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Show WILL SOON BE READY. It has been slow work for the government gov-ernment to get together sufficient equipment equip-ment for the national army of 500,000 men to be called into service September 1 and provide for the regulars and the national guard at the same time, but we understand the work is now well in hand and that the clothing and other supplies for the guardsmen, will be ready by August 5, the date upon which the last contingent of state troops will be assembled preparatory to going to the cantonments for training. The main difficulty was in getting started. Once the army is in the field there will be no lack of equipment, for there will be enough factories at work to satisfy almost al-most any kind of a demand. If there had been a call for volunteers immediately immedi-ately following the declaration of war, and a million men Jiad responded to the call we could not have assembled an army more quickly. There has been some impatience manifested mani-fested because more men have not been sent to France, but everything is moving along satisfactorily at present, and it will not be many weeks before the regulars regu-lars and the guard will beat the front, while the first 500. nno men of the new armv will bn in active training in order that they, too, may take their places in the trenches. The First f'tah light artillery will be incorporated in the federal service early next month, and the men will be sent to California for a short period of training, j They will not return to Utah until after j the war is over, and the time of their ; departure from the California camp for tbe front will not be made known to the public. The three regiments at Fort I Douglas will also cross the ocean before j snow flies if all goes well, and the post i may he used for more recruits. In the- j course of a few days the selective draft will be put into full operation and the j names drawn iu Washington. The Utah i contingent will be assembled in Salt ' Lake before going to the training camp, and thus form another link connecting this city with the war. With the departure de-parture of so many men from the state we shall view the conflict at closer range, and our interest will, of course, be intensified by reason of the fact that our relatives and friends will be on the tiring line. There is every indication that with plenty of equipment we shall soon have a big army in France. |