Show NEWS OF THE GUARD Drllls were resumed again the first of the week and the men drilled with a new vigor xif ter the rest of the week before occasioned by the suspension of drills on account of the carnival There has been some talk of suspending suspend-ing drills until the hot weather has abated but the majority of the guardsmen guards-men do not favor such act1 n However How-ever the battery has been forced to discontinue drilling qwlng to the fact that the drill ground West Temple Tem-ple street Is having telephone wires laid under the pavement V ft The Fort Douglas range has been secured for the larget season and the various organizations will at once begin be-gin their target practice Col Ford will supervise the range practice and issue instructions as to the proper methods of firing and handling the rifles S S S The Signal corps held an election of officers on Thursday night tov fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Lieut Plumhoft to the rank of can I alit There were several candidates for the shoulder straps but First I Sergt Skldmore was unanimously chosen for the position Following the election a banquet was given the members mem-bers of the corps by Capt Greenwald the occasion being his birthday A number of the ofilcprs of other organizations organ-izations i wore present and an enjoyable I evening was passed I S 4O S The battery will fire a salute of several sev-eral guns on the occasion of the arrival ar-rival of those wlTo come to attend the reunion of the Army of the Philippines As delegations from the various Slates pull Into thc city they will In their turn bo saluted by the volleys from field rifles A S S Another competitive drill was held by the Signal corps Thursday evening to decide the ownership of the medal which Is to go to the member who proves himself to be the best drilled man In the corps The contest was won by Scrgt Paul who also won one of the previous contests The fact that Skldmore has been selected as a commissioned com-missioned officer lets him out of the contest although as he had won two contests he was thoftght to be a sure winner The winning of another contest con-test by Scrgt Paul will give him the medal S S S Several officers have been detailed by headquartes to select a suitable place for the site of the coming encampment en-campment Three places are under consideration Contorville Provo and Fort Douglas Very few of the guardsmen guards-men favor Fort Douglas where the encampment was held last year Many express a preference for Centervllle and a large number favor a site near Provo However the matter rests entirely en-tirely with the detail whose decision L Is expected within a few days |