The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-14
FORT DOUGLAS NOTES.

FORT DOUGLAS NOTES.
Corporal thurman, of company G.. has
returned to the post to await the arrival
of his commission of a second lieutenant-
cy. He was among the number of lucky
candidates who succeeded in passing the
final examination at Fort Leavenworth.
but the usual paucity of vacancies in the
line may cause a length delay in the ar
rival of his coveted sheepskin The ad-
Jutant generals Office has informed the
SUCCESSFUL enlisted candidates of the fact
that they passed the recent required ex-
animation and has indicated their re-
Spective standing in the order of Dromo-
ton. The question as to whether ali the
successful aspirants will get appoint-
mentS is one to which there is much spec
ulation. but nothing in the nature of
decision. Some officials say that vacan-
cleS occurring between now and the pa
rading day of the next West Point class
should be given to the men examined at
graduates have to be made additionals.
Others believe that the case is one call
ing for discretion on the part of the sec
it would be bad policy to have many sec
ond lieutenants as Congress might not
approve of such condition, and either
reduce the number of West Pointers or
limit the number of enlisted men to be
commissioned The latter contingency is
expected to arise in the not distant flu
ture. 1t is certain that no more enlisted
men VIII be examined for commissions
this year.
An awful shadow seems to have fallen
upon the Tiger football organization.
Military duty, probably
Paymaster Halford has come and gone
and the festive tin horn" who never
seems to know that his profession leads
to mental, moral, physical, social, polit-
ical and financial ruin, is in his element
The Sixteenth Infantry band will give
the ball of the season in Recreation hall
tonight. Notwithstanding the unfavora-
BILE weather large attendance from the
city is expected.
Ice on the new reservoir is three inches
thick, the weather in the canyon being
several degrees colder than that in the
post and the latter is several degrees
colder than in the city.
Patrick William McGill, of Chicago, one
OF the first recruits enlisted by Captain
Palmer, has arrived and is assigned to
company II.
a number of men are absent from the
ranks enjoying a hunting pass in Mill
Creek canyon. This snow will bring them
in.
A serious agitation has been going on
for some time on the southwest section
OF the parade as to the methods used in
disbursing the company funds, including
the share of the post exchange dividend,
1t seems to be a family quarrel which
the rather rapid accumulation of funds
in the company bank may have caused.
Corporal Gordon, Privates Mccain.
Stewart and Oldt returned Tuesday from
an extensive hunting tour in the swollen
country east of the post. II is a good
thing the commissary furnished the nee
essary rations, as it is an open secret
that during the trip. game of all kinds
was in great demand.
What has become of the wild and
wooley Fort Douglas occasional cores
pondent of the Kansas City? and why do
some of the men cook bacon and litera-
ture i'll a squad room stove? Is 1t because
"Old Grizzley' is in charge Of the mess
1t has become a notorious piece of news
in the city as well as in the post that a
member of the very narrow striped fra
ternity who wears a diminutive cap and
whose eyes resemble two small holes
burned in a government blanket, struts
up and down Main street to be viewed
the pave. Poor thing! If he could only
hear the comments of the "benighted in
habitants' of Salt Lake City.
Ex-Private Head, late of company T,
who suddenly concluded that the balmy
written a long letter to a friend in the
post and gives some interesting facts
about the struggle for freedom in the
gem of the Antilles" Head was a pop
company and very well Informed on
army matters. At one time ne made pre-
parations to study for a commission, but
! it appears he decided to take time by the
| forelock and reap that reward al once in
| Cuba He says he has been commissioned
| a second lieutenant in the insurgent ar
! my, which is not a very lucrative posi-
ton, as he is required to furnish his OWL
| arms. supplies and equipments of all
! kinds and perform good deal OF HARD
duty upon a ridiculously small salary
| He believes in the ultimate success of the
! revolution.
General Miles, in his first report as
commanding general of the army, may
have shown full appreciation of the
services of the enlisted men which is {
| commendable weakneSS-a weakness MOI
before attributed to any commander-in
chief of the army. Paddy Miles, as he j!
called in the ranks, is the American sol
dier's ideal leader, and not one of the
$1,000 loyal men at his back but rejoice!
| because he is in command.
With all this talk of war from the fou
corners of the earth the young and am
bilious wearers of the blue are encour
aged to renewed application. Who knows
! how soon we may be called upon to de
| fend "Old Glory from the insults o.
| foreign ariStocratS!
A Military Information" bureau ha.
appeared under orders from the war de
partment. 1t is to be placed in charge o
an officer to be selected by the -secretar,
of war Among some of the duties be
| longing to this division are the collection
and classification of military information
of our own and foreign countries, es
pecially with respect to armed, reserved
and available strength, natural and arti
fetal means of communication, TIL
manufacture of arms, ammunition ant
other war material, supplies of food
horses, draught animals, and the pre-
| paration of instructions for the guidanc
| of officers of the army serving or trav
cling abroad, or acting as military at
taches and the arrangement and diges
Of information contained in their reports
The division issues to the army militar.
maps, monographs, books, papers ant
| other publica tons, and disseminates sucl
| valuable information on military subject
throughout all branches of the servic
| as it may obtain, and which is adviSab
spondence with state authorizes and NIL
! itary officers on questions affecting tn