The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-20
twenty fOurth Infantry Starts For
Home Tomorrow.
1T CONTAINS NEW FACES
REGIMENT HAVING BEEN RE-
CRUITED TO FULL STRENGTH.
General Kent May Come With His
Old Regiment Or May Arrive
Sooner Commissary Sergeant
Bohn Orders Supplies In Antici-
patton of the Arrival.

gallant Twenty-fourth infantry, nearly
500 strong. left Fort Douglas for the
scene OF the war then commencing,
there was apprehensiveuess for the flu
ture, but throughout the leavetaking
the soldiers received the benedictions
of the admiring throngs of people for
their well-being and safe return. The
return of the noble regiment, as an
nounced a week ago, after their Vaior-
Gus and victorious battle with the
Spaniards before Santiago de Cuba, will
be amid scenes of joy and sorrow. Low
ing kindred and fond friends will exult
in their coming home. but the sight of
the sick and wounded and the knowl-
edge of the absence of the dead officers
and soldiers will make everyone's heart
heavy with grief Still, the welcome
that will be accorded to the matchless
Twenty-fourth will be so earnest and
cordial that every one of the heroes
will know that their splendid services
in defense of the flag are appreciated
to the utmost by every citizen in this
state. The return of the banner regt
ment viii be the occasion for a grand
ovation.
A LARGER REGIMENT NOW.
When the regiment b ent to Tampa
was recruited to its maximum strength
by the enlistment of colored men from
the southern states. so that when the
fierce fighting on San Juan hill COM
menced the Twenty-fourth was full
regiment. Deducting the couple of
hundred killed and wounded, there
will soon be about LOO of the brave
boys in blue at Fort Douglas. Many
of them will be strangers in this part
of the world.
WILL LIKELY REMAIN HERE.
1t goes without saying that all the
officers and enlisted men who count
Fort Douglas as their home. and es-
TEEN the people of Salt Lake as their
friends, will be glad to return. Whether
they will be kept here long enough to
recover their health and strength, and
then be sent back to Cuba or to Porto
Rico to dN garrison duty during the re-
construction period, or whether the
stay at Fort Douglas will be for pro-
longed period, is Droblematical. The
post is in readiness to receive the regi-
ment, and has been SO for weeks, and
this information was dispatched by
Lieutenant Dashiell to department
headquarters
WILL ARRIVE ABOUT SUNDAY.
The regiment will leave Montauk
Point, Long Island, tomorrow and is
due to arrive in Salt Lake Saturday
night or Sunday morning. Some of the
invalid soldiers will be detsined in the
hospital near New York and sent to
join the regiment later, but all who are
not incapacitated for travel will move
with the regiment
GENERAL KENT COMING.
Major General Kent is expected to
arrive in Salt Lake almost any day. but
he may come along with his old regi-
ment.
THE ANXIOUS ONES.
Besides several wounded and sick SOL
diers, there have already returned to
Fort Douglas Captains Brett, Ducat
and Wygant the latter having arrived
only a few days ago. Captain Brett
Of + company and Captain Ducat of
ID company are gradually recovering
from their serious wounds and Captain
Wygant is mending from his illness
They and their families will join with
all the self-sacrificing women and chill
dren at the pest and everybody in well
coming their valorous comrades and
loving kindred home.
GETTING SUBSISTENCE SUPPLIES. |
Commissary Sergeant Bohn came |
down town yesterday and paralyzed |
tie flour dealers by asking if they could |
deliver $4,000 pounds of i
-four at the post. The dealers We're as !
lonished and more telephoning was
done in a minute than the flour men |
mad INDUCED in for days. But they |
finally arrived at the conclusion they |
could do it. Then the sergeant calmly !
them he would want $1,000 |
pounds more in two weeks from the |
time of the first delivery and another |
nstallment of similar weight two |
weeks later. Ed Rich is said to have !
,ainted away when this statement was |
made, while Charlie Miller did not come
% for an hour. But the flour will be |
furnished.
jerks FURLOUGH.
BY an order from the war depart
nent the leave of absence for one
month. with permission to apply for an
extension of one month, is granted |
First Lieutenant Isaac c. jerks, |
rwenty-four infantry