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Show I BOYS AT THE NATIONAL GUARD I PLAY AT MIMIC WARFARE IN FIELDS Spoclal to Tho Tribune. CAMP LEONARD WOOD, Aug. 21). Tho members of the First infantry of the National Guard who arc encamped at Camp Leonard Wood arc loading the stromious life in every senso of tho word. From tho time they are rushed out of bod by the first sergeant at the boom of the cannon at 5:30 o'clock until they are dismissed after rotreat parade at 7:30 things are moving, mov-ing, and moving with such a rush that tho men hardly have time to realize that they have spent over half of tho timo tho3r are to spend at this annual encampment. Tho only time during the day which tho mon have to themselves is a couple of hours in the evening. Thcso are spent in swimmiug nnd fishing in Utah lako, reading at the Y. M. C. A. quarters quar-ters or visiting in American Fork. Close battalion work was practiced Thursday morning after the skirmish work of Wednesday. Tho practices aro hold in two fields, each about twenty twen-ty acres in extent. Each of the two battalionn occupies 0:10 of these fields. Wednosday tho First battalion was placed under Captain Freeman Basset, and tho second under Captain Ewing of Company F. The skirmish work is very spectacular and full of fun for the men, besides being har,d work. The battalion begins at. the lower end of the field ana advances by little spurts of ten and fifteen yards," lying tint to shoot, and at the" command rushing forward to repeat this act. Then n single squad atono side of the field steals up on the imaginary enemy, and suddenly another from U10 center of the long row of advancing men springs forward, and dropping to thoir knees the men fire at the enemy at the far end of tho field, which in this case proved to Iflo an unoffending haystack. Charge tho Haystack. When the men are within a hundred yards of tho haystack they close in and draw their sabers, getting roady for tho last charge. A sudden dash and then a sharp volley. The exultant shouts of the men indicates tho enemy is captured. This grand charge on tho enemv takes about an hour. The remainder re-mainder of the time is spent on other skirmish positions. In the afternoon the men are given between twenty and thirty rounds of ammunition. The drill of Thursday was not unlike the first one of this nature held Wednesday, Wednes-day, this timo the two majors handling tho battalions. Th mon executed the movements with moro skill and fired more in unison. The advance up ha Held is now regular. Tho hospital corp is doing its share of work at tho present encampment. Several minor nccidcntfi hnvo occurred. Colonel Keasler, who has been working work-ing 0 nthc payroll for tho past three days, left Thursday for Salt. Lako to bring tho money from Salt Lako with which to poy off the men. Tho privates recoivo $.1 a day; the corporals $1.75; sergeants, $2; Jicutonanis, $;1. nnd a proportional advance up the line to tho colonel, who is tho highest paid man in camp, receiving $9 82 a da-. Tho cost of the encampment wil be between $4,000 and $5,000. Active preparations for tho observance observ-ance of Governor's dny were made Tuesday. The prograinmo which has bceu arranged will keep the State's chief executive busy the entire da', Nnturolly tho interest of tho men centers cen-ters in fhe big drilling contest for the Governor's cup. and tho honor of being called the "Govornor's company" for tho coming ya&r. Three Companies lit Load. At present it appears that the contest con-test lies with Companies H of Salt Lako, B of Ogdcn and F of Manti. The appearance of tho men, the voice in which the command is given, its wording and tho manner in which it is executed will count. The number of men participating will also be an important im-portant factor. Manti is represented by tho largest company, but many aro new recruits. Captain JCwing of Company Com-pany F has offered $10 in cash to his company if it wins this contest. Ho is offering other cash prizes. H corn-pan' corn-pan' stands out favorably, because in the five days of the encampment three of its men have been chosen orderly over representatives of overy camp. This selection is made at guard mount each day at S :40 o'clock. The officer who will decide 'these contests con-tests has not been selected. It is probable prob-able be one of the regulars from Fort Douglas. Besides this main contest there remain re-main minor competitions which will bo hotly contested. Two representatives of each company were selected Thurs day to contest t'or the prize medal for the best drilled private in enmp. The contest for the best drilled squad will be second in importance. The squad and the non-commissioned officer of-ficer who is to lead it were selected from each company Thursday. Tho prizes tor these contests were placed on exhibition in tho Y.JNr. 0. A. Font Thursday The two athlotic uips wcro also exhibited for the first 1 timo Tho two cups aro about twelve inches high with the ebony pedosta upon which they stand. Thoy arc about eight inches through. Tho . cups . look erj much alike The one is plain, Twtb no raised work, while the handles of tj otlior resemble part of a laurel wreath. Interest throughout tho Stale in Gov-crnor's Gov-crnor's dav is so great that special excursion ex-cursion trains will bo rim front all points in Utah The special from Salt Lako vnW leave at .11 a. m. and return re-turn at 11 p. m. Governor Will Eoview Guard. Govornor Cutler will lcavo Salt Lake at 7:30 o'clock Friday morning, lie will be accompanied by his entire shtalt. The entire day will be devoted to drilling drill-ing contests and military reviews. iNo athlotic programme mil be held, on Gov-crnor's Gov-crnor's dav, but Saturday will be camp field day.' All organizations will participate par-ticipate in an equipment race, lOO-varct dasii, broad jump, relay and ten pitching pitch-ing contest. At least two basoball games will be played Saturday. In tho evening a burlesque concert will bo given by all the organizations at tho Y. M. C. A. quartors. Tho athletic contests were all hotly contested Thursday afternoon. A few of the huskies oxpresacd rcgTct that the game of siege had been eliminated. An obstaclo race seems a little too tnme for them, but despite this tho obstacle race of Thursday proved extremely interesting in-teresting and much enthusiasm was manifested. The contests resulted thus: Pick-a-back, won by Company T from Signal Corps: obstaclo race, won by Company B from Company D; tug-ot-war, won by Companj- B from Company D. Standing of Companies. Company A, 8; Company B, 24; Com-pan' Com-pan' C, S; Company D, 16; Company F, 2-1; Signal Corps; 8. The baseball game was won by the regimental staff from Company C'by a score of 13 to 5. Colonel Phimmer captained tho regimentals. regi-mentals. He played a good game al first base. The hoys wero just a little surprised to sec such an exhibition from their commanding officer, but they wore highly pleased. it was hardly fair to Company C, though, because Major Kammerman was placed at second and Major Williams at third base, and every time the runners run-ners made a good hit and it looked like a homo run they had to stop at each base and salute. |