The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-07

OF company mess and the boys are iubilant,
as Nick is the only and original rustler of
the Sixteenth infantry. This compliment
to Sergeant Volts is only his by right, as
1t were. | knew him as rustler here at
Douglas and it seems from the above, Nick
grlpped tight the respect of his new COM
pany; My congratulations.-Mac
Two hundred Utes are reported as absent
from the Ouray agency, twelve miles from
the post. These redskins are supposed to
be on hunt, yet the general impression
prevails that they, too, are Messiah struck
and have gone to south Dakota. (Hope this
is not the case, as an uprising around Du-
chesne will need the Douglas garrison.
These agencies, Ouray and Uintah, are
respectively twelve to eighteen miles dis
tant from Fort Duchesne and their COM
bined fighting strength is no. far from
| Z, 00O.-Mac)
The post guard house (mill-in soldier
parlance) Is without doubt the finest in
| the land. 1t is located in the centre of the
administration building, between the COM
handing officers Office and library. 1t con-
slsts of one large prison room and three
cells, all ventilated. In the large room the
prisoners are provided with mattresses,
have benches and a neat dining table. The
! guard room is large and comfortable. The
hunks Tor the guard are suspended from
| the wall, which gives them the appearance
OF folding beds. Each relief sleeps IN its
separate section and the name of each occu-
| pant is placed over his resting place when
| he is mounted on guard. For cleanliness
1t outranks any guard house your cores
| pendent ever saw. The woodwork is neatly
painted anu walls calsomined. The old
guard room, where the old guard fatigue
| parties report, is after the same order as
the guard room, save the absence OF hunks,
and In this wintry weather is a treat to
the soldier.
| A word in reference to the canteen and
L am through. The canteen situated on the
right as you enter the garrison is elegantly
| furnished. Pool and billiard tables of the
newest makes are here whilst pictures in
profusion ornament the walls. OF course
chairs ample to seat the patrons as well as
tables sufficient are in the room. The at
tendants are prompt and polite Beer is
sold at ten cents a glass and at thirty cents
a bottle and must be drank in the canteen
building. Billiards, or pool, ten cents a
game or forty cents an hour. The restau-
rant, q large and well appointed room, is of
TO itself and anything required to I'LL up
the inner man can be had on short notice
and at low figures. This admirable al
rangemest is due to the personal supervis
DIN of Lieutenant George of the Sixteenth
who seems interchangeable in his efforts tC
please. Considering the position of this
post, our long distance from the railway
the prices charged at the canteen more
than bear favorable comparison with west
ern towns located on the line of the rail
roads, and it can be borne in mind that
freight costs something startling between
here and Price station. [ trust Gus will
not forget TO speak word to the boys a
Fort Duchesne and secure subscription u
The HERALD-the paper of the inter-noun
tain region-which recognizes an enlisted
man as human being besides publishing
names and send them direct to the manager
of THE HERALD. Mac.
| December g. 1890.