Show COMPANY E HAS RETURNED reports of sickness exaggerated boys are well satisfied with trip and treatment and accommodations furnished toe boys of company E armed home from the wyoming encampment on evening ening at 5 1 30 0 and their advent was so quiet thit not a soul ln eNof their arrival until the hail hail bail the gangs all here was nas heard as the bons marched to the armors singing the popular refrain in forty clif different ferent keys the boas bo s return feeling fine and having enjoyed every minute of their time in the encampment there were many conflicting reports of sick sickness nebs and disaster that had attended the guard but thise were all contorted stories of little incidents not worth morth mentioning A wild rumor gained circulation from a story published in a salt lake paper to the effect that one of the richfield boys became unconscious from fatigue on the march from dale creek and that he remained in that Londi condition tion for a couple of das it was vias rumored that walter morrison was the victim and then it was said that captain heppler was oer overcome come by the heat and had to take to his bed the fact is that there was no sickness among the guard barring a few temporary tempora rv ailments due to change of water vater and diet and there was aas not a serious case of sickness in the company the rumors arose from the fact that lee huntsman became tired after three miles of nf tramping and sought the ambulance as a means of reaching the encampment grounds the road too was said eaid to be sandy and hard traveling As a matter of fact ulu th road was is as hard as a pavement ment every step of the way the rumor that the boys were vere deprived of their on the first night in camp is also vit v bout foundation the men were all tired after the he tramp but the tired condition was mas due to the fact that the men N were ere ordered to march the last part of the road into camp at attention and this was what worked the greatest hardship on the boys the of the company and the officers are arc loud in their praise of the government for the eions made for the comfort of the guard in tra velling when salt lake city was vas reached the members of the guard from the south were transferred to the train at the 0 S L depot here an elegant train of pullman cars was found and the trip to dale creek was made in the finest style imaginable the food given was also of the best during the entire time fresh meat was on the menu cn every cry day and the hard tack and beacon was not served in the maneuvers at the encampment the utah boys were accorded praise for their work in drilling either in company or battalion formation they to good hil vantage while it et inspection last saturday compary company E was awarded high honors for the condition of their equipment in the sham engagements with supposed enemies the utah national guard won non the fight at eagle pass the members of company E were ere given a position supporting the battery and they had bad the best strategic that could be found for the revulsion reoul sion of an enemy in part of the maneuvers the richfield bras were pitted against the ma iti company and gained the decision over the sanpete bovi bomb continued on eighth page COMPANY E HAS RETURNED continued from first page taken all in all the experience has been of great value to the company and they return with an understanding of military affairs which they possess before there were about ten bands in attendance at the encampment and they furnished plenty of music during the time concerts by one or other of the bands were going all the time post trading stores were established so that the boys could buy fruit and other delicacies the officers quarters were pleasant and as a form of amusement they organized a society called company QI Q and all the new officers were initiated into the mysteries of the company amid much hilari hilarity tv one of the utah lieutenants refused to be initiated but he was stry coiry for his decision as a hazing experiment peri ment was performed which was worse than the initiation ceremony ball games wre wire pulled off and altogether the boys were arc well satisfied with the their it trip to wyoming four members of company E L stopped off in salt lake to try the qualifying contest in marksmanship the best marksman in the guard will gu go to camp perry ohio for the national shooting tournament those of company E were leonard Christen christeneen ben taylor goodwin lamar gardner and wilford jensen and joshua ogden will vill try for pit man |