The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-17

the sun. on the porches were piled boxes,
! tents and other camp equipage galore A
glimpse inside of the quarters showed all
to be in state of hustle. but not confu-
sion. Bundles of every description were
arranged about the barracks, while at
The bedside of each man was his KNAPP
sack, canteen and other field rig. The
quarters seemed more barren than they
were a short time ago. and everything
pointed to the immediate departure of the
/ troops The soldiers themselves seemed
/ but little disturbed, for they could be
seen playing ball. feeding their pets stroll
ling about the post or lounging in easy
chairs on the company pOrches. Little
groups OF officers and ladies could be seen
along officers row. and the children were
playing together on the lawn.
RECEIVED MANY TELEGRAMS.
All day yesterday kilograms were being
received and answered by Colonel Kent
and Adjutant Cartwright. They were
from department headquarters and were
instructions as TO. the methods OF proce-
dure. 1t is learned that the whole regi-
ment will proceed TO New Orleans under
command Of Colonel Kent. and Will there
report to Brigadier General ShafteT upon
its arrival The acting hospital steward
and four members OF the hospital corps
will go with the regiment. under Assist
ant Surgeon T. J. Kirkpatrick. They will
take with them a fun field kit OF medi-
cines and other necessary articles. AS has
been stated before. Lieutenant W. r.
Dashiel and a detail of TWO men from
each company viii remain in charge of
the post. Chaplain Allensworth viii also
remain. unless orders are received 70 the
contrary. Besides these. there VIII be
some OF the hospital corps and the sick
in the post.
All Of the wagons with the horses and
mules. will be placed on the train and
taken b. the command. 1t has not yet
been definitely decided whether the can
mons win be taken. but it is thought prob
able that they Will. There are TWO Cat
ling gins 81 the caiihre -. and one noun
tain HOtChkiss. all of which may possibly
be taken with the regiment. There is also
some talk that the cannOns which are in
use by the Utah National guard may be
taken by the government and shipped
with the troops. There are four hne
breech-loading rifles with the battery in
Salt Lake and four in ogden. However.
this has not been decided upon, and It is
thought that the guns Will not be called
for at present.
THE TRANSPORTATION.
Bids viii be open for the tra-s9arta-
tion of the troops over the railroads until
O'Clock this evening. The contract calls
for % cars in all. consisting Of two Pull
man slsepers. II tourist sleepers. four
stock cars. one palace stock car. I'VE
fiat cars. four baggage cars and two
freight cars. This number may be in
creased upon notification. The train will
be divided into lWo sections. one of -
Colonel Kent will be in command Of the
FIST section and Lieut. Col. Liscum will
command the second section. The line
of march has not yet been decided upon
as il viii not he known until this evening
which road the troops viii 30 over. Ii is
most likely that they will march down
Brigham street. as il is the most direct
route from the reservation
Al the troops are now waiting for is
the transportation. and as soon as this
important question is settled and the
trains made up they viii BE- ready to
move. II IS very unlikely that they will
march tonight, in fact it would be very
hard to do so. but il is stated from au-
thority that hey will march Monday,
possibly in the morning. There are soma
however. who think that the troops viii
remain at the post until Tuesday morn
ing. but it is more likely the start will
be made tomorrow. The bids for railroad
and the contract awarded. As soon as
the choice is made known the railroad
company will Immediately get the trains
N shape and 1t will be short time only
before the troops are ready.
Yesterday evening al s o'clock the post
exchange closed its doors. and all bust
ness at that institution will be discon-
tinued until the troops return TO the post.
All of the attendants OF the exchange
will be suspended until the canteen re-
opens ard they will probably leave the
post within the next few days. All of the
officers on detached service with colleges
anu universities will be ordered to rejoin
their regiments, as Will those at the in
fantry cavalry and artillery schools of
the army. Lieutenant Kerwin has tele-
graphsd headquarters that he wishes to
be ordered to Immediately join his regi-
ment at its destination. he giving up the
remainder of his leave Of absence. All
of the other officers on leave it is under
stood. viii give up their leaves and ask
TO be assigned to duty with their regi-
ment at the front.
FAREWELL CONCERT
This afternoon at ? o'clock the Twenty
fourth infantry band. under the leader