The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-01
AT THE MILITARY CITY.
ANNUAL INSPECTION AND REVIEW
AT FORT DOUGLAS TO-DAY.
The Boys in Blue VIII BE Paid OF
This AfternOOn-The Target Sea-
son Is Over-COmpahy G Makes
the Highest Average.

The first annual inspection and re-
view of the troops at Fort Douglas
will come off this morning at o'clock
The ceremonies viii be held on the
east side of the parade in compliance
with a post order and will consist OF
the usual battalion and regimental
formations and review by General
Penrose. A late general order from
the war department provides for an
annual inspection of the troops at each
military post on the first day of July,
the beginning of the new fiscal year.
This will make three successive days
on which the Fort Douglas boys have
turned out for review and inspection.
Saturday was the regular weekly in
spection, and Sunday being the last
day of the month the troops were all
out for muster. the most important to
the enlisted strength of all the parades
and ceremonies. and today comes the
new annual inspection, a sort of re-
hinder, as it were, of the military
mans new year.
Lieutenant Benjamin J. Simmoris,
graduate, has been assigned to duty
with company D, Sixteenth infantry.
This is "check day" in the post. The
boys will draw the usual amount of
'pontoons' and have a general good
time.
Private Volmar is now corporal Vol
mar, company d.
1t would be Impossible to hoodoo
companies E and d. Just look at the
supply of rabbit feet.
Private Rasmussen. company G, was
discharged on the 18th ult., for disa-
bility. He left for Washington, D. c.,
to enter the Soldiers Home.
Muster falling on Sunday, June 80,
there was the usual inspection, but no
review of the troops as formerly, in
obedience to a late order from army
headquarters.
The emergency ration is the subject
of good deal of discussion in the mil
itary papers of late. A ration similar
to an emergency ration has been in
use in a company or two of the army
out west for some time-so those say
who have been there.
The secretary of war is at present
on a pleasure trip to the Yellowstone
National Park. The most important
duties awaiting his return to Wash
ington is the contemplated change of
regiments, which, it is affirmed, will
be extensive. AS it will be several
weeks before Secretary Lamont re-
turns to his post at the head of the war
department, it is pretty certain that
no reliable information will be forth
coming as to the names of the regi-
ments and stations involved until the
order for the change has been pre-
pared for publication. AS usual in
such matters, the army officials are
very reticent and positively refuse to
give out the much sought for informa-
ton.
The target season being over and
the supply of ammunition having been
exhausted, except the 100000 rounds
held in reserve in the ordnance depart
ment, and further competitions with
the 30-calibre rifle being prohibited in
the post until such time as they may
be authorized from regimental head ]
quarters, there seems to be a gradu /
ally diminishing interest in the new
slayer. This is deplored by all of the
craftsmen, and, in fact, by the whole
regiment, as there is yet good deal
to learn about long distance firing
with this wonderful weapon.
Since the annual competitions were
omitted this season it was hoped that
a post contest could be arranged at
which there would be medals and /.
prizes offered that might maintain the
usual interest in these interesting and
instructive experiments But in this
the Sixteenth is doomed to disappoint-
ment, probably on account of
the extensive engineering works said I
to be on foot for an early day in Red I
Butte canyon.
The company teams have made some /
excellent scores considering the num- |
Der of shots allowed, and further tests
are looked for especially volley firing
at the entreme ranges, very import
ant practice, when a more liberal sup
ply of ammunition will be furnished.
Company G has the highest per-
centage at the long ranges, which ex-
tend from 1000 to 1000 yards Fol
lowing are the scores of the company
G team: