Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-18
CORRESPONDENCE
WITH WAR DEPT.
Efforts Of NJ. & N. A. to Have
Body Of Troops Trans.
ferred to Post.
THE EXCURSION TO MANTI.
arrangements for the Boost and
sGet Acquainted" Trip Going
On Smoothly.

The efforts OF the Manufacturers and
duce the war department to transfer
a large body OF troops to Fort Douglas,
10 take the places of those troops that
we're transferred TO other posts in the
during the present month, has resulted
in further correspondence with the
headquarters OF the department of Col
orado, at Denver.
The following letter was received by
Manager Gordon II. Place Of the as
ISOLATION this morning from T. +. Da-
Wis, military secretary of the DEPART
ment headquarters;
THE LETTER.
General McCaskey left this date to
assume command Of the department of
Texas, and hence cannot take action
officially on your communication of
the 18th inst. relative to having garri-
son Of Fort Douglas, Utah. increased.
Prior to leaving, he directed me to say
that the new commander Of this de-
partment-Colonel b. e. Lockwood.
Twenty-nlnth infantry, would be here
from Fort Douglas IN few days, and
the matter VIII be placed before him
for action.
one regiment OF infantry and two bat
terles field artillery having been with
drawn from service in this military de-
paTtment, there Is plenty OF room now
at Fort Douglas, Utah, and Logan.
Colo to accommodate AT least a regl-
ment, II Is not likely that artillery
may be assigned again 10 Fort Douglas.
Utah, at least not soon, and no encour-
agement is held out for Increase OF
garrisons in this department in the
near future. due to absence OF troops
from the United States Colonel Lock-
wood can, however. make recommends
tons in this matter when he comes over
from Fort Douglas.
MANTI EXCURSION.
The arrangements for the excursion
to be given next week to Manti are
being rapidly perfected. Acceptances
to the invitations sent out recently
from association headquarters to the
officials OF the state, county and city,
are coming In daily. Governor cutler
has signified his intention Of going on
the trip II he can so arrange his bust
ness affairs. Several other state off,
Gals have done likewise. All of the
county commissioners will attend and
Mayor Thompson has stated that he
will go and help the boosters"
A number of the members Of the city
council will make the trip, and every
indication points to a gigantic sue
cess.
The executive committee of the assoc
citation has closed the contract for serv-
ing a light lunch on the train. The
cost of this lunch Is limited to twenty
five cents. The Arropine Commercial
club has fixed a limit OF fifty cents on
the cost of meals to be furnished at
Mant during the stay of the organiza-
ton there.
Assurances have been received by
Manager Place that large numbers of
business men from Davis county, Muir
ray and Sandy. Tiverton and other
points would take the trip, accom-
panied by their wives, The fact that
the wives. sisters, mothers and daugh-
ters OF the boosters" are invited TO
participate In the excursion, will at
tract q large number of persons who
would not otherwise participate In the
trip.
STAY TO BE EXTENDED.
Arrangements were perfected yester-
day by Manager Place, to extend the
stay In Springville, Mt. Pleasant and
Ephralm, from twenty and thirty min
utes to forty-five minutes in each place
The association. headquarters. 200
south West Temple street, where the
sale OF tickets has commenced, Is del
uged with inquiries concerning the
details of the trip. More than one
hundred tickets have already been dis
posed Of William kraack of the Jor-
dan boosters" club, comprising the
southern part Of the county, took fifty
tickets from Manager Place yesterday,
stating that he had already secured
pledges from that number OF boosters
10 go from that end of the county and
that probably one hundred more would
be in line when the train started.
A keen rivalry has been developed
between Murray and Sandy as to the
town which would send the greatest
number OF persons on the trip and II Is