The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-02

public debating society, to discuss the
official acts or measures of superior
authority and convey cenSure res
pecting others in the military service.
Intelligent and fair-minded officers
concede to their brother officers in 9TH
er departments of the military service
the same honest zeal which they claim
for themselves, and do not allege i'm
positions of one department upon an
other. Honest differences which must
arise should be fairly stated for the de-
cision of the secretary of war, or the
president. whose final judgment should
be accepted with soldierly subordina-
ton.
Future publication containing an
inladversions of character as en-
braced in the communication now un-
der consideration will be cause for
charges against the officer and his trial
by court martial"
The troops were mustered Saturday.
1t being warm day, and the COM
mand having to stand an unusually
long time at attention" one man
tainted.
Every man who enters the army
nowadays must be bona flde citizen
of the United States
Duchesne Saturday.
The army is at last we'll fed, except
now and then. when some f1end of a.
company commander appropriates his
company's share of the canteen divi-
dend by dropping it into the COM
pany fund.- instead of using it imme-
diately, as per regulations. for the
Improvement Of the table fare of his
company.
Private Hashtired. of cigarette fame,
will spend today visiting friends in
Kaysville.
Captain Callumdown is making a
good showing with his company, in
the new tactics.
The following words to the quick
notes of reveille have been applied by
a regular soldier unknown to fame:
OH 1 can't get 'em up, 1 can't get
EN- up,
I can't get 'em up in the morning,
1 can't get 'em up. can't get EN- up
L can't get 'ea up at all!
The corpOrals worse than the private,
The sergeant's worse than the COR
poral,
The lieutenant is worse than the SER
geant,
And the captains worst of all.
oh! L can't get 'em UP, can't get
EN- up,
[ can't get 'em up in the morning.
1 can't get 'eIn up L can't get 'em up
1 can't get 'em up at all!
Soldiers who enlisted for five years.
and who have awaited themselves Of
the three years law, must remain
out of the service sixty days before
they can re-enliSt. They are not, as
stated, permitted to re-enlist the day
after receiving their discharge, though
the secretary of war may sometimes
rule in favor of the applicant re-en-
listing Immediately after the expira-
ton of the three years and three
months, if it is shown that the sol
der is a benefit in some special way
to the service.
1t was Private Finke, late of Com
pany A, Sixteenth Infantry, who re-
ceived the prize cake for making the
most satisfactory reply, under the cir
cumstances, to the inquiry of the Off
Ger of the day as to ''what that
crowd was doing in there at that
time of night" There were a dozen
soldiers shut up in a room IN the rear
of one of the barracks, deeply inter
ested in the fascinating game of
poker. Some fellow had gone and
left the door unlocked. The officer
happened to be ''nosing around" in
the neighborhood, and saw him go
out. Rushing in at the door before it
could be fastened, he asked what the
gathering was about. His sudden ap-
pearance was so astounding, that
there was no answer. He repeated the
question, and the silence was growing
very painful until Private Finke broke
the ice. Sir" he said, I'VE are yOost
playin' a leedle game only fur few
checks-yOost fur a leedle WHILE
This brought down the house, also
the officers stiff attitude, and instead
of running the whole crowd into the
guard house. he commanded them to
disperse.