The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-13
AT THE MILITARY CITY.
INTERESTING DETAILS CONCERN
ING THE CASE OF REIsENGER.
He Was a sergeant-Maior in the
Third Infantry and For Unknown
Reasons, Deserted and Enlisted
as Private in the Sixteenth
Gossip at the Fort.

u Private in the Sixteenth
Gossip at the Fort.
Captain Allen, Sergeant Pleasure and
Schoolmaster Spidell have found a
rather promising gold mine in Red
Butte canyon, mile and a half from
the post, The assay shows So to the
ton. All three are in partnership in
the claim, which was filed on a few
weeks ago The hole is now twelve
feet deep and yesterday they con-
| structed a, Windlass and will haul the
! ore uD by means of buckets. Ser
| geant McAney and several others have
I been out to see the claim and are en-
! thusiastic over the outlook for gold
| in the canyon. McAney himself will
I file on a claim there today and thinks
| he can, in a few months, dig out a
fortune-with the assistance of the old
| guard fatigue
A letter received in the post a few
days ago from Lieutenant Dunning.
at San Carlos, Ariz., says that he is
| basking in the sunshine of the semi
! tropics and getting things in shape in
! the Q. M department at that station
| in view of a lengthy stay among the
Apaches, Unlike the climate he finds
the water atrocious, but then Dun
ming, like famous Kentucky colonel,
never cared much for water.
One authority will bet $50 that the
regiment will move to Fort Sheridan
within three months
Lieutenant Guy G. Palmer and wife
have gone to the "City of the Angels"
Los Angeles, Gala, for a short stay.
A soldier who knew Lieutenant
Colonel Theaker, the prospective colo
mel of the Sixteenth. some twenty years
| ago in Texas. says that he is ''h-U on
drill. but all right in everything else. .
! Drill is something your Sixteenth in
fantrymen abhors above all other mill
! tary things.
A visitor at the fort yesterday was
making inquiries relative to some
late improvements in the ranks and of
the progress and standing of the new
! class of recruits who are being dis
tr1buted around to the western posts
lie ran across the Campaigner in a
! llttle bunch Of warrant officers at the
! cdnteen and was Immediately button
| holed and interviewed before ne could
imbibe more than two glasses of An
heuSer. In the converse tional melee
that followed he was informed that the
new class of recruits were first-rate
and half, getting along nicely. and
When dressed in civilian clothes in
variably present the appearance of
prosperous lawyers and real estate
| agents. A dozen or more have al
ready organized a Bible class and some
Of them are going in for a commits
sion by and by.
A great many soldiers seem to like
the army because of it's stability. Gov
| ernments, national, state and munich
pal may change and cause keen dis
| appointment. often abject misery. but
the army does not change A soldier
of Uncle Sam is always sure of his
pay every month. No political up
heaval or destroying financial disaster
Will keep back his salary. SO sure as
the sun rises will he receive his pay.
Not even a rebellion will cause any de-
lay This is one of, if not the main
reason why SO many men are content
to lead military life, and
in these peaceful times there
| are many ways to make mon
ey by speculation in the army The
soldier in civil dress is practically
civilian. He leads a double life, as
1t were, and can dress better than any
other man who draws such a meager
salary. He invariably takes good care
OF his clothes, his expenses are moth
ing to speak of, and he really has as
much money to spend on luxuries as
| the young man who clerks or holds
position which pays him $50 or $50 a
month. At first thought it does not
appear to be true that he is as we'll
off financially as the man who draws a
| salary five times as great as ne, but
when it is remembered that all his ex-
penses are paid, including every detail
of clothing required medical aid and
transportation furnished, it will be
seen that he can spend almost every
dollar of his. SIS, SIT or $24, according
to his rank, and length of service, each
month, or lay it away in the savings
bank as many of them do. The little
duty required of him is sufficient ex-
ercise, and his regular habits lay the
foundations of good health.
AS the law stands at present. civil
ian witnesses before military court
cannot be made to testify against their
will. They are thus enabled to shield
a friend if called upon to appear
against him in court martial. To
remedy this palpable defect in the law
the judge advocate general of the army,
through the secretary of war, has for
warded the following communication
to the speaker of the house: THAT
when any person not in the military
service who appears before a general
court martial of the army as
witness refuses to take the
oath, or affirmation as such, or being
lawfully ordered by it to testify,
or to produce any document or
other subject of evidence under his
control, refuses or wilfully fails to obey
such order, any such refusal or fail
ure shall be misdemeanor, and such
person, on conviction thereof, in dis
trict court of the United States, shall
be punished with Imprisonment not ex-
ceeding one year, or fine not exceeding
81, 900. or BOTH
1t is now proposed to detail non-com-
missioned officers as we'll as commits
stoned officers, to act as instructors in
military drills and tactics in the pub
lie schools of the various cities of the
country where such instruction shall
have been authorized by the educa-