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Show UTAH TR00PER5 PREPARING FOR CALLT0Tt1E BORDER Officers Are Disappointed at the Lack of Recruits1 in Salt Lake and Other Cities of the State. EFFORTS to obtain recruits for the I tali i ational guard were redoubled re-doubled last night upon receipt of information here that the war department had ordered the first 5000 men mobilized in the western division sent to the Mexican border immediately. Officers of the guard expressed the hope that Utah would distinguish itself by being among tho first to report troops mobilized and ready for service. Tho recruiting yesterday, as a whole, was far from satisfactory to the guard officers and the state authorities. The i espouse to the governor 'r appeal was comparatively feeble in Salt Lake, although al-though more men were accepted by the physicians than on either of t tie two previous days that recruiting had been in progress. Out of about thirty applicants, appli-cants, twenty-one men were accepted by the physicians, bringing the total number num-ber of enlistments nere to date up to fifty. Governor Snry and the guard officers offi-cers are keenly " disappointed at apparent appar-ent apathy of the residents of the state in responding to the call of the president presi-dent for troops. They feel that under such conditions the patriotism of the state is being left open to question and Utah has always boasted of the patriotism of its citizens. Unless the required number of recruits re-cruits are obtained within the time allowed al-lowed by the federal government, the governor has the option of exercising the draft right vested in him by the laws of the state. The governor, the officers of the guard and enlisted men feel that such action would forever re-fleet re-fleet upon the state and have no desire de-sire to invoke the draft except as a last resort. Draft Is Possible. The laws of Utah provide for compulsory com-pulsory military service under certain conditions. ('hapter 7.3, laws of Utah, 1909, provides pro-vides as follows: Section 3. The militia of the state shaJl be divided Into two parts, the active and the reserve militia. The active militia shall consist of the organized or-ganized and uniformed mtlitary forces known as the national guard. The reserve re-serve militia shall consist of all those liable to service in the mllitta, but not serving in the national guard. Section 6. The governor shall have power, in case of Insurrection, invasion, in-vasion, tumult, riot or breach of the peace or imminent danger thereof, to order Into the active service of the state any part of the militia that he may deem proper. When the militia of this state or a part thereof Is called forth under the constitution and laws of the United States, the governor shall order out for service the active mllltla, or such part thereof there-of as may be necessary, and If the number of active militia available be Insufiicient he shall order out such portion of the reserve militia as may be required. During the absence of organizations in the service of the United States their designations shall not be given to new organizations. Section 7. Whenever it shall be necessary to call out any portion of the reserve militia for active duty the governor shall direct his order to the board of commissioners of any county, who, upon receipt of the same, shall forthwith proceed to draft as many of the reserve militia In each county, or accept as many volunteers as are required by the governor, and shall forthwith forward to the governor gov-ernor a list of the persons so drafted or accepted as volunteers. The necessity for filling the Utah organization to its quota is urgent. The lack of men is the only thing that is delaying the muster into service of the federal government. The state is responsible for the time it takes to get ready for muster, and the responsibilitv can bo borne bv no officer of the guard, or tho state. It must be borne by the individuals who are eligible for enlistment. en-listment. , The guard and state authorities feel that sufficient time has elapsed since the rail for recruits that the need of more men should be known throughout the state, and they urge immediate ae-1 tion by all who can contribute in any way toward the- enlistment of the required re-quired number of men. Many Recruits Needed. j Sixty men aro needed to bring the ' organisations originally ordered into ! service up to the proper strength, and approximately 100 men are needed to complete the two squadrons and the 1 field hospital now required for federal service. Recruiting in Salt Lake has been very slow. Ogden, in proportion I to population, has contributed three to! one the number of men enlisted. The 1 Ogden organipation is now recruited to the full strength, thirty men having enlisted since the call for recruits was issued. Only three replies were received yesterday yes-terday by Adjutant General Wedgwood to the communications sent to the mayors may-ors of the various towns of Utah county. At a mass meeting held in i Provo last night eighteen of the re- j quired twenty-five recruits asked for, were obtained. Enthusiasm ran high at ' the meeting and it is possible that the! greater part of the new troop will be! enlisted aud a permanent organization j established there. i Recruiting in southern Utah also is far from satisfactory to the officials, but bettor results are expected today and tomorrow. The Logan troop has fifty enlisted men, but it is expected that the full quota will he obtained immediately im-mediately through the co-operation of the troop officers and the various organizations or-ganizations of the city. Brigham City Responds. A mass meeting was called on short notice at Brigham City yesterday afternoon after-noon and four recruits were obtained there. Efforts will be redoubled today and the Box Elder city expects to be well represented when the troops are mustered into federal service. In round numbers Cache county is furnishing eighty men, Weber eountv eighty. Salt Luke couutv '27 o and Sail Pete county 120 up to date. The time is too short to permit recruiting in the outlying counties and pick up a man at a time to complete the quota. General Wedgwood estimates that eighty men from Utah county would not be disproportionate dis-proportionate to the number being furnished fur-nished by other near-by counties. Lieutenant Freeman Bassett, squadron adjutant, -was yesterday transferred to the recruiting service temporarily and probably will be promoted to the captaincy cap-taincy of the new troop. With Captain J. F. Sharp of Hip medical corps and Captain W. B. Wallace. U. S. A.. Lieutenant Lieu-tenant F.assett went to Provo last night and took charge of the recruiting and I organizing of the new troop from Utah county. Lieutenant Duncan G. Richart, second lieutenant of Troop A, First cavalry. Utah national guard, has been promoted to acting camp adjutant of the adjutant adju-tant general's staff to succeed Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Freeman Bassett, who was transferred trans-ferred to recruiting service, according to orders received bv Lieutenant Richart yesterday. His duties in the future will be confined to staff work. Richart Promoted. Lieutenant Richart has been with Troop A for the past year. His previous previ-ous experience as lieutenant in the Tenth United States cavalry has been largely responsible for the good showing show-ing Troop A made at last year's camp when the work was highly commended by regular army officers." Lieutenant Richart has been one of the most popular popu-lar officers ever assigned to the Utah national guard. His promotion will go into effect immediately. His successor has not yet been named, although it is rumored that First Sergeant A. Y. Hardy Har-dy will be promoted to fill the vacancy. Adjutant General Wedgwood yesterday yester-day received orders from the western department to furnish subsistence for the Utah troops after they reach Fort Douglas and until the time they depart, for the concentration camp. He also , will be required to care for the pay,; transportation and other expenses incident inci-dent to the establishment and mainte- nance of the camp. Captain W, B. El- ! liott, in charge of the post at Fort Doug- ; las, will co-operate with the guard of- i ficers and will take charge of the subsistence. sub-sistence. Trenches have been dug at the fort ; for a new water system connecting the troop kitchens. Abater troughs for the animals aud shower baths for the men will be installed today and other work will be completed in 'time for the Salt Lake troops to take their noonday meal at the camp today. Troop tents were moved to the fort yesterday and the kitchen equipment will go there this morning. Headquarters for the Utah organization, except for recruiting purposes, pur-poses, will be moved from tho armory to Fort Douglas today and all business of the adjutant general's office will be transacted there. The Salt Lake cavalry troops have already established their camp at the post and the battery probably will move from the fair grounds to the fort today. Unless otherwise required by orders that may be received, troops from the outside out-side cities will be moved to Fort Douglas Doug-las next Monday. Equipment Is Coming. Wires from the western department and Washington received yesterday are to the effect that equipment for the Utah organization not now on hand will be shipped from San Francisco by express next Tuesdav. After it arrives here four days will be required, if that length of time is available, to properly issue the equipment, straighten up accounts ac-counts and put the command on a footing foot-ing independent of the state and muster it into federal service. The muster, however, could bo accomplished in shorter time in an emergency. Troop A, First cavalry, under command com-mand of Captain E. Lo Roy Bourne, was reported recruited up to full war strength at noon roll call yesterday. Seventy-one men responded to roll call and two more nienibers of the troop were on the way to join the command. The minimum strength of the troops required re-quired for federal service is seventy ; men. Troop C and the battery, of the ; Salt Lake units, are still short the required re-quired number of men. The battery requires re-quires a total of 133 men. The men who enlisted yesterday at I the local recruiting office are: Edward j Hennessy. Claud L. Clark, J. P. Horan, j j William' La Fee, Charles Z. Forscutt, Ulysses G. Todd, F. B. Ragland, Herbert M. Salentine. R. E. Wells, Jr., Samuel H. Archer, George A. Chandler, Samuel Welch, C. R. Young, William Armour, John R. Spichty, La Rue Peterson, E. J. , Galiigher, William Hicks, Olev G. Jack- j son, Stephen Johns, Arthur B. Dilling- ham. Fred R'. Ragland was the first cook to enlist for service with the Utah National Na-tional guard at the Mexican border. I He enrolled yesterday. More than a score of these essential members of the force are needed. To Co-operate With Military. At the suggestion of Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the board of 'directors ox the Union Pacific system. Vice Presi- i dent . and General Manager E. E. Calvin Cal-vin yesterday designated E. C. Manson, superintendent of transportation of the Oregon Short Line, to co-operate with the military authorities with . reference to the. transportation of the troops. Mr. Manson will take charge of the transportation trans-portation problems if so requested, or act in an advisory capacity. Dr. H. P. Kirtley, lieutenant in the national guard medical force and offi- j cer in the medical reserve force of the United States array, yesterday received orders from Washington mustering him : into the federal service. Dr. Kirtley has j been relieved of duty with the national guard and will probably be the examin- ' ining officer when the" state troops are mustered into federal service. i Dr. Kirtlev spent yesterday at Ogden. examining the members of and recruits for troop B of the First Utah cavalry. Besides Dr. Kirtley, there are six other Salt Lake physicians who are members of the medical reserve corps. Thev are Drs. T. B. Beatty, J, F. Sharp, A. J. Hosmer, H. N. Mayo, J. K. Humphrey Hum-phrey and T. A. Flood. Both Drs. Mayo and "Flood have previously been called upon for service as members of the reserve re-serve corps. Dr. Mayo at various times has been physician for Fort Douglas. These doctors have passed examinations examina-tions given by the army board and have taken the correspondence courses in army surgery and hygiene. Whether the other local members of the corps will be called upon is not yet known. For the present at least, Lieutenant Kirtley will retain his commission with the national guard. Will Assist Employees, Two more firms yesterdnv announced that thpy would pay the salaries of any employee w-ho joined the Utah guards while they are in active service. The Consolidated Wagon & Machine company yesterday announced, through its board of directors, that it will pay the salaries of any of its employees who are now or will become members of the1 Utah nationnl guard while they are away from business in the service of the United States, and it furthermore j announced that the men's positions will I be open to them as soon as they are honorably hon-orably discharged from the national guard. It also was decided by the directors to send six of their emplpyees to the citizens '. military training camp at Fort Douglas, paying' their salaries over the four weeks period and assuring them their positions on return from the camp. Powder Company in Line. J. T. Skelly, vice president of the Hercules Her-cules Powder company at Wilmington, Del., yesterday telegraphed F. J, Mc-Ganney, Mc-Ganney, manager ot the Salt Lake branch, advising him that any man who has been in the employ of the company at least six months and is a member of the guard will be paid his regular salary, sal-ary, less the amount he receives from the government, for the next six months. After that time, if the men are still on government duty, the matter will be considered further. This applies, however, how-ever, to employees who are now members mem-bers of the guard. Mayor W. Mont Ferry announced yesterday yes-terday that the city commission as a whole' favors a plan of granting nt least, half pay to all married employees of the city" who, either as members of the national guard or as volunteers, are called to the border in event, of war with Mexico. The matter has been discussed dis-cussed bv the city commissioners only informally, but some action probably will be taken at an early meeting. Nurse Offers Services. Miss Dorothy Burton, 331 West Fifth South street, "a trained nurse, offered her services as a Red Cross nurse for Mexican service to the national guard recruiting office yesterday. As no provision pro-vision has been made for the recruiting of Ked Cross nurses her name was not placed on file. The Salt Lake chapter of the American Ameri-can Red Cross association will open headquarters today in the old city hall, formerly occupied by the police department. depart-ment. The efforts of the organization will be confined largely to obtaining new members and to preparing bandages and medicines, as prescribed by the na-titrual na-titrual organisation. ... ( |