The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-17
THE MILITARY CITY.
INUEREsT9yG REvIEW OF HAP
PENNIES AT FORT DOUGLAS.


Promotions From the Ranks-Ser-
giant Douglas Good Record-The
New RiAe-SoIdiers VIII Be Paid
Today.
The troops of the command will be paid
at 10 a. m today.
The ice harvest ended Yesterday. all
three of the houses having been filled
and a large amount packed on the out
side.
The ball at the post hall last night
given under the auspices of the Army
and, Navy. Union, was we'll attended and
pleasant evening was spent by all.
Rugby Smalldon. of football fame. who
is sad to wear rings on his feet, has
beginning tomorrow. He will leave for
New York Saturday.
Corporal thurman, of Company G. Six
teenth infantry, now heads the list for
a commission since the promotion on the
18th inst. of Sergeant Synderham, First
infantry, and Corporal Shaw, Twenty
first infantry.
Sergeant Ahern and Private Faulkner
returned yesterday from California, hav-
ing safely delivered their prisoner, Muir
ply. TO the authorities at Alcatraz Island,
San Francisco bay They report the
spring weather of the coast most delight.
full and the view from the green hills OF
Berkiey surprisingly beautiful
Private Fortenor, clerk in the .adjutant's
Office, has been appointed clerk in COM
pany f in the place of Boyce, relieved.
Some people are still complaining about
the new rifle, but Private Wilkes, Of
Company +, one Of the best sharpshooters
in the regiment, thinks the new gun an
tine prove its superiority over the SPRING
field.
Detachments from Companies E and F
remodeled post traders store, and the
attachments of Companies II and G.
that were occupying tents in the rear of
their quarters, now occupy the rooms
in Company [ quarters, vacated by the
former.
The canteen restaurant shows signs of
Improvement with Messrs Wilson and
condition Sergeant Hipp. Corporal
Clark, ex-Corporal Ringholtz, Privates
Home, Franz and Marsick complete the
corps of assistants.
The street car ticket question is at the
fore again. Tickets on the Rapid Transit
line are for sale at the Exchange for
cash and not for the currency of the Ex-
change. The arrangement is made for
obvious reasons. The. agency for the
tickets is a private affair and the EX-
change desires no benefit from the sales.
If the tickets were sold for brass cur
rency the Exchange would derive the
sole benefit therefrom, and of course the
agent would loose his percentage, free
passes, etc. If the tickets were sold for
canteen currency at small discount i. e.
twenty tickets for one dollar and ten
cents, there would be a double percent
age, though this arrangement would prob
ably not be allowed. Yet this would meet
with the unanimous APPROVAL of the troops,
who seem to have d fixed idea that any
thing for sale in the post Exchange should
be purchased with the currency Of the
Exchange.
The citizen tailor of company F., Mr..
Wlddle, IS justly entitled 10 the name of
the pioneer of Fort Douglas. He has been
working steadily at his trade in the post
for more than twenty-three years COM
ing here in the winter of 1872. He has
seen regiment after regiment come and
so, and soldiers good and bad rise for
a moment upon the inconStant waves OF
military existence and then drop back
again to civil haunts and leave no trace
behind. He thinks the Sixteenth is in
every respect the best infantry regiment
at Fort Douglas several years longer.
The Grand orients viii give the next
dance to come off in the post hall at
an early date.
COMPANIES D. F. and H. have no read
ing room. as have the other companies,
on account of the crowded condition of
the barracks. This is doubly uncomfort-
able, considering the fact that the post
library closes its doors promptly at
D. m. The companies that have reading
rooms keep them open until IL p. m.
1t was anticipated that the act provid-
ing for the promotion to the grade of
commissioned officer of meritorious non
commissioned officers found morally, in
tellectually and physically qualified for
promotion. would incIte the ambition OF
men in the ranks, and attract to the mil
itary service young men of superior
character and education, whose presence
in the ranks would greatly add to the
discipline and morals of the army. There
are now in the army one hundred and
nine officers of the line, who were pro-
noted from the ranks since the passage
of the act of June 6, 1873.
The fact that a man who may have
deserted during one enlistment, and after
having been tried and restored to duty
is not eligible for re-enlistment again,
does not appear to be at all understood
DY the average soldier, out Sucn, now
ever. is the case. 1t is held that a man
who deserts once, no matter whether he
be afterward restored to duty not,
has not given honest and faithful, ser
vice" in his last enlistment, and there
fore cannot be re-enlisted.
The Davidson MINISTRIES will be the Ii
tie Of the next burn cork aggregation
to appear in the post hall about Febru-
airy l.
Sergeant A. Douglas, of company D.
pany on the 18th inst. Sergeant Douglas
has served almost twenty-siX years in
the army and navy, having to his credit
one years service in the Mississippi
SQUADRON. under Admiral d. d. Porter
This service will count double upon his
retirement three years hence. 1t was at
Jefferson barracks. back in $780, that he
first entered the army, and was imme-
dlately ordered with a number of re-
cruits to join troop of the Eighth cav
airy then stationed on the wild from
tier at Fort Bayard, New Mexico His
detachment marched over the plains more
than eight hundred miles after leaving
the railroad at Fort Leavenworth. At that
time the country they passed through
was infested with bands of hostile In
dams and the buffalos were as thick as
cattle are today. He has been stationed
then and has been in several engagements
along the Rio Grande The Eighth cav
airy was stationed in Texas and New
Mexico for fifteen years, during which
time he remained a wielder of the saber
and became noted as a crack shot with