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Show CAPTAIN WALLACE IS PROMOTED TO MAJOR Regular Army Officer Gets Permission to Become Officer in Guard. SANTSCHI TO SUCCEED Logan and Brigham Troopers Troop-ers Arrive in Camp at Fort Douglas. Captain W. B. Wallace, LY S. A., yesterday received permission from the war department to accept the position of major of the Second squadron cavalry, National Guard of Utah. The appointment appoint-ment will be made immediately by Governor Gov-ernor William Spry. Simultaneously wirh the appointment, Captain Wallace will be relieved of the duties of United States mustering oth-cer oth-cer for Utah, ile will be succeeded by Lieutenant Eugene Santsehi, L S. A., now military instructor at the Utah Agricultural Ag-ricultural college at Logan. With the appointment of Captain Wallace as major of the Second squadron, squad-ron, the orf;aui7-ation of that unit will be complete, in so far as commissioned officers are concerned, and the work incident in-cident to mustering it into federal service ser-vice will 'be rushed with all possible speed. Two of the troops, troop Ji from Logan and troop F from Utah county, probably will appoint several non-commissioned officers to complete the organization. or-ganization. Members of the Logan troop, about ninetv in all, arrived in capip yesterday afternoon and troop F from Utah county coun-ty will reach camp this afternoon. The Logan and Brigham City troopers came to Salt Lake yesterday in automobiles, with the Logan band leading the procession. pro-cession. On the way down they paraded parad-ed through the business sections in Brig-! Brig-! ham City and Ogden, and, before going into camp, they paraded the downtown section in Salt" Lake City. Logan Troop Satisfied. The Logan troop came to Salt Lake tinder the command of Lieutenant Edmund Ed-mund G. Spencer and was turned over to Captain E. G.-Woolloy upon arrival at the Fort Douglas camp. The report that there was considerable opposition to the appointment of Mr. Wool-ley Wool-ley as captain of the troop was declared by Lieutenant Spencer to be greatly exaggerated. ex-aggerated. He said that the circulation of a petition asking the governor to reconsider re-consider the appointment had been started, start-ed, but was quickly stopped by the officers offi-cers of the troop. The officers, and men of the troop, he declared, were highly jdeased with the appointment' of Captain Cap-tain Woollev. Tents for the Logan troop had been i pitched at the camp before the men ar rived and the tents for the Utah county troop are already up. The Logan troopers troop-ers were given the necessary camp equipment immediately upon their arrival ar-rival at Fort Douglas and the Utah county coun-ty men will be treated likewise this afternoon. aft-ernoon. The matter of issuing uniforms will be taken up as soon as the neces- ! ' sarv camp equipment is supplied. Practically Prac-tically all equipment, other than horses, for the two squadrons is now in camp and the first squadron is well supplied. The cavalrymen have not been mustered mus-tered into federal service, although the muster rolls for the first squadron have been practically completed. No information infor-mation is available as to the possible time the troops will leave for the front or as to their destination, on account of instructions issued yesterday by the secretary sec-retary of war. For this reason it is probable that the farewell demonstration demonstra-tion planned by the citizens will be abandoned. Censorship Exercised. The order issued by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker follows: In view o the fact Ithat (general (gen-eral knowledge of troop movements en route to tlie border or in Texas might result in some malicious act that might seriously hamper these movements and also might result in unnecessary loss of life among the troops, it is directed that all concerned con-cerned bo instructed to the effect that no information as to movements move-ments is to be given representatives of the press or any individuals other than the representatives of tho railroad concerned or the representatives rep-resentatives of the railway association associa-tion located at the various department depart-ment headquarters and mobilization and concentration points. To facilitate the movement of troops to tho border the Pullman company has turned over to the government approximately approxi-mately .100 sleeping cars. These cars are handled entirely at the direction of Hie department anil with the co-operation of the officials of the Washington office of the Pullman company. Under this arrangement it is believed that little lit-tle delav will be experienced on account ac-count of equipment when tho local troops are ordered to the front. The Utah battery arrived at Nogalcs at 7 : ;10 o'clock yesterday morning and was the first unit of stato troops to reach the border in response to the call of1 the secretary of war. A telegram from Nogales yesterday advised that all members of the battery arc in good health and in high spirits. Supplies for the field hospital arrived at cHmp yesterday and were turned over to Lieutenant F. E. Bamum, camp quartermaster. Supplies for the cavalrymen caval-rymen also have been delivered at the camp and Sergeant A. J. Meehin, quar- 1 . " CAPTAIN W. B. WALLACE, WAL-LACE, U. S. A., who has been granted permission by the war department to accept a commission as major of the second squadron of Utah cav-alry. cav-alry. I tSSSSI 7' V77Z, iiS - 1 1 - I ' ' I- S " -i z - - . termaster corps, National Guard of Utah, has been detailed to issuo the clothing and ordnance equipment to the recruits. Included in the supplies for the cavalrymen caval-rymen are sterilized canvas water coolers. cool-ers. The new field equipment will carry car-ry about fifteen gallons of water and is made to hang where the water may be cooled by the breeze, much on the order of the desert water bags in common com-mon use throughout the west. Information received here yesterday is to the effect that the meaical department depart-ment of the arm j preparing 1 through men, material and training to play a thoroughly effective part in the prevention of avoidable diseases and the relief of the suffering. The medical department guarantees against a repetition of such conu-aons as existed ex-isted during certain periods of the Spanish-American war camnaign. Major J. F. Sharp will be the guest of honor at a reception to be given by the medical staff and nurses of the L. D. S. hospital tonight on the hospital lawn. Men to Be Cared For. The Southern Pacific announced yesterday yes-terday that employees who were members mem-bers of the national guard June 17 and called into active service would be given compensation while in military service and would be given their positions posi-tions upon their return. from the front. Married men will he allowed full pay by the railroad company and unmarried men will be given half pay. H. S. Twining, superintendent of the Pullman company, received advices from headquarters supplementing those of a few days ago. In the first advice it was announced that all employees , ordered into active military service on ! account of the Mexican situation would ' be given their positions upon their re-! re-! turn from the front. Yesterday's ad-j ad-j vices said that tlie men also would be granted the difference between their salaries as employees of the Pullman company and those paid by the government. govern-ment. Information was received yesterday at local Bed Cross headquarters that similar societies throughout the country are preparing to establish refreshment booths at railwav stations to furnish delicacies to soldiers passing through on the way to the Mexican border. The primary purpose is to'supply the troopers troop-ers leaving the cities, but the booths are to be maintained at all railroad stations where troops stop for any length of time. Similar action probably prob-ably will be taken by the local chapter. |