| Show BUILDING U UTAS NATIONAL GUARD Organization Has Been Greatly Strengthcnel During Year Despite the many disadvantages encountered countered by the National Guard of Utah considerable progress has been made during the past year While the guard doe not near rank from point or numbers or completement where I did prior to the outbreak of the war pror with Span enough good work has been accomplished of late to how that it will be a matter of only a short time before the organization once more ranks with the best in the west I Is hardly probable that the guard of any other state In the Union has had so many ups and downs In Its struggle for existence as that of Utah At the beginning ot 1898 the strength i of the militia was about 600 including I two batteries of artillery one troop of cavalry and the rest in infantry The I began the vicissitudes of the guard I 1 The twO batteries were disbanded by I Governor Well Following this came I the tali for volunteers to serve In the cal war against Span and the men to a great number dropped out and joined I I the volunteers J having the rank of the militia almost depleted In addition to this the entire equipment of the batteries bat-teries was take by the two volunteer batteries which were orGanized while I I enough arms were taken from the militia to equip the volunteer cavalry troop Tents camp equlppage etc went likewise and the armory of the militia was fairly stripped While the war tasted interest In the guard waned and although an attempt was made to reorganize It the movement proved almost al-most fruitless This condition of affairs af-fairs continued to exit throughout the remainder of the year and during a good Dart of IS99 Those interested in the militia had determined to make another effort to build up the organization They waited wait-ed for the return of the volunteer batteries bat-teries sent from Utah to the Philippines Philip-pines in order to secure the best men available for the guard The upbuld ing movement began last July and gree has been successful to 3 creditable de Present Organization The present military organization consist af six companies of infantry with hospital and signal cOrPs with an aggregate strength of about 30 Three of these companies A Band Care C-are located ih Salt Lake company Fat I F-at Bountiful company F at ManU and company G at Woodruff Each numbers num-bers about fort five members Since the progressive movement was inaugurated I inaugu-rated last July one company company D has been disbanded Abut halt of I the members of thelcompay were taken as a nucleus for company C which was organized last AugustA August-A hospital cOrPs was also organized during the year while the preliminary steps toward the organization of a cay aIry trop have already been taken This work is in charge of Captain J I E Caine formerly of troop A U S V A consignment of quartermasters supplies sup-plies has been received and requisition I far ordnance made Special recruiting officers have bee assigned to duty and the work of Increasing the militia to the maximum strength will be pushed as rapidly as possible A state encampment was held near I Fort Douglas last September I was attended by 2i5 members of the militia and the proficiency shown by the men I and the interest taken In the work by the was such as to cause the officer I and friends to hold forth great hopes for the future of the organization Roster of Officers The roster of officers of the national guard as it now stands is as follows Governor Heber 3f Wells command erInchlef Genera Charles S Burton adjutant I general Colonel N W Clayton quartermaster general I Colonel T J Stevens commissary general Colonel S H Pinkerton surgeon general I QolonelBenner X Smith judge advocate ad-vocate Colonel John Ieeter inspector general gen-eral of rife practice Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Bra back aidedecamp Lieutenant Colonel W G Nebeker aidedecmp aidedecmpFirt Brigade Brigadier General John Q Cannon Lieutenant colonel D H Tels assistant as-sistant adjutant general Lieutenant Colonel John F CIch low assistant inspector general r > tt = bW Lieutenant Colonel W Y Croxall assistant surgeon general I Lieutenant Colonel J D Ford assistant as-sistant inspector of rife practice Major Samuel A King assistant judge advocate Major R J Gledinning alded camp Major A L Williams aldedecamp First Infantry Colonel lIorris L Ritchie Lieutenant colonel Samuel Park Adjutant Captain J W Alord Captain Regimental quartermaster Captan E G Rognon Assistant Inspector of rife practice Captain A C Larsen Regimental surgeon Major William F Beer company A CaptainLewis E Gilbert First Lleutenantharles Forseland Second LieutenatHMO Robbins Company B CaptalnO I Hassng Firs LieutenantJame Durand Second LieutenantA P Goolmand son Company C Captainarlt Y Cannon First LieutenantJame Terry Second Lleutcnantarl CarstenSn Company E at Bountiful CaptalnLe1 S Heywood First Lleuten nW1lam H Reiey Second Lieutenant H M W Bm In ham Company F at Mantl CuptalnFred Kameran First LieutenantBriant Harmon Second LieutenantJames Jorgen son Company G at Woodruff CaptainJame Walton f < u t Ii r Firs LietenantHoward Eastman Second Lieutenant Walter H Eastman East-man Signal CorPs CaptalnJ A Greenewald First LieutenantW H Tobias Second Lieutenant H Scott As a result of the magnificent record made by the Utah volunteer batteries in the Phlppinest Governor Wells intends In-tends to obtain the full equipment necessary nec-essary for a battery as soon as possible possi-ble When i arrives a battery will be organized and that branch of theser ice maintained In the militia as a perpetual per-petual tribute to the bravery of the Utah volunteer batter boys A new infantry company will also be organized months organ-Ized at Provo within the next few c |
