Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-18
rHeenth Infantry Men Arrive in
Island Khaki and
Thin Shoes.
voBK AND SILVER IN SNOW.
olartermaster'S Department viii
Have Busy Task Ahead in Pro-
yiding Winter Clothing.
,scers Include Many Veterans of
cnban and Earlier Philippine Cam
paigns and a Football star.

II sbiverlng with blood thlnned down
,.-oush two years of garrison service
.,one the Moros on Mindinao island
=, Fifteenth u. S. infantry is today
..tinr itself at home in the SHOWS OF
r,- douglas. The snow is the first
=. men have been in for three winters,
.,s tbev are finding that It does not
.-rse wen with the thin khaki uni
frrms. and the thinner shoes Of the
Philippine service.
Not an the service uniform, however.
e Philippine planned. In San Francis
20 the men added overcoats from the
. orsrtermaster depot but when these
/ we're discarded at Fort Douglas this
. EARNING. members OF the unloading
.erads found that il was a case Of
. WORN FAST with the big boxes, or SILVER.
INC men marched through salt Lake
H this morning. going directly up South
Temple street to the fort, with the eX-
reption OF the second battalion. which
arrived at $3.50 yesterday afternoon
and proceeded at once to the fort.
PARADE THIS MORNING.
The sight Of the returning soldiers on
he msrch is one that has had few
duplicates in the military pageants OF
he city Arriving at the post they laid
down their burdens and II is not prob
able that they Will ever take them
Nd again in just so picturesque a fash
Ion.
There was the soldier who couldn't
get brown overcoat, and whose leg
gned feet protruded from the bottom
Oh the blue overcoat of the states SER
vice. While a shabby and worn cam
r9ign hat bore evidence Of doing duty
away from city streets and friendly
barracks.
Also there was the soldier with his
precious mandolin strapped over his
back a burden too much priced to be
trusted to quartermaster conveyances.
And Then again there was the man with
a Manila handbag not called for in
the regulations. His pile Of loot
they Call IL that in the army-alhough
possession probably came In the usual
channels Of barter--be preferred TO lug
IN the long march rather than trust II
90 other hands.
IN ROUTE STEP.
Companies marched this morning in
route step" which means that they
struggled along at ease as nearly as
possible and without attempt to put up
@ parade front" In their lead walk
Cd the veteran Col. Walter s. Scott,
and al his side his reglmentl adjutant.
RANKS DEPLETED.
The fact that two battallons could
march in less space than a city block
suggests how thin the companies have
become. Many Of them appeared to be
little larger than skeleton companies.
and when the last three soldiers passed.
the regimental colors. II was
easily apparent that they have come
from points far away from recruiting
stations, and could easily double their
number without crowding their capa-
city as a war time regiment
ia civil life there Is a maxim that
moving days as bad as a fire" I'm its
destruction OF property. But moving
day comes so often IN the army, that Il
seems 10 have become a science. Soon
after the troops arrived al TT. Douglas
this morning big drays from the city
transfer companies. and bigger ones
nom the TT. Douglas quartermaster'
department began to arrive with equip
ment II was quickly unloaded and
each package sent 10 ltore house, bar
racks. OF some officers new home.
Meanwhile the enlisted men had
found their way into barracks and were
making down their beds from the packs
they brought on their backs, while the
ouicou gathering at first in front OF the
adjutants office. shared the duty with
their wives N selecting quarters along
me row Of stone horses. each built dou-
BE and so near alike that choice be-
tween them IN point Of comfort Is hard
y 10 be noticed.
sMILEY's DISTINGUISHED REC
ORD.
The regiment Is one OF the old-line
'nes, whose officers have served long.
'ld several OF them with distinction
Aiough many campaigns. Captain
mllcy was on the stan OF General
latcs when the first American incur
ION into the land Of tho Southern Mo-
ps was made. Taking only a small
odyguard Of Twenty-third infantry
non. General Bates and his personal
IAN, Of which Captain Smiley was the
.,5ad, boarded the warshlp Yorktown az
ianila ana for 10 months IN 1899,
ruifcd through southern waters. round
ng up the Moro chiefs, and making
ne treaties which have since become
le basis for American occupation OF
hose Islands.
with his chief, Capt Smiley was
allied away from this service al the
lme OF tho death or General Lawton.
whom General Bates succeeded IN cam
aigning through Luzon. Since then
% has returned from stan duty 10
me duty with his regiment and has
cen much service both I'm the Philip
ines and America He iH now one of
hc ranking captains, and rs acting a.
major in the present assignment Of
egimental duties.
DISTINGUISHED RECORD
Colonel Walter 3. Scott. the veteran
older who commands the troops. is
soldier OF Cuban experience in the
nick OF the lighting there. lie was
aptain in the Twonty-hfth Infantry,
'colorcd) which distinguished itself
eiore El Caney, and since then Col.
colt has seen service in every corr
er ~ the world 90 which the govern
1ent has had occasion 20 send its
roops, lie bealmo colonel Of the
fifteenth just before its departure for
ianlla two years ago.
IT.. Col, Arthur Williams. who VIII
q second in command az Fort Doug
ts ls VOL knoWn in army circles,
nFlng been long IN tho service. which
q began With am appointment from
ivll life. ~ the younger officers
ulle number are from the West
Point class 0f 1904 Lieut..
lol.rf d. Rover has had qnfonalrf