Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-03
DEDICATION OF
BARRETT HALL
Assembly Building in the Philip
pines Named for Hero Of
Utah Battery.
COPY OF GENERAL ORDER
Structure Erected by Contributions Sc
cured by Chaplain John I. .lx,on--
Interesting Letter on Conditions.

The following general order from
Camp Kcithley. philippine Island has
boon received by Adjt Gen Wcdg
wood OF this city. 1t is Of special local
interest because Capt. Henry Barrett,
the subject OF the order, was first SER
seant OF battery c, Utah Light artil-
lery which was detached at San Fran
cisco aud attached TO the third regular
e&rtlllgi'y, under regular army officers.
General orders, No. 81. Camp Keith
ley, Mindonao, =. l., Aug 10.
Tho building recently completed at
this station with permission of the
department. commander. and made pos
siDie by voluntary contributions secur-
cd by Chaplain John T. Anton, Eigh-
teentli Infantry, from officers. enlisted
men and friends Of the GARRISON. shall
he known as Barrett Hall in honor OF
Henry Barrett, formerly private, SER
gcant and first sergeant. Company A,
Eighteenth United States infantry. bat
terry sergeant major, Eighteenth United
states Infantry, post commisSary SER
geant, United states army. and captain,
PHILIPPINES Cnnstabulary. who was KILL
ed In action against outlaws near Or
moe on the Island of Leyte, Philippine
Islands, AUG. 25, 1904. while serving as
captain of Philippines Constabulary,
His military record Is as follows:
Two years Troop II. Eighth cavalry,
discharged March 81. 1898. three years
and three months. Troop II. Eighth
cavalry. discharged Feb 81 1897 one
wear, Two months, and, twelve days
Troop p. Seventh cavalry. five months,
f%entS-twp days Battery C, Utah Nolr5
nnteer Light artillery discharged Dec.
u, 1898; rc-cnlisted March 20, 1899, and
Joined Company a, Eighteenth infanz
5tiNoat Jalo. Papay, +. l., Aug. 10, 1899:
aHnIJpi1tHl@ nj tp5t A ~
20, 1892 first sergeant, Oct H. 1899;
battalion sergeant major. Third battal-
ion Eighteenth Infantry, March 49,
1900; pest conlmissary sergeant, ". S.
army, Nov. =, 1900.
While serving in Company A, Iilgh-
teenth Infantry. he was ii member of
Col. Carpenters column operating
against insurgents on the Island OF
Panay, +. r., and took part In the fol-
lowing enga gerlents: san Miguel road.
Nov. 70, 1889; Paya. Nov II. 1899, tsus-
tanned slight wound In left Lego; Santa
Is. 1899. aud Ajui, Sara road, Dec. &,
1899 6
BY order OF Col. Davis:
II. G: Pt.YTON
Captain and Adiutant. Eighteenth.
Infantry, AdJutant.
LETTER FROM CHAPLAIN ANTON.
In the following letter recciv-s
ed IN this city today, form Chap
teenth Infantry, ut Camp kelthley.g
by n personal friend inter-
astinE details as to the erection OF
this memorial building. are given
personal parts of the letter. being
omitted, Under the date Aug, II,
laos, Mr.. Axiom writes;
We found II thousand soldiers here
in What the ,lepartment ico1nnanfe1-
Is pleased 10 call the heart Of the
hastile Moro territory Kcithley is
20 miles from the sea and is reached
over i rough trail travel ofwhich Is ac-
accompanied by such risks. While the
natives near the post are friendly
there has been a recent uprising of
several dattos 50 that the general con-
allowed to leave the post except he
tween one and five in the afternoon
and then only in large parties for
whose safety special precautions are
taken Although Keithley is only
eight degrees north of the equator it
& is very cool here on account of being
a,iO0 feet above sea level, Then too
it is exceedingly damp, rains nearly
every afternoon. This gives us ops
pdrtunitN for only a limited amount
of outdoor sport and the men must
be cooped up in barracks that are
built Of grass much Of the time,
There was absolutely no place in
which they could assemble, the old
grass library building that the
Twenty second Infantry and the Fiji
teenth Infantry had used having
blowing down, so we started
movement among the men to
construct what might be termed
an Institutional church on broad lines.
The moment ] suggested 1t they took