Show I GUARD GETS TASTE OF REAL CAMP LIFE or q d a f 9 t k ef 4 y ww x i I r d di t t Gad Glad to See General Wedgwood Regimental NonCommissioned Staff on Inspection Inspection occurs each morning at 8 F and is conducted by Colonel Plummer personally Everything In the tents must be exactly In Inthe inthe inthe the position prescribed by the military regulations During inspection the occupants of the tents stand at attention in front of their quarters The regimental noncoms have the street at the head of the camp I From a Staff Correspondent Camp Leonard Wood American Fork Pork Utah Aug 28 A sharp storm at camp today gave the National Guard a taste of at real campaigning The storm came up about 9 in the morning and a heavy rain continuing about an hour resulted Despite the rain the guard mount occurred as usual the men going out on the outposts clad In rubber pon ponchos chas chos While the storm was In progress a bolt of lightning struck the telephone wires of the signal corps and Lieutenant Man Manning Manning Manning ning and ami an l Private Christensen of the sig signal signal signal nal corps were both knocked down by bythe bythe bythe the shock Christensen was telephone girl at the hi telephone phone exchange at tho the camp and Lieutenant Manning was tele telephoning telephoning telephoning phoning from the Y M C A tent Both recovered a moment after the accident and the signal corps grounded all the wires during durin the storm putting the camp temporarily out of communication with the outside Battalion Drill Held After the rain was over the regular morning battalion drill was held on the wet meadow The men were put through two hours of ot hard work maneuvering The drill was the most satisfactory held yet and did much to stimulate the inter Interest eat est taken in the prise prize drill contest to tobe tobe tobe be held Friday in competition for the governors silver sUver cup The outcome of this contest is doubtful The competition seems to be chiefly between company H Hof Hot Hof of ot Salt Lake company B of at Ogden and company F of Mantl Manti The Salt Lake boys bOs have been training hard for tor the contest and are confident of winning the cup which will be held by the best drilled company for tor one year to be competed for again at each annual encampment Company Compan H is the oldest Salt Lake company now In existence and the second oldest In the guard It was organized Jan 21 1901 1001 Captain Freeman Bassett commanding company H Is the senior line Une officer In the regiment This dis distinction distinction distinction pets pet company H In the lead leadin leadIn leadIn in all an battalion and regimental maneu maneuvers maneuvers maneuvers vers Attached to this company are the battery detail and the regimental color squad F H Barnes Is first lieutenant of the organization and Elbert D Thomas second lieutenant nant Company H Active In addition to 1 being a military organization organization company H Ii also maintains a so social social social cial club of its members with club rooms at the armory During the winter the company frequently entertains at hops and smokers in the armory hall han and in tn inthe inthe the club rooms Last spring at the time Ume of ot the general dissatisfaction Uon in the tho guard it seemed r I 1 that company H would pass out of ot existence ex existence exIstence Six days before the national In Inspection inspection only eight men appeared for tor drill The officers by a n special effort succeeded in recruiting the company up to men before the inspection by the regular army officer Just before coming to camp company H issued a neat little album entitled Rev Reveille Re Reveille In this little book are published the pictures of t the officers of tic ens of the Na National National National Guard and f nd of company H with a abit abit abit bit of the history of the guard and of ot the company In line with this little pub publication publication publication the officers and men of at company H Hare are endeavoring to arouse sufficient interest among the other companies to warrant the inauguration of a National Guard magazine to be published monthly by the men This magazine would be semiofficial in its nature printing the departmental orders of the Commander and at the same time printing news concerning the various companies I of ot the guard The plan Is to have the publication similar to others Issued In the east by the National Guard organizations I of at the different states Governors Day Friday On next Friday governors day hun hundreds hundreds hundreds of admirers of ot the Salt Lake com company company company pany are coming in the hope of at seeing it pronounced the banner bonner company of the guard The judge of the drill contest has not been chosen yet ret but will doubtless be a 8 regular army officer possibly Lieu Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant tenant who has just arrived from West Point The number of men In line Une the precision and accuracy of the movements executed the tone of or the commands com commands commands mands by the officers the bearing of or orthe the men and many other details will be betaken betaken betaken taken into consideration In awarding the prize cup After drill yesterday the enlisted men of at company H entertained entertain d the colonel and his tart staff with a burlesque on the retreat parade Quartermaster Sergeant Dean R Daynes Impersonated Colonel Plummer and Bugler Jack Held cavorted about on onan onan onan an imaginary steed giving impossible commands took the part of at Regimental Adjutant W C Webb Half Halt a dozen men mer pounding on kitchen utensils and tooting imaginary horns were wee the band while a alone alone alone lone soldier marching J the band took the part of the entire regiment The burlesque will be repeated in a more elaborate elaborate elaborate orate form on Saturday evening when the last night In camp will be given over overto overto overto to a vaudeville performance by the en enlisted enlisted enlisted listed men Captain Earl Karl V Smith regimental quartermaster quartermaster is now In camp relieving Lieutenant quartermaster for forthe forthe forthe the second secona battalion who has been do doIng doIng Ing the regimental work until the arrival of Cap In Smith The baseball game between company C Cof Cot Cof of ot Nephi and company B of Ogden was won by br company C by a score of 11 to 10 The obstacle race Inserted In the sport program in lieu of the siege which proved too rough was won by company F bIn which defeated defeated the band In a close close con contest con contest contest test The tug of ot war was won by company D defeating the signal corps Company H defeated company C In a relay race ce |