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Show r "" : . ; J ' m ' National Guard of Utah I Sfe KurinS th0 yar 190S tho National IhiP Gnard of the stato participated as an fll organization in tho Memorial day pa-V'lft pa-V'lft r&de, was inspected at a goncral insist! in-sist! spection by an officer of the United States army, under tho act; of Con- tw f!rKS commonly known atf the "Dick cnjMP BUI," and the battery lias undergone ra.Jpl' an additional government inspection. ol3 ' The guard participated in tlio camp ni 5 maneuvers in connection with the '?'.' Fifteenth infantry, from I'orl Douglas m nd tho Twenty-first infantry from 'im J YT ogau, several regular kM ' batteries from Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., I 8,10 a ,,,ava' orco f r0I'i tho samo poof. - i- a s'"nal C0lP3 of t,nc regular serv- M , : ie0f with tho National Guards of Wyo- sjv ming and Colorado. Tho camp as ; i ;nadc on tho Crow Creek Indian rcscrva- c.'9 . , t.ou, twelve miles uorth of Dalo creel:. encampment and witnessed tho maneuvers, man-euvers, and is of tho opinion that all the branches of tho service aro entitled to. much praiso for tho manner in which they conducted themselves en route, in camp and during tho execution of the field work. Tho work of all was efficient, ef-ficient, painstaking nnd conscientious throughout. The battery was detached from tho guard and attached to a regiment regi-ment of regular arUller3-t and camped with Ihcm. Tho signal corps was also detached and incorporated into a signal sig-nal corps of tho regular service, with I which they performed the samo duties j ns tho regulars'. The remainder of tho guard was under tho immediate com-, inand of Colonel Plummcr, Tho general ro6ulto to th'o guard from this camp, from an educational and disciplinary standpoint, wero good, and the members of tho guard, both officers and men, woro tho recipients of lasting benefits from tho experience. Lieutenant Seamon of the Fifteenth infantry was assigned as the representative repre-sentative of tho regular military establishment estab-lishment to tho Utah troops, and they uro indebted to him for his painstaking and careful work in their interest and for many courtesies shown them by him. Tho guard, to a man, also appro- ciatea the uniform courtesy and consideration consid-eration extended to it. by tho officers and men of tho regular servico on all occasions. Tho inspection for 1908 of tho National Na-tional Guard of Utah was made by Major W. T. May of tho Fifteenth infantry, in-fantry, about tho middlo of April, and tho reports of this officer show that tho guard in armed and oquipped as is tho regular army, and is entitled to participate by reason thereof iu the benefits conferred apon states eo armed and equipped under tho provisions pro-visions of tho "Dick Bill.1' . Tho second inspection was of tho ordnanco and ordnance storo of tho first batter-, field artillery, and this inspection was made by Lieutenant- Colonel W. H. Clark of tho ordnance department of tho United States army. Tho war department has advised the adjutant-general that tho gonoral inspection in-spection was satisfactory. Tho reports of tho government show that at tho inspection of tho guard in 1900, 33 per cent of tho membership was absent; !for 1907, 31 per cent, and for 1908, 21 per cent, showing a substantial in- creaso in this relation in tho two years past. Tho National Guard of Utah has never until this year participated in the national rifle Ehoots, when, after tho war department had practically demanded de-manded that the Utah guard bo represented repre-sented by a team this year, and when the competitive shoot was pulled off at Tort Perry, O., range, this stato was represented, and brought back honors that the members of the team did not dream of securing. When tho Utah National Guard went to Camp Etnmott Crawford in August, 1908, tho regiment had Its own. band ; of twenty-seven pieces, within one of the maximum allowed, whicn ia twenty-eight. twenty-eight. This year thera are twenty members mem-bers of the band, and they have practice prac-tice twico a week and' mil ba asctmted dig w- I Wyoming, and was named Camp Em-w Em-w -anett Crawford in honor of a deceased i,f3 m eavalry officer of the rogular service. Tbo deparluro of tho guard was from I a -,a August 1, over tho Oregon if i Short Lino. -'0. I 'iQ command mado tho trip under :o j conditions that caused tho minimum of ijt-Atdiscomfort. i rf v The adjutant-general attended tho CO., G. PJLVA7ME.i up to tho full quota, twenty-eight, as rapidly as possible. Goufroy Euglionc, chief musician of tho Fifteenth infan-tr infan-tr at Fort Douglas, is the instructor of tho band and ho is making remarkable remark-able progress. |