Show STATE GUARD GUARDU I I U ON NEW BASIS Plans Hans Under Way for an Armory in Salt Lake REQUISITE BILLS SIGNED Improvements Will Bring Militia Up to the th Government Standard The military arm of the state of Utah is to be brought up to the standard inquired under state state provisions formu formulated by the United States government Heretofore the tho state national nati guard has occupied a complex comple position p be because beau cause ause au e of ot strife among the officers o and jm n on the one hand and the state stare officiate on the tile other oth r The settlement of J those is to be i emphasized by the erection as soon I ns possible of f an armory armor in this city that will compare favorably with Ith the thet i ib b t st at there is in the country count if the design y outlined is carried into effect c SIzed up with vilh other states Utah has luver prominent in iii inthe inthe the mat er of state defense but If the plans now nearing their fruition are arc arel I Il l brought i ought to a successful termination the national guard will meet all the re requirements i demanded by b the national I ItoH toH eminent and und wilt will also aiso be a pride To the citizens of the state When he signed senate bills 64 and andr b r yesterday Governor Cutler made madej j the reorganization of the na national nat lonal t guard and now it remains only for or the officers of the guard to see that the provisions of ot the appropriations are faithfully executed ex They Ii have La ve already started work By B an enactment earlier in the ses session claim sion of the legislature the state is to pay 1 1 annually for the support of an armory in this city The pres pros present cut ent nt structure on fl Market street has bp n a disgrace to the city It is a ramshackle building of the worst type und rind the chief of ot the fire department has lias on several occasions called the attention of the local authorities to its frailty and the great dangers that lurked within its walla walls in the event I of or lire fire There Ther is at present in the building worth of property in inthe Inthe I the th way of equipment that belonging to the time battery batters estimated at be being S ing the most expensive The latter consists of r guns valued vat at each and they are said to be superior to the best beet there is at Fort Douglas Equipment Superior As a matter of fact the equipment tow cm in the armory in Mar lIar Marie Market ie kt ket t street is superior to that of many of the western forts and as it is for fort forthe the tho t h greater part supplied by the time na national national government go it is incumbent on the state of Utah to keep it up to the required standard During the past winter inter such of the enlisted men as could be induced to report r port at at this antiquated armory have had to drill under conditions not conducive to improving the morale of or the guard Uy By 1 order of Chief W V H Bywater of ot the fire tIre department no fires were per permitted in Iii the building and the men had to do the best they could under tuch discouraging circumstances This vas IS the time great deterrent and the offit t IS found it out when it came to en enI I hating ting the men for a second term Fur Furthermore Furthermore thc there was an absence of all those things which tend to inspire the themen 4 men inca ln 11 with any degree of ambition to excel in the school of the soldier There Thereas Mas as practically no place in which to hold social gatherings and this fact in Jn itself has done more than anything i Ire to lower the standard of or the guard a new armory such as ts has been planned by Brigadier General Samuel t C Park and the other o it is believed that the th state guard can be brought up u to the high standard which obtains blains in other states If the state was vas to erect an armory almory in lI this city ity it would cost cot forth for the th ground round and aud building all am expense the state could not miot stand even If the constitution permitted such an expenditure xII In 11 the first place the de do demands mands on the state by b various iusti institutions of the commonwealth exceed the revenue of the state sta e by so 10 when the question of a new armory ame lIue up it was obvious that some sonic t ther plan than thun direct appropriation would uld have haye to be devised The state i F also alsi als prohibited by b law from enter entering lug ing ju into partnership with any corpo corporation corpor ration r a lion or with an individual Neither could the state advance any money along this line and when the matter matters mis as s first broached it was Avas deemed in inadvisable inadvisable inadvisable advisable to ask for the Issue i of bonds for lor or the reason that such a proposition J 7 r have to be submitted to the peo pee je ll a course of procedure whiCh h would IK lH b followed d by long delay before the funds resulting would be beIA available IA a liable The plan finally adopted by the legis legh 1 iture liture was vas as a follows follow An Au armory armoryl l board oard was war created consisting of the governor the secretary Of tf state the adjutant general genera and the brigadier general to take charge of all the ar armories mories In the state According Ac to the provisions of the creative bill signed by the time governor the armory board has power to lease suitable buildings for forai ai armor mory and arsenal purposes for a not to exceed twenty yearn years at such rental as the board shall deem reasonable rr For FOI that purpose an ap appropriation appropriation of per annum has beon 1 n fl made That sum in itself is a small item and would go only a short j AX way vay ay toward maintaining the high h hI I standard of the th guard to which the officers aspire but they are ale materially helped out by the annual allowance of States government go That allowance Is and In addition to toi i it there is a generous bestowal of ot cloth clothing clothing ing big and equipment an item in of Cf f considerable importance Outline of New Armory In view of or all these conditions the persons interested in reconstructing the guard are sanguine that some one Aill will erect cre t a building in iii accordance with Avith the plans already formulated The ac ing cut made from a drawing by b the architects Wade Vade gives an idea of the kind of structure most 1St m st approved of ot by b the time armory almor board The Tho general appearance Is that of u a ut t castellated structure It is estimated that it will Avill occupy a a lot feet fe t The Tho front Avill om be two tAvo stories in height rind nd will Avill be about seventy feet teet In The material used in this part of o Sf the armory will be brick and stone massed in solid form so as to make the HIP front practically impregnable On Ont t ither side sido will Avill be stone gateways with Avith paved aved roads leading to the rear of the structure The drill hall ball will Avill be one story in height The rime roof will Avill be arched and will be made of structural steel braces and arid trusses The rhe floor wilt will bf bp of shale well Avell oiled so that no dust Aill arise while the troops are drilling It is intended also to have haAe the batter batteries batteries ies lea use this floor for drill and the u Y I t 4 f S v h Le tC W S 5 1 S Ss m s r ij I a vI vIC C 4 C S 5 4 S J i e S ge geC gea h a C t tr r r c rrt Si I 4 r r j j jS S 5 t 4 e i 1 t L Lut ut t 5 S p sri 1 s t r ij I i I T I T I i FRONT ELEVATION OF PROPOSED ARMORY S a hard pavement will be just the thing for the heavy he guns and horses At t the right and rear of the hall will be a passageway leading to the basement Down this passageway which will Avill be paved the guns will Avill be lowered by block and tackle after the horses have haAe been freed from the carriages and cais cats caissons caissons sons The front part of the basement un under under Under der the main structure will be used for forthe forthe forthe the storage of heavy equipment except that part of it which will Avill be devoted to an army kitchen in which the themen themen I Imen men will be instructed in the preparation preparation I tion of army On the first floor of the front building there Avill will willbe be rooms for the various companies and on the second floor Avill will be the of officers officers officers quarters and a gymnasium The latter will Avill be the feature of the time ar armory armory mory aside from its primal purpose There the men will Avill have an opportunity opportunity opportunity to engage in athletic pastimes and meet in social intercourse Reorganizing the Guard Next to t the question of a suitable I home for the local companies of or the national guard g of ot the that of I the reconstruction of the service In Inthe Inthe Inthe the early days da s of the present session of the legislature Senator Park intro introduced introduced Introduced two bills bUls which are figuratively known as No 64 and No 65 They provide as follows From and after the first day da of January 1905 the National Guard of Utah shall consist of not more than one regiment of infantry one troop of ot cavalry caval one battery of field artil arUl artillery lery tory a signal corps cor a hospital corps and a retired d list 1st J For Fr the U th e purposes of ot this title the word wora company compan ny or companies wherever used in a a general sense shall apply equally to infantry infantry try tr cavalry artillery signal corps hospital corps and band Tho Th National Guard of Utah shall have haAe a brigade organization known afi as if the First brigade National Guard of Utah which may be in command of ofa ofa ofa a brigadier general who may ma be ap appointed appointed appointed pointed by b the by and with Avith the consent of the senate said brigadier general may appoint a astaff astaff astaff staff consisting con of one assistant adjutant adjutant adjutant tant general one Inspector general one Inspector of target Larget practice each with witha a rank of lieutenant colonel one judge advocate and two tAvo aides de camp with Avith the rank of major To the staff of the brigadier r general there may mn al also also also so be assigned one assistant a surgeon general with Avith the rank of lieutenant colonel The regiment r of infantry shall con consist consist consist of one colonel colon l one lieutenant colo colonel cob aol nel three majors fifteen captains hf fifteen fifteen teen first lieutenants fifteen second lieutenants one sergeant major one quartermaster sergeant one commis commissary sary sergeant three battalion sergeants major two color sergeants with Avith rank pay and allowance of battalion ser sergeants s sergeants r major one band and twelve companies organized into three battal battalions battalions ions of four companies each Of the officers herein provided the commanding officer of the regiment shall appoint three captains the com corn commanding manding officer of or each battalion shall appoint one first lieutenant and one second lieutenant to serve sene as staff stan of officers officers of the regiment and battalion respectively There Then may ma be enlisted and attached to the regiment of infantry infant a regimen regimental tal lab band to consist of one chief mu musician musician one principal i musician one drum major each with Avith rank of ser sergeant sergeant sergeant geant of the noncommissioned staff four sergeants t eight corporate corporals one cook anti and twelve privates The chief musician shall receive the pay pa when on oil duty dut under orders of a first lieu lieutenant tenant of infantry and shall furnish a bond in the form prescribed by the I adjutant general and the sureties to tobe tobe tobe be approved by b the chief chiet In the penal sum of or 1000 for forthe forthe forthe the safe keeping and proper return when required by the adjutant general of all state property in the possession of or issued to the regimental band The said regimental band shall be sub subject subjeCt subject to the orders of the regimental commander who may recruit and dis discharge discharge charge said band at his discretion all enlistment papers to be made in du duplicate duplicate plicate one copy cop to be forwarded to the adjutant general and one to be med flied in regimental headquarters The noncommissioned officers of said band Avill will be appointed by the regimental commander Each regimental band du duly dub duly ly b organized and found by the board of control on examination of rolls and reports returned return d by the inspect inspecting inspecting ing lug officers to be he fully full up to the standard in numbers drill discipline and efficiency shall receive the sum of per annum the same to be beI paid I by b the adjutant general to the chief musician to tt be used and ex expended expended expended solely sofe y for military purposes and for the use us and benefit of or the regi regimental regimental regimental mental band The said sum suin sum of OO is 18 In ill addition to the regular pay and allowances for enlisted men when on duty as lIS provided for tor in this title On Regular Army Basis The organization of companies of the tIme National Guard of Utah shall be bethe bethe bethe the same as companies of the United States army provided that in time of or peace a company shall contain not more than th n sixty nor less Jess l ss than forty enlisted men a company of artillery shall contain not more than eighty nor less than forty fort enlisted men a signal corps shall contain co not more nore than twentythree nor less than thirteen en enlisted enlisted listed nfl men m n a hospital corps shall con contain contain tain tam not ilot more than thirteen nor less than six enlisted men and the blind band b nd shall contain not more than twenty eight or less than thirteen enlisted men ipen Provided that in time of f insurrection invasion or imminent danger thereof the maximum strength of companies shall be as provided in inthe inthe inthe the regular army of the United States The staff of the shall consist of an adjutant general with the rank of brigadier general an inspector general a quartermaster gen general general general eral a surgeon general a judge ad advocate advocate general a general inspector of target practice each with Avith the rank of colonel colone co lone an assistant adjutant general and two tAvo aides de camp each with the rank of lieutenant colonel The gov governor governor ern or shall shaIl by and with Avith the consent of the senate appoint any or all of the officers provIded for in this sec see section section tion who shall hold their offices during the incumbency of the governor ap appointing appointing appointing pointing them and until their successors successors successors sors are duly appointed and qualified unless sooner removed by the comman After the first appointments are duly made and confirmed by the sen senate senate senate ate as aforesaid the governor shall fill all vacancies that may occur in any of said offices at a time when the thes senate s nate is not in session by temporary appointment until the next meeting of ot the legislature A permanent removal from the state of any an such officer shall be deemed a resignation of his office The adjutant general shall issue and transmit all orders of the commander relating to the militia or the military organizations of the state He shall keep a register of all officers commissioned by the time governor a rec ree record record ord of all general and special orders and regulations and of all matters per pertaining pertaining taming to the National Guard of or Utah and perform in time of peace the du duties duties u ties of quartermaster general He Be shall have haAe charge harge of the state arsenal ar enal and grounds and a d receive and issue all ord ordnance ordnance nance nanee ordnance stores and camp calUp and garrison equipage quipa e on the order of the command He lie may |