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Show UTAH TROOPERS M OFF FORJIJE FRONT First Squadron of Cavalry Entrains for Mexican Border Bor-der This Morning. MOVEMENT IS SECRET Orders of War Department Are Adhered to Strictly by Officers." In the quiet and peacefulucss of dawn, without ailo, the first squadron, 1'irst cavalry, national yuard of Utah, entrained thin morning for the Mexican bonier. On account of the secrecy in which the movement was veiled, there was no public demonstration, and just a few relatives and friends of tho departing de-parting troopers were on baud to say farewell. The train pulled out of the Harriman station over the Salt Lake ftoute early this morning, its destination known only to officers in rhurgi; and a few railroad ollicials concerned with the handling of the troopers. The natural supposition is that the second unit of tho national jjuard of Utah to respond to the call to arms will transfer to the Southern Pacific Pa-cific at Colton, Cal., and proceed U the Js'ogales concentration camp. fust as the first tinge of blue stained the eastern sky the clear notes of a Tingle rang out over the Fort Douglas reservation and reverberated among tho near-by mountains. As the blue turned to a rosy glow the first squadron, First cavalry. national guard of Utah, marched away between long lines of cheering comrades, who are to follow in a few days. Say Farewell. The departing troopers carried only their personal equipment, other equipment equip-ment having been loaded on the cars Yesterday afternoon and last night, special street cars carried the men to the station, where a few relatives and close friends had assembled to say farewell. fare-well. White there were some pathetic Bcenes, the partings were robbed of many pangs since the dissipation of the war clouds. Most of the men in camp realized when the first squadron was ordered to break camp yesterday morning that departure de-parture for the border was a question of tut a comparatively few hours, but few, if any, other than the officers, knew tho hour for entrapment. Observing the instructions of the war department the movement was clothed in all possible secrecy. Thc loading of the heavier equipment on the cars at the Harriman station was a signal to citizens as well as the troopers troop-ers that the hour for departure was near. Anxious queries from fathers, mothers, wives and sweethearts failed to disclose further information than that it would be advisable to go to camp 'last night, to say farewell. Some did and remained until "taps." Some then 'vent home filled with the sorrow of parting and others kept night-long vigil along the route the troops would naturally nat-urally follow to the station. Leave in Special Train. The First squadron, comprising fifteen officers and approximately 2S0 enlisted men. under the command of Major W. G-"Williams, G-"Williams, occupies a special train of sixteen six-teen cars on the way to the border. The Train If made up of seven tourist sleepers, sleep-ers, one standard sleeper, two baggage ars. two flat cars, three box cars and an automobile car. Other than that it left for the south over the Salt Iake Route, the route of the train and Its destination nrr matters for conjecture except to a, few railroad officials and officers of the military organization directly concerned. Lieutenant F. 1. .Jansen, appointed Thursday to the medical corps, left in charge of the medical corps with the First squadron. The Second squadron cavalry and the field hospital, the two remaining I 'tali units asked for hy the war department, are expected to leave for the border within with-in a few days. F.ach unit yet needs a few recruits to give the organizations the proper quota. The appointment yesterday yester-day of Sorpcant A. R. Meyers. t S. A., to second lieutenant In the Utah First cavalry, gives the Second squadron its complement of officers. Two troops of the squadron were organized or-ganized under tho laws recently enacted n (feet in:? th military organization of the country and aro already mustered into federal service. Work incident to mustering mus-tering the remaining troops Is practically finished, and t lie muster will be accomplished accom-plished as soon as the needed recruits are obtained. The field hospital probably will he mustered at the same time as the Second squadron, and is expected to entrain at the same time. Motor Truck Presented. While the First squadron wag making preparations yesterday to leave, a meeting meet-ing of prominent business men of the i-lty was called by Governor William Spry, Bt the suggestion of George S. Auerbach, with a view to providing the troopers with some mmh-needed equipment and funds to provide necessities of camp life that are not easily on tamed from the government. The meeting was held at the Hotel Utah and a committee appointed appoint-ed to raise a fund of at least $10,000 or more, a portion of which is to be used for the purchase of two motor trucks and the remainder to be used to the best advantage. ad-vantage. Tho committee is composed of Governor Spry, ehairmn n ; George S-Auerbach, S-Auerbach, secretarv; C. "W. Whltlev, R. T. Badger. J. P. Gardner, W. W. Armstrong Arm-strong and E. 11. Farnsworth. Before adjounilnp, the committee an- i thorized the Immediate purchase of one truck to go with tiie First squadron and provided for screening so much needed by I battery A at the Xogales camp. The ; other truck will be bought and turned 1 over to the national puard officers before 1 the departure of the Second squadron, and the remainder of tho fund will he used to provide necessities, not luxuries. ! for troops in camp, and will in no way conflict with the fund being raised bv the Hotary chih to provide for t lie dependent relatives of the troopers. : The truck boucht by the committee was Kent to Camp Dourrlns shortly after noon Ktid was Imitiediui.Mv put into service transferring equipment from tiie camp to the railroad station. The truck houpht for tiie cavalry by the citizens of Ogden M-veral days go also was expected to reach ih camp yesterday afternoon or last night. Before the cavalry units leave for the border they will have, all tnld. three fine motor trucks and. four motorcycles, presented to the national guard by citizens of the state. The four motorcycles wre presented to the puard by members of the governor's staff, and two are assigned to each squadron. Baseball Outfits. Tli Utah Copper company yesterday presented to the national puard fl'jo to h applied to the nn hsist onco fund . A nd there were severnl other vry acceptable n rr ir Ifk unloaded during the day at the armory for the troopers. Not the leat NEW automobile truck of national guard presented yesterday to the first squadron by public-spirited business and professional pro-fessional men of Salt Lake. ' -rj" - k p r : -v ' . appreciated was a collection of baseball paraphernalia donated by the officers and members of the Salt Take baseball club. President F. S. Murphy of the Salt Lake club loaded up an automobile yesterday morning with balls, bats, gloveH. mitts, caps, and most everything necessary to tho game except players and umpires, and turned them over to Major Williams. While the major expressed himself as very giateful. he Intimated that his gratitude grati-tude would be insignificant In comparison to that of the troopt-rs. Recruits for the national guard, as well as for t lie regular a rmy, may be accept- ed at the United States army recruiting oflle In Knit Lake, according to information infor-mation received yesterday from the war depart men t by Captain V. IL Bell, in i-liarce of the United Slates army recruit-In recruit-In ofiice here. The Idaho national guard regiment, occupying oc-cupying three special trains, left Boise last night over the Oregon Short Line on the way to the border. The destination destina-tion of the troops has not been made i public, but inasmuch as they are scheduled sched-uled to go out of here over tho Salt I-Tke Route, it is believed that they are destined des-tined for Nogales, Ariz. The trains occupied oc-cupied hy the Idaho contingent are x-pfrtfd x-pfrtfd to arrive here about noon today. On amount of a shortage of Mleeping-ar I iiipment. some of the. troops may be j 'ompellr-d to stop in Salt Iike a fw 1 hours to av.-;ilt the arrival of the neces- I sarv cars. The lor-al Chapter of the li'-d j i-ro- snrlciy plans to meet the trains! and serve refreshments to the soldiers. |