The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-02

% Musician Binkley OF company G has
just received the order for his promo
ton as signal sergeant and will leave
tonight for his station-San Antonio.
Tex. The order. while not unexpected,
was something of a surprise and yes
terday he was the recipient of many
congratulations from his numerous
friends. It is said that Binkley's sud
den departure will cause some hopes
and flowers to wither away down on
Ninth East street.
Within the next two years he will
be required to attend the signal school
at Fort Riley. Kan, where he will
study electricity, topography, photo
graphy and all technical branches per-
tainging to the corps. The position
commands a salary of $34 per month
and S1.50 per day Communication when
not at a station in the vicinity of a
military post. The allowances are
similar to that of a second lieutenant
of the line. The first promotion looked
for in the corps is to first-class signal
sergeant, which pays a salary of S45
per month and emoluments, all of
which is equal TO S11, and the chances
for a commission is not considered bad.
Binkley says he has been greatly
aided in getting the appointment by
the assistance OF Lieutenant Guy O..
Palmer and Captain Palmer, who have
taken a deep interest in his efforts to
pass the final examination. He is OF
good army stock, his father having
been captain Of the Independent Bat
terry of Pennsylvania volunteers at
the close of the war.
Signal Sergeant Binkley is a native
of Spring Valley. Greene county, o..
where he was born twenty-five years
ago. His early school days were spent
On Corwin and Middleton. and in 1885
he graduated with honors from Xenia
college Like many another young
man he wandered around the west
awhile and finally settled in Kearney,
Neb.. where he engaged in the clothing
business. Not finding the occupation
a congenial one. he went west again
and reached Denver in September.
1885, Going out to Fort Logan one day
to see the Seventh infantry parade,
his inherited love for the blue uniform
revived and he held up his hand at
that post October Is, 1890. A few
months later he was with the Seventh
in the Sioux campaign around Pine
Ridge and distinguished himself by
saving the life of a courier of the Sixth
cavalry whose horse was drowned in
breaking through the ice while trying
10 cross a small stream southeast OF
Painted He'll. S. D.
He was discharged under the pro-
visions of par. 8, G. o. so. In 1898 he
held a position with the Columbia
Buggy company at the Worlds fair.
Returning to Ohio he re-enlisted at
Dayton and was assigned to company
B. Sixteenth infantry. Fort Douglas.
He was appointed a corporal IN his
company January >, 1895. which posi-
ton he held until December 3 1885,
when at his own request he was
transferred to company G, where he
was lately appointed musician.
How different this story from that
of Herbert, alias Cooper. of company
c. the young man who tried to get
away from his guard the other night,
and came near losing mis- life in the
attempt. He enlisted the first time at
Springfield. Mass, and was sent to
Fort Huachuca. Arizona, and assigned
to troop z, Second cavalry He re-
NAMED in that delightful climate
eighteen months. Zone pay day" he
says 81 run up again three or four
monte banks and broke EN- all, after
maxim q raise at stud In all 1 had
about $500. Next day I was on
drunk ana missed grill! mat night L
laid out in the brush all night and
missed check. concluded not to go
back for a while-tne captain and
first sergeant had it in for me. so I
pulled out for the station. I stopped
at Clark's, two miles and a half from
the station, a booze Joint for the
boys, and filed up. Next day I pulled
out for Benson and then went to
Tucson, and Phoenix. I got on a
drunk in Phoenix and met a pig and
we had a great time for two or three
weeks I had spent about $500 and
kinder sobered up one day and wrote
back 10 the captain and told him I
wanted 10 come back TO the troop and
would start as soon as I got sober.
went on another jamboree right after
that that lasted fourteen days.
walked up one morning without a
splinter. 1 commenced to raise Cain
and started out for the sheriff. I got
about ten steps from the door and the
pig said here's yer money, I've been
keepin' 1t for you. What do you
think 1 am anyway
Purity soon I wrote another letter
20 the captain and wanted to know if
/ could come back and if he could fix
Il UP. He never answered either of
my letters, and I pulled out for Los
Angeles"
what sort of a place is Los
Angeles?"
The finest town on earth. 1 got in
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