Show L ht F a d H Honor nb t to Ut Utah F h Nd r iri t T Trouble i it STATES ARTILLERY WITH NITH PROUD RECORD NOW DISORGANIZED VETERANS LEAVING BECAUSE OF CONDITIONS IN f fd fr d r J JV Jis V is I c I t 4 q r RR Y d w T r 9 I 9 o s N 1 y rA 4 ew M H a r a af x o fit A 1 5 4 f t s 4 11 I I tI i Sf A N Q oN t p 4 y 1 u ft c r 5 9 F Tools M I r 42 8 i a r S Si I t 7 l J i I i wp r ER SO J PROUD 3 I 4 j L 7 j Ii H Hz Hr r r s x r I iNG G V RNO S SI z 7 w j tir 14 cI I I IL L I SIn E 7 S oTIS y t lr lrI NoN MESA r HL roh s J f J t I t I i t u ui I 1 1 N r b i f l lt t i t I P u up your U eo for when K the country needs gunn S sh he will know W whore where to or orthen then them themi i Thus Thu spoke President Theodor Roosevelt to Governor He Heber ler M lL Wells as battery A N G U passed In revIew before re the president in Salt Lake City May 29 UpS 1903 What the president undoubtedly meant was that the recd i of the Utah Light artillery In the Philippines had become so well known to the country that should another war var begin the na lion would Immediately loois to Utah to furnish artillerymen Tp le the Utah batterIes the tho cre credit it for tor what milItar n prestige e and renown has come to the he state No Nomore Nomore more popular organization In Inthe inthe the war In the islands None has a amore amore more glorIous record Pram the hoer bor When the tho Utah guns d the first shell fired at the Spaniards in Ms phila la until eleven months later the battery men loft for home after havin having tak taken n part In more than seventy engage engagements ments the Utah volunteers earned nothing but honor for th themselves m elv and their state Re Regular ular soldiers rs and volunteers generals and r newspaper correspondents and lis without a note unite in pra praise se or of the wore done by t te e eUtah Utah guns and the Utah runners Almost continuously sin e 1894 Utah has bas boasted an artillery organization first as s part of its National Guard next as pert part of the tho volunteer forces and again as Dart oart or of the National Guard Always a source of pride to the citizens of the st e the artillery organization lon has come com to hold a place In the sentimental regard of the pee poo poop p of Utah since the war in the that cannot be shared b by bya a military organization of another character Efficiency Is Destroyed Rec Recent nt troubles In the First br b tery telY teryN N G U have aroused greater public Interest than any event in the history or of the tho gu guard d for several years past ast A fear that it mav r the loss to the state of Its artillery organization has caused a general inquiry as to existing ex the tho or of ora ofa a general desire to know which side is at officers and men who have ToUred retired from the battery or the agencies which have virtually forced their retirement Many of the tho men who have left the batt battery ry have been members for sev several several eral yea At Je least st one of them served with distinction in the Philip Philippines Phill pines All of them so tar far as pr present ent information goes have bave been faith faithful CuI at drill and encampments and have at attained efficiency y as sol soldiers soldiers diers The tro trouble does not therefore bring Into question their ability or the character of their service but suggests a conditIon that may at any moment become general In the guard and threaten its effectiveness If not its t centers the M b off s JJ een en the faYorl faor a n n c Jf dog ng f fUt F Ut s share shar to In the glory ot of the tho 4 a as ae s S e IJ wc O S III We O NT HT 87 r v vt vI vA Y t A I I cR y I I t I rONDO ToNo 1 19 fighting In the Philippines Is tt l eU to toa toa a mistake made maden in the ordnance deI de department of the United a States army But for this mistake tJ Ial Guard would have been equipped with muzzle loading cannon when the war with Spain began the government would not have needed guns and there Utere would have been no Utah batteries in the volunteer service Two batterIes were made part of the state military force when the National Guard was formally organized In March 1894 1394 Battery A was located at Salt Lake Cit City and commanded by Captain George W V Gibbs later a I lieutenant in the Philippines Battery B was located at Ogden and com commanded commanded by Captain Driver Later the batteries were made with Ca Captain Gibbs as major First Lieu Lieutenant Lieutenant tenant Fred Palmer was promoted to the captaincy of battery batter A Governor Caleb W V West of Utah tEr territory had worked for a year to secure guns from the war department When the eight guns it titas as found that instead of beIng muzzle le loaders as ashad ashad had been expected t they Q were 3 inch breech loaders of the latest pattern Immediately the war department tele telegraphed telegraphed graphed to have the guns returned but Governor W West lt after atter a hard rd struggle managed to secure permission ner isson to t ti n them Army The batteries were popular from their ir inception their first came durin during the year of their enlist m ment nt when they w were re sont first firt to Ogden to take charge of Gener l Kelles detachment of Coxey array army and later to Provo to meet General 1 Carl Carter or U Until the year 1898 UC the to flourish FOllowing the of war frith Spain the b bat batteries t teries telles were mustered out of the of the state in order to the goV goVernment to avail itself or of tho t e men and a d the materIal In Utah President Y early m dc U known that Utah would be expected to furnish two batteries o of light artillery Recruiting began April 27 it and by May 4 the full strength ot of the tho two batteries had been Jeen enlisted Later t the e batteries were enlarged d and is a enrolled bL by h E A i were added Jl J w were ro na s to fg tery R W First NOs LEL I 3 Ll Lieutenant George W v Gibbs Gibbs s Second e 1 Lieutenant Ray C Naylor Second Lieutenant C Webb Ba tery I F A Grant First Lieuten Lieutenant ant E A Wedgwood V Second L Lieuten n nt O 0 R Grow Second Lieutenant JF J 1 F Critchlow I While in the Philippines Captain I Young and Captain Grant Were pro promoted meted to be majors Lieutenant CrIt Critch Critchlow low and Lieutenant Wedgwood became II captains and Lieutenant Naylor be became became came first lieutenant Promotions from the ranks made Quartermaster Ser Sergeant r JI geant Harry A Young first lieutenant Sergeants Frank T Hines and John et Anderson second lieutenants and I Private George A Seaman second lieutenant The batteries were mustered into the serviN of the government nt at Fort Douglas May 9 1898 by Lieuten nl Briant S Wells who is now a captain stationed at the post Jost The volunta rs left Salt Lake on May PA 20 and salted d from San Francisco for the Philippines on June 15 Help to Capture Manila Each battery was equipped with four 32 Inch breech loaders the guns that Utah secured through a mistake The Utah men rea reached hed Manila In time to take part In the fighting that led to the capture of that city The Utah guns were the first United States artil artillery artillery lery to be landed In the Philippines s the first to fire on the city and they delivered the first military salute when wh n General Wesley Merritt made his of official da day after the city was taken The history of the during the fighting with the Spaniards during the campaign that led to the fall fail of oC Manila and during the PhIlIppine in insurrection thi t began early in the foi l lowing Year Is well known At one onetime onetime time the two batteries les manned twenty y yone one guns of various kinds Utah had representatives on three gunboats the Laguna de Bay Covadonga and Oeste Battery Batter Y A had ad seven ty Que enga a and Battery B had u d thirty i tU t not counting mho mIt o Q a And the fighting on the l I gunboats men were killed ed in inaction action were wounded and six died of in the islands I F Former rn er Petition to Governor I It Is interesting to recall at this time when members of the present battery Uc are being subjected to rather harsh criticism because they presented a a asking king to be mustered out that the Utah batteries took r notion while on duty in the Philippines The Tho document was prepared during the tle period Jod ot of com comparative inaction after the capture ture of Manila and b before fore the Filipino insurrection began A communication addressed to Gov Governor Governor Wells In January 1899 after re reciting citing conditions in the islands and bringing out the tbt fact that the bat batterie batterie terie had bad been doing nothing but gar garrIson garrison rIson duty since August 14 concluded as follows la We e stand read ready and and I willing to do our v tr hol dut but feel teel that the necessity sity f for ro our r presence here has passed Ince l ice Manna Manila was occupied two light batt of the Sixth regulars h have ve arrived and in the routine duties ot of garrison arrison life lite we are of little practical use the work necessarily falling on Infantry 4 Hoping that we have made our position clea clear we place the matter en entirelY entirely in your hands and request that in such manner as ou deem proper you secure our recall at as early earty a date Jig ns practicable r and Most respectfullY your obedient servants RICHARD V YOUNG YOUNGE E F A GRANT GEORGE W GIBES GIBBS fiE E A WEDGWOOD J iF F C t u d R GROW ROW RAYMOND RA C NA NAYLOR Y OR WILLIAM WILLIAMC C WEBB WEBS fore was taken In the mat matter matter ter the trouble with the Filipinos b be began gait gan and nothing more was heard of thep the petition Up to that time the idea pf gi rin ing g men dishonorable discharges p a k kilo t be clustered out not 1 ft ed In Utah nor did any 6 6 a e r e the or of X lIS loyalty 0 Kr r nf f thou thAI oAth of oft r 1 t 1 i ii 4 l t SC 1 t tL L S S i ih i h S i 4 t I 3 r f a tta w I f JM o V VerA GA R ARMED ey y THE BATTElL i RY i allegiance Similar p petitions were pre prepared prepared I pared organizations of Utah during the year 1898 without results t to the disadvantage of the signers The batterIes returned to Salt Lake on August 18 1899 They were mus mustered mustered out at the on August 16 but retain retained d th their lr in order to participate In the c celebration that had been 1 arranged in their honor The date of their arrival r iv l In Salt Lake City hy was made mad a nn lie holiday and wad wa waO O one rie of the riot b t b n th the e or of the cit i et Vh After at ar le t t st leading members of th h gan t to work rk f for r a a battery as part ot of the National Guard hleb was in fn pro j toss cess ot r at the tins th the batteries es iet returned from rom the Philippines pin The g in t had haU I lost to the state the famous guns that thlu had bad done such wonderful work The government retained the eight guns that Utah contrIbuted so 80 the n sion of new guns was a pre preliminary to the reorganization of the 1 NatIonal Guard Th These e gUns could not be secured at oneo 40 i f a a of infantrY Cal wining many of f th the volunteer artillery men me was v formed as compan G of IJ th the First regiment Captain O 0 R Grow Gow I First LIeutenant V c Webb Socon Lieutenant Nelson E Margetts anc and S Second Lieutenant W E Kneass were elected All 11 these men has ha served in the Philippines This corn com company pany was mustered into the gu guard rd or 01 August i It went into camp tel ter days inter ater and almost after the encampment the tho presen equipment of six 32 inch guns wit the necessary auxiliaries was received The equipment of oC the battery 11 i superior to that Qt many it the regular The Che guns are O o 0 othe the model of andare and dare surpasses Co on 8 BROUGHT FAME AND HONOR TO UtAH NOW IN TROUBLE TROUBLEs I s 4 t t c Continued From Page 6 o by the most recent models which were su supplied lied with recoil rs t With thin equipment on hand han in trY Co y was converted d Ino juto A N Nt G U C Captain Grow re In the infantry arm ot of the thEt j service Lieutenant Webb became captain and Fred U Leonard became st cond lieutenant Lieutenant asa moved to Ogden and Lieutenant nt Max Mar Margetts I Betts getts resIgned to accept letl Ih the regular army These Thes changes hanges l ie In the election as lieutenants I Of Fred Smith and George Wol both of whom with Captain Webb leave recently resigned Battery A at once sprang into j popular favor which ah iu to artillery organizations aft after r rI I F the part Dart Uta took In the Philippine campaigns The new bat tery drew h from the ranks of PhilIppine Philippine vet veterans erans and from among toe the S Salt lt Lahti High school graduate t and its ita ers Was of the highest I character 4 Praised tl by Army Officer In r 1903 battery with w I other er W was as ordered into active g s In jt co county t I The lg guff sere cre l 1 t r the d with I side arms went Into cam came at Sunn Sunnyside here chore they th v remained eI bt weeks w eki On April 13 12 1904 ithe battery was in speet d by Sturgis of the I regular ular army in fn a e with the ne new militia 10 lain tv In 1 is re report Lap I Sturgis ur is saId among other things f Character efficiency ncy and ref reli C Captain Webb is an j excellent titan man and keeps everything In n his 1115 up to t p a hil high standard t il b di 1 1 S boll o but included Jno mounted movements F think the Js is in about as asgood asgood good condition under ex fisting conditions Some instruction with horse h has s beep E u given iv nand and the or s stile to turn out fully rS s are arc provIded Instruction IS given iii sighting sub caliber and ing Eight hours of target t practice r with 32 J in B L R H was vas had I last st summer in camp m With the battery field artillery eIght days In c mp md and Sour days on the march marched miles milos Ith b batter tte This organization was on duty at t the coal st strike rike as infant I believe this his to be a leery Cr excellent organ It t rem eked oo that forty out of the total strength b of were ere present at inspection Ca Captain George H Jamerson i Af the ninth United Slates s infantry who Ins inspected d the battery ii ou ca lip In August 1 1904 04 The Th b d Its own tents on did jt promptly and eU From personal al Ob and Ins 1 gun n heartily concur in t the e remark COIt contained lne l in the le la 5 paragraph or of Lieutenant Greens 1 re port t to the effect affect thit a the ut Utah battery to great eat credit for the hi h Stu q J of efficiency of hiss battery batte and the fICo ec condition or of all equipment and the b ks of th batt battery ry 1 were bettor better kept t than an those be in can and add showed a good I knowledge dge of r keeping 1 At the en ment In Provo in 1901 the name Qt the tho battery was changed J to First battly batt ty LI Light ht artillery N G GU GL U L the name It now heart bean I Colonel seph Geoghegan acting general announces his purpose I of giving ep 41 att attentIon tIon t 1 the he bat batte at atter te ter in future fU ture with a 8 view tores t n It to its former condition of cene a Indeed he c declares his bis JUr purpose c oY I I i malting Ita it a better of ever before t vill 1 require time it will be e a atsu fo ork over vcr much jaw ra the j v having quit t In view of at exist existing ing conditions t 1 I |