The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-29
SOLDIERS READY
FOR LONG TRIP
Officers and Men of Twenty
Ninth Make Most of Last
Sunday in Salt Lake.
START EARLY WEDNESDAY
ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO
SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES. y

The Twenty-ninth infantry composing
the garrison of Fort Douglas under or
ders to go to the Philippines, spent their
last Sunday in Salt Lake yesterday. As
it was also the last Sunday but one
which they viii spend in the United States
for some two years, even If they are not
called upon to help fight Japanese in
vasiOn. discipline was greatly relaxed and
large portion of the post spent the day
in town and at the pleasure resorts near
the city.
The band concert at Saltair, which was
the last of a long series given by the mu-
steal organization of the regiment, drew
a large number of the officers and sol
diers to that resort, but the greater num-
Der of them spent the day with friends
whom they will not see again for a long
time There were large numbers of the
soldiers who simply walked the streets
of the city and looked for the last time
at the familiar sights of the town.
Busy Packing Up.
The week has been busily spent in pack
ing up To get a regiments effects into
shape for transportation across half the
world is a pretty big job, and ii took all
the efforts of half a thousand men for
the whole week to do 1t. When the SOL
diers march to the station they will be
clad in the lightest possible marching or
der and each man will carry with him
aboard the train as little baggage as pos
sible. For the rest of the baggage the
company property, ammunition, mess out
fits, etc. will be shipped in crates from
here to the Philippines. and the soldiers
will not have access TO it again until they
are disembarked in the islands.
Each soldier will carry with him his
rifle haversack. canteen. mess kit, filled
cartridge belt and blanket roll. In the
latter will be practically all of the person.
al effects which he will carry with him on
the journey of ten thousand miles. The
weight will not exceed thirty pounds.
Wear Light Uniforms.
So different an outfit is required in
Manila from Salt Lake City that the
government keeps the amount down as
much as possible The heavy blue uni
FORMS overcoats and fur coats and he'll
NETS are not of course. required. khaki
or the lighter olive dTab being used eX-
clusively in the eastern archipelago. Very
few of the officers are taking any great
part of their household effects as. the
quarters which they hope to get in Ma
Mia are partially furnished by the gov
eminent. The bulk of the stuff which
| they have been using here at Douglas TO
furnish their quarters they will put in
storage against the day of their return to
| America.
The post at Douglas looks very bare.
| Everything has been packed and sent
away as early as possible in order that
/ the post may be cleaned up and turned
/ over to the TWenty-firSt in good order.
| An army officer is almost as particular
| abOut his post as is captain of a battle
| ship about the appearance of his ship.
! Monday and Tuesday the garrison will
/ be put hard to work at extra police duty.
The word police III the army is used to
mean general cleaning up