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Show Oil ADMINISTERED TO FIRST SQUADRON Major Williams's Troopers Are Mustered Into Service of the Nation. WHEN THEY GO SECRET Barron Gets Lieutenant's Commission; Meyers Is Slated for Other One. Willi Hlrr.pl" nut In i prw.-w p vrrc.moiurs f.trt- itffh u n I J 7 -J um.ii forrnintr t he firm h. pm. Iron, I-'lr.-.t n v.ilry. National Cniifl tit I'l.'ili, wfrr r,.iyu-ie yp.sten;iy Into fenVral er ice a t i 'nui IjouUih. Tu-lftv the former KiisiniMinr-n will turn In the. mulonul jjuaM ntiilptiiiit in their po.tHefisloii atfl r'-e! ve lnst.i:;nl regulation fiHd eriuli'incnt from tint KowiinmenL Tlw tvlll t'.en lie ready lo Htfi1' for 1 he 1'invW at the order from the war depart de-part men t . U'h-ri re! rent w;ih smithied fit .r o rlm-k --st r nhi y ;i fd-riir.on Ma.K'1' W'. I. Wil-iittniH. Wil-iittniH. rruiitiiiui.lfim' the first h. nan" run, Die liea.hiiin rtei s' staff, an. I membera or ,ooiM A. I h rxl I) acinMc.d on the j.arjil- Ri-niiii.lrt nml pasn-.l In review before. be-fore. r,ieiiten;Liit KiiKeiii' S.uiiMchi. I'liitcd .Stalew Arm v. mii':ter!tur nll'ircr, and (iov-M'lior (iov-M'lior William Spr.- are! the members of, Ms fttaff Aft'-r rollriill of each company com-pany thrt oath of iViillv to the federal rov-i-rniilPtit was ;id ml rnH erH and the mem-hfi-N of the fn-Ht sfiuiidmii. Mmt cavalry. tt.ttir.hRl 'liK.id of l'tah, sinned 1 he nuiMtM- rollH nml formed a unit In the oiKanla-d militaiy fune of the United Slates. Destination Secret. To what point the first squadron will Ko nml when It will leavn remain secrMs. It ih posslhle that the. com niandi n offl-eor offl-eor will li without the information until the unit Is imported to the western ie-ii'lmetit. ie-ii'lmetit. as readv for service and further Inslrm-tlona are received. The unit prob- j tihly v. Ill be reported ready fnr Hervlco litis afternoon, but it is doubtful whether 1r will et started for the border before "UVdnendav nlffht or later. Tlie field hospital under the command of Major .1. 1". Sharp still Ih short a heu-iHuint, heu-iHuint, but otherwise is piacthnlly ready for muster, and probably will po to the border at the pa me time as the first pqimdron. All equipment iie.-es.sary- for the fild hoHpitjil has been received from the coast. The hospital has Us complement com-plement of men. The lieutenancy prob-' itbly will be filled today or tomorrow. Vacancies Filled. As soon ns A. R. Meyers, formerly servant ser-vant in the resular army and cavalry Instructor to the national Riiard of Utah, is given his commission as lieutenant in the national fruard, tho organization of the Second squadron will be complete. Sergeant Mevers received telegraphic notice no-tice vetttcrdav that his discharge had been forwarded by tho war department and his appointment us second lieutenant In the First cavalry of Utah la expeetoa to bo made immediately. Tb other vacancy in the list or commissioned com-missioned officers of the Second squadron was lilled yesterday by the appointment of CT. L. Barron of troop H as second lieutenant. L-leutenant Itarron formerly wn sertrennt In troop K of Mt. Pleasant, but transferred to troop It as a private when the Logan troop was organized. Lieutenant Roy Williams, second lieutenant lieu-tenant of troop C. has been transferred lo fill the office of quartermaster of the Heeond squadron, and Sergeant G. H. Payne, first sergeant of troop C, has been promoted to the position of sergeant major of the Second Bquadron. Not Assigned Yet. Lieutenants Meyers and Barron have not been assigned as yet. but will go to troops F and H of the Second squadron. The officers of the Second squadron are: Maior W. B. Wallace, commanding; Lieutenant Bruce Wedgwood, adjutant; Lieutenant Roy Williams, quartermaster nnd commissary; Sergeant Major G. H. I'Hvne. Troop k Captain S. M. Nlelson. First Lieutenant A. K. Wllfong, Second Lieutenant Lieu-tenant B. E- Reynolds. Troop F Captain Freeman Bassett, First Lieutenant C. IT. Arns, Second Lieutenant Lieu-tenant A. R. Meyers or G. L. Barron. Troop G Captain Fred Jorgensen. First Ijleut"nant Charles Rnsmussen, Second Lieutenant Krnell Mortensen. Troop H Captain E. G. Woolley, Jr., First Lieutenant E. G. Spencer, Second Lieutenant A. R. Meyers or G. 1 . Barron. Troops F and H completed their troop organizations yesterday by appointing non-commissioned oftlcers as follows: Troop F R. F. King, tlrst sergeant; W. C. Stark, quartermaster sergeant; K. Bosbard, P. Benson, If, Martins. H. K. Bolts, sergeants; R. J. Cunningham, A. L. Hatch. L Fleming. V. G. Crawford and K. Decker, corporals. Troop H J. K. Hatch, first sergeant; Irvine L. McAlister. quartermaster ser-geunt; ser-geunt; Fred W, Thomas. Fred 1 f. Vogt, Samuel YV. Klter. Olaf H. Xelsom Reuben Reu-ben Johnson and N. D. Sjilisbu ry, sergeants; ser-geants; James R. Anderson. David O. Theurer, John O. Kersey. Parley Hansen. Alvln H. Hopkins and David J. Shaw, corporals: Harold W. Brangham. lance corporal; Henry B. Johnson a-nd William A. YVoodside. trumpeters; behind Pickett, horseshoer; John A. Frank, furrier. Men May Frolic. This being Independence day, the men Jn camp will be given a half-holiday, according ac-cording to present nlans. Mem hers of troop F probably vslll be given leave to go to Provo to participate in the July 4 demonstration there. As many other members of the camp as can be spared wilt be permitted to spend a half-day where they please. With the mustering Into federal service ser-vice of the First squadron and the filling of other units to practically the required ultength. orders were given last night for the closing of the downtown recruiting oftice of tiie national guard. Today the equipment will be returned to the armory. Hereafter applicants may enlist for the national guard either at the Fort Douglas Doug-las camp or at the recruiting oftice of the United States army In the White House hotel on the corner of Main and Second South st reets. At the request of the local chapter of the American Red Cross society, the red cross signs on the dispensary windows of the Volunteers of America are being removed. re-moved. The use of the red cross insignia bv any ot Iter organlzat ion is considered by the American Red Cross society to be an infringement. Colonel H. M. H. bund, assistant adjutant adju-tant general and chief of the commissary of the mobilization camp, received a letter let-ter yesterday from the officers of battery A, stationed at Novates, expressing appreciation ap-preciation of assistance given them by Colonel Lund before the batterv left Salt bake. |