squadron Of Utah cavalry will move
on Saturday from Fort Douglas TO
the border, according to orders is.
sued to the railroads yesterday thru
the quartermaster generals office in
Washington. Immediately e. c..
Manson, superintendent of transport
alton for the Oregon Short Line, is
sued orders that equipment be made
ready for moving the cavalry. The
troops will go over the Denver & Rio
the Santa Fe to FL Paso. Six tourist
cars will be required to transport
the squadron. Flat cars and bag.
age cars necessary are on hand.
Orders for the cavalry to move
have not been received by command.
ing officers at the fort but the rail.
roads received such orders and have
acted. l. is thought the orders will
reach Fort Douglas today. Owing
to the cavalry not being fully equip
ped for service, no orders were is.
sued for 1t to move until a carload
Of equipment arrives from the Benz
cha arsenal.
A shortage in equipment has delay.
ed the moving Of troops in western
states. The Pullman company are
rushing tourist sleepers to western
states, but the company is unable to
furnish tourist equipment for Idaho
troops and arrangements have been
made by the Oregon Short Line
whereby coaches will be placed in
each OF the three sections for NOV.
ing the Idaho guard. One night a
detachment will occupy the tourist
cars and the following night change
places with those who occupied or
binary cars.
Up To War Strength
The first squadron OF the First
cavalry is mustered to war strength
with a total of about 800 men. 1t
was. explained last night that the
four troops of this unit constitute an
exceptional organization OF men who
should constitute a fine body Of cav
airy. Practically all the officers of
the first squadron are men of ex-
perience with troops and the move
90 hn 20 oh
come without single hitch.
With the arrival of equipment on
Thursday from San Francisco, Cap
tain Wesley. King was summoned
from Utah county where he has been
assisting In the organization of a
troop of cavalry. Captain King Is
in charge OF the quartermaster corps
OF the National Guard of Utah and
in that capacity he is directed to
distribute the equipment.
This equipment includes saddles,
mainly, only troop A being supplied
with saddles, but the consignment
from San Francisco includes enough
saddles for seven troops OF cavalry.
Definite announcement was made
from the headquarters of the muster.
ing camp at Fort Douglas that the
Logan troop of cavalry, which is un-
equipped, will be brought to Salt
Lake Friday. It will be mustered to
war strength upon its arrival here.
The Utah county troop, which will
form a unit OF the second squadron,
will entrain for Salt Lake from Pro-
vo on Saturday forenoon.
In his reply to the war department
recently Brig. Gen. e. A, Wedg.
wood, adjutant general OF Utah. said
that the first squadron OF cavalry in
the event OF an emergency, would be
able to leave for the Mexican border
by Thursday evening. 1t is thought
that the western division OF the war
department will endeavor to have the
advices carried out and II there Is
ample equipment on hand. The sec.
ond squadron OF cavalry will be able
to leave for the Mexican border on