The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-17
CHE SlXTFtNTH'S MARCH.
WILL NOT LEAVE FORT DoUGLA.
UNTIL SATURDAY.
Officers Detailed TO Remain at the
Post-Each Company Will Carry
Field RatiOns For Fifteen Days.

The Sixteenth infantry will not leave
Fort Douglas on their last practice march
of the season until Saturday at o'clock
the postponement being made on account
of delay in securing the necessary trans
portat.on for the supplies,
! Following is the ORDER issued yesterday
by Colonel Theaker:
fort Dous4as, Utah, Sept. 1s, 1896
General Orders No. 70.
! t4rst-Pursuanl TO general orders No. g.
Headquarters department. OF Colorado
! Denver, Colorado, daled March 2, lo5o, the
/ troops of this command wAll proceed sep
! TENDER is, loS6, on a practice marcn OF 10
! mAes. Inc command will Leave the post
at o'clock a. m.
1 Second-fhe following named officers
/ and men w.ll remain at the post:
I Lieutenant-Colonei Il. IA. Coates, Six
teenlh lnIanIry.
Z Captain w. V. Richards, Sixteenth in
fanny.
FIRST Lieutenant W. w. Buck, Sixteenth
infantry.
! Second Lieutenant G.. G. Palmer, SIX
| teenth infantry.
Second Lieutenant r. E. l.. Spence, Six
! teenth infantry.
Private e. A. Fortiner company F, Six
\ teenth Infantry to remain in charge of
/ sergeant-major's office), Private j. hrause.
company u, Sixteenth infantry; clerk, and
Private E. K. Holman, company e, Six
teenth infantry, unsmlth in quartermaS-
cook, one u sergeant from companies
a. y, 6. II, and one d corporal from
companies e, u, Il, f, 10 be designated
/ by their respective company commanders;
/ three (9 privates from each company On
! Guiding the men specially excused by sur
geon from marching).
/ The athletic team for department COM
petition as follows:
Privates Doyle and Riley company A;
! Corporal CLANCY and Private Angel, com
| pany b; MUSICIAN Williams and Private
| Nee, company ID; Privates Douglas and
] Bruin, company E; Private Crowley, com
pany G.; and Private Covel, company II,
/ Sixteenth infantry.
/ Two " privates company A, Sixteenth
I infantry awaiting furlough.
Musician Barnes, company A, Sixteenth
/ infantry.
Musician Sammet, company C. Sixteenth
MUSICIAN Phair, company F. Sixteenth
! infantry.
Chief gardener, chief baker. assistant
baker, and one man from each company
! to be designated to look after the COM
pany's interests in the garden.
Third-Detaehments Will be merged IN
one organization and messed and quarter
ed in barracks of company q, sixteenth
infantry.
mand. First Lieutenant B. B. Buck, Six
teenth infantry will act as adjutant of the
post, and Captain w. V. Richards, SIX
tenth infantry, will take charge OF the
offices of the quartermaster, commissary
and post exchange, and have general sup
ervision of the mess of the detachment
left in the post.
Fifth-The athletic team consisting OF
eight men selected by the officer in charge
of athletics, Second Lieutenant G. G. Pal
mer. Sixteenth infantry, and, under his
charge will be ordered to Denver, Colo
RADIO so as to reach there not later than
/ September u, 1896.
Stxth-First Lieutenant G. D. DsShon,
assistant surgeon, U. s. army, one hos
pital steward, and three privates Of the
hospital corps will accompany the COM
mand.
Seventh-Each company will carry field
rations for fifteen days, and provide them
serves with necessary picks, shovels and
axes.
Eighth-Second Lieutenant C. w. Castle,
Sixteenth infantry, is hereby appointed
engineer officer for this march.
Ninth-Company commanders will see
that no bedding is carried in excess of the
amount authorized, and will personally
see that this order is enforced.
Tenth-Companies will he prepared TO
BY order of COLONEL THEAKER.
(Signed) CHAS. 2. GEORGE,
First Lieutenant and Adjt. Sixteenth In
fantry.
Adjutant.
Oficial:
CHAS. P. GEORGE,
First Lieutenant and Adjt. Sixteenth In
Adjutant.