The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-17
FORT DOUGLAS NOTES.


The new rear sights for the n1aga-
zine rifle, caliber 80. are expected 10 ar
rive this week. They are set for
smaller degree of drift tnan those
used at present. A thorough test Will
be given them during the remainder OF
the seasons practice. and no DOUBT
they will prove to be more Satisfactory
than the old ones. about which there
has been so much kicking. Moral:
When you want anything keep up the
howl until 1T arrives
Firing at the 6OO-yard range will be
completed by tomorrow or FRIDAY,
when the shooters who have succeeded
in making the required SO per cent at
the four short ranges, 200, 300. 500 and
600, will move down below the Rapid
Transit line and begin operations up
on the rectangular enemy, distant 800
yards.
But few of the officers are making
good scores thus far during the sea
SONS practice aE compared to those OF
former years. Captain Morrison fires
regularly a few shots each day, and
rarely fails to bring the white disk
to the surface, but none of the youn-
ger officers have been heard from with
a high score.
The change from the back to the
prone position at 600 yards has caused
a perceptible falling off in the totals
at that range, as expected. Texas
grip" was a very solid position, like
resting the gun on a log. but it has
been decided to be impracticable in
war. You could not always see the
enemy in front and it took a. longer
time to lie down and get ready to fire
it was an unnatural way of shooting,
as shown by the positions taken by
nearly all soldiers in battle. When UNI
der an enemy's fire and lying down to
shoot they invariably hide the vitals.
Lieutenant Colonel Coates returned
yesterday from Chicago and the east
and will resume command of the First
battalion. He did not bring back amy
definite news about the much talked
of regimental move, which may be a.
good sign that there will not be anvs
Probably the surprise the secretary of
war is said to have had in store for.
the army this summer is that there
will not be a single regiment moved
after all the newsnapsr talk about it.
A number of wheelmen in the post
are training for the coming races.
The fifty yard dash between Douglas
of Company E and Rowe has been de-
clared off. 81
Private Thomas shipp, of Company
D, has deserted.
The weather appears to be too warm
for the half mile runs recently talked
of.
Private Buckley of company D was
discharged on the 18th and Corporal
Matthew Kelly, of the same company,
will be discharged today. "
| Wheelright Acorn has gone to
| Omaha ON a two weeks visit.
One of the young bear cubs ESCAPED
from the garden the other might where
It had been taken and chained to keep
it from the angry paws of its ugly
brother. There were evidences of a
scuffle in the vicinity and a gunny
sack was found near the iron stake.
Some one no doubt tried to sack tine
cub, there was a fight, and she escaped
! TO join the circus. The male cub is
located in board pen in the rear of
company H, and the way in which he
viewed the ball game Sunday afternoon
is suggestive. A player ON the Fort
team knocked a three-ba gger and there
was a. great hurrah below tine hild. His
little bearship was busily engaged ait
the time in performing his ablutions i'm
a half barrel of water sunk on a Level
with the ground. He heard the noise
and listened intenfly a moment and
then jumped out and climbed the wall
to the top board as far as his chain
would go, and gazed calmly, if not
rather contempfuously, down upon the
ball players. Just then the man on
third was put out with a swift linen
from tine pitcher with the glass arm
and there was another great hurraf
This was too much for the youthful
grizzly. He fell back into the pen
striking heavily on his head, but jump
ed up quickly and galloped around the
Enclosure shifting and whining in {
funny way. He then got on top of hig
dugout and stood up on his hind fee
holding up his forepaws in a helpless
i manner, and, looking in the direction
i of the diamond. gave vent to his feel
! ings in some of the most heart-rendins
4 means ever heard.