The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-24
A Spicy Dissertation ON the Army
Cooks.
CATHOLIC SERVICES AT THE POST.
Hopes Of the Electric Road-The Army Ration
The Post Minstrel Iroupe-The Fort
Dramatic Company.
We have no post chaplain at present.

we near II rumOfeu tnat the government
saw mill at Fort Duchesne was burned last
week.
The lower end of the infantry parade
ground is being neatly leveled by fatigue
parties.
The atmosphere has been close and sui
try for the past day or two and ice water is
in demand.
Captain Richards, as officer of the day,
and First Lieutenant Wright, as officer OF
the guard, were on duty on the 22d.
A general court-martial was convened at
the post on Monday afternoon, the 2lst
inst, to try such as may be brought be-
fore it.
A Catholic clergyman celebrated mass
and delivered a sermon at our chapel on
Sunday morning last. The services were
well attended.
Fishing parties now go out from the post
quite regularly, and from the choice strings
Of mountain trout brought back one can
Judge of the vast numbers of the finny
tribe in Utah's streams.
The post minstrel troupe, we under stand,
is contemplating a series of entertainments
on their return from the field. Their pro-
gramme will be good one and their per-
formers men of talent in that line.
We now have hopes" of that electric
road reaching US. Every day of idleness in
this move is money lost. The post patron
age is not to be sneered at: then there are
many in the city who would spend Sunday
with us, We're we easier OF access.
Trumpeter Birmingham, of Company B,
Twenty first infantry, who was discharged
from the service after i've years of duty in
the infantry, on the 20tn inst, re-enlisted
on the 2lst for the First artillery at Fort
Wadsworth, New DIRK harbor.
Under the Henderson amendment the
officers will have their innings, as fifty
captains will be made majors, one hundred
first heutenants, captains; $50 second lieu
tenants, first lieutenants, and POO second
ieutenants introduced. If this plan be
adopted the pay of this addition to the
army will swell the pay roll just 81, 100000.
Brigadier General A. Med. McCook will
be retired for age April -, 1885, Consider
ing that the close of the rebellion found
McCook major general of volunteers, it
seems that our government has been rather
tardy in doing the proper honors TO him.
Think of it, it took over a quarter of u cen
fury to place on his shoulders brgadiers
insignia. All honor to the deserving, and
most assuredly none filter can be found to
hold his new rank thanAleXander Mellow
sid McCook.
The Senate military committee, in report
ing fayorably on the artillery measure,
added the three battalion infantry
measure. Noticing this, the House mill
ldIA COllIIlIIcS HAS IGlDOEltu
other measure which will result in impor
tant changes. This adopts the plan of
seven artillery regiments and twelve com
panies for the infantry. Two companies
added to each infantry regiment would
give fifty new companies in all. This in
crease will call for the enlistment of = 800
mere men. The army will, by this new
feature, if adopted, be raised to $4,000 men.
Such a plan, regarding the infantry, will
call for 200 new second leutenantS TO be
drawn from civil life.
At present there is much talk in re the
adjustment of divisions in the army. BY
so doing it will greatly accelerate business
and will put communication in the hands
of the secretary of war from two to ten
days earlier than under the present system.
AS it is now, for instance, communication
directed to adjutant general of the army
from this post goes to headquarters de-
partment of the Platte at Omaha. thence to
headquarters division of the Missouri a,
Chicago, thence to Washington 1t can be
readily seen that the doing away with di-
\ visions and allowing the departments to dC
that work will prove of material benefit
The newspapers state that this matter has
been made the subject of quite serious con
sideration by the President.
Manager Keller, of the Fort Dougla.
Dramatic company, has laid aside the dram;
''Oliver Twist" until the weather some
what moderates, but will produce that eve
popular society comedy in three acts, en-
titled: as Marriage a FailureH' Thi!
drama is taken from the French, and ha
for its author that well-known composed
OF plays, Charles Weightley. The cast Wi
be composed of talented PLAYERS whose APP
pearance on other stages has been heraldeC
with much applause. 1t includes Mrs
Baker, Miss Black, Messrs. Morris
Gregory, H. L. Lake, John Taylor, W
Keller, and the child wonder little Franz
Wilton. In addition to the above, the en-
tertainment. which is billed for the 30tl
instant at orr Recreation Hall, will con
clude with ascreaming farce. Apropos o
above. 1t win not be amiss to mention tina
Manager w. Keller, our dramatic caterer
is brother of David 7. Keller, for year
proprietor of the Denver and Kansas Cit,
museums, and late of the Midland Theatr
OF Kansas City. Mr.. David Keller is nov
in Salt Lake with a view to open place o
amusement either in that city or in Ogden
We expect Mr.. d. Keller TO be on hand t
assist in our theatre on the Both instant.
We reproduce from the army and Mar
Regi.tcr the following article on 1.-THE Arm
Ration" 1t is credited by that journal /
the Excelsior, Mo, Times: We perceiv
in a leading metropolitan exchange that a
army officer has been everlastingly faye
and scourged before the army and publ
for criticising the ration fixed by law
The punishment. severe as it was. wa
merited, and the officer should be compelle
10 make humble apology to that defense
4 less and indefensible Sustenant of tn
American soldier. IL was fixed by the wis
dom that formulated our comprehensive
and incompatible constitution, and when
was fixed, it was fixed to stay. Recruit
may come and veterans may go, but tn
army ration was fixed to stay forever
therefore, when cur worthy commissary
general-the exalted dispenser OF pork an
beans-informs Congress and the arm
that the American army is the best fe
army in the world, he wants no back tall
and should have none. Discipline is disc
pline and must be maintained. We profes
profound reverence for this time honore
relic of antiquity and feel like giving tn
military salute when the words, army +;
tons, are pronounced in our presenc
Veterans of the late war may vince an
squirm little when they think of til
gripes and pains of the old regulation quicl
step, but they will rise as one man in d.
Tense of hard tack and rusty bacon. An
criticism of the old diet will incite insta,
revolt. Off with the head of him wi
dares make disparaging remark respec
ing the ration fixed by law America
citizens will be pleased to know that of
rials high in authority have not SO much
do as TO prevent them from maintaining I'll
dignity and supremacy of the ration fixe
by law The Car of all the Russias al
the despot of Turkey may permit their sc
diers to growl about their grub, but OIL
army ration fixed by law must be held TO
ever sacred, unchanged and above crit
cism.''
The following on army cooks is fro
the pen of resident OF Fort Douglas al
was handed us to use if we thought