The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-13
FORT DOUGLAS NOTES.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO SOLDIERS
AND CIVILIANS.
in Regard to Target Practice-The
Krag-JOrgensen Rifle.

Lieutenant Irwin and bride, nee Miss
Lucy Whitall, have returned from bon
voyage to Florida via Washington, D. C.
Ex-Sergeant John D. Murray, company
G. has returned from the Preside, Cali
fornia. to which station he was recently
assigned as post qUartermaSteF sergeant.
He does not speak in cry glowing terms
of the duties connected with the depart
ment at the Preside, Colonel Graham,
the Fourth cavalry, or the condition of
things in general on the Pacific coast.
The non-commissioned officers of the
Sixteenth infantry are required to make
out and send to headquarters a report of
former service in the army.
First Sergeant Thomas Ahern, company
a, has fallen heir to small fortune by
the death of a relative in Ireland The
amount as stated by him, is $1,000.
Private Binkley, company B, and Pri-
vate Boyce, company F, have been pro-
NOTED to the position of corporal-the
first step toward the rank of lieutenant
general
Private Fullerton, company D, has been
appointed post librarian by Chaplain Low
ell. Now we may look for the library to
remain open until reasonable hour in
the afternoon.
The local double quartette, under the
tuition of Lieutenant SorIey, is composed
of the following members of the Tesi-
ment: Musicians = Allen, company G;
Blake, company H; Read, company ID;
Williams, company B, and Williams, COM
pany A; Sergeant Hunt, company A,
Corporal Boyce, company F; and Private
Baumgaertel company ID. The last
ramed is q falsetto of prominence. The
uUartette will sing every Sunday evening
at the services in the post chapel
Private Lightfoot, company D, will be
discharged by expiration Of term of ser
vice on the sd inst.
A very enjoyable hop was given in the
post hall ON Wednesday evening by the
social club. A large delegation from the
city was in attendance
The monthly dividend from the post
Exchange seems to be thing of the past
The quarterly allowance of clothing was
issre ed on the 18th. Sth and 9Th insts.
The paymester is en- the way to Salt
Lake and will probably arrive on Mon
day and pay off the troops in the after
neon.
Corporal James Shields, retired, late of
company G, has gone to Seattle, Wash.
It is believed that orders for the am
nual department. and army rife compeu-
lions will not be received during 1879. Reg
mental experiments with the new rife,
the cause.
Among all the suggested army changes
the most popular is the proposed bill for
retiring enlisted men on half pay after
fifteen years faithful service. for the pur.
pose of forming an army reserve of 25,00t
well Disciplined troopS who could be de
pended upon when their service was
needed.
Those familiar with the record of the
rifle among the rank eEd file have noticed
a marked dropping off in the scores of the
sharpshooterS, after a. service of ten ol
fifteen years. Sometimes the recruits
proves to be the best shot in his com
pany, but with several terms of service
to his credit, so surely does he decline
in excellence of craftsmanship. The army
might very wisely be filed with young
n en- steady of nerve and true OF aim
and the reserve composed of those WIKI
have spent the prime of life following
the flag.
Target practice, if there is any NOR,
in the army, will be at longer range:
than formerly, and extend UP to l,SO
yards. Talking about this the other day
a line officer could find but one objection
to the use of the rev magazine rifle
ut will cost too much for car fare to g
to the firing point The new gun i
very popular with all hands, but just II
what way it eXcels the old reliable
Springfield is not forthcoming. It is no
I generally known that the new slayer 4
very Inaccurate, shooting always and d
all ranges, high and to the left-the re