Show OFFICERS INSPECT STABLES on wednesday afternoon colonel fred jorgensen Jorg easen e tate adjutant general a capt burden and major gordon come came up from salt lake city to inspect the stable plans prepared tor for the eling of 0 the old tannery building to ac com the ille horses 0 of troop D the plans call tor for the enlargement of the building to 40 feet wide by 77 feet long the lower or baser basement nent floor to be equipped with stalls and teed feed floor and the second floor to be fitted up for saddle harness hay and grain graan department and quarters tor for the stable stabio sergeant and his assistants the quarters to consist of two living rooms office and bath fully equipped the I 1 plans were approved by th the e adjutant general and the work was ordered to be rushed ahead to completion col jorgensen also looked over the armory quarters being fitted up at the academy ot of music alusic the dressing room and shower baths are practically completed with the exception of the installation stal tal lation of the lockers the troop quarters are ready to be cleaned up and an office for the first sergeant has been constructed in the south west corner of the building on oil the ground floor with an arsenal immediately across the hall to the east these two rooms were taken out of the entrance space to the dancing hall cutting down the room there to just a hall way right now a cement floor is being laid tor for a 1 target gallery extending enst east immediately 1111 inedia tely fro from in the west front entrance A modern close target rifle range will be installed so that the trop ers erg may get shooting practice at the armory it Is the hope ut of the officers that a swimming pool will lie be installed in the east end of 0 the armory which will make the place complete modern and comfortable over on oil the moroni jensen hillside property immediately east ot of tile the mertell merrell mill on the bench lauds a perfect rifle range has been laid out and the work of constructing the rifle pits and anal butts is now in in progress the range is divided into two three five and six hundred yard sections and the butts are constructed of concrete reinforced with a bench behind the wall from the marksmen where the operator of the target sits in safety and operates them the die cement butt is high enough so that the operator is concealed and is never in danger of 0 having the top of his lead head blown off by a stray bullet lie he times the operation 0 of hoisting the targets which shoot up ill beyond the cement parapet and remain in position tor for a definite length of 0 time luring during which the rifleman must discharge a given number of 0 shots at it the hits are recorded by the operator and lie he telephones the result back to the officer in charge of the marksmen the he pits being equipped with a telephone for this purpose the rifle range is one ot of the finest lit in the state and after the men getto using it troop D pro posses to carry off all the honors at tho the next state rifle meet while in the city on wednesday colonel bollei ollei jorgensen Jor geusen remarked that the brigham city troop raised particular ned at the recent rifle meet and also at the state preliminary encampment at r fort ort D A russell the colonel says troop D is some lusty aggregation ot of first class soldiers |