Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-24
Upon Arrival at Fort Logan They
Were Weary and
FootSore.
COLONEL STILL IN COMMAND
lie Refuses To Believe He is Sick, Even
Though His Illness l. Still
Upon Him.

J 1t Is not all fun for the soldiers of
| the Fifteenth infantry who left Fort
Douglas last week to go to Colorado
| Springs by train and then to tramp
over 2Os miles Of dusty road to the
| maneuver ground near FIT. d. A. Rus
sci. Wyo. C. r. Van Loan, writing for
the Denver Post Of July II, has the
| following to say of the soldiers upon
their arrival at FIT. Logan:
A body OF very distinguished gentle
| men with sore feet ambled into Fort
Logan at O'Clock this afternoon and
was received with strong cheers and
weak lemonade.
The Fifteenth infantry has complet-
ed a portion of its 200-mile march
prescribed by the regulations, and VIII
now lay over and salve It's weary feet
for day or two before continuing
northward.
The Fifteenth is a proud regiment,
and with some cause 1t has a record
to be proud of, and while at present it
is largely made up of raw recruits new
TO long roads and dusty marches.
enough of the old times remain to give
it the necessary tiffening and the
maneuvers at Dale creek will help to
send those youngsters back to Fort
Douglas looking like regular army
men.
We met the Fifteenth on the road
south of Littleton, over rise came
small group of mounted men In khaki
white-haircd men for the most part
The man in front was Col Walter Scott,
who has thrice accompanied his rcgi-
ment to the Philippines, Three weeks
ago the colonel came off the operating
table after a tough siege with appen-
dicitis,
STANDING TRIP WELL
Il am going to command my regi
ment at the maneuvers" said the col
onel, and in spite of all the doctors
said, he is standing the trip as well
as any of the younger men.
Behind the officers, In a cloud of dust.
trugged the First battalion headed by
the band and the colors The band boys
grnned as they swung by and some Of
them asked how much farther IL was to
Fort Logan.
We gave them the road and the pho
tographer did his worst Behind the
last battalion came those noble animals,
the army mules. The Fifteenth has
some of the best looking mules in the
service, and the packers know it,
And behind the mules came an ambu-
lance. out of the ambulance dropped
very fat man In khaki.
II am a special correspondent" said
he. Have you got anything to smoker"
OlSIlNGOl SttED MAN, HE.
He got his smoke. and in payment
pointed out several of the distinguished
members OF the Fight ,g Fifteenth
The MAJ plodding along In front of
the Second battalion was Maj. Andrew
5. Rowan.
Not the man who carried the mes
sage TO Garcia %
7 1.-THE same" said the fat correspond
ent Though he is very senitive about
It,"
The officer made immortal by Ebert
Hubbard tried to hide from the photog-
rapher and promised the fat corre-
spondent a merry time when next he
met him.
Mai. Rowan is a very modest man
who thinks that people in general
should forget his famous hike" after
the Cuban patriot.
Then the other prominent members Of
the Fifteenth passed in review. tiny
knots OF Grape on their sword hits
Worn as mute reminders of the death
of an eX-president.
Lieut. Col. Arthur Williams Is sec
ond in command. He was formerly an
instructor at Fort Leavenworth and |
since joining the Fifteenth has seen
some hard lighting in the Islands.
OLD INDIAN FIGHTERS.
Senior Major May, commanding the
First battalion, has been in the service
all his life. Mai. James M. Arrasmith |
was with Gen. Ranald Mackenzie on |
the famous cavalry ride over the Mex
lean border after hostile Indians. The !
major was all through this part of the |
country in the SOS, fought In the bat
tie of the Powder river, and was in 10 |
Indian fights before he was u years
of age He came up from tho ranks
and has long record The young
rIa ora Nfa At,l Of f,s
smith. perhaps because he is the best
amateur billiard player in the army
as well as one OF the best amateurs
i'm tho country.
Lieut. King Boyers was for two
years the captain of the West Point
football team and twice made the all
American team as the best center IN
the United States. This may be the
reason the Lieutenant stands the road
work so we'll
Capt. William Cavanaugh is also ,
distinguished army athlete whose rec
ords still stand. Both Cavanaugh and
Boyer are excellent marksmen. Lieut..
Potter is a distinguished markaman.
~ Is Lieut.. Butcher, who made one OF
the great records In military history,
scoring over $50 out of a possible LOCO.
The Fifteenth is n sporting, shooting
regiment. Three men of the Fifteenth
are ON the national team--25 per cent
or inc strength or tnat team picked
from all regiments In the service comes
from the Fifteenth.
SPLENDID SHOOTING REGIMENT.
II stands at the head Of the army
for 10 shooting.
ON June 30, S75 mon were mustered
ont They We're all Philippine veterans
Most OF these men win re-enllst after
the u6neuyers. One retiring sergeant
drew $4,000 out OF the egimental bank:
10 men drew over $1,000 and the ma
jorty drew more than 81 600
There are two men now with the l'if-
tocnth who wee In the Mavitac clean
up. TWO companies OF the Fiftet nth
engaged in a battle with the natives
Of Luzon and more than half Of the
lighting strength Of the two companies,
including officers, was killed.
The survivors are Capt. Tom Harker
and Sergt DOlau Of Company H. Doan
Is veteran Of the Boer war
The First battalion of the Fifteenth
was at Pckiu during the Boxer upris-
Ing and served with the allied troops
I'm addition 10 other distinguishing
marks, the Fifteenth carries along rs
It's guest Blaine Phillips commonly
known as Cupid" the fattest man that
tNpr klore "a khakI upffprn1 q "a,