The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-06
FORT DOUGLAS FACTS.

sigred to their company. He is one Of the |
most popular second lieutenants at the post.
We congratulate company H on securing |
First Lieutenant Lassiter-an able officer, .
an affable gentleman, he carries the respect !
OF all wherever he goes.
Several boys have asked for their dis |
charge on the veteran act''--that is all !
who have served over ten years can be dis |
charged on their own application.
We suppose the Fort Douglas baseball !
club is non est, or, to use plain United
States, is no more. Captain Lowry, you
must bestir yourself, get that nine in trim
and give US at least one game OF ball before
the cold of winter strikes US. We know the
baseball talent is here, and as manly sport,
having a tendency to the fuller develop
ment of man, we shall always encourageitS
There will be dances, dramas. operas and
other things toplease, interest and instruct
at the Recreation hall during the winter
months
Only eight patients in the hospital--a
good showing out of 400 men.
The sanitary condition of the posts good.
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Private John Brown, company H, Six
teenth infantry, was discharged from ser
vice last week, having completed an enlist
ment of FIVE years. He contemplates a
trip to California in the early winter, aud
will remain in Salt Lake until then. He is
| good boy and merits success wherever he
goes.
Apropos of the massing of the regiment,>
which will be not later than October /
next, few lines concerning the present
commander of Company G, Sixteenth in
fantry, will not be inappropriate. There
| is nothing in the history of the famous
Libby prison which exceeds in interest the
celebrated tunnel escape, which occurred
on the night of February 9, 1864. One
hundred and nine union officers passed
through the tunnel and As (including Col
onel Thomas E. Ross) were retaken. Only
few are living who worked in the tunnel,
scarcely over twelve. Thomas E. Rose,
colonel OF the Seventy seventh Pennsyl-
vania volunteers, engineered the scheme
from beginning to end. Colonel Rose was
taken prisoner at battle of Chickamauga,
September 20, 1868. He arrived as prisoner
of war at Libby prison October 1, 1868. He
was exchanged after his recapture on April
80, 1864, and joined his regiment in July
afterward He was a brevet brigadier-
general July %, 1865, and honorably
mustered out December s. 1865. In per
manent establishment, he was appointed
captain Eleventh infantry July IS, which
he accepted on January Z, 1867.
He was unassigned April IA, 1869, and
finally assigned to Sixteenth infantry
February Is, 1870, and since then has COM
manded company G of this regiment. He
is now at Fort Duchesne. So, with lit
tie intermission, Colonel Rose has served
faithfully since the war in the Sixteenth
infantry, in which regiment he holds a
captains commission and also retains his
brevet of heutenant-colonels since March 2,
1867, and from his reticent lips in these
peaceful days no one would hear from him
the story which links his name inseper-
ably with the famous bastile of the con-
federacy.
Sergeant Lavoy, of the battery, besides
being good drill-inctructor and an excel
lent non commissioned officer, has acquired
during nearly twenty years of service with
light batteries thorough knowledge of the
horse and as veterinary has proven him
self most valuable to the service. His
mode of treating sick horses and always
: curing them has gained him deserved
name as good veterinary surgeon where
ever he goes. In him, the service has ar
efficient and capable soldier, one who takes
an interest in his duties. May success al
ways attend him, whether in military or
civil life.
, We presume the cool weather will cause
the officers regular Friday evening hops tt
be resumed.
We are informed that our estimable
friend Color Sergeant George Hollar, who
E is also provost sergeant, will be promoted
regimental quartermaster Sergeant
g whilst Sergeant Greedy, late of l company
: will succeed Mr.. Hollar. We tender oul
congratulations to Me5srs. Hollar anG
Greedy. They are worthy of the highes
( promotion that could be rendered them.
: We regret to learn that the little son o.
= Colonel Montgomery Bryant Thirteenth
infantry, was bitten by rattlesnake som
/ three weeks ago. The little fellow is i'm
e proving. Colonel Bryant at one time wa
V major of the Fourteenth infantry and sta
: toned at this post. We knew him as lieu
J. tenant colonel of the Eighth infantry an
we are satisfied that few more popular, i
any, regimental commanders exist.
1t is simply astonishing to note throug
the columns OF the Kansas City Times, tn
X great number who are being discharge
o from the service. We are glad this oppor
e tunity is being afforded any who dislike tn
Is profession of arms. So from now on, wit
all the conditions of an enlistment starin
V him in the face, it is better for the would
u be soldier to be thoroughly posted on wha
"a may be required of him. 1t would not b
I out of place for him to read the articles o
i war After four or five years we may {!
N have an army contented with the service
# but as we have oftentimes said no matte
le where you go, or whatever may be the sui
roundings, men will be nervous, discor
j. tented and finally desert. FRITZ.