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Show WESTERrTsOLDlERS SENTT0B0RDER UTAH AND IDAHO GUARDSMEN ANSWER COUNTRY'S CALL AND ARE SENT SOUTH. Cavalrymen from Utah and Infantry, men From Gem State Will Sea That Mexicans Do Not Crost the Lino. Salt Lake City. The first squadron. First cavalry. Nvtionul Guard of I't.ih, left for tho border July S. The First squadron, comprising fifteen, ofilrrs nnJ approximately enlisted mou. under the command of Major V. G. Williams, ocvupiod a special train of sixteen cars on tho way to the border. Lieutenant P. I. Jansen, appelated to the medical corps, left lu charge of the medical corps with the First squadron. squad-ron. The Second squadron cavalry and tho field hospital, the two remalnins I'tah units asked for by the war de-partmect. de-partmect. are expected to Kave for the border witlm a few days. Two troops of the squadron were organized or-ganized under the laws recently ei-ct-ed affecitr.K the military organization of the couutry and axe already mustered muster-ed into federal service-. Work incident to mustering the remaining troops is practically finished, and the muster will be accomplished as soon as the needed recruits are obtaintu. The field hospital probably will If mustered muster-ed at the same time as the Second squadron, and is expected to entrain at the same time. The First squadron wits commanded by Major Williams. Lieut. D. O. Kich-art. Kich-art. formerly of tlte regular army, was in the position of adjutant, w hile Lieut. F. E. Barnum is in charge of the commissary com-missary and G. H. Holmes is serving as sergeant-major. The four troops of the First squadron squad-ron are commanded as follows: Troop A. Salt Lake. Capt. E. Le Koy Bourne; troop B, Ogden, Capt. W. E. Kneass; troop C. Salt Lake, Capt. Elmer Johnson; John-son; troop D, Manti, Capt. 'Fred Kam-merman. The squadron wil be accompanied to the border by Lieut. F. I. Jansen of the medical corps. He issued orders by which at least six members of the field hospital of the National Guard of Vtah, enough to care fo all members mem-bers of the first squadron, will go od the line of duty. Vtah boys at Nogales, Arizona, are happily situated and eager for action in Mexico. The Vtah battery has one of the best locations in the whole camp. It is situated on a hill. Captain Webb has everything in shipshape. The boys have been vaccinated against smallpox and inoculated against typhoid. There has been no sickness among the boys of the battery yet and the only complaint is of inability to get their mail regularly, due to improper address. All mail should be addressed to Nogales, Ariz., care of the Vtah battery. bat-tery. Members of the Vtah National Guard on duty at the border are to receives potatoes in cream and salads at least they are to have a few luxuries in the way of edibles to relieve re-lieve the monotony of hard tack. A fund to provide such extras for the men who have answered the country'3 call has been promoted in Salt Lake and it is announced that the Vtah Copper Cop-per company has donated $225 toward the project. Other contributions are expected end it Is believed that the militiamen from Vtah will fare as good as any of those drawn from other states to serve at the border. |