The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-17

Payment of the troops will be made
today beginning at 10 O'Clock.
Paymaster-GeneraI Stanton will visit
the post today and note the working
OF the new system of paying off the
troops A good deal of pressure is be-
ing brought TO bear upon the war de
Jrl,tment TO have them change the
present system. Many believe the old
way the best, when the paymasiter
came in person on or about a certain
date in each month. So far as Fort
Douglas is concerned the new way
seems 10 work all right, except where
the inspector is around. Then there is
AN irritating delay until he departs.
Private Albert Grant of company e,
has been appointed company musician.
and Friday of last week with patients
suffering from inspectors Sickness
A welcome-ard unwelcome-shower
yesterday afternoon at o'clock caus-
ed many visitors TO the band concert
to llurriediy seek shelter on the porch
of company c.
The Giants baseball team has gone to
pieces. This is much to be regretted
by all lovers OF the national game. A
football team viii soon be organized in
its place.
! Private Grays (of company ED appli-
cation for a transfer 10 company F,
Seventh infantry, Fort Logan, Colo,
has been approved by the major gen
eraI commanding the army. The KNAPP
sack Seventh is Gray's old regiment
Private Ross, of company E, has re-
turned from a month's furlough in
Wyoming.
Musician Williams. of company D.
and Private Coville, of company Il, will
run a hundred yard dash today for $50
a side Private Douglas has been train
ing Williams and thinks he VIII win
the race easily.
Some of Che blue-coated politicians
are studying Coin. .
Privates Critics, Campbell and Blank
inship, late OF company D, are located
at Sandy.
Tent pitching under the direction of
Inspector General Burton will be part
OF the exercises today.
Private Boyd, of company E. now on
furlough, Will be discharged from the
service on Sept. 49,
Sergeant Fardy, of company E, has
made an application for three months
furlough under the provisions of gem
eraI order so.
Corporal Chertic of company A, who
has been dangerously i'll for several
weeks, is rapidly recovering from an
operation for appendicitis, performed
last week by Surgeons Girard and De
Shon, assisted by Dr. Pinkerton of the
city.
Private Cullen was discharged from
company T on the 18th inst, and left
the post for Chicago.
Private Van Nostrans application for
a transfer from company 3 to COM
pany f has been approved by the post
commander. Van viii become the ton
serial artist IN company F.
The war department has issued a
circular letter saying that because
their ranks are full, or likely to be
filled soon, applications from recruits
for assignment to the First, Second,
Fifth and Seventh regiments of cav
airy and the Sixth. Seventh, Elev-
enth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Seven
teenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth reg
iments of infantry will not be for
warded to the Acknowledgement until
further orders
The Army Register, under the head
of Certificates of Merit contains the
following notice of Corporal McKier-
nan of company A: Corporal Edward
McKiernan Of company A, Sixteenth
infantry, for gallantry in action
against hostile Sioux Indians at Slim
Buttes, Dakota, September g. 1875
where, though severely wounded and
unable to stand up, he called for car
bine and continued the fight, while
serving as a private in Troop e, Third
cavalry
One evening last week when parade
was held on the lower grounds and
when the regiment was passing in re
view, two young ladies were noticed
standing under the trees near the
baseball backstop, away fam the res
of the crowd that dotted the hillside
AS the colors swung gaily by the one
on the town side took off her straw ha'
and rested it on her left shoulder
standing very straight and looking
the flag. There was some conjecture
as TO whether she really meant K
honor the colors by this act of pa
triotic devotion required of all army
officers when tf1s colors pass by Tni
formal salute is but an outward ex
preston of a very true affection tina
comes from deep down in the heart @
every soldier and honors the person
who does it a we'll as the flag. Every
: evening at retreat when the band as
sembled around the Flagstaff plays tn,
Star Spangled Banner" the cempa
MES standing at attention, all ulcer
) and soldiers not in ranks or unde
, arms take of their caps and stand a
, attention as Old Glory slowly descend
out of the heavens, and there is no
, man who does not feel the momen
holy one.
The pleasant Pellets" gently stirnu
, laee and invigOCans the liver to throw
, off biliousness; and tone up the stom
ach to secrete the digestive juices. an
overcome dyspepsia. The entire dtges
tive or alimentary tract is put in mo
:. ton in the regular, steady way of ma
ture and health. This is what make
the pleasant Pellets so intensely su
perior to the numerous purging pill
which wrench and weaken the system
Druggists may get more profit OUT G
those pills but you don't
If vote for free silver be anarch,
: then William Mckinley is at best onl
a reformed anarchist.