The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-01
SID HOOPER IS HOME.
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The Rough Rider Enjoyed His Mill
tary Experience.
CAMP LIFE AT CUBA LI3RE
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ONLY REGRET Is NOT GETTING
TO THE FRONT.
The Lieutenant May Receive Com
mission In the Regular Army
Trooper Weller of Gaines Cavalry
Home-Drum Major of the
Twenty-fourth Asks For Discharge

Sid Hooper, the popular lieutenant of
Utah's troop of Torrey's rough riders,
has returned from what he styles his
summers outing in Sanamo park. Sid
never looked better in his life, and
never has felt quite SO we'll, according
to his own statement. He was mus
tered out on Oct. "a, and left Jackson
vile on the 2Sth. Since this time he has
visited Chicago. New York and Wash
ington, D. c., returning home Tuesday
night.
Lieutenant Hooper is not at all averse
to army life. He feels he has had a
valuable and pleasurable experience,
and nothing would suit him better than
q commission in the regular army,
something, by the way, which is not at
all unlikely to materialize. The lieu
tenant denies the expectation of such,
but his visit to Washington, coupled
with an excellent record and other
recently developed facts, have a most
significant aspect.
Lieutenant Hooper has this to say
of the conditions at Camp Cuba Libre:
1.-The reports of poor food and miSman-
| agement have been grossly eXagger-
ated. 1 lived in the ranks with the
men for three months, and the grub
was all that could be expected. OF
course, we couldn't expect the luXuries
of home, but as to the meat being
tainted, why, there's nothing in it;
that's all untrue.
Nor were there any factions or
cliques. The men dyed as brothers, had
no trouble at ali among themselves, but
it was a keen disappointment not to be
sent to the front. But we were not run
ming the government, and 1 don't know
whose fault this was. We were there
to obey orders and what is the use of
complaining? 1t is true our regiment
was one of the best equipped in the
whole army, and certainly was not
lacking in drill Had we gone to the
front we would have made record
equal to Roosevelts boys, but, say,
what's the matter with Utah? Didn't
our boys do things up right in Manila?
What right have we got to llick"-and
here the heutenant's enthusiasm led
him to discussion of the Philippine
problem.
What of the contention among the
men and officers in troop I?' was asked.
THAT report also is untrue. The
officers had to do their duty, and a few
of the boys were sore because of it.
They imagined the officers were over
bearing but so far as [ know, not one
man was ever imposed upon. And
this, you will find, is the belief of the
majority of the troop.
1.-The horses suffered fearfully in that
climate. and the flies were something
awful during the last days of Cuba
Libre, but all in all, considering the fact
that we were from a mountainous
country, we came out the big end
OF his stay in the east, Lieutenant
Hooper said the peace commission was
the topic of general discussion, and in
cidentally remarked that, although he
had talked of Utah with a great many
prominent politicians at Washington,
he never had heard the word "Rob-
erts.'
Trooper George L. Weller of Gaines
cavalry arrived home on Tuesday, hay
ing been called back by the serious i'll
ness of his sister, Mrs. Sheets.
Fort Douglas Notes.
Jack Jones, the robust drum-major
of the Twenty fourth band, has applied
for his release from service, and. in
compliance with long established law,
the command will retire him. Jones
has been in the service for thirty years.
He is the same who was reported one
of the first to have fallen on San Juan
I'LL, Dut 0lctl llCO -I1lC AcllF6S ny IGIQIn-
ing to the post some three weeks ago.
Jack was on the hill, though, and in
the hottest of the fray He escaped the,
battlefield to fall a victim to fever, and
was a long time recovering. He leaves
an admirable record as a soldier be-
hind him. and viii remain at the post
indefinitely, as is ths privilege Of all
good soldiers.
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The summary court Captain Wygant,
at the post, has disposed of the case
of Private James Dupee of company G.
Duoee's offense consisted in his being
drunk and disorderly, and raising
row on a street car in the city.
The sentence is that he forfeit one
months pay and be confined in the
guard house for thirty days
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The regiment is now replacing the
tents and general equipments which
were abandoned in fever-stricken ST.
honey.
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Post schools open Monday.