The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-26


The wheelwright is building a min
iature battleship, modelled upon the
Oregon, which will be launched upon
the placid waters of Lake Theaker.
The target range is now ready for
the seasons rife practice. which prom
Uses to be interesting.
The recruits in few of the COM
panies are receiving instruction in gal
lery practice.
One of the questions now agitating
the sharpshooters and second-class
cracksmen of the camp is whether
there will be a department and army
rifle competition this year. A few en-
thusiasts are hopeful the competitions
will be ordered. on account of the
shooting being classified in the regular
step ahead of the programme of last
year Have the competitions by all
means.
The craftsmen of the post will en-
deavor to prevail upon the command
ant to give his consent to regl-
mental competition at the conclusion
of the skirmisk firing in July. A lack
of ammunition will not, perhaps, be
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The new quarter-mile bicycle track
will be finished Tuesday.
Private Gerves of company D, Six
teenth infantry, will be transferred TO
the Sixth infantry at Fort Thomas,
KY, his application having been APP
proved at Washington.
Practice marches in the department
are to he continued during the year in
favorable weather.
Captain Richards was voted No. /
battalion commander.
The Lehi sugar factory has been
awarded a contract for $1,000 pounds OF
sugar for the subsistence department
Private Boyd, of company E, has
been relieved as assistant cook in the
canteen restaurant and Private Mead
ows has been detailed instead.
The punching bags in the gym are
kept warm with the continuous pound
ing.
Color-Sergeant Davis, of company
B, is detailed as instructor in gallery
firing for recruits in his company.
Corporal Richzer, of company B, is
promoted sergeant, vice Farnow re-
duced, and Private Nesbitt has been
promoted to the narrow stripe.
The dust in the gymnasium is be-,
coming a nuisance. The sawdust in
the centre of the hall should be kept
damp
Private Collin, of company C. says
that since he has been in Utah he can
feel all kinds of weather in his bones.
The rumor that the Sixteenth is go
ing to Vancouver barracks seems to be
gaining strength. aefr
AS to the proposed move this sum
mer the talk has settled down into
firm conviction that the regiment is
in for it this time, notwithstanding the
fact that thera is nearly always a num-
Der of other regiments mentioned ahead
of the Sixteenth. KS
Some of the cranks who predicted
several kinds of dreadful things when
the new colonel arrived have found
nothing to complain of worth men,
tioning.
Sergeant Deane, of company H. viii
be discharged by expiration of term Of
service on June 10. gk
Private Ruan, of company E, has
made an application to purchase his
discharge, which. if granted, will en-
able him to accept a position in the
Officers club. Private Collins of COM
pany G, having enlisted for. three ye'ars
will not be granted a discharge by
purchase.
Private Myers, late. of the Thirteenth
infantry. Fort Niagara, and Recruit
Landy. of Chicago. have been assigned
to company D.
The new system of paying the troops
does not seem to be satisfactory, judg-
ing from the numerous growls heard
about it on all sides. A regular soldier
will never be content until he can draw
his pay the same day he signs the
muster rolls or very soon thereafter
Only the prone position will be al
lowed in target practice from 500 yards
back to 1000. The sawbuck and Texas
grip sling positions are things of the
irretrevable past and should never
have been allowed on the range.
The bill to increase the pay of non
commissioned officers has probably
been killed in the committee room.
The quartsrmaster-general is ex-
pected to arrive some time in June for
final inspection of the past.
Sergeant Linse of company F. will
be discharged on the 9th inst, by eX-
piration of term of service, five years.
Private Jensen, of company f, has
invented a very neat wire support
for the crown of the new forage cap.
Private shelowsky will enter the
bicycle contest athletic day and if de-
feated will challenge the winner to
road race.
The bastile contains eight prisoners,
all garrison.
Sergeant Hipp, of company F, was
granted furlough of six months upon
his re-enlistment.
The commanding general of the army
is to be presented with a house and
lot worth 100000 by the General Miles
Testimonial association.
Friends of the Lamont army reorgan-
ization bill have abandoned all hope of
any favorable action on the measure
at this session of congress. At the next
session after the election it will be at
tended to, says a congressman, and so
we are to remain the same ancient
organization as of yore