The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-23
FORT DOUGLAS NOTES.

Target practice for the season of 1896
closed Tuesday forenoon with the volley
firing of company B, and the long red
streamers that have been flying daily
on the range since June 1 have disap-
peared. There were no accidents.
The. daily extended order drills and field
| exercises seem to have driven the rifle
competitions into the background.
! A large number of soldiers say they
viii get discharged this fail if Bryan is
| elected.
The post baseball team is patiently
! awaiting the arrival of the gentlemen
who have exressed an ''avowed pur-
| pose" etc.
The First battalion of the Sixteenth in
fantry, Lieutenant Colonel E. NJ. Coates
| commanding, consisting of companies A.
d, p and F, will proceed today at 8
| least fifteen miles. going into camp at
| Little Cottonwood and returning to the
! post July q. During the march inStruc-
| tons viii be given In advance and rear
guards, patrols, camping, etc. provided.
Each company will be fully equipped for
| the field in heavy marching order and will
take twenty round OF ammunition per man
and field rations for two days. The
tNeNA ICi llietStSi VIII uISIl one SiA-IHuIS
team with army wagon, for each COM
pany, one four-rnule team with escort
wagon for headquarters, and one four
mule team for the Red Cross ambulance
and the necessary camp equipage, each
company being provided with four Sibley
and four wall tents; hospital corps one
wall tent, and headquarters with three
wall tents. One hospital steward and
two privates of the hospital corps will
accompany the battalion. No one will
be excused from this march except the
sick, prisoners, post bakers and one pri-
waite or each company to take charge of
the barracks. Sergeant Robert Kane,
company d, and all officers and enlisted
men on general court martial duty at the
post.
The provisions of circular No. /, de-
partment of the Colorado, C. S., dated
Denver, Col, Janutry s, 1896, relative to
maps, reconnaissance, ETC., will be car
ried out on the march.
In the heavy marching order drill We'd
nesday the field exercises consisted of
pitching dog tents in company streets
and in battalion. AT the sound of the
general by the bugie, the white village
disappeared and shortly afterwards re-
appeared farther to the front in line of
battle formation
Colonel Theaker has decided to test the
new sights at all the ranges next month
by selecting the sharpshooters of each
company, who will be required to fire
also at l,5O0. 1,SC0 and 1900 yards. The
sights were late in arriving for the pres
ent seasons shooting and some of the
companies have not had a fair trial of
them This practice will be interesting
and may take the place of the proposed
rifle match, for which number of the
craftsmen have been making arrange
ments.
The lower parade ground is assuming
a very neat appearance during the last
a
detailed daily on special fatigue, leVelinS
the ground, filling the gullies and clear
ing the sage brush from the west side and
charging it to twice its former size. In
the Improvement the quarter-mile track
of the athletic grounds has been Oblit-
Grated.
The names of Privates Bum and Bur-
rows of company D have been dropped
from the rolls as desertel-s.
A new order was introduced the other
day by a recruit who was sentry on No.
of the day approaching and forgetting
the strict orders on that post, he sud
denly, came to present arms rms and
the guard! corporal of the day.
Duty is considered rather severe at
present and a large number of men are
bowling. about the extra fatigue and
every day for a week, say they will go to
Cuba if it continues.
The following order from the war de-
partment, referring to the enlargement of
the Fort Douglas military reservation, is
published for the information and guild
ance of all concerned:
Headquarters of the Army,
Adjutant Generals Office,
Washington, June q, 1896.
General Order No. 26.
BY authority of the president of the
United States. dated June s. 1896. the mill
tary reservation of Fort Douglas, Utah,
declared by executive order of September
g. 1867. enlarged by act of congress ap-
proved March 8, 1887, and by executive
order of March 13. 1890 is still further
enlarged by the addition of the following
described tract of land viz: The south
west quarter of section twenty-sX (26),
the northwest quarter of northeast quar-
ter of lot one of section thirtyfour (3D,
township north, range 1 east, Salt Lake
meridian. JOSEPH B. DOE,
Acting Secretary of War;
By command of
MAJOR GENERAL MILES.
GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Adjt.-Gen.
Following are the sharpshooters' and
marksmen's scores of companies B and
E, the last of the season:
COMPANY B.