Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-10
SOLDIERS'FAREWELL
A Sad Leave 7lkIus Of lhs Popular
Sixteenth Today.
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To lOisc.
Tho slxloeath United 5,a,os In.
iantfy, which has been stationed at
Fort Dou slas Tor tho pact eight yeats.
took liz departure ifom Utah today.
The leave taking wac sad one and
was Witnessed by large numhers Of
cItzsns, nj least a thousand Of whom
ralnried at the Union Pacific depot Ia
honor u the event.
The soldiers bfukc camp nj $3.50 this
morning aud covered the four miios 10
tho railroad In an hour AMI ten min
ulef. They wtfn In two SECTIONS, the
ffst oommanded by Colonel Theakor
Nnd the second ~ Major Mclaughlin.
The march was 10 the music " the
famous Sixteenth Infantry baud auj
was only broken once, aud that was Ia
ifont OF Colonel PsBto,,'s residence on
Fitst street, where tue boys In blue
bid their Old ana hOnofed commander
long and neal farewell.
fnere were seven companies In the
column NJ iolloSs, Is commanded by
Lieutenant 1ylrii g by Csptzin Allen;
ID by Captain Mons1l, r. by
Captain MeFaflaui, h 10y Cap
iaiu Woodbury. q by Captain
Richards; "A ~ Captain Whitslg
l. sutenabt George adlutant anu
/ Lieutenant Wright. quAflctmasiuf.
One COMPANY a We len bshinJ
| temporarily ~ guard tue post pBn1ing
thu afrivai Of tho rgonty fourth frgi.
ment, the advance guArI vi which IL
| expected daily. iuu oniife REGIMENT
u duu here between tue .0,h anu 25ln
| inst.
Tue soldiers presented very pretty
| picture as they marched down south
/ Temple street " tho deplt. Bltn
sides OF the thotoughiafc were lined
with citizens VINO had come out 90 bid
thrm goodbye. Toe msn were 20.
cuulre1 with Enapsacks, aiilus anu
fiilrs precisely - ~ they were ABOUT
u untrt upon siege OF actual war
fare. Tho unliIe sqlipmsnl weighed
nny.feur pounds ~ each ma.
This inst section pulled out Of the
depot exactly ON schedule timt--ll
o'ciVck-and tbs second lus, twenty.
seven minutes later. ID. 3. rasgaft,
travelling Iassepgef sgrut Of the U aiOn
fArine. viii accompany the ugsl ssc-
tfan AID Will 80 ssi,h th-a, - srohnrs.
III. II. DInnc, another Of the com.
pAny'a agents. will look ailrr the neeJs
VI the second section 10 Huntington.
HcocuLT snoTs.
The soldiers moved through tho
street, 10 the favorile tuns Marching
Ihfough Georgia.
Companies Is snd T. 20 to Fort 5po.
kane aud &, ID. 4, q and IA with band
anu headquarters 10 Fott SHERMAN.
one private only foil out on tho
march 10 tue depot. lie was stricken
down with a sudden attack Of sickness.
During the eight yests' soloufn Of
The sixteenth At Fott Douglas there
we're more than two hundred uian
uuiistmonls.
Tue presence % scores Of pretty
maids with tear dimmod eyes thOwsd
that tho boys IN blue leave many
sweethearts behind.
Company q has more than twenty
Utah privAtes, most OF them very nne
specimens OF physical manhood anu
all with metal that Will make good
soldiers.
| ~
viii have everything lie own way nj
Fort DOUGLAS until u makes room tot
tue coioTei uOoIs anu takes its do
pArtufu tor Boise.
Tho coming OF the Twenty.fourth
has already augmented Salt Lakes
colofoi population considerably. A
considerable number OF these recruits
were nj the depot today.
Lieutenant L,sslter who IL under q
four years detail with tho National
dIaTi OF Utah accompanied tue SIX
tenth. hc will return to salt Laku
Ia about three week.
Not few National Guard boys said
hood bye % tneit "brOtnuT Dlues.p A
strong friendship has grown up b..
tween tue stsie's aud Nation'i soldisTt
May II never DO btoKeu.
Many old q. AR. veterans marched
sinsly and IA squads ~ the depot &c
aee tho oounttJ's defenders board the
train. They said u reminded then OF
the scenes OF more than thirty year'
ago.
Bfigadier General Young and Col.
Onel Page were ounspicuauu Inquire,
among tue luave.taking sosnep. Gen
efal Cannon was frequently Inquired
, tor but the train ON which came M
from Denver arrived An hour an1
half too late 10 permit Of his pTessne,
In tho two sections were 49, Phi
: Yates Including this band, % ofiiceTs
IL ladies who were either wives OF
daughters OF tho Giiicsu; III women
laundTestes and wives OF non.com
missionel officers aud prlvAtss making
total Of b68 without tue children, W ht
Will swell the number to about 600.
Fred Sansome, the well known
bgtUrr, surprised = good many OF hi
. inends THIS morning by his appearance,
IN tue column OF IN atcners. lie woT,
B a United states uniform aud carried .
kuHp'ack aud rlfiir. he has given vi
tho monotonous career Of barber fol
! TIE more Uncertain life OF u soldier
! lie enlisted yesterday aud says lie vii
, serve his term out,
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