The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-22
FORT DOUGLAS NOTES.

on hand it being the only date in the
week when the full regiment turns out
at dress parade. A short time after
the parade there is the usual delightful
mid-week concert by the regimental
band
Private Fullerton, Company D. is on
a three months furlough, which will
terminate October 18th. Private
'Scotty Smith, company E, has been
appointed librarian in the absence Of
Fullerton
Private Kenny, Company B, has
Withdrawn his support from the United
States government and left for pasts
unknown to the authorities at the
present time.
Sergeant Bullbeef, Corporal Stiff
spine and Private Hashtired do not adj
mire the new drill regulations.
Private Sheffield. of Company E, has
been tried by a general court martial
and convicted Of prevarication in OBJ
tanning a five days pass from the
commandment for the purpose of visit
ing the bedside of a dying brother in
Ogden. The court, upon the testi-
hlOiiS dts1uC6u, IOQIu Lf9 defendant
guilty.. 1t appearing that he had no
brother in any such critical condition
} in OGDEN o. anywhere else, that he did
not even leave Salt Lake, and in addi-
ton to this he remained absent from
hJ5 post of duty several hours after his
pass had expired. He was sentenced
to six months confinement in the post
guardhOuse and to pay a fine of Sou.
Private Coles. Company d. has been
promoted to the marrow stripe by the,
! commanding officer upon the recon-
mendation of his company commander.
Corporal Coles has served a number Of
ye--S m tho Sixteenth. is a distin-
guiShed narkSman, has been in tw
lnuL--n campaigns, and has faced
the winitry cold of Montana as we'll as
on the burning sands of the Staled
Plains. He was formerly first sergeant
of Company G. Fifth infantry which
position he held for twelve years.
1T has been officially stated a good
many times that an army travels on
its belly. Then how about that emer-
gency ration?
Company c.. Captain Richards, will
remain only nine days on duty in the
canyon, as will all the other companies
| OF the regiment. If they were to re7
MAIN ten days ait work each ns9
would receive extra duty pay for ~
ten days. Hence the change.
Al member of Company Q. who is
exercising a lot of gray matter during
these warm days, is at work on a ma
chine which he will call the optOgTapi.
When perfected he says it will show
the position of a car on the track any
where between Main street and the
post. The instrument, which viii be
semble a ships compass, will be con-
nected with the electric line and all
/ you will have to do is to look in the
top of it and see the location of the
cars.
| 1t takes an act of Congress to get a
medal of honor, which is the reward
an adnliring country gives it's regular
| soldiers for bravery in action. The
medal is only of bronze metal. WORTH,
intrinsScaIly, 20 cents, but the very fe7
soldiers who possess them value them
above riches.
The good effect of army discipline is
seen in the great forbearance of sol
diers under strong provocatioR If
many affairs of the army happenel
/ in civil life the deadly six-shootere
would play an important part.
It may be of interest to some people
to know that the sentry who daily
walks the post between the terminal
/ of the two car lines, known as "nuneC
Der six has a string of pretty strict
orders which he is supposed to observe
on all occasions They are as follows:
IT will take charge OF this post and all
! government property in view. My post,
during the day, extends from the cor
ner of the adjutant'S office to the fur
thest lamp-pOst on this sidewalk, and
I |. = -
| Q barracks to the fartheSt lamp-pOSt.
1 will allow no one to lean or swing on
the chains along my post; will allow
no heavily-loaded teams nor fast driv-
ing along the main road viii allow no
loose stock to run at large in the vicip-
ity of any post; will allow no imprOpx
| erly dressed or intoxicated person to-
enter the premises of the commanding
! officer; will allow no one to meddls
with the property of the electric rail-
road companies; will arrest all intox-
| icated and diSorderly soldiers and turn
them over to the corporal of the guard.
| going as far as the Flagstaff for this
purpose; and any intoxicated or dis
orderly citizen entering the post by
either car line I will cause to leave the
post by the next car out; will not chal-
lenge nor call out the hours at night:
will keep a sharp lookout for fire and
will arrest all suspicious characters
I anu luA II tlACAAA OhC1 ~ Tie COA pOIdl Oh
the guard
Now that the secretary of war has
returned to his post at Washington, we
may very soon learn whether or not
the Sixteenth infantry will be included
in the regimental moves this summer.
If the regiment fails to get a change
| this year there will be some awfuAy
disappointed people in this post. The.
majority, however, would prefer to re-
main here a year or two longer, as
Fort Douglas is given UP to be tn :
best post in the west, some say in the
whole country, for the enlisted man.
Many of the officers, no doubt, would
prefer a change to a station further
east or to the Pacific coast, as they
have not the opportunity to change
stations, except by a transfer, as often
as the enlisted men, the SnajOrity OF
whom serve only three years in one
post.
The new knife-bayonet is equally as
destructive and in addition is a far
better intrenching tool than the old
three-cornered bayonet. This is the
weapon one Of the eastern teachers in
sisted on calling a Misunderstanding
Saber." HOTSPUR