| Show Better Utah Guard Is Campaign Motive I With the craze of preparedness preparedness' I sweeping the entire country and the questions coming from every source source What are are we going going- to do Shall we have a continental army Shall we make a national l defense out of the guard or what kind of a citizen soldiery sol sol- soldiery diery shall we have and a thousand other questions The answer is No Noone Noone Noone one knows Whatever comes the First Utah battery will not be found wanting The officers are putting putting- In four nights and Sunday morning of each week at hard work in order that they may be qualified quail quail- fled fied to meet any emergency demand the war department might ask of them In 1915 1916 this battery qualified second in the United States in first class gunners gunners gunners gun gun- ners and Corporal Franklin D. D Ta Taylor Tailor lor of ot this organization qualified as li h-gh- h gh est man of all the militia batteries in inthe inthe inthe the United States A rigid course of ot instruction along these lines is being followed at the present time in order that they may qualify second to none in the year 1916 v The officers of the Utah battery are busy along other lines preparing for their examinations by the war department department de de- department in April Each officer must qualify in the following subjects Field artillery drill regulations material administration administration administration ad ad- ministration field service regulations and will wit also have to qualify as first class gunners become and and become expert signal signal sig sig- nal men These examinations are conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted by the war department through its inspector instructors who are assigned assigned assigned as as- signed to the different districts of the tile militia field artillery In accordance with instructions received received received re re- re- re from the chief of the division of militia affairs the battery has submitted submitted sub sub- submitted its estimate of forage and bedding bedding bed bed- ding that will be required during the year Six tons of straw twenty tons of oats oats' two and one half tons of bran and twenty-six twenty tons of timothy will be required to feed the theten theten ten en horses assigned to battery for instruction instruction instruction in in- In the noncommissioned officers officers' school held in the battery Thursday night the subject ct of shelter tent pitch ing and preparation of the pers personal nal equipment for inspections was taken up On Monday next the same subject subject subject sub sub- will be taken up in fn battery drill The sixty or seventy men will pitch their shelter tents in fn the drill hall using large carpet tacks instead of tent pins After the tents are ard pitched the men then lay their personal equipment equipment equip equip- ment blankets etc in a certain order in the door of the tent During the last week tho the following enlistments have been made in the battery Stephen J. J Tucker Walter Valter Royce Roy Powell Louis A. A Page John Ingram Ingram Ingram In In- gram Lawrence Cline Hamilton S. S Baker Samuel Grant Young During the week which ended Thursay Thursday Thurs Thurs- Thursday day ay night the regular drill n ni night ht of troop A First cavalry more t man an a dozen new men were added to the or oro Those enlisted include Francis Letchfield E. E A. A Mack Bertrand Bertrand Ber Ber- Penrose James L L. Wheat Byron Swan Arthur Samuel Oleson A A. D. D Victor H. H Snow William William Wil Wil- liam Ham H. H Caine John T T. T Hoyt Russell Richards John JohnS S S. McCurdy 1 Troop A completed its moving this week Into new quarters on the the ground ground floor of the armory now having awell a well appointed dayroom where current magazines and military publications are supplied a it study and writing room provided and an interesting coll collection of rifles rines pistols and other military equipment of antiquated pattern Is dis- dis played Tables have been provided for checkers and chess and a war game map Is available for tor working out military exercises In addition to to this this' social room the troop boasts a horse I equipment room that is not excelled in the country in the re regular militia service Troop offices storerooms for I quartermaster and ordnance e stores locker rooms and cleaning rooms are provided giving the organization ample ample am am- pie accommodations T he troop also has the u use of the large ranges for winter work with rifle rifle and kind and automatic pistol preliminary to work on the target ranges in fu he the spring and summer 1 The influx of new members in the troop necessitated during the week its Interior reorganization which is now as follows Capt E. E L. L Bourne commanding commanding commanding com com- manding First platoon First C. C W. W Wilson Second platoon Second D D. G. G Richart First squad Sergt J. J G. G McCollom Corp J. J A A. Mill- Mill yard Second squad Sergt M. M L. L Young Lance Corp F. F A. A Third squad Sergt T. T A A. Cornell Corp Ralph Burton Corporals Hal Seal and Don G. G Williams First Sergt A. A Y Hardy Quartermaster Sergeant T T. G. G GI I Vacancies exist in the troop In the I grades of and and saddler An effort Is being made to secure the enlistment en en- enI en- enlistment I of two competent men to fill these positions I Application f for r the detail of Farrier W. W J. J Stevens of the troop to attend I the school for and blacksmiths at Fort Riley Kan has been made I |
