The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-16
FORT DOUGLAS NOTES.

a very impressive and appropriate
programme was rendered at the pos
chapel on Tuesday evening in honor OF
Mr.. Frederick Douglass, the acknowl-
edged Moses of the colored people
Many eloquent and glowing tributes
were paid to the memory of Mr.. Doug
lass, and those who rendered papers
and addresses acquitted themselves
nobly and with great credit. The
Twenty-fourth infantry orchestra fur
| nished music for the occasion The
| feature of the evening was a very fine
address by Captain Allensworth.
| Captain w. II. w. James, Twenty
fourth infantry, who is in New York
| City on leave of absence. has had his
leave extended twenty days.
Captain A. a. Anger, who has been
in command of the Second battalion OF
this regiment, has been relieved, and
Major Thompson has assumed its COM
mand.
Captain Joseph B. Bachelor, jr.,
Twenty-fourth infantry, captain OF
company NJ, who has not been with the
regiment since the fall of 1894, is eN-
pected to arrive in the post Friday.
several OF the recruits lHdI were Qiso7
charged the last Of January and about
the 1st OF February have returned.
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First Lieutenant H. c. Kun, Twenty
fourth infantry, who has been on sick
leave since the return of the regiment
from Cuba, has been reported as sufti-
GENTLY recovered to resume his mill
tary duties. He will report for duty
at the expiration of his present sick
leave.
First Lieutenant George W. Ruthers,
Eighth United States infantry, was
promoted captain Of the Twenty fourth
infantry on the 9Th instant to fill the
vacancy for captain which has existed
since the death of Captain Charles
Dodge. This is the first promotion of
captain to the regiment that has been
made from another one since its or
ganization. This was made necessary
by reason of the promotions being lin
cal and not regimental. as has been
heretofore. Captain Bachelor was the
last of the first lieutenants in the regi=
ment to be promoted by regimental pro-
motion. If Lieutenant Cartwright had
been promoted prior to the act of con-
gress of 1890 providing for promotions
of officers, he would have been pro-
NOTED. as he is the senior first lieuten-
ant of the regiment. Before the promo
ton of Captain Ruthers all of the cap
tains in the regiment, except Captain
Ducat, rose from second lieutenants.
CAPTAIN Ruthers will not command the
same company that Captain Dodge
commanded, as Captain James is now
in command of 1t, but will take COM
mand of company Z, which has no cap
tain. Captain Ruthers is with the
Eighth infantry at Havana, Cuba, and
it will be two or three months before
he joins the regiment.
Captain Henry P. Birmingham, as
be surgeon, with the rank of major,
Dec. 10, 1898, vice De Witt.
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Second Lieutenant Arthur r. Kerwin,
Twenty-fourth infantry, has been pro-
NOTED to first lieutenant of the Thir-
teenth infantry, whose headquarters
are stationed at Fort Porter, n. Y.
First Sergeant Samuel Murphy, COM
pany NJ, after thirty years service, will
be placed on the retired list Of the army
today Much speculation is rife in the
company as to who will succeed him as
first sergeant, but it is generally be
lieved that Sergeant John r. Fuller will
be the lucky man.
Edgar Erwin Rich, who enlisted last
Monday for the Seventh infantry. will
leave this evening for Fort Smelling,
MINI, the station of his company.
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The Christian Endeavor services will
be conducted this evening by Corporal
Walter b. Williams from the topic "a |
Missionary Church, Acts xiii, LIZ"