The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-28
OFFICERS WISH TO CONTINUE
BUT THE ROUGH RIDERS ARE
TIRED OF PEACE SERVICE.
Privates Requesting Permission to GO
Home, But Their Petitions Are
Pigeonholed By the Authorities.
Washington Office of The Herald,
1915 C Street, N. W.


Washington, Sept. 25-It is still an
open question as to whether the Second
United States volunteer cavalry will be
retained in service, and, if so, whether
it will be assigned to duty in the United
States or Cuba. The regiment was,
some time ago, included by the war de-
partment officials among those to pc
mustered out of service. ln1uentlal
| friends of officers and men of the regl-
ment who desired to see service have
since that time been active in insisting
that it be given employment. There IS
no doubt that there is an usually large
number of officers of this regiment who
desire to be retained in service. IL
has been contended by prominent pub
| lie men interested in the welfare or the
regiment that it was by all odds the
best of the three cavalry regiments
raised in the United States at large.
This has been used as an argument IN
favor of the continued employment
of the Second U. S. V. 1t has been
urged that TOrrey's Stalwart riders 90
not want to be tin soldiers, particularly
! in view of the great reputation Whlcn
| has been acquired by the members OF
the Roosevelt regiment in the war. A
strong effort has been made this week
to secure the retention of the Torrey
volunteers in service
Senator Shoup of Idaho has been ac-
I tive in this effort. Three senators from
the mountain states have been in the
| city during the week, and 1t is SAID
that the representations which nave
been made by them are likely to result
| in Torrey'S boys continuing IN the VOL
unteer army.
1t cannot be said that Colonel Tor
rey's troopers are by any means unan1-
nous in their desire to take part IN
the garrisoning of Cuba. Some of the
senators and representatives from the
Rocky mountain states, in which the
regiment was raised, have been work
ing at cross purposes. Governor OS-
borne of Wyoming has protested to the
president against the continued service
of the regiment, pointing out the deaths
that have occurred, and the present
condition of these veterans.
Senator Rawlins of Utah has for
Warded to the war department pc
tition, signed by many prominent peo-
pie in Salt Lake City and the state,
who desire to have the regiment mus
tered out of service. 1t is claimed that
this petition represents the actual SEN
timent of a large majority OF the troop
ers. who are weary of the unbearable
routine of camp life in VIGOROUSLY
! unhealthy country. The war being over
and there being no likelihood OF re-
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lieve they are entitled to an honorable
discharge, like the other volunteer cav
airy regiments. 1t is yet undetermined
whether they will pay in or be dis
charged.
Keen interest is displayed in political
circles here in the campaigns in. the
mountain states, notably in Wyoming.
The president himself has expressed
his concern in the election in that
state, and during this week the Repub-
! lican congress ional committee has COM
pleted it's arrangement for promoting
/ the chances of the party in that state
I in the good old-fashioned Hanna way.
The Wyoming campaign begins on
Monday in true earnest. Senator Clark
and Assistant Land Commissioner
Mondell both left this week to open
/ the campaign, and each of them ex-
poets to be on the stump continuously
until the night before election
/ Vice Chairman Osborne of the Demo-
cratic congressional committee has
/ been paying close attention to- the
campaign in many states. but by no
means has neglected that of his own,
and from his point of view there is
| every indication of a clean sweep of
| the Democratic ticket in Wyoming.