The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-13
THE BOYS IN BLUE.
More About the Residents of the
Military City.
THE LADIES' RIDING CLUB.
A Revised Clothing Price List-The Sunday
Band Concert-Pers0nal and General
Points of Interest

The weather prophet has evidently heard
our prayer, for be it known slight breeze
cooled our fevered brow while on fatigue
yesterday. BY fatigue we mean hand
ling pick ana shovel. Everyone coming
off guard has chance to develop his mus
Giles.
Lieutenant Colonel Penrose, Sixteenth
iLf lntry, commanded the battalion on pa
rade during the week ending to- day.
Owing to the activity displayed by that
whole souled embodiment of humanity,
George Mcintyre, of d company, Sixteenth
infantry, the troops are enabled to Qucnch
their thirst with ice water. George pushes
on the relns Of the team that draws the ice
wagon, The post 5000 pounds of
ice daily.
An excavation is being made at the
north end of the east ice house, prepare
tory to enlarging it. The addition will be
strongly and substantially built of stone,
quarrled on the reservation.
Soldiers, subscribe for THE HERALD. 1t
is the only sheet published in Utah's CAPT
tai city friendly to enlisted men, as it
shows in Its comments of our doings The
subscription price is 81 per month. Leave
your name and company at the business
office of The HERALD, corner First South
and West Temple.
1t is indeed gratifying to the soldiers of
the Sixth now serving in this regiment to
know that General A. D. McCook, the gal
liant colonel of that regiment, has been pro
NOTED to the rank of brigadier The
McCook family is in truth family of
warriors, their record for bravery having
been insaanced more than once on many a
sanguinary field of carnage during the late
war. General McCook will be succeeded
by Lieutenant-Colonel Cochran, Fifth in
fantry.
SOLDIERS are being discharged nearly
every day from Fort Douglas under the
new law, which allows discharge on
written application to the department com
mander where the application is accom-
panied by letter from reliable business
man, stating the applicant is capable of
bettering himself by leaving the army and
that the recommending party is ready to
give him employment at remunerative
wages. This legislation was enacted with
view to reduce desertion and according
to the soldiers here, the object is
being attained as far as this fort
is concerned" = Tribune, July 9.
This is the first instance where we ever
heard of department commander dis
charging soldier, unless it be on sur
geon's certificates of disability The adju-
tant-general of the army, who is direct rep
resentative OF the secretary, is the party to
be addressed on the subject. AS to the
daily discharge, which the Tribnns tells us
OF, we must say they did not get real good
Information, as this writer knows of more
than one application under the new law''
which was returned with a great "disap-
proved written on it as an endorsement
0y order OF the secretary of war. The text
OF the new law in effect since July l, 1890,
was published in THs DAILY HERALD of the
18th instant. True, quite few were dis
charged as intimated by the Tribune, but'it
IS no daily occurrence; but legislate as will
the powers that be, men will desert every
now and then, but the new law will lessen
it to great extent.
Colonel Blunt commanded the battalion
on drill yesterday morning. The various
evolutions were most creditably performed
In your issue of Thursday typo
graphical error made the name of Corporal
John Draney read Barney. The corporal
is one of the best shots in the army and
will open the eyes of many at department
headquarters when he arrives there as
competitor for place in the team.
The newly revised clothing price list.
which went into effect July l, 1890, makes
the cost of many articles of wearing ap-
parel cheaper than heretofore, whilst the
cost of some of wooden manufacture is
increased.
Captain Jocelyn and Lieutenant Styer,
Twenty first Infantry, were on guard duty
Thursday.
We are told that several ladies living on
the '1inen have organized riding club
They are progressing finely and ere long
will be quite proficient in handling an
equine.
The performance given at Recreation
hall by the officers and their ladies, on Fri
day evening last, was quite success Each
acted iC apf nt re
tripping the light fantastic was in order.
On the whole, the evening was most en-
joyably spent and all present were en-
phatic in their plaudits of those who par
ticipated in the different parts.
The officers have hop every Friday
evening. Music is furnished by the regi-
mental band.
Professor Keller, the manager of the
dramatic club, informs us that he contem-
plates another performance at an early day
and will give US synopsis of his next eff
fort early next week.
Five recruits for companies of the Six
teenth, stationed at Fort Duchesne, left
for that post to- day.
During the five years of soldiers service
he is allowed clothing money as follows:
First year, S6S.17 second year, $1,000 :;
third year, 1852; fourth year, S3O66; fifth
year, S27.37. The first year is divided in
two parts, for first six months he is al
lowed S57.67; the remaining six 5000. If
he does not purchase clothing to the
amount of aggregate allowance, he is paid
what he has saved at the expiration of his
term of service
THE HERALD has received two new sub
scribers in the past forty eight hours, the
parties being enlisted men.
One enlisted man remarked to us yester-
day that If we are ordered to field prior to
the August election, the Demo cratic party
will lose many votes. We agree with him.
Soldiers, you have vote on Monday,
July IA, 1880, may we ask you to do your
duty? Remember the treatment accorded
you in Salt Lake since the advent of the
Liberal party. The Liberals then only
gained the day by aid of the Democrats To
day Liberalism is unmasked, it is only Re
puolicanism, and all true Democrats will
forsake it. Whilst we are not particular so
much as TO who governs the city, yet we
are human, not bruteS, because we wear
the blue uniform and are sworn to serve
Uncle Sam for five years, is it an index to a
bad character! The Liberal government
has proved itself our enemy You cannot
judge man by the clothes that he wears,
and it cannot be gainsad but that among
the enlisted men can be found men of much
education and refinement, aud men who
could shine conspicuously in as
high stations as those who turn up
their nose as a soldier passes by.
Some time since the Liberal committee
| took pains to register such of us as are en-
titled to vote. and on yesterday afternoon
VIC severally received a notice to come
down on Monday and help them out. They
present forlorn appearance if their circu-
lar speaks truthfuliy Among other re-
marks they close their appeal as follows ::