The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-02
Sergeant-rlajor De BirnyAssumed
His Duties Yesterday,
HAS SEEN MUCH SERVICE
HAS BEEN WITH THREE REGI-
MENTS IN THE POST.
A Former Soldier in the Sixteenth
Drowned ut sea-A Dancing Club
A Deserter sentenoed-A Fire
Drill Yesterday Considerable
Sickness at Fort Douglas.

Sergeant-Major Louis V. De Birny, sue
cessor to Sergeant-Major Charles Falk-
ner, who has returned to Company F, as
a private and has been appointed COM
pany clerk, assumed the duties of his posi-
ton yesterday. The new appointee was
formerly superintendent Of the r. G. & P.
railroad, and mining engineer of the r. G.
coal mines, until 1884. He was induced to
enlist by the prospects of obtaining d
commission. He enlisted the first time at
Fort Mcintosh, Texas, in Company d,
Sixteenth infantry. then commanded by
Captain H. A. Thealler, now colonel Of
the Sixteenth infantry. He served during
this enlistment at Fort Mcintosh, Fort
Ringgold and Fort Douglas, being dis
charged at this post as first sergeant. He
was disappointed in his army life in not
securing the coveted commission, and left
the service. He then served as civil
engineer at Birmingham, Ala He re-
enlisted in Company e, Nineteenth in
fantry, at Fort Brady, Michigan, and the
climate not agreeing with him he trans
ferred to the Eighteenth infantry, in
which regiment he was appointed quarter
master sergeant.
When Lieutenant-C Colonel Theaker, his
former captain, was promoted colonel of
the Sixteenth g longing to Join his old
comrades took possession of him. Hav-
ing served in three different regiments
and feeling convinced that the Sixteenth
had few equals and no superiors. the OIL
GERS being always kind and courteous to-
ward the men and the men seeming to dis
play a comradeship toward each other
such as he had not seen elsewhere, and
when his former captain became the
colonel of the Sixteenth infantry at this
place, his desire to rejofn his old regi-
ment became so strong he could resist the
temptation no longer and he applied for
a transfer and received it, preferring TO
sacrifice his position as quartermaSter-
sergeant in the Eighteenth infantry and
serve as a private so long as possible un-
der a man whom he considered an ideal
soldier and man.
Private Thomas O'Marron OF the nos
pital corps, has received two letters from
friends in Washington saying that Hans
Rasmussen, the consumptive, who was dis
charged from the post hospital on June
2S 1895. for disability, and who had entered
the Soldiers Home, and had been granted
pension of S34 per month, has been
drowned at sea. Rasmussen, before leaving
the United States, made arrangements
to draw the first installment of his PEN
sion when he should arrive at the Danish
capital. He sailed from New York on a.
small vessel bound for Denmark. The
vessel went down at sea and all on board
persisted. Not a word has ever been heard
from them. This happened some time in
October 1895.
O'Marron says that while Rasmussen was
lying i'll in the post hospital he remembers
to have heard him say more than once,
while in a respondent mood, that he hoped
he would get a chance some day to sail
for the odd country and that the vessel
would go down in mid-ocean. In this
case the strange wish has been realized.
Lieutenant and Mrs. W. K Wright will
give stall party to a number of friends
fllN !,
Corporal George Daley of company D,
Sixth infantry, Fort Thomas, KY, whose
father was for a long time a non-com-
mtssioned officer in the Sixteenth infan-
try, and who has been spending a. fur
Tough of four months in Salt Lake, leaves
today for his station in the Blue Grass
state
Private Napoleon Graves of company
D. now in the hospital, viii soon be dis
charged for disability
Corporal Clark of company B, the post
exchange clerk. who has been recon-
mended to be discharged for disability,
has had his papers returned for more
endorsements.
Sergeant ''Gunsling'' Davidson has
made an application for ordnance ser
geant.
The officers lyceum and instruction of
the signal class will begin Immediately |
after the big practice march.
Mrs. T. w. Morrison leaves today for
Pittsburg, her former home, where she
will remain for couple of months for
the benefit of her health.
Sergeant Davidson, Privates Angel and
Mcintosh and several other members of
the light fantastic fraternity have or
club and will soon give series OF hops
in the post hall. The music is to be fur
nished by the Sixteenth band orchestra.
Private William Graves of company E,
who received a severe burn on his. left
hand some time ago, has had to have
the index finger amputated.
A dozen or more desertions are looked
for on next payday, it is thought on &C
count of the long practice march
Charles Head, late of company F, who
deserted from this post a year ago and
gave himself up at Fort keogh, Mont,
was tried and received a sentence of six
months and dishonorable discharge.
The Fort Douglas baseball team will go
% Park City on September 10 to win
back the game lost at Beck's last Sun
lay. in which Heath. the star player of
he fort team. did not take part.
At fire drill yesterday one of the large
windows on the north side of the post
chapel was smashed by the boys in blue
n their excitement to find out the loca-
ion of the imaginary fire.
The Athletic baseball team of Salt Lake
under the management of Mr.. Hfll-has
'efused to put UP the 500 demanded by
he Fort Douglas team for the match
anne, and as a consequence there are no
arrangements a. present for game with
hem.
An unusually large number of men
lave been on the sick report recently,
more perhaps than for a dozen years.
1t present there are twenty-one patients
)eing cared for in the hospital, which
ills both wards of the building, and there
ire several others who are marked quar-
ers'' The hospital corps has been hav
ng its hands full in taking care of them
LII.
The signal corps will be mounted on BIZ
ycles on the two hundred mile practice
march
The Door of Life.
The fear of pain and the dangers of
,arturition fill many a wonans breast
With dismay. There is no reason why