Show communicated EDITOR OF vu VEDETTE bettu rET Tu sir I 1 perceive by an article which you copy in your last issue from the denver news that the gross injustice done doile the soldiers or of our command by the Wana management gement of r the salt lake Theater is at at i acting attention abroad as aswell well as at home and abid I 1 am pleased to observe that the course pursued toward asby tha certainly not fiot over loyal set pet is everywhere stamped with the reprobation which it so justly deserves reserves there is however one further matter which in my opinion redounds resounds red greatly to the credit or of the men inen of this command alid which while perfectly patent to the observation of every one I 1 has not been noticed as it ought to be to I 1 the credit of tho the enlisted men in this military I 1 district especially those now in the command at gamp camp douglas t I 1 refer to the exceedingly orderly and quiet manner in which the soldiers lai knowing owing the wish of their officers that no collision ellisio ii should take between them and their mall malig 0 ners mers on the ground of their exclusion theater submitted without n te word or act calculated to disturb the quiet of the city or interfere with the p performances of that institution I 1 am of those who believe that obedience to the wishes and behesta behests or of superiors is quite a as essen essential bial to the morale and efficiency of a command of soldiers as is physical courage in notion or accuracy of drill and I 1 would ask where can there be found a body of five or six hundred soldiers in any other place who would so quietly and have submitted to so odious a distinction md made ci between themselves and the rest of the community and for no assignable reason other othe nthan than the sneaking dislike which arrant frai traitors fors have to seeing the aini uniform of our country count rys ls soldiers and being reminded thereby that they are still under subjection to undo uncle sam indeed it has been the constant remark even in this prejudiced city that the soldiers of our co command minand have always bell behaved aved themselves in such a manner as to elicit high commendation for their genz gen and correct deportment in which ch they would and do compare favorably with any equal number of citizens though surrounded by the safeguard safe guard and protection of home and friends the exclusion mr editor of the soldiers from tile the theater was causeless indecent and impudent and the management may thank their stars that they have to deal witha with a command perfect in discipline and of gentlemanly instincts otherwise e they would have found ere this to abe their f ir sorrow w what hat it is to interfere with a bod body y or of men trong strong enough at any time to march through this territory commencing with salt lake city and exterminate every open reb rebel in its wide extent gentleman of noumay yet find other soldiers hero here who willbon will not bo be actuated by the same saine feeling of right andirons and irons and yon will t then lip n b be e more char chary y of making sit auch c h 0 odious dious dis distinct ions between soldiers and nd cit iznA iz wh THIRD t 1 |