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Show GENERAL I W. YOUNG ADDRESSEMEGIMENT Commander Bids Farewell to Men and Officers of 145th Artillery. TO COMMAND BRIGADE Personnel of Utah Unit Is Given High Praise by-Promoted by-Promoted Leader. By FLOYD A. TIMMEEMAN, Staff Correspondent. Special to The Tribune. CAMP KEAKNY, Cal., May 4. With the time near when Brigadier General Bichard W. Young will leave the Utah regiment for his new assignment he has written a farewell message to the officers of-ficers and men. This morning, at the inspection formations, the message was read by battery commanders to tho artillerymen, ar-tillerymen, and it was greeted with great cheers, although a note of sadness has crept into the ranks through thoughts of losing the beloved commander. In the months of training General Young has built up a lasting love and friendship with the men or his command, com-mand, scores of whose fathers fought by his aide during tho Spanish-American war. ) In his message General Young calls attention to the enviable record the Utah men have made in training. How-evor, How-evor, he believes this to be but a faint indication of the greater honors that will come through tho real test and ordeal of war. Respond to Training. General Young said in part: I am not so egotistical as to arrogate arro-gate to myself any undue, or much, credit for your achievements. These v are to bo ascribed, primarily, to the high average of your soldierly characteristics; char-acteristics; and, secondarily, to the quick and full response that you havo mado to the instruction imparted im-parted and discipline enjoyed by "the trained officers and men of the First Separate Utah battery, the efficient artillery nucleus of the regiment, reg-iment, and both experienced olficors and men of tho cavalry and other organizations of our national guard, and in no small degree to the dominating dom-inating intelligence of Brigadier General Lyon, our este-emed and popular brigade commander. Value of the Soldier. To the casual observer, the soldier sol-dier is without identity, a mere item of a mass of entirely similar beings; be-ings; but to him who has the good fortune to mingle closely with the troops, the soldier emerges as an individual, distinguished often by such qualities as lend value and charm to the race. In the masses before acquaintance, the soldier may not seem to be intrinsically of very great value, but when you come to know him you find out he is worth a million dollars of any man 's money. Then you understand under-stand why he is the very apple of his parents' eyo, and whv he has been able to grapple friends to him with hooks of steel. Knowing this well, I regret not knowing you better. At the present moment I am not advised as to wdiat my immediate assignment to duty may be, but most devoutedly hope it may be to command the Sixty-fifth artillery brigade, composed, as it. is, not only of our own regiment, but of other organizations whose excellence is attested and whose, membership is of the highest type of American manhood. As yet General Young has received no official word as to his assignment to command the Sixty-fifth brigade, and Major General Ieroy S. Lyon is still in command until orders arrive. General Gen-eral Young, with Major LeBoy Bourne and Captain and Mrs. Wesley E. King left early this morning on a motor trip to Los Angeles, and will return tomorrow tomor-row night. Major Bourne will leave the party at Biverside and entrain for Utah to greet, his new daughter, which arrived in the Bourne home a few days ago. Major Bourne will remain in Salt Lake ten days. Inspection was on the programme for the Utah men this morning, following which they swarmed to the trains and stages for their Sunday leave. More than 100 of the Utah men are now in Ixis Angeles taking part in the Flag Day celebration. Batterymen Qualify. Members of B battery, composed mostly most-ly of Ogden boys, have won an enviable record on the pistol target range. Bach I man has qualified in the slow and rapid fire instruction course and the batterv-men batterv-men are now taking up the record work. Captain J. R. Ward and Sergeant W. A. Guddmansen clashed yesterday in a duel for the battery championship, and Captain Ward was compelled to take second honors. Sergeant Guddmansen shot a score of 88 per cent, while the battery commander fell below this by a few points. Others in the battery who have made good scores on the record course arc: Earl Pingree, with a score of 74, and Sergeant Forrest M. Car-hart Car-hart with 65. For the first, time since the Utah men have been training here fire call brought them from their beds last night, when a small blaze was discovered in the regimental warehouse. Within four minutes the entire regiment was out and ready to battle the flames. The blaze, however, was extinguished by the guard before it could do damage. It was caused by spontaneous combustion in a bale of waste. C battery today promoted Corporal Horace Ensign to be sergeant, and Privates Pri-vates Henry A. Froglcy and Garland B. Woodward to be corporals. In D battery Wagoner Harry K. Balcom was made corporal. Private James A. Miles of B battery rose to mechanic, while Albert Al-bert E. Allard was promoted to be a private of the first class. |