The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-22
FORT DOUGLAS NOTES.
BATTALION PRACTICE MARCH, COL
COATES COMMANDING.
Field Games at the Post on Thurs
day Next - Some Interesting
Events scheduIed-GeneraIN Notes.

Special Orders No. ST.
l. The first battalion, c.xteenth infan-
try, Lieutenant Colonel E. NJ. Coates
commanding, viii proceed on Monday, the
22nd instant, at o'clock a. M, on prac-
nee march o. at least fifteen miles.
:. During the march instructions will be
given in advance and rear guards, pa
lro4s, camping, etc.
8. Each company will be fully equipped
Tor The held (heavy marching oFder), TAX
lnS twenty ROUNDS Of ammunition per
man ana held rauons for two days.
4. The quartermaster will furnish one
six-mule team with army wagon for each
company, one four-Inule team with escort
wagon Tor headquarters, and one four
NIUE team for Red Cross ambulance, and
the necessary camp equipage, each COM
Pahy beng provided with four Sibley and
four wall tents, hospital corps one wal
tent, and headquarters three wall tents.
., One hospital steward and two pri-
Yates OF the hospital corps Will accompa-
NY the battalion.
6. No one will be excused from this
march except the sick and prisoners, post
baker and one private of each company
to take care of The barracks.
4 The provisions of circular No. l, de-
partment of the Colorado, c. s., dated
Denver, Col, January s, 1896, relative to
maps, "Reminiscences, etc, will be car
RED out on this march.
8. The battalion commander will desig-
nate the officers to act as quartelmaster
and engineer officer.
BY order of Colonel Theaker
lSigned) CHARLES z. GEORGE,
First Lieutenant and A6J dtant, Sixteenth
Infantry, Post Adjutant.
Official.
. The next field games at the fort will
come off on June rs. From to a. m
there will be a bicycle road race free
east corner of headquarters building, Fort
Douglas. distance seven miles. There VIII
be three prizes. First prize, article to the
value of $l2; second prize, article to the
value of s.; third prize, article TO the
value of So.
The other events will begin at 9:15 a. m.
and will consist of ~ 100 yard dash, go
standing broad jump, a. putting 16-pound
vault, % running high jump, (S) running
broad jump, 60 440 yard run
At p. m. there will be a game of ball
between Fort Douglas and the N. G. u.
mines.
There will be two contests in the sec
ond, fourth and fifth events, one for
first class men and one for second class
men only; and there will be two sets of
two prizes each for each of these three
events.
The following named men are desig-
mated first class men: Doyle, company
A; Patrick, company A: Riley, company
company K.
Competitors will report promptly at 8
a. m, Thursday, June %, to the clerk OF
the course, who will provide them with
their proper numbers.
The competitors in the bicycle race will
report promptly at Z a. m. field day at
the quarters of the officer in charge of
athletics Second Lieutenant Guy G. Pal
mer, Sixteenth infantry.
Judges: Captains Richards and Allen
and First Sergeant eleir, company a.
Clerk of the course, Second Lieutenant
Simmons Scorers: Sergeant Hunt, COM
pany A and Sergeant McEvoy,. company
D. Starters: Captain Noble. First Lieu
tenant Wright and Sergeant P4esier, COM
pany c. Judge CT walking, First Ser
geant Russell, company B. Referee. Sec
ond Lieutenart Palmer. Timers: Second
Lieutenant Sorley, Second Lieutenant Ca
rey and Corporal Currier, company u.
Corporal Lusk !. company H, inspector.
First Sergeant Russell, company l., mar
shall.
The quarter mile track of the athletic
grounds is not in condition for bicycle
racing on account of the innumerable
pieces of broken glass in one of the
stretches.
Shooting at the, long ranges will not
progress very fast this week in view of
the practice march of the First battalion
and the athletic games on Thursday
The route to be taken by the troops to-
day is not known at present, but it is
presumed that it will be in the direction
of Mill Creek.