The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-23
AT FORT DOUGLAS.
SOLDIERS MAKING PREPARA-
TIoNS FOR THANKSGIVING.
Work on the Reservoir-Snow VIII
Soon Stop the Operations For the
Winter-Two General Orders.

Grand preparations are being made
among the companies at Fort Douglas for
Thanksgiving day. It is the time when
the soldiers are given the best that the
market affords, and a good time is had
all around. Each company is busy pre-
pairing for the Thanksgiving dinner. Sey-
eral hundred turkeys have been pur-
chased at the post for the enlisted men,
and heavy inroads are being made IN tne
company funds TO supply the necessary
side dishes and delicacias for that grand
event.
Thursday will be set aside as a holiday
for the boys in blue and they WI WI l, nav
All duties except the necessary, guard
duties will be suspended. Gould the peo-
pie of the city see the dinner that is
spread before the soldiers on that day
they would be surprised indeed at the
many tempting viands that are set be-
fore them. 1t is the rule in the army to
New Years day as pleasant to the
soldiers as possible. This year will be no
exception and the soldiers are waiting i'm
patiently for the feast that is sure to
come on Thursday.
The past two weeks at the post have
been about the quietest that have been
known in the garrison for long time.
There has been hardly an event to change
| the unruffled course of events. Every
! thing seems to be centered in the large
reservoir in the canyon. This work is oc,
! cupying nearly all the soldiers time and
he has to be on duty there. nearly every
day. The settling pool which is being
built is nearly. completed but 1t Is
! thought that the reservoir will not be
ready for use before next spring.
| When the bad weather comes the snow
will be so deep in the canyon that 1t viii
| be impossible to continue the work. This
will not be long in coming, for light
snow in the post generally means quite a
deep fall in the canyon at the location
of the reservoir. At present the small
reservoir, just above the post, is being
used to supply ne garrison with water.
I 1t is hoped, however, that when the set
| ting pool is completed that the water can
connected that the post can get its
supply from it. The garrison depends a
great deal on the large reservoir for its
supply of ice. During the winter 1t
| freezes to a good thickness and is of fine
clear quality so an attempt will be made
! to have the large reservoir filed with
water in time to get the ice crop.
The following general order has been
issued from army headquarters:
by direction of the secretary of war,
i par. 1882 of the regulations is amended to
! read as follows:
'1O32-Publlc animals shall, upon the
! day received, be branded with the letters
| u s.. on the left fore shoulder
| Cavalry and artillery horses, assigned to
organizations, will also be branded or
| the hoof of one fore foot. one and one
| half inches below the coronet, with the
| designation of the regiment and troop or
+! battery. Branding irons will be supplied
b. the ouartermaster department OF
| uniform size and design. Letters ~. S.
to be two inches in hight. Letters and
/ numbers of hoof brands on the same line
! to be three-fourths of an inch high the
! letter to precede the number, and
! blocked so as to penetrate the hoof one
| sixteenth of an inch"
The president and Secretary Alger have
approved the regulations governing the
! military reservation at Fort st. Michael
Alaska. The regulations provide for the
issue of permits by the secretary of war
| to persons of proper character and stand
ing who make satisfactory written
application to him to occupy a
definite location for a. specified
! business. This applies also to per-
| sons already on the reservation who
| however, will not be disturbed until the
! action of the secretary in each case is
! known. Permits are not negotiable but
may be transferred and the improve
ments sold through an application to the
| commanding officer at Fort st. Michael
to the secretary of war. Persons anc
! corporations occupy lands and privileges
I subject to police regulations imposed by
/ commanding officers of reservation or
| higher authority. No retail or distilled
spirits, except light wines and beer. are
| permitted on the reservation and al
| regulations are subject to subsequent
legislation of congress.