The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-30

discipline of the military service is q
most valuable education for any sphere
| of manly occupation.
Private Pond Of company a, the
! young man who achieved fame on in
\ auguration day as a drill instructor
/ has departed for parts unknown, leav-
| ing some of his friends short several
articles Of clothing.
Ex-Private Griffin will leave Friday
for the Soldiers home. Washington, D,
The non-commissioned officers will
soon commence the study of topo-
graphy.
There is a good deal of inquiry about
the date of the Grand Orient ball.
Private Reiss of company D, who
served an enlistment in the Second
cavalry, says that Fort Douglas is
''out of sight and a long way ahead
OF Fort Logan. Colo.
There is a good deal of superstition
in the fort about No. 2 post, which
encircles the quartermaster shops in
rear of the guard house.
A ghost of no uncertain shape has
been reported several times as hover
| ing around the windows of a building
apparently awaiting a chance to scoop
in the sentry. a number of unfortu-
nate incidents have occurred on this
post within the last few years. One
soldier committed suicide, one shot
himself seriously, one was found I'M
conscious when the relief arrived, and
could never tell what had happened to
him, another who was a member Of
the third relief, came off guard one
morning and went to his quarters, put
his gun in the rack, and went away
and was never heard of again. Recent
~ a man went into commissions imme-
diately after being relieved from the
post and was affected in the same way
when put on again. Some soldiers who
are assigned that post when the guard
is counted off will trade it for any
other in the garrison. There's no tell
ing What the ghost will do next.
Private Longley, who is new to the
service, has composed the following
essay on gambling: Gambling seems
to be the chief pastime of many sol
diers. There are men in the army who
would play off anything in their pos
session. The enlisted men are not sup
posed to be allowed to gamble in the
quarters, but nevertheless they do SC
without molestation. 1t seems queer
that they do this so steadily. The
words call you,'' pass" that
good, lets see your hole card" etc,
grow very monotonous, especially to
those who are so unfortunate as ia
sleep close to the gambling table"
Private Collin of company G. for
nj
tells an amusing incident connected
with his visit to Colonel Crofton, Fiji
teenth infantry, at the time of the
great railway strike of 1894. He had
been discharged several months and
was out at Evanston, H., to witness
The maneuvers of the troops and met
some of his friends in the Tenth. No
civilian was allowed to pass through
the lines of the Fifteenth without the
special permission of Colonel Crofton,
and Collin was accordingly escorted
to the tent of the famous Flfteenth's
commando. Just before entering the
camp he had laid in a supply of
good cigars, real ten-centers, one OF
which he was smoking. AS he entered
the tent he was met with a binding
puff of smoke from the colonel. who
was pulling away vigorously at an
enormous Dutch pipe with a stem six
or seven feet in length. Collin held
his cigar in one hand and tried to fan
away the smoke to get a view of the
commander, when he was met with the
stern question, who are you and
what do you want?" 81 am a civilian, y
replied Collin, land would like
to get permission to visit com
pany H, Tenth infantry" Have
you ever been a soldier?" Il
have said Collin. ''Then throw that
cigar away" Numbered the colonel
What you you mean by smoking
here?' ooh, no, colonel, Oh. no." said
Collin, Il just paid 10 cents for this
cigarr'
Orders from the headquarters of the
department of the Platte, announced
that Lieutenant Brant H Wells. of
the Second infantry. brother of Gov
ernor Heber NJ. Wells, has been de-
tailed for court martial duty at Fort
Omaha.
The band orchestra concert in the
post hall last night was listened to bv
a packed house, standing room being
at a premium. The musical farce, "A
Trip to the Country was greatly en-
joyed. The band will, in few days,
receive two additional musicians. They
come from the Fourth infantry.
Post Librarian Meadows says that
some unknown person makes life a
misery to him by continually writing
on the blackboard such admonitions
as mo smokingt' mo cigarettes-on
your lifer' loud talking, bahr'
Sheath! The pikew etc, which
keeps him busy to erase.
A late order from the adjutant-gen-
erals office says that company COM
manders who intend to give a soldier a
bad discharge must notify the man of
the fact thirty days before the expira-
ton of his enlistment.
The report of the quartermaster-gen
eral for 1895 has arrived at the post
library and is an interesting array of
facts and figures. The report says that
the appropriation for the Utah militia
was 1925. which is greater by a couple
of thousand dollars than the amount
appropriated for the Kentucky militia
for the same year.
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