The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-01
FORT DOUGLAS FACTS.

Agreeably to the order published in last
last Sundays issue of THE HERALD doing
away with companies I and K of each in
fantry regiment, Company "I' at this post
will no doubt soon loose its identity as a
company and be merged into the remaining
five of the Sixteenth stationed here. ''K'
Company is at Fort Duchesne, and its en-
listed men will, in all probability, he as
signed to companies of the regiment there.
Messrs. Spidell and Holt, our school
teachers, have young printing establish
ment at their quarters. They have quite a
lot of fancy Job type, a small job press and
hearty will 10 master the various nitric
acies OF the tart preservative." Mr.. Holt
showed US some of their work, and we must
say it was neatly executed. they co this
as an amusement, and whilst willing away
the interim of the school vacation are fast
becoming expert typos. Success to them.
They are worthy gentlemen.
BY the consolidating OF the ten COM
panies into eight, and the battery to go to
Fort Riley, Kansas, in the fall (Septem-
ber), there viii be barrack-room here
ample to quarter the companies OF the Six
teenth now at Fort Duchespe, and thus
get the entire regiment together
Major Parle commands the battalion on
parade during the week.
If any one desires to see the battery in
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on Friday afternoon. That splendid body
of men only parade once week.
Recruits now enllsting have the option of
serving either three or five years, tue term
of enlistment being for five years. This is
in accordance with recent orders.
Captain Lowry, of the Fort Douglas
baseball club authorizes US to state THAI he
will patrol his nine out in the green diamond
harness as soon after the summer campaign
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to meet other clubs and will be only too
glad to try that part of the Salt Lakes with
whom he played two years ago. Our boys
are good twirlers, fleet base runners and
extremely handy both at and behind the
bat May Captain Lowry and his nine be
ever successful, knowing not the meaning
of the word defeat in all their games to
come. Confidence, boys, is half the vic
tory, so remember the words of Cardinal
Richelieu: SIN the lexicon of youth,
which fate has reserved for brighter
manhood. there is no such word as fail"
Quite number of enlisted men, who are
members of the Three Link fraternity,
were in Salt Lake city on the Doth and par
tlcipated in the ceremonies of that benevo-
lenl order
Two more subscriptions to THE HERALD
since last report, and promises of more.
Wish our genial post librarian would have
| UnlS popular JOURNAL pecluanentIy lHGFu-
duced into the library. 1t : withal the best
newspaper published in b, Rocky noun
tain region.
To accommodate seventy men, which will
probably be the average number to com
pany now, additions will have to be built to
the present barrack rooms. The quarters
as they now stand are filed to overflow
inSn with forty eight
The beef furnished by J. F. White, Esq.
the contractor, is of very superior quail
ity and is well liked by the various com
panies. Bic
A Washington telegram to the San Fran
cisco eau, of date 25th inst, says regarding
the reduction of COMPANIES in a regimen
from ten to eight, that the Henderson bill
making each regiment three bettalion
strong, four companies to a battalion, vii
, probably pass, and the regiments have nov
, been reduced to two battalions of four com
panies each in expectancy.
J Captain Ward and Lieutenant Gregg
Sixteenth infantry, were duly mounted a
officer of the day and officer of the guar
on the Both.
FRJTZ