The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-02

sists of one brigadier- general, and four
teen second liutenants. General Greedy.
the chief, served two years of the late war
as al enlisted man, whilst each of the lieu
tenants rose from the ranks. This move
vii relegate to civil life, five of these
worthy signal officers whose shoulder
straps were most meritoriously earned by
hard work, they beginning as recruits and
climbing the signal ladder, rung after
rung.
every Saturday is the day set apart for
inspection, and usually the company
quarters are treated to bath of pure water.
lowing duett between two non commits
stoned officers:
Sergeant-Corporal, when are you going
to mop out the quarters.
Corporal-Immediately after we sweep.
Sergeant-Well, when are you going to
sweep!
Corporal-Just before we mop.
We have just examined Palmcr's Infantry
Equipment, contrivapce recently gotten
up by Captain George H Palmer, Six
teenth infantry. The equipment consists
OF carrying two braces and two bags, the
bags being joined together by one piece of
canvass, which forms their backs. The
equipment weighs three pounds and six
ounces. 1t is a decided improvement over
the pack, known as the Merriam Pack"
and was recently tried as to it's adaptability
ny Its command on their outing last summer.
Captain Palmer is to be congratulated on
| his invention, as it is superior to anything
OF its kind in existence. The Merriam
Pack rests on the spine and hips and is no
doubt injurious and exceedingly cumber-
some to the soldier when marching; whilst
this contrlvance rests entirely on the
shoulder and is easier TO unsling than the
one now in use. We trust Captain Palm
er's Equipment will meet with the en-
dorsement it deserves from the entire in
fantry arm of the service and that it will
be formally adopted by the secretary OF
war. The equipment, filled for field ser
vice, only weighs thirty pounds.
A recent decision of the war department
relative to war service, dates the COM
mencement Of the struggle as April Is,
1861, and the close May l, 1Se5. As we
read this article we remembered a decision
OF the Supreme court of the United States
relative to the same matter. Circular 2,
A. g. o.. March 16, 1883, among other
things has this to say concerning the war
OF the rebellion: april Is, 1861, is usually
held TO be the date on which the war was
opened. The supreme court of the United
States has decided that the war of the re-
beillon closed on August 20, 1866, the date
on which the President issued his procla-
NATION declaring the instruction at an
end." 1t rather savors of injustice to those
veterans desiring to complete their thirty
years service for the war department to
| ignore this decision of the highest court of
our land. 1t is not fair. The volunteers
were not mustered out until the latter part
OF 1866, yet 1t is now held the war closed May
l, 1865. The men who saw the south dur
ing its fever scourges and Ku Klux raids
Cnrn m in1v hot thn,,
war service is being cut off, 1t is highly
probable that war service will count
double, and the loss of even one year to a
man OF long service amounts to great
deal. Here at the post are many who, if
their war service counts double, have some
over, and quite a few within two years.
OF thirty years service.
The agony is over. The MINISTRIES were
an immense success. The ample hall used
for exhibitions was filled to Overlooking.
No standing room. We were there and
now acknowledge fair gag at our expense
Dy that excellent burnt cork artist, Mr..
Loury. The orchestra under the leader
ship OF Prof. Wolper rendered choice arias,
| and the curtain rose promptly at S:l5 on
Friday evening, giving the audience their
hrst opportunity to see the choice collection
| OF songsters and gag artists The songs
were goodi timely and excellent y rendered
whilst Messrs. Lake, Kennedy, Klumpp,
Scheffner, Loury, Driscol, Greenman.
knauss, Capen and Bryant deserve espe-
clal mention. The first part was concluded
with an exact imitation OF the Sixteenth
infantry band on dress parade This
brought down the house. Lynott in his
artlStlc clog was immense; whilst the great
and only WeitZell. the veteran comedian,
tragedian and stump orator, took his text
from paragraph l, page 2,002, army regula-
tons, and delivered an elegant discourse,
continually interrupted by applause, on the
history Of the lone widow and her moro
lonesome dog, that is more Familiarity
known as Mother Hubbard Next in
order came Sergeant Evans, of company
u, Sixteenth infantry. in his lightning gun
drill and club swinging. Mr. Evans has
appeared on the vaudeville stage before
and is professional. To say that he has
no superior, cannot be gainsaid. "Scotch
Melodies" duet on violin and guitar, was
reminder Of the days of 'iAuld Lang
Syne." Scheffner and Klumpp, with their
collection OF string instruments, acted well
their part, whilst j. II. Mclaughlin, in his
Irish song and dance character, was up to
our expectation. Joe Scheffner as the
Dutch comedian, proved himself winning
card and added more laurels to his we'll
earned wreath as an all-round comedian.
equal to the best in the profession The
performance concluded with a laughable
farce entitled, 1.-TWO Gay Deceivers." by
Messrs. Weitzell Kern and Hunter Toe
much credit cannot be given Sergean,
Evans and Mr.. Driscoll for their collecting
together such good material and in pre-.
senting performance which ran smoothly
from beginning to end.
OPEN AIR CONCERT.
At4:30 O'Clock sharp this afternoon, the
regimental band, under the leadership OF
Professor A. Fenssell and ably seconded by
Principal Musician Michae. Heating. will
render the following programme:
March, "Chevalier'' Lewis
2 o Ierture, Bronze Horse -AubeI
3-fantasia. LA MeXicana" Haze
4-WaltzeS, Viola Waltenfel
5-Gavotte from tine Pirates Daughter
Choral.
November 2, $780, FRITZ.
IN THE NEW STATE.