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Show SECOND SQUADRON MAT BE DELATED IN ITS DEPARTURE Late Delivery of Equipment Is One of the Principal Reasons. ON account of lute del ivory of equipment to the mobilization camp and the uncertainty as to the organization of the second H(iiariron, the departure of the Utah j cavalrymen for the border may be de-ley de-ley ed. Two bi shipments of equip- . merit arrived yesterday, but did not. re.icli the camp at Fort Douglas iu time; to be distributed among the men. I'ntil Adjutant tJeneial Wedgwood is advised an to whether Captain W. B. Wallace, ('. tt. A., will be permitted to! accept the appointment ;is major of the I second squadron the organization of the1 cavalry squadron is uuccrlain. Jf he is denied permission to accept the appointment appoint-ment it will be necessary to promote I one of the troop captains to the posi-1 tion and make other appointments to! till the vacancies thus created. The work preparatory to mustering the men into federal service was continued con-tinued yesterday. The clerks were busily bus-ily at work on tho muster rolls and the doctors took advantage of the time to inoculate the troopers with typhoid prophylactic. Four Have Full Quotas. Major Williams also took advantage of the delay yesterday by organizing a recruit troop under the command of ; Lieutenant ('. W. Wilson of Troop A. The troop will remain organized and receive drilling and training daily until un-til mustered into the federal service. Troops A, H, () and D now have full quotas of officers and the minimum number of men required by the govern- j merit. The completion of the muster rolls and the distribution of equipment are all that stand in the way of t he muster, except the appointment of a major for tho second squadron. All the work probably will be completed today, I and it the appointment of a major is j made the muster of the first squadron 1 of cavalry probably will be commenced i today. However, it is conceded to be 1 practically an mmoiisibility to have j the squadron ready to move to the bor- I der before some time tomorrow. Gen- J eral Wedgwood sent a telegram to the war department Inst night urging some; action on the request that Captain Wallace be permitted to assume the office of-fice of major of the second squadron. Logan Troop Delayed. The delay in the delivery of the equipment equip-ment also prevented the Logan troop from arriving at the Fort Douglas camp yesterday as originally planned. As 1 soon as tentage, .blankets and mens kits for tho Logan troop are delivered at j the camp it will be ordered to Fort . Douglas. It ia expected that it will be ordered to move to the concentration 1 camp tomorrow. Captain F. G. Wool-ley Wool-ley will at onco assume command of the troop. Captain Woolley is a native of Cache county, and it is believed that his appointment will prove popular; among the members of the Logan con- i tingent. I The troop from Utah county, under ; the command of Captain Freeman Bas-sett, Bas-sett, will be ordered to the camp a day after the arrival of the Logan troop, according to the plans of General Wedgwood. The first squadron will be made up of Troops A and C from Salt Lake, Troop B from Ogden and Troop D from Manti. The second squadron will be made up of Troop E from Fphraim, Troop F from Utah county, Troop H from Logan and Troop G from Sit. Pleasant. May Move Friday. If everything works out according to preseut p'lans the first squadron probably prob-ably will be readv to go to the front Friday night. the second Bquadron probably will not be ready for service before the middle of next week. On account of the general movement of troops throughout the United States the railroads centering in Salt Lake are experiencing a great deal of trouble in assembling equipment to protect the movement of the Utah guardsmen. Equipment has been assembled at Boise to move the Idaho troops, who expect to go to the border early next week. In case one or both the Utah squadrons squad-rons are ready to move before that time the equipment may bo brought from Boise to Salt Lake, but if the troops from both states move about the same time there is practically no sleeping car equipment in sight for the movement move-ment of the guardsmen from here. Boys Given Ovations. The Utah battery, if train schedules are maintained, should reach Nogales, 1 riz.. some time tonight. From Salt Lake to Callente, Nev., the special train occupied by the batterymen averaged I twentv-five miles an hour and every ef- 1 tort will be made to maintain this speed all the wav to Nogales. The train arrived ar-rived at Caliente about 2 o'clock yesterday yes-terday afternoon and at Las Vegas about 7 o'clock last night, and at Colton about 2 c-'clock tills morning. Everywhere the train stopped the battery bat-tery men met an enthusiastic reception. The platforms of all the larger stations through which the train passed during the riav were lined with enthusiastic people and the batterymen and the Stars and Stripes were cheered to the echo. C. H. Cutting. traveling passenger agent of the Salt Lake Route, who is accompanying the train to Colton. Cat., where it goes to the Southern Pacific, teleeraphed the local office of the company com-pany last night that all the batterymen are well and in high spirits. Friends Await Them. When the batterymen reach Nogales they will find other Salt lakers eagerly awaiting their arrival. Among the former for-mer Salt Lake residents at Nogales are Captain and Mrs. Sherman A. White, and Lieutenant and Mrs. Marion P. Vestal. Ves-tal. Mrs. White formerly was Miss Grace Jacobs and Mrs. Vestal was Miss Marjorie Jacobs, both daughters of Mr. land Mrs. .1. G. Jacobs of this city. Captain Cap-tain White and Lieutenant Vestal both are assigned to the Twelfth I'nited States infant ry stationed at Nogales. Kleven recruits were accepted at the local lo-cal recruiting office yesterday and twelve were reported from ay?on for the Utah county troop. Those ' enlist ed in Salt Luke are Harry Gravel!, Edward R. Grow. Earl Scott, Wayne Beane. Clyde Ilea? ton. Allan E. Pouglas, Christian" P. M. Hanson and Frank Fox. all of Salt Lake; William C. Wilkin and William O. Wilton of Ocden. and Raymond M. Co' of Missouri Valley, Iowa. Payson Recruits. Those who have offered their services at Pavson are F.nos Rece. Siwell t'loward. Roy Curtis. Leslie Wilson. r;.-ori;e Toolev, Clarence L'e Gra w. 1 .pslic Spencer. Arthur Matison. Kenneth Hamilton. Ham-ilton. Edward Jones. Allen Wigual! and Allen Simons. The Payson men will c CAPTAIN E. G. WOOL-1 LEY, who will command Troop H of Logan. . : v. ;. r 1 ' I f v " J i V) v " y A I , ' i m 1 to Provo this morning to report to Captain Cap-tain Freeman Bassett for examination. Captain Bassett conducted the first drill of the Utah county recruits on the tabernacle lawn at Provo yesterday afternoon. aft-ernoon. Last night a meeting of prominent promi-nent citizens of the city of Provo met in the headquarters of ihe city commission commis-sion and outlined plans for a farewell demonstration to the troopers, which will be held today. A programme will be carried car-ried out In the city park and will he followed fol-lowed by a dance at Mozart hall. At the meeting last night it was decided de-cided to raise a fund to be turned over to the troop and used to provide luxuries, lux-uries, or even necessities, during the first month In camp. The fund will he raised among the business men of the city. Another fund for similar use will be raised through the sale of tickets to the dance in Mozart hall tonight. Another Demonstration. The citizens of American Fork gave a demonstration Monday night in honor of the six recruits that have enlisted from there in the Utah county troop. The six men from American Fork who have been accepted for service are David C. Hunter, Leonard Adams, Boyd Jackson, Davis Chipman, Reed Dunklev and Roy Mack-lin. Mack-lin. Louis Kteggel offered his services, but failed to pass the physical examination examina-tion at the time. He will make another attempt to enlist next Saturday. The National Woolgrowers' association, through President F. J. Hagenbarth and Secretary S. W. McClure, yesterday announced an-nounced that it would donate $10,000 to the Red Cross fund in case of hostilities between the United States and Mexico. The offer was communicated to the American Red Cross society In the following fol-lowing telegram: It is evident that war between this country and Mexico is inevitable. In such a crisis the National Woolgrowers" Woolgrow-ers" association desires to do its full share in contributing to the comfort and well being of American troops. It seems that we could do our part most appropriately by contributing several hundred pairs of woolen blankets made of all American wool to your organization for use in your hospitals or other service. If this suggestion meets with the approval of your organization, please write us full Instructions as to the number and kind of blankets that are desired, and we shall do the rest. There are no Henry Fords in the sheep business in this country. Another Company in Line. The Barrett company of New York City, refiners of coal tar and asphalt and one of the largest roofing manufacturing concerns In the world, has notified its Salt Lake manager, V. M. Duke, that all men In the company's employ who are called into military service at this time will be given full pay during their absence ab-sence and their positions will be hela for them upon their return. The offer holds good in all the offices and plants operated by the company. T. R, Cutler, vice president and general gen-eral manager of the "Utah -Idaho Sugar company, announced yesterday that all the company's employees called into military mili-tary service on account of trouble with Mexico, would receive compensation while performing such service and would be provided with positions upon their return. re-turn. The sugar company also has decided de-cided to permit a number of ita employees to join the citizens' military training camp at Fort Douglas, and will allow them full pay during the training camp period. Free Rides Announced. The Utah Light & Traction company yesterday announced that it would extend the courtesy of free transportation over all Its lines to members of the guard in full uniform. The order will become effective ef-fective this morning and reads as follows: As a special courtesy to the members mem-bers of the National Guard of Utah who are about to leave the city for the Mexican border, free transportation, transporta-tion, while in full uniform, will be granted on all lines from Thursday morning. June 29, to Tuesday nignt, July 4, 1016. A class of volunteer nurses for Red Cross work has been organized and ia ready to begin a course of fifteen lessons in first aid and tho fundamental principles princi-ples of nursing. The organization of the class was completed yesterday when Miss Mary Wall was selected as president and Miss Norinne Thompson as treasurer. It consists of twenty members. Miss De-maris De-maris Beeman was chosen as instructor." The course will begin next Monday morning, morn-ing, and five lessons will he given each week until the course is completed. W. H. Swanson. president of the Swan-son Swan-son theater circuit, last night announced that he would subscribe $100 to start a. fund for the aid of families of soldiers who may ko to the front from Utah. He also announced that he would give to the same cause c0 per cent of the gross receipts re-ceipts of the Liberty theater next Sunday and next Monday. |