| Show MILITIAMEN IN CAMP National Guard Encamped at Lagoon t WENT INTO CAMP YESTERDAY J Busy Week Mapped Out for States Defenders Four Hundred Men Inhabit In-habit Camp Funston Majority Are Veterans and Dropped Gracefully Into Camp RoutineInfantry Taken Tak-en Out by Hail While Artillery Marched Somo Mighty Appetites Developed Out at Lagoon the usual quietude and tranqulllty la being broken by tho stir of military life Tho measured trend of sentries the clanking of bayonets nnd sabers na they boat against the uniformed limbo of their wearers the whlnneying nnd Impatient pawing of horses tho occasional oc-casional sharp tones of command and tho blasts of bugles proclaiming In their shrill sharp tones < some new duty to bo performed nil bs > eak n military camp one whore activity Is I rampant ACT LIKE VETERANS Ills camp Funston Four hundred Utah militiamen I are under canvas there to ro I main five days the period of their annual encampment for this year The troops went Info camp yesterday forenoon but no ono would have believed that who had dropped In caaiiHlly at the camp last evening Everything was arranged In n manner that would Indicate a camp of at least a weeks duration Thq sentries ntkod their yosls like veterans and everything about the ccnvnn area had lib snap c f a camp inhabited by I regulars The effect of tho annual encampments that have boon held during the past five years was evident A majority of them the-m n In camp have not forgotten tho Ics sons of the past encampments When they stepped Into camp yesterday they took up the routine Jut whero they loft off when cnmp was broken at the conclusion con-clusion of last years outing TROOPS LEAVE TOWN The start for the camp wan made from the armory on Market street at 715 oclock yesterday morning When as sembli sounded Just a few minutes be fore that time the morning rollcall 1 showed Unit every organization had a Brood turnout there being no command that did not have most of Its numbers In line Headed by Col S C Park and staff and the First regiment band the column moved to Main street UP Main street to South Temple and west on that thoroughfare thor-oughfare to tho LaGoon depot There the dismounted troops boarded a special train while the battery and cavalry mounted swung north on Second West and took up the lOllS march of eighteen miles to camp REACHED CAMP EARLY By 9 2 oclock the dismounted troops had reached the camp tnd marched Into their tent which had boon pitched Monday < by Ii detail of men In charge of Lloiit t Webb AM soon as the mon had taken charge of their allotted domiciles the buglo aound oO first caill for guard mount Three rc liefs of live mon each went on sentry duty for tho first day They wore In command of Lieut Smoot of G company who WIIB Im tho distinction of being the first officer of the guard Cant Greonownld of the signal corps was aolectcd for officer l offi-cer of the day The acntrlon had tholr hands full for a time during the appor tionment of tho bedding ntriw and other comforts Several times the entire guard detail had to bu summoned from the guardhouse but the rtcramljlo for luxur len wag all In perfect good nature Jim conaciiucntly thoro wero no occurrences of a disagreeable nature HAD MIGHTY APPETITE Just na the happy soulutlrring notes of mess call caused a mighty rush of hungry soldiers for tho dinner tables a cloud of dual appeared down the road to the south It wan the troop of cavalry end Ing up tho hot dusty ride with a final breakneck charge prompted supposedly by the irresistible sound of nioen call hungry There wan not a man III camp that didnt cat enough for three men The cooks looked on In horror Every nurtlclc of the moat and potatoes they had hcenintending to use for Hash I at supper disappeared Thn dlshwnuhfera had nothing to do for the tin t plates were diverted of everything rnaombllng food As the soldiers were leaving tho table tho battery fifty strong rode Into camp They had panned on the road to Investl gatn a watermelon patch and orchard When nIck call sounded aCtor dinner two men responded and were given cots In the hospital The patients aro SelL Paul and Private Vntoon who suffered from badly bruised feet through th > full Inc of a tent pole They expect to be able to report for duty today A LITTLT2 EXERCISE At 2 oclock the mournfuL notes of drill call wafted over the camp Belts wcro buckled on guns houldcrcd and the First ccclmcnt went forth to tho drill I ground west of the camp for a llltlo man I fuvurlnir Col Park took command of the regiment drilling I It for n couple of i hours In a manner that brought out tho pererlratlou and filled each man with an I Iniuuo lovo for recall l which sounded only I after what eccmcd nn eternity A much needed rest wau then taken until after supper when retreat parade and guard mounting ended tho activity for the day to all who had not fallen victim to son try duty When tap sounded last night It was a 1 tired brigade of men that rolled up In blankets and proceeded to dream of homo nnd mother LOCATION OF THE CAMP Tho tented village Is located Immediate1 ly to the south and wfst of the Lngoon pavilion In Identlcnally the onme spot inst years camp was pitched Thoro are thirtyfive tents twenty of this number being Slbley tents which hold eight or nine men each The cavalry signal corps ml bailors arc located I nt the extreme south end of the Camp Tho Infantry companies com-panies lie above them ORGANIZATIONS IN CAMP Tho Infantry force la represented by five companies na follows Company G Provo Pro-vo Capl Thomas Flrat Llouu Smoot company 1J Salt Lake First Lleul Greenwood Second Lieut Pembroke company A Nephl dipt Dcnn Second Lieut Lunt company F Mixntl Cnpt ICumcrman First Lieut Tonson company com-pany K Bountiful Capt Hard First Llout Barge battery A Salt Lake Cnpl Grow Lloula Webb Jennings nud Leonard Leon-ard troop C Salt Lake Cnpt Summers Llout Savage plgnal corps Salt Lake Cant Grcenwald Lkuts A A Smith and Skldmorc hospital corps MaJ Benedict Stewart BchmolUy The offlcerr of the brigade arc Lleut Cnl II M IT Lund Inspector and Mnj King Judgcadvocat1 Col Pnrk1 stafi In compoHOd 1 of Muj Benedict aurpcon Cant Mann adjutnnt Cat Porter eommls snry and Capt Wolff Inspector of mall arms nracfto DAILY SERVICE CALLS Today the men will nettle down to hard work Thnt thoro will be plenty to do may be wen by II glance at the list of service calls ndnpiod by I Col Park and posted at the guardhouse yctuonluy Following Fol-lowing In a list of the dally routine Reveille Re-veille Unit call Si1 n m reveille S55 aiiKcmbly C I menu Gfiw J fatigue camp police and Inspection quarters 7 sick call and itable call 715 iriiiird mount 745 iiHoemhly 7M adliunntn call S drill first call 10H tystmbly 1050 recall 1115 mess 12 I wntor call 1230 I offlccrn call and noncommission school 1 pm drill first call boots and saddles 21C assembly 220 recall H20 mess 5 ro treat parade first call 545 assembly C55 adjutants call 6 guard mount G31 as Hcmbly GMO adjutants call CM tattoo 9 t call to quarters 915 taps 10 |
