The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-04
FORTY SOLDIERS
LEAVE THE ARMY
However, Many Will Re-Enllst
for Service in the Phil
ippine Islands.

Some forty men at the fort were
discharged yesterday from the army
and will be re-enlisted today for Phll'
ippine gervice. tt is requisite thaO
soldiers to serve in the islands must
have two years and six months to serve
from date of sailing. In order TO
straighten out the matter and give the
men the required period to serve tne
war department has authorized tne?r
discharge before the expiration OF their
regular time and their re-enllstment
next day. The majority of the forty
will 90 on furloughs of from one 20
three months, and in every case there
will be considerable travel by rail' In
view of this fact, agents Of the dlherent
roads throughout the country nave LOT
some days back been making 4 BUSY
canvass ut the fort, and what the sol
der does not know now about rebates
and helper bills and colonlsJ rates is
scarcely worth knowing
The present exodus from the fort is
only the beginning Of the steady now
to and from the post, which lively state
Of things is apt to keep IN p1ogresis
until the regiment pulls out or salt
Lake City. perhaps some time early IN
July, though no definite date For de-
parture has been announced.
When the boy in blue is discharged
honorably from the army Uncle Sam
hands him what are known as 'hDal
statements showing how much the
Government is indebted TO the soldier.
This final statement Is n convertible,
negotiable paper and anybody may cash
it, But all kinds of percentages are re
quired from the holder, from ! per cent
up to 5. Several parties find cashing
finals very lucrative occupation, ana
if it were practiced on large scale 1t
would be one of the surest and quickest
dividend producing investments in the
country All the assignee (the party
who undertakes to cash the "fnals'') is
10 forward them TO the chief paymaster
at department headquarters, Denver,
Colo, and inside of eight days he re-
ceiyes check in full payment of their
face value Say the soldier has finals
amounting to 500; he cashes them at
4 per cent Tho assignee has return
of per cent for seven days, equal to
or say, roughly, 100 per cent per an
mum. And yet there are some people
who say "no money can be made off OF
soldiers
The following soldiers were dis
charged at the fort yesterday: Quarter
master Sergt. Guss Kopple, Privatess
Nephi Peterson and Richard Martin Of
the regimental band. Bernard Litza and
Gedeon Turner of company A, M. M.
McDermott and W r. Coles Of com mpany
B. Henry Worden, j, w. Watkins and
C. A. Byas Of company G, j. W. Hefner
and B. F. Hefner Herbert L. Hill and
Harvey o. Sebring of company T,
Frank Hope. W. R. Miller, j. A. Gattis,
j. A Caron, w. r. Stearman, f.. M,
Imthurn, Charles LAIR, Newton Wood
and j. W. Young of company I. First
Sergt. c. G. Wilgus, Quartermaster
Sergt. l.. n. Fehr, Sergt. c. A. Rioux,
Corp. John Ryan, Musician Roscoe,
Privates W. o. Palmer, Thomas NJ. Eas-
ton, Albert NJ. Schneider, R. T. Norris,
". L. Adams, Joseph F. Johnson, Rob
ert Moore, Thomas Z. Pluckett, Charlie
f. Smith, E. Station, W. L. Long, c. T.
Wise and Corp. Miller.