The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-26
Fine Lot of Men Secured In the
South.
MANY MEDALS OF HONOR
HEROES OF TY-FOURTH
AND SIXTEENTH.
Chaplain Allensworth Returns From
His Recruiting Trip-Major Brere-
ton Ordered to Return to United
States-Liscum Assigned to Ninth
Cartwright Promoted.

After an absence of thirty-eight days
Chaplain Allen AlleDsworth, Twenty
fourth infantry, returned Monday from
a tour south, where he has been on spe-
cial recruiting service. He will await
orders from the headquarters of the
regiment.
As a result of his visits to four large
schools, he secured Il large number OF
excellent men for the regiment. He
was remarkably successful at Tuske-
gee. Ala At the latter school he Sc
cured four shoemakers, two black
smiths. seven brickmasons, four paint
ers, eight tailors, eight horticulturlstS,
two harnessmakers. three clerks, one
cook six carpenters, two timers, two
lnachinists, three dairymen, one nurse,
three wheelwrights, four brickmakers,
four. printers, one shorthand and type
writer. and eight laborers.
These men are well disciplined and
efficient The discipline of the school
was semi-Inilitary. With the introduce
ton of this class of men into the regi-
ment. il is destined to be one of the
best in the army. No other regiment
has made such an effort to secure such
men, AS a rule. the recruiting officer
waits for the men to hunt him, but IN
this case the officer seeks the man, and
in that way secures a better class of
recruits.
Among those of the Thirteenth in
fantry who passed through Salt Lake
City on their way to Manila, on Mon
day, was Lieutenant Arthur A. Ker-
win, formerly a member of the Twenty
fourth infantry.
A on-commissioned officer and eight
privates of company D, Twenty-fourth
infantry. have received orders to re-
lieve a detachment of the Fourth cav
airy now stationed at Fort Missoula,
Mont.
The board of brevets and medals,
consisting of Generals Theodore
Schwan and II. V. Boynton and Lieu
tenant Colonel Carter, has reported the
names of those to whom medals of
honor have been granted for eXtraordi-
nary services and bravery during the
Spanish war The following men of the
Twenty-fourth infantry are among
those who have received medals of
honor: Sergeant Richard Williams,
company b; Corporal Toney Moore,
company i; Sergeant James Latchell,
company A; Corporal Scott Crosby,
company A; Sergeant Abram Hagen.
company @; Sergeant John Z. Will
Jackson, company G.. and Sergeant
William Thornton, company L.
Among the members of the Sixteenth
infantry who received medals of honor
We're: Corporal Frederic j. Liesman,
Sergeant William Graft, Private James
Sloan. Private w. f. Gilooly, Sergeant
Frank Stevens, and Sergeant John
Dudley The companies to which they
belong were not stated in the orders.
Captain j. ]. Brereton, Twenty
fourth infantry, who has been on duty
in Cuba as collector of customs at the
port of Cienfuegos. has received orders
to report to the adjutant general from
New York for further Instructions.
Captain Brereton is now major and
ouartermaSter in the L. 5. V, and as
he has not as yet been mustered out,
it is thought that he will not be sent
to his company.
Lieutenant George S. Cartwright,
Twenty fourth infantry, who was adj
jutant of the regiment when it went
to Cuba. and who was afterwards aide,
adjutant general, and judge advocate
general on the staff of General Kent.
and who is now captain and assistant
Quartermaster of the United States vol
unteers, has been promoted captain of
company Il, Twenty-fourth infantry,
now stationed at Vancouver barracks,
Washington.
The Ninth United States volunteers,
a number of whose officers are men,
bers of the Twenty fourth infantry,
has been ordered mustered out. Its
colonel, Captain c. J. Crane, will re-
turn to the regiment and take COM
manG of his old company, Z, now sta
toned at Fort D. a. Russell, Wyo. The
from the regiment are: First Lieuten-
ant John 7. Beckman, William H.
Franklin Alexander Richardson, Ed
ward Williams and William Wilkes,
and Second Lieutenants Stephen l..
Starr and Robert Woods. All of the
officers. except Woods and Beckman,
have more than twenty years of serv-
ice to their credit, and it is thought
that they will re-enlist and continue
their service until their retirement. As
Lieutenant Starr is the only one who
has not been discharged, he will return
to his company. d. now stationed at
Fort Harrison. Mont, and perform his
duties as sergeant.
The vacancy caused by the retire
ment OF Colonel Powell of the Ninth in
fantry is to be filled by Colonel EN-
erson II. Liscum, lieutenant colonel of
the Twenty infantry. While the
rank and file rejoice III Colonel 1lScum S
promotion. they regret to have him
leave them. The vacancy left by Colo
mel Liscum VIII be filed by Major
Charles Keller of the Eighth infantry
Private Thomas Glass, company L,
Twenty infantry, who was con-
victed by the civil authorities. has been
ordered discharged without honor.
Notwithstanding there are only two
companies in the garrison. the quarter
master is having improvements made
on the buildings. and the post beauti-
fed in every way possible Trees are
being planted along all the walks, the
roads are being put in good shape, and
the band quarters are being re-
shingled.
As yet no orders have been received
concerning the movement of companies
for Alaska. The companies here are
quite certain that they will not be dis
turbed.
The Christian Endeavor society
Service tomorrow night will be lead by
a&rGeant Major NJ Dickerscn..
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