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Show 117 Patriotism and morale got underway. were high as preparation for Mexican border service 8 At the armories ment tions activity was intense. From the armories field equip issued, the processing of recruits was initiated, physical examina were given, and the special On the first day of gear made ready for use. was the Guard assigned special details to prepare Ft. tion camp to receive the activated soldiers. The State duty Douglas as a mobiliza opened recruiting of bring the units to full com fices at the David Keith Building on Main Street to plement. The Battery moved its artillery weapons from the basement of the Capitol Building, where they had been stored for "safe keeping" at the insis tance of the Federal new recruits on of the veterans. for Armory a Troops few On June to the government, taking them the fundamentals of days artillery duty Fairgrounds and to A and C of Salt Lake drilled at to train the sharpen the efficiency the Pierpont Street before moving to the Fort. 22, Troops A and C were the first units to move to the mobi Douglas.9 They were followed on June 23 by Battery A, First Field Artillery, on June 25th by Troop B from Ogden and on June 26th by Troop E from Mt, Pleasant, Troop D of Manti and Troop G of Ephraim. After the War Department increased the Utah quota to two full squadrons and one field hospital Troops F (which had formerly been Troop D) and H were added, and they arrived at the mobilization camp on June 26th, June 28th, and July This completed the units to be mobilized at the camp on the southeast 1st. 10 section of Fort Douglas Military Reservation. lization station at Ft. "at the earliest Under orders to muster the National Guard moment" after they 8Deseret Tribune, June 9 met the minimum requirement of News, .Iune 19, 1916, p. 1; 20, 191G, p. 1; June June men 20, p. possible the units worked 2. Salt Lake 21, p. 12. F of Manti was redcstgnated as Troop D to Squadron Utah Cavalry with Troops A, B, C, and D. Troop D of Utah County which was delayed a few days in enlisting the required number of troops was reassigned as Troop F of the Second Squad ron Utah Cavalry which was made up of Troops E, F, G, and H. Salt Lake Herald, June 27, 1916, p, 7. complete A few days 10 Adjutant of Utah, Inter Troop the enrollment of the 1st General's Biennial 1915-1916, p. 13. Salt Lake 1916, p. 10. Deseret News, June 191G p. 2; July 4, 191G, p. 12. Report of the National Guard of the State Tribune, July 2, 1916, p. 24; July 4, 24, 1916; June 26, 1916, p. 14; June 28, |
