| Show UTAH NATIONAL GUARD The pat year In the Nato ol Guard of Utahhas been one of development In the matter of both efficiency and strength until at present It Is by no means an exaggeration to say that the Guard Is one of the leading mllltla organizations or-ganizations of the Vcstern halt of the United States Drill attendances and general Interest In the work ihs increased In-creased the membership has increased by 23 per cent several new organizations organiza-tions have been mustered Into the service ser-vice and a strong feeling of esprit de corps has sprung up The enlistment of numbers of young men who stand high In the community and many Ijvho saw active service In the Spanish American war and Philippine campaign t paign has caused a noticeable change of the attitude of the public toward the Guard > Thus tho conditions l condi-tions are favorable to remarkable development de-velopment during the coming year Officers and men are devoting their energies anl to the work of upbuilding nor I will they be content they say until the Guard stands second to none i The National Guard of Utah was created by the Territorial Assembly In March 1891 and the active wore of organizations began shortly afterward after-ward meeting with Immediate success Within two years there were twenty two organizations each having a good membership enrolled The strength composed sixteen companies of infantry Infan-try a squadron of cavalry and a regIment regI-ment of fieldartillery men In all The present strength of the Guard Is 500 enlisted men and officers an increase in-crease oCn hundred men over the membership last year Every branch of the service Is represented The Guard may be said to be getting on Its feet again after the drawback of the late war when so many of the members mem-bers and a large part of tho quartermasters quarter-masters and ordnance supplies were taken away by the Government for active service The work of weeding out the undesirable unde-sirable members has been continued incessantly during the entire year until un-til at present It may well be said that there Is none but the most desirable members In the ranks In all of the organizations committees have been I appointed to examine all applicants for enlistment A few good men arc to be desired above countless undesirable unde-sirable ones the officers maintain slrbe ofcers Through the efforts of the brigade officers great advancement ha been made In the maneuvering of tho troops in battalion regimental and brigade formations Much has also been done to establish stricter discipline than has been known during several years previous I The annual encampment held during the early part of September was In every way the most successful yet held and resulted in Inestimable good The eight days under canvas gave both officers and men an insight into military duties and requirements such a a whole year of weekly drills and bimonthly dress parades could not produce pro-duce The strictest discipline prevailed during the entire encampment and several officers connected with the regular service said that the camp equalled In every respec one occupied by regulars The encampment was also marked with a remarkable exhibition of markmanshlp by tho artillery branch At a range of several hundred yards the artillerymen tore a canvas target Into shreds missing their mark seldom Before the close of the encampment an election of officers was held to fill the vacancies of LieutenantColonel vacnces and Major of the First battalion two vacancies which had existed for sev vacnnces eral years W Mont Ferry was selected for the position of LieutenantColonel but he declined the honor and the position posi-tion remains unfilled Capt Levi Hey wood of Bountiful was elected Major Of tho First battalion Three companies of Infantry have been mustered Into tho service of the Guard during the year and each of them is now In n nourishing condition The new organizations are II company com-pany Salt Lake A company Nephi and G company Provo Company A of Salt Lake was mustered out for the good of the service early In the year An effort Is now being made to organIze organ-ize a troop of cavalry as troop C has remained In a dormaht condition for many months past the members failing fail-Ing at all times to respond to drills The new troop Is to 4be organized at Murray although It will be stationed at Salt Lake and residents here will be eligible for membership ROSTER The present makeup of the Guard Is as follows Gov Heber M Wells Commander tnChlcf Charles S Burton Adjutant General Col N W Clayton Quarter masterGeneral Col W J Shealy CommissaryGeneral Col Georgo Sea man InspectorGeneral Col Benner X Smith JudgeAd vocatcGencral Col S I PInkerton SurgeonGeneral LlcutCols E S Ferry and John D Spencer AldcsdeCamp First Brigade BrigGen John Q Cannon commanding LleutCol Joseph Nystrom Assistant Adjutant General Lieut Col HM H Lund Assistant InspectorGeneral LlcuU Col W F Beer Assistant Surgeon General LioutCol l John D Ford Inspector In-spector of Target Practice MaJ S A King JudgeAdvocate ajs R J AidesdeCamp Glondennlng and A L Williams First InfantryCol SamC Park commanding Capt Summers Adjutant Adju-tant Cupt Sam Porter Quartermaster Quartermas-ter MaJ C M Benedict Regimental Surgeon Company ANephl Capt Dens Company DSalt Lake Capt ZInck First Lieut SmclUer Second Lieut Forslund Company CCapt Jack Alford Llcuts James Terry and Birch Carter Company D Woodruff Capt James Walton First Lieut Charles Call Cal Company E Bountiful Capt W E Rllcy First Lieut I J Stoker Company F Mantl Capt Fred Kamcrman Lieu Jorgensen and Jensen Company GProvo Capt Buchi Company HSalt Lake Capt Ralph Sharkey Lieiits Covcrdale and Williams Signal Corps Salt Lake Capt J A Greenwald Lleuts A A Smith and Skldmorc Battery ASalt Lake CapL O R Grow Llouts William Webb Nelson Margotts and William Kneass Hospital Corps Salt Lake Fred Scholley steward Troop CSal Lake I command of Col Ford temporarily |
