The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-01
. NATIVES FOOLED
BY THE SOLDIERS
SeTgsants Kenyon snt Thomas
Do Stunt.
COMRADES ALSO TAKEN IN
EOSSIPY LETTER FROM THE MI
LITIA CAMP.
COMRADES ALSO TAKEN IN

4hat hIm.
''Ain't ne create"
shoot? HUH Y'orter seen him
smash a bottle on tother feuer's head.
Little cuss had nerve, too. never
budged."
Wherever wandering fancy and viii
of his superiOrs takes him in ScOheld
town, Color Sergeant KenyOn's wake
81 enlivened with remarks like the fore
6oing. Some people have fame thrust
upon them. and Sergeant Kenyon be-
longs I'm that class. This is how il
happened.
Following an inspiration in the bosom
or General Cannon, a sOrtee in force
was ordered the other day Rumor had
u that a meeting of large proportions
. was to be held i'm the sagebrush just
below town. The meeting was held i'm
the place reported by the scouts, but
1t had been held twenty-four hours
before the soldiers went 10 the spot
But that's another story.
, Away out In the shade Of the grease |
wood bushes Lieutenant Colonel
Greenewald brought mis- men TO a halt.
A scouting party was sent ahead and
returned with report that the only
enemies in sight were Jack Frost and
COW. Then ranks were broken and
for a short space there was nothing
doing.
Needless to record. movements Of
troops i'm this vicinity are regarded
with interest by the populace. After
the negligee attitude of the soldiers
made assurances dOubly sure that
there was to be no engagement sun
dry heads popped over fences and out
from barn doors until quite "A respect
able audience was assembled.
This is where Sergeant Kenyon
comes in.
The authenticated net Of the general
stair leaned a hr.a-T Iar sr,f e.,
field and entiCed therein Sergeant
Thomas. son Of the ex-governor. who
ie acting as camp COmmissarv Thorn
as took his stand about fifty feet from
his fellow cOnspirator, who whipped
out an army revolver. Thomas DIaced
a large sized bottle. the kind that
comes from Milwaukee, on his head.
balanced IL nicely and remarked.
calmly, eco ahead"
With pistol carefully aimed. KENYON
assumed a serious aspect and fired.
There was a crash of broken glass
yell from the spectators, and a
graceful bow from each of the chief
characters Thomas was smiling and
uninjured, and the broken bottle was
lying at his feet.
Wherefore the fame of Sergeant
Kenyon.
But thereby hangs a tale. DHigent
detective work unearthed the fact that
both Kenyon and Thomas are base
Jugglers- With a blank cartridge and
property" bottle they had deIiber-
ately deceived the trusting natives Of
Scoheld and somewhat alarmed their
comrades.
> Apropos OF Sergeant Thomas, that
EOung man is winning golden glory in
7Luee settlements, besides esta blishina-
a record for rapid fitting from place
10 place second only to that of the
newspaper correspondents. Thomas
does the heavy work" for the com
missary, or quartermaster's depart
ment, or whatever a. is, and his duty
Keeps him on the jump between bri-
gade headquarters at ScOheId, Winter
Quarters and Clear Creek In the
morning you meet him trudging along
the road from the upper camp: in the
afternoon he is flying to Clear Creek
on switch engine; in the evening he
is hurting through space on the hur-
Ttcane deck OF a bOX-CaT. And through
st all he maintains a good nature and
cheerfulness that have endeared him
10 every man In the national guard.
Goodbye. Dollie, / must leave you.
Il"
A photograph. with the aid Of a per
petual motion machine. has been wont
10 make night and day Somewhat hide
Gus by its incessant sCreeching hard
by brigade headquarters. The abau-
dOned wretch who Indicted this instru-
gnent on the community, with refine
ment OF cruelty, left with &c one rec
ord which IN season and out Of sea-
son delivers ''DolHe Gray" in hides
Cribable tones.
Although the connection may not be
apparent at first glance, that's why
Scoheld folk owe a vote Of thanks to
#a.#H
the first few days OF camp life an the
boys were too busy to think much Of
diversion. but as affairs settled down
20 a routine characteristic began TO
appear and when of duty leisure mo-
ments were employed much the same
as they might be at home. In Com
pany O. are a number Of young men
with exceedingly well cultivated voices
and three nights ago there came a
surprise.
out in the frost and the moonlight
there suddenly arose the harmony Of
perfectly attuned voices chanting a
plantation song. With IL were the soft.
sweet notes OF a guitar. managed by
a master. Almost every other sound
was instantly stilled Even the un-
speakable cOntriVance across the street
ceased TO assassinate the musical scale. /
Song followed song while the BOYS
strolled mp and down the railroad
.strack and, when duty called to frost
bitten beats on the picket line. doors
-1hat had Deen opened TO admit tne
melody closed regreJfully.
These EereuaCeS are of nightly oc-
ycurrence now and the camp is better
FOR them. Private Clum does the gui-
tar act and does 10 we'll There is q
note i'm these sturdy masculine voices
that gets down under the heart-strirgs
and sets fellow TO thinking of home 4
and all that SORT OF Jhiug.
And the monograph is sqCeLchedi
Sergeant w. s. Tobias Of Company /
II occupies a unique position. Orig
finally he was placed IN charge OF the
fierce looking Calling gun and when
the troops marched up the hin 20
Winter Quarters, the morning Of their
arrival, Tobias occupied "a prominent
POSITION on the gun carriage.
But his glory was fleetihg. Fate deait
him a hard blow. When the Break
up" came Sergeant Tobias found him
SELF in camp at Winter Quarters i'm
elusive OF his title. but-there was no {
Calling gun. Down at brigade head !
quarters DIT. Cuttings Invention re-
poses. covered WITH inglorious can |
vas. while he whose dugy 10 was to /
care for it wecps. fEuraJively. and re- /
fuses to, be cOrnsOrtcd
Saturday night last achievements |
arrived I'm camp i'm the person Of Fri- /
waite Ray kcmmer. who reported TO /
company u. Ar Though company n /
didn't have distinction enough already
Private krU0Tmc- when closely rrn-- /