The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-13
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court martial has been ordered
at Fort Douglas for the trial of any
cases which may come before il, con-
sisting of Lieutenant Colonel Emerson
Il. Liscum, Captain Charles A. Crane,
Captain Ammon a. Augur, Captain
John j. Brereton. Captain Charles
Dodge. jr.. First Lieutenant Benjamin
Leavell, First Lieutenant Arthur {.
Ducat, jr., First Lieutenant William
Black, First Lieutenant Alfred M.
Palmer, First Lieutenant Henry G
Keene, ir., First Lieutenant Archibald
A Cabaniss, First Lieutenant Charles
z. Tayman, Second Lieutenant George
H. McMaster and First Lieutenant
William X. Dashiell, judge advocate.
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Lieutenant George D. Dechon, assist
ant surgeon, who left the post recently,
has arrived at Washington barracks.
his new station, but will spend a few
months on leave before reporting for
duty there.
Lieutenant Colonel ]. F. Randlett, of
the Ninth cavalry. now stationed at
Fort DucheSne, was retired from active
service on the Sth. Colonel Randlett is
well known in Utah, at least by reDu-
tation, as he has been so long con-
nected with the Uintah reservation.
Colonel Randlett is native of New
Hampshire, and his first commission
was that of caDtain in the Third New
Hampshire volunteers. which he ac-
cepted Aug. %, 1861. He served with
efficiency during the war and was hon
orably mustered in rs lieutenant col
onel, July 20, 1865. He was appointed
captain of the Thirty-ninth United
States infantry on June s. 1867 and as
signed TO the Eighth cavalry in 1870.
He was promoted TO major of the Ninth
cavalry on July 5, 1856 and lieutenant
colonel on Oct. IA, 1896.
Governor H. NJ. Wells and Governor
Drake of Idaho, paid an official call on
Colonel Kent yesterday morning. Dur
ing their visit the re"imental band
was stationed outside the command
ing officers quarters and rendered a
few beautiful selections in honor of the
distinguished guests.
Captain James has been granted a
four months leave of absence, to date
from the 18th. The captain will go
east to-sDend his leave.
Mr.. Clarke, who has been employed
in the Post Exchange, has resigned
his position there to accept the stew
al dship of the officers club.
Ex-Private Smith DIETER known as
"Scotty') will take Clarke's place in
the canteen.
The troops were paid on the 9Th.
The special order from department
headquarters assigning Acting Hos
pital Steward Ludwig Schoenfeldt to
Fort Douglas has been revoked. Act
ing Steward Martin Rose is transferred
from Fort Ddchesne to Douglas.
The regimental band, under the di-
rection OF Professor Shaffner. will give
a concert in the post hall at 2:30 this
afternoon.
A good story was told by one of The
soldiers of the Sixteenth. just before
they left, on one of Salt Lakes society
boys. The soldier said: I was walk
ing on No. post. that is down be-
tween the two street car lines. II was
nearly y o'clock ar night when I sud
denly saw the figure of some one rap
idly approaching. 1 brought down my
rife to n post and cried, Halt, Who
goes theren I expected to hear the
usual answer of Friend but what
was my surprise to get this answer
in scared tones. ny name is - -.
I've just been up visiting Captain IS
daughter and am going home if you
have no objections