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Show BITTER! IS EXPECTED LAST OFJIE WEEK Private Advices Are That Men Will Entrain Today or Tomorrow. RECEPTION IS PLANNED Training Camp Committee Is Making Arrangements for Welcome Home. Kquipinent of thn Utah battery will lie loaded on a train at Morales, Ari.., ! today, and tlio artillerymen will entrain for homo cither tonight or tomorrow morning. They are exported to arrive in Halt Lako Saturday, according to an unofficial communication from a meni-licr meni-licr of the battery to .Major Wesley King yesterday. While the wire is not absolutely authentic, and did not conio through military channels, it is helieved by ol iji iula of the national guard here liiat the entraining for homo will be made at the time stated. Owing to numerous stops which will have to be made en route to provide food and water for tlio horses, it is estimated esti-mated that the arrival hero will not bo beioro late Friday nif;lit or Saturday morning. Plans for the reception of the artillerymen artil-lerymen will bo rushed by the citizens' training camp eommitteo having charge of the welcoming of the Utah boys. Will Meet Tonight. A meeting will be held tonight at S o'clock in the pffico of J. A. Hooves to arrange for the welcome. II r. lieeves said Cist night that although the time for arrival did not leave much time, it would be ample to arrange all of the do-tails do-tails for a rousing reception. Arrangements Arrange-ments for a parade of the members through the. streets will also be made, following the unloading of tho equipment. equip-ment. The. Second infantry, Idaho national guard, will not bo niustoied out at Fort .Douglas, as was first ordered by the war department, but will go through to dioiso on its return from tho Mexican border. This was announced yesterday in a telegram to Governor Alexander of Idaho from General Bell, of the western division U. S. army, in Sim Francisco. Concerted Efforts Win. ; The change was brought about by the ' concerted efforts made by Idaho state officials, headed by Governor Alexander, Alexan-der, and including tho Idaho Comnier-1 Comnier-1 cial club, the congressional delegation, and many prominent citizens. : Fort Douglas was selected by tlio war department for the mustering out of tho Idaho guardsmen because it has i Rmplo accommodations for the whole regiment, while tho Boiso barracks have j not. However, more than $1000 will be spent in arranging accommodations for the regiment at Boise, and advices from : thero say that the entire regiment can ' be properly housed after tho alterations 1 are made." Tho barracks, when com- j pleted, will accommodate between 1U0U and 1100 men, the advices said. |