The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-21

The Sixteenth infantry will say good
bye to Fort Douglas and Salt Lake Oc-
tober 2. There is not man, woman or
child at the post but regrets this move
Eight years is a good while to remain in
one station and many ties of love and
friendship must needs be severed by the
change. Fort Douglas is considered by
an army people TO be the pleasantest
station in the west if not in the whole
country and the regiment has. enjoyed
immensely their long stay in Utah. No
news would be as pleasant at this time
as that the order for the change would
be revoked.
The people of Salt Lake have come to
consider the Sixteenth as a part of them
selves and very general regret is ex-
pressed at their departure. Both officers
and men made many warm personal
friends during their stay mere and If in
response TO the call of duty they must go
they take with them the klndliest feelings
ana the best wishes of this community.
The new forts in Idaho Boise Barracks,
Fort Sherman and Fort Spokane Wash,
are lacking in three tremendous essentials,
climate, mineral and salt water bathing.
Fort Sherman is considered by far the
best station of the three. 1t will be the
headquarters of the regiment and will be
garTisoned by four companies. AS stated
yesterday in The Herald nothing what
ever is known at the present time as TO
what companies will go there or to either
of the other two posts
Boise Barracks is a small post, at pres
emit garriSoned by one company of the
Fourth infantry and one troop of the
Fourth cavalry. The town is not consid-
cred by many enlisted men who have
been there as a desirable place for an
enlisted man.
AS to Fort Spokane, Wash, it is new
post, and is not yet completed. 1t has
contains three companies of the Fourth
Infantry at present and they will prob
ably be relieved by three companies Of
the Sixteenth infantry under the COM
post is thirty miles from the nearest
railroad station. 1t is conceded that
Lieutenant Colonel e. NJ. Coates will go
| to Boise Barracks with two companies.
! The other three companies, headquarters
and band will garrison Fort Sherman.
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Some people say that there is a good
deal of politics mixed up in the move of
Twenty-fourth infantry to Fort Douglas.
The athletic team with Second Lieu
! tenant Paimer in charge, will leave the
post Thursday evening and will proceed
! over the Denver & Rio Grande to Denver
and Fort Logan. The order came from de-
partment headquarters yesterday and
enclosed an order on the Rio Grande ticket
agent in Salt Lake for transportation for
nine men to Fort Logan. The team upon
| arrival will report to the commanding
officer, Colonel Merriam, and then pro-
! coed in company with troop E, Second
cavalry, Captain Hopper, to the grounds
! OF the Denver Athletic club, where a
! competitors camp will be established.
| The other athletic teams in the depart
ment will report at Fort Logan not later
than September 18th and proceed to the
! 2 adj a pl
At the close of the competition the
| officers in charge of teams viii have a
competition and it is safe to say the win
ner of the hundred yard dash will be the
| faithful manager and trainer of the Six
| teenth infantry team. No medals are
hung up for the officers competition. In
the competition for enlisted men there
will be two sets of prizes, one first and
one second prize for each event and one
| prize, a handsome gold medal, for the
best all round athlete.
There is some doubt yet as to who are
| the two members to be left behind as the
| order provides for only a team of eight
men and one officer. The exercises Mon
DAY "a, i, and Tuesday on the lower parade.
acter, will decide the matter.
In the mile race between Douglas and
Bruin yesterday morning at Liberty park,
Bruin won, Douglas quitting the race at
! the six hundred yard point
Private Strand, late of Company B,
First infantry. n. G. u. has enlisted in
Company H. Private Grove of Company
B, who applied for enlistment at the same
| time, could not be taken on account of a.
slight deficiency in chest measurement
Private Charles Wigginton has trans
ferred from Company to Company E,
and will take the trumpet.
| Ex-Sergeant Sheridan, who was dis
charged recently from the band and who
| has since been travelling in Utah has re-
! turned and re-enlisted in the band.
After the shower yesterday afternoon
large crowd attended the band con-
! cert.
Headquarters Department of the Colo
RADIO, Denver, Col, September 15 1896
! General Orders No. 3.
! The plan having been approved by the
acting secretary of war and the major
/ general commanding the army a compe-
! ution of enlisted men, skilled in athletics
! will be held at Denver, Colorado, October
and next. 1t will be conducted under
supervision of the following named Off
GERS. who will arrange programme of
| athletic events and report the results
! thereof. with their recommendations II
writing, direct to these headquarters
! Detail: Captain Edward E. Harding,
| Seventh infantry; Captain Curtis B. Hop
| pin, Second cavalry; Second Lieutenant
! Geo. 7. Langhorn, Third cavalry aid. At
/ every post in the department an ath-
| letic team will be Immediately formed in
accordance with the special letter of in
I structionS from these headquarters, dated
/ September r. 1896, and sent to all post
! commanders. Each team will be com
manded by Il commissioned officer, select
| ed by the post commander. All teams
! will be sent to Fort Logan, Colorado, in
( time to arrive there September 26. Teams
| from posts in Utah may travel indie
/ pendently of all others. Commanding Of
! ficers of posts in Arizona and New Mex
/ leo will arrange in advance by telegraph
! to have all their teams unite al Albu-
! querque n. NJ, If practicable, and jour-
ney thence to Denver by the same rail-
way train. All teams will report to the
commanding officer at Fort Logan for
competition he will order competitors to
return to their respective stations. grant
I ing to those who may apply therefor de-
! lays not exceeding twenty days, full dress
and fatigue uniforms, blankets, arms and
! equipments complete, according TO branch
! of service, will be brought. The usual
/ running dress worn by athletes will be
authorized in the contests. The quarter
master department will furnish the re-
uuired transportation and the subsistence
| department the authorized subsistence.
| The chief quartermaster of the depart
ment will give special instructions to the
! post Guartermasters regarding the man
/ ner in which the railway transportation
requests shall be issued
The names of the competitors and the
/ organiZa tons to which they pertain will
( be telegraphed to these headquarters not
/ later than September 90 When the teams
! leave their respective posts descriptive
4 lists of all competitors will be mailed to
! the commanding officer, Fort Logan.
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