| Show LIFE OF FA 1 SOLDER Utah > lilifiamentHaverAll Sorts of Experience i HARD WORK HARD BEDS I r COL FORD WILL RUN THE SUMMARY SUM-MARY COURT MRYC 4 + One Man Confined In the GuardHouse Guard-House Yesterday Camp Still Troubled By Dust Gale Interfered Interfer-ed With Heliograph Practice Crowds Prom City Saw Parade + The soldiers of Camp Watch are beginning to know what field duty means They are settling down to business busi-ness and though they yeteee much fun in their outdoor life they are gradually gradu-ally learning that with drills and numerous nu-merous other J calls and duties there are I I 9 Let That dyassGen Cannon arduous as well a pleasant tasks in a soldiers lot But the wild bumptuous boyhood of these young fellows whose rollicking natures make them look upon the happy I side of life are pheerful and are humorous hu-morous under conditions which would make the ordinary man growl in discontent dis-content For there is dust everywhere II I and over everything It flies In clouds I in platoons battalions a regiments I covering bedding clothing and all the r Lr r im wnvri h1 < l nr 1 I H t 1 I Cl I I tti iiiiu4 Col Ritchie Reviews the Drill From Drl I the Back of His Blooded Arabian Steed paraphernalia inside the tents The sprinkler from Fort Douglas came down yesterday afternoon and allayed some of the flying evil If Lieutenant White the commander at the fort I wants tOj become more popular with the boys he should send down the sprinkler about six times each day There were many sore backs and aching bones when the first call for reveille veille sounded yesterday morning at 545 For there were hard beds at the camp Monday night and a very small amount of covering Hay to soften the rigors of the uneven stony ground had been provided but not enough to go around so many of the soldiers found it necessary to spread their blankets upon the rough ground Some had but two blankets and many a fellow shivered shiv-ered and shook through the night When Lieutenant Gilbert the acting Y Ig t J This Doublequick Business Aint Makin Any Hit With Me brigade quartermaster came through the camp yesterday afternoon with a wagon loaded with hay many a raw soldier thanked him silently and deeply Captain Q W Massing off company B was officer of the day yesterday and First Lieutenant Hans Jorgensen was officer of the guard The latter l had business to attend to his jposltlon was < J i 5 t > 1 l 7 no sinecure for he had men toarrest and sick men to oaielor I Use For Guard House Private Joseph Bowel of company C is the first tan to prove thia guard houseus xtdjunct Camp houseis a necessity djin tJQ mp Wasatch Bowen was absent from I company drill at 830 oclock yesterday morning He had something else which demanded his attention Asa consequence conse-quence he spent yesterday in the guardhouse guard-house He wad released at the evening I guard mount Two corporals Rafe Brown and William Cook of company I 1 j f t Paymaster General Critchlow I A were likewise under arrest but they were confined at their quarters IU isnt customary for noncommissioned officers to he confined in the jruardJ house unless they are guilty o serious offenses and the only charge against the twocarporals is that they were absent ab-sent I from battalion drill at 1045 A Summary Court Lieutenant Colonel John D Ford has D been appointed summary court officer j General Cannon He will by Brigadier Generl Canon l I i J X b a Lieut Col Ford Sympathizes With Victims of Summary Court try offenders against whom serious charges will be brought There are some militiamen who have failed to show up for duty at the camp some of them may be ariested and Colonel l Ford will have to deal with them There were sick yesterday from various i var-ious complaints Company Quartermaster Quartermas-ter Adolph Lund Privates Will Carleton Carle-ton George Hill and Musician Snel grove of company B Private Charles Hubler while on guard duty Monday night was taken sick and had to be relieved All the sick men except him were merely confined to their quarters i General Cannon has decided issue i I I J iIJlI 11111I I 1 j ji i I 1 iy < J I < < t Andy Burt Sizing Them Up From a Veterans Standpoint no more permits to officers or men togo to-go down town except in cases where there are strong reasons So many men have been absent from guard duty that there has been serious Inconvenience Inconven-ience lenceu the boys want to see their girls i thev must send for them to come out here said the general Heliograph Practice I One of the most Interesting features of the day was the heliograph practice l by the signal corps under charge of 1 Captain Greenwald Lieutenant Scott took a squad of six men with fr hello graph machine to the top of Enslgrf 1 peak while another was placed Jn l the camp by the captain They communl cated for some tmeT fr Sge1 1it i from Ensign peak was We arrived at 9 a nu sharp Then later on came a message1 Well have to quit for Its blowing gale up here XTbe wind so jarred the Instrument thatjitnvas thrown out of adjustment I and thef flashes were irregular Today Captalni Greenwald will take out aSP a-SP of six men to Saltair and from te east pier messages will be flashed to Camp Wasatch > Supper consisted of baked beans prungs I fee bread and butter The officers had a feW extrGs milk and sugarfor = their coffee and raw tomatoes Oftheir toes < But there wasnt any growling from ahe men The bated bean which the battery cooks put up were equal to any ever made In Massachusetts They jiadvIdently learned to cook as well asfofight in the Philippines Dress Parade and Guard 3VTount I Thtf crowds did not begin to come frtgitoWn until evening when dress parade time was due The ladies and gentlemen friends and relatives of the soldiers l gathered upon the hillside north of the camp Some o them kribwfn to officers came down amongst the tents The six companies marched outand maneuvered in battalion fort Awhile Helds band played Inspiring music When they were formed In regimental order in a long line facing the jCamt Colonel Ritchie assumed charge From a distance In front he iga y several orders In the handling or arms The band marched up In front rotIe regiment playing a jaunty tune Ihe l dventurers March in the cere Ctdent mony known as sounding off The buglers blew retreat a shot was fired land the flas came down as the band iplayed My Country Tis of Thee Guard munt followed The band gave concert of several numbers from the FortDouglas grandstand during the evening + Companies F G and E will begin target tar-get practice this morning at 639 at the ranijp northeast o the camp |
