The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08

regi mental band; three new barracks
panles each, a total, including the old
buildings, Of six double sets and one
single; the new bowling alley is about
completed; the ordnance storehouse is
nearing completion; qunrtermaster 8
oulioing ls being constructed, there is
new double set of officers quarters.
=, IN ADDITION to these improvements in
commodatIons the grounds have been
put IN better condition than they have
ever been before. The little lake at the
entrance of the post has been stocked
with an additional supply of delicious
trout. There Is now a modern electric
lighting system. The men have ath.
Ietlc nelds, including an excellent base
pan diamond, and of these opportunities
the soldiers are not slow to take ad-
vantage
Brigade Post One Day.
After n while. when Fort Douglas is
made n brigade post-which is regarded
as a probability Of the near future
there Will be general enlargement
Among the certaintjes that are in sight
at this time. whether the repimeniaI 4
post becomes brigade post or not,
are new corral and more officers ,
quarters
The buildings which were used TO
house the men until the new structures
were erected were built long ago. When
the post was instituted by General Con.
nor, In the early sixties, Fort Douglas
had at is command In the way of build
ing material the granite from the ounr-
ries nearby The stone was used in
the construction Of the barracks, and
the architecture was of the fashion of
the day. which was then entitled to
recognltloE. The stone in the old
barracks is as solid as it was when it
was SET and doubtless will continue
so 10 be solid until the earth is struck
by comet or Omega is written in some
other disastrous way.
The old buildings. however suhstan
tial. we're lacking IN equipment such
as comes to be recognized as the neces.
sity, Of the modern day. There was
good sanitation for the time-as the
thought then ran-but the people of
later times demand more in the way
OF comfort, and the old buildings were
improved in these respects to The ex.
tent that they might be, but the i'm
o1rovements. as matter of course, were
limited, The new barracks are the
latest. types Of army housings They
are OF the type approved by the latest
IDEAS Of the war department Thev
are handsome TO look upon from an
'AsS'to' duO UUGl1 1MIefpOrS
are along lines that meet the most criti.
cal requirements.
Favored by Nature.
Fort Douglas is so fortunately sit
lated with reference TO geographical
and Typographical conditions that it
easily deserves the distinction OF being
he best in all Of the world AT the
ROOT OF majestic mountains, the military
reservation commands view to the
west that brings within the scope of
VISION a clear view of the Great Salt
Lake, the entire length and breadth
Of the wonderful Salt Lake valley,
he crags of the Oquirrhs, and to the
'outhward more mountains. The water
supply is not eQualed by that of any
9ther of the government military es
Adjustments. Clear as crystal and abun-
liant IN volume the water rolls down
rom the mountains. where the streams
ire fed by the eternal SHOWS themselves
The drainage could not be improved
lpou, for nature has so arranged the
blame that no artificial aid is required
Army officers who have been sta
toned at Fort Douglas in times gone
oy readily subscribe 10 the statement
hat it is the ideal army post, and no
officer or his family has even been al
Fort Douglas who does not hope that,
me day, fortune VIII so 1nTor him that
, return will be possible.
Pleasant Social Life.
The people Of Salt Lake City and
ne officers and their families at Fort
Douglas have. from the earliest time
n the existence of the post, been on
intimate social relations. The custom
las been that the officers and their
antilles have found every home in the
,ity open in genuine welcome. and the
officers themselves have the reputation
of entertaining lavishly. The social
'om ningling between the people of the
'ity and the inhabitants of Fort Doug
as is more close here than perhaps IS
INV other place in the country.
The people of the city make Fort
Douglas one of their recreation play
grounds. Throughout the summer sea-
on thousands upon thousands attend