The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-22

'tsIickey'' Meets a Tragic Fate.
The following named soldiers have de-
serted from Fort Douglas since payday.
August 18th:
Band-Private Porter.
Company B-Privates Ames. Keadia
and Mooney.
Company C-Private Thompson.
White
Company E-Private Mcslander.
company F'-Privates John Hughes and
James Burns.
Company H-Privates Claire. Eubanks
jacobson and Harry King.
IheSe fourteen men are at present all
sent without leave and will not be drop
ped from the muster and payrolls OF
their respective companies as deserterS
until the 18th inst.-ten days after de-
parture.
Privates Price and CovilIe have formed
a partnership in the post tonsorial par
lors, in the quarters of company G, which
was recently enlarged for the purpose
The regular weekly meeting OF the
Christian Endeavor society was held in
the post chapel on Thursday evening.
The settingup drill is a. daily diversion
e1AtCA Tic 1lOlOtUIly battalion and
pany drill, which lasts for two and al
quarter hours each day.
Artificer Edward r. DuvaI of companv
& has been granted a furlough Of three
months. and will be discharged November
II, In accordance with department order
No. g.
Musician Sullivan of company F is TAX.
ing advantage Of a three months fur
Tough and has a position in the post ex-
change.
Private Mccain of company H has re-
turned from three months furlOugh and
reported for duty yesterday.
Double time guard mount is now held
at II a m
Private Haefiey of company G. did not
succeed in getting all of his furlough ap-H
piled for, on account of having received
a TWO months furlough in 1898. He has
been granted a furlough for one mouth,
beginning on the End proximo.
Private Jimmy Cash of company D has
lost his famous trick 60 dog Mickey
SharDshoter Bruen of company E shot at
him first, but failed 10 kill him, and
Mickey ran away with a fearful howl
Kill him, and after firing two shots out
Of a company shotgun. finally Stayed poor
Mickey. Undertakers Platt and Mason
of the post baStile were Immediately sum
moned and conveyed his mangled re-
mains out on the open prairie Mickey
was said to have been the first dog born
in the state OF Utah, having come into
this rare climate the same hour the
president signed the proclamation.
Mickey had always borne this repuEa-
ton mOdeStly and his Cwner is willing to
make an affidavit to that effect. Not
long ago the post commander issued a
verbal order to have all the dogs of Sol
diervtle classified. and all OF the second
class, the ours, killed. and so poor Mick
ey the first and smarteSt cur in all UtsAh1
had TO pay the debt.
The following timely order from the
commandment, Colonel Theaker, has just
been published:
Headquarters Sixteenth Infantry.
Fort Douglas, Utah, August 20, 1896.
General Orders No. 70.
First-The regimental commander no.
tees that in many instances in this regi-
ment too much service is required OF
uniform clothing. There are dress coats
now doing service as such that should
have been discarded an enlistment or
two back He believes that he has seen
coats with fifteen years service still
forced to do duty as in their youth, and
many blouses and trousers are not neat
and tidy, nor do they mt Many men look
as if their clothing had never been ad-
justed to them. but had been thrown on
them. Every man should have q tidy and
not 100 Old dress coat dIlu GWO ullOIoSS
suits, the best one for extra occasions;
but If some of the men now 10 be seen
going about the garrison and TO town are
provided with two suits and wear their
best ones, then they should nave three
1t is not the purpose Of the government
in giving a yearly allowance of clothing
to increase the soldiers pay 10 mat
amount, but the purpose IS to actually
cIothe him, and neatly, too.
Second-The commanding ofrlcer directs
that for the future company commanderS
take personal charge Of this subject and
see to it that their recruits are not loadeuA
nm with old dress coats or other arttc1eS
of the uniform by the older men, ana
that they draw an OUTFIT or ciothlng AFTER
they join the company and mat II IL
fitted to them by a tailor; also that al
men now requiring additions to their uni
forms in order TO give them soldier1y
and presentable appearance, draw the ar
ticles needed. whether they are utess
coats, blouses. trousers or other articles.
The use of CATERS, pumps or otner HgnC
shoes on duty Is forbidden The govern
ment issue Of shoes, being so lar superior
to any other for marching purposes
should be adhered to on all occasions or
TSird-The adjutant will not select a
soldier as orderly who shows a coat DuN-
ton below his cartridge Deit, or mas on
auy other than government Shoes
F'ourth-The orderly for the command
ing officer is hereby given tWenty-Iour
f2D hours pass, and is excused from all
duty and roll calls, including the II
O'clock %. m. check. from the time Of his
relief as orderly until the following days
guard mount. when he will be for duty.
F7ifth-Eyery enlisted man belonging 10
companies at this post for duty, extra
or specfal duty win attend reveille and
retreat roll calls with their companies ex<
cept the men on pass, the guard on duCy1
the provost sergeant, the gardeners, the
most bakers, two company COOKS 70 eac1
company, the reservation sergeant ana
the commanding officers orderly, VINO Is
on pass. Everybody else, including the
married soldiers, will turn uot.
Sixth-Company commanders may eX-
cuse such of their married men as they
see ft from the IL o'clock D. m cheek
BY order of Colonel Theaker.
(SiFned) CHAS. P. GEORGE,
First Lieutenant Sixteenth Infantry, Adj
tutant.
Oficial.
General order No. 81, headquarters of
the army. dated August Is, amends para
graphs $50 $50. GAL, 642 and 64S OF the
Regulations. 1t says:
'sBy direction of the secretary OF war
from and after this date the issue or the
full dress uniform to hospital stewards,
acting hospital stewards and privates or
the hospital corps, u S. A., viii De dis