Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-06-04 | Page 20 | Balboa Residents Prove Genial Hosts

BALBOA RESIDENTS PROVE GENIAL H0$ Knock Off An Worktop tertain Otah Boys on March. .j MORE HONORS WON Battery Ranks Highest of Any in Division for Discipline. By FLOYD A. ' Staff Correspondent. -WITH THE UTAH REGIMEKT J T7TE FIELD, BALBOA, CaL, Juzt U The town of Balboa, CaL, was a worta town today, as far as labor was concern Every resident of the town pat aside duties throughout this afternoon ami -j. night and devoted every minute of to making the vialt of the Utah ardrr, men a happy one. If a man was an experienced met? he was placed In charge of a motor t and he spent the day and nieht in rilij the soldiers about tie bay. Diners trvt-ed trvt-ed a bandstand on the pLer, and a army was put to work arranging the dj tribution of ioe cream, lemoT.a e: cake. fctill others acted as chauffter v: hauled the Eoldiers on sightseeing r in machines donated for the occa;: The women of the town spent tie indoors making cakes, pies ard v. wichea. The only ones exempt frosij were the young ladies, who were ici 2 look their prettiest tonieht and tr. soldiers supplied with dances v'zL-regimental v'zL-regimental band grinds out th ir a.1 ra. Hike Seven 3Ii3es. The artillerymen marched t-3t miles today, but they were the hr. seven miles of the entire hike- Tr7.11 dust and heavy Eand the cir:-piodded. cir:-piodded. and the footing was not th v-A v-A short cut w as taken from Ltri " Balboa along the seashore, and lu ti responsible for the bad. marcbing rations. ra-tions. The wagon train was compelled t? 1:-the 1:-the longer route, but the jotta-handled jotta-handled eo successfully under th f.- vision of lieutenant Gordon L.t-;; that the wagons were on hand Z'i. into in-to unload b-Jt a short time af;r ter-arrived. ter-arrived. The short cnt brou?h: '.1 1 tillerymen to their campins grccri: . 10:50 this morning. Camp was ea":-in ea":-in forty minutes and ti.e men vers i missed until retreat at 5 o'clock. Officers of the regiment were tr:z pleasant surprise today when Ci" Austin, divisional supply officer, rais:'. Utah regiment the highest in the t: d:i5ion in marching disrip'ine. . rr. ply officer has been present on tv'e."T : taken by the orc-aniz.itions of the c."i and has had ample opportunity to c-:-carefaliy the cor.diiions govern -marches.- Utahns Rank First. He rated the 115th engineers, wt:::-known wt:::-known to t-e a cra-ck organization, a end to Utah. He also complimented the officers the spirit of the men under co winch have been more tryins th."- m a rc h e s held. Si n gi n g in the rn the men piod along and tl-.e spiri:e:-s among the units to win the estab':?"-of estab':?"-of niirht camps has shown the ur-iT spirit. Another record is beheed to hse " established on tlve present hike in r?r. to sickness. As ye: there has one under the care of pivsicians fc: l-thine l-thine more serious than Mistered in- Tomorrow the men will have f. hike of nine miles and rech the ri their iou rney north wa rd at Sar.ia ;' The ai-rival of the bos is ept;t?i noon. Two days in Santa Ana i"i men will bo dismissed until night to visit Los AngeCes. T: r-1 of Santa Ana have notliied Co'o: T that tli ey have n 1 a d e a rra n ; : take care of &1 the men in vane:: ::r for one good home -cooked tries'. Many other features have been 5rri:: to entertain the soldiers. T.--morning, just before the men a-"? missed to go to Txvs Angeles, the -n-payroll will bo distributed.