Show AFFAIRS Al THE FORT The Coiumnd on the Qui YeIersonlll and General Notes ltlajor Peter D Yroom inspectorgeneral if department of the Platte is at Fort Douglas putting the command through avery a-very thorough inspection Friday morning morn-ing he witnessed the drill of the infantr batalliou and later in the daj Major Kinzie i gave him a spirited drill of the light batten It is said that the army officers stationed at Fort Duchesue hae discoored a ver aluable mine Major Chiffee Captain Whitall and LieutenantMcFarland were ill Salt Lake several days this week and though they were very mum it is believed at the post that they were on business connected con-nected with the mine and that they have great expectations The visiting officers were given a handsome dinner at the Alta club Lieutenant Dunning I Captain Clayton Hale Sixteenth infantry infan-try has returned to the fort from a two months leave of absence Captain and Mrs Richards gave an elegant ele-gant entertainment at the post Friday evening eve-ning in honor of their guest Miss Della Y edemc er The command at Fort Douglas is on the alert This state of anxiety is occasioned n the fact that they arc to be ordered into the field as a test of their ability to take up the march with full camping equipage in the shortest possible time The alarm will be sounded suddenly and each company ube u-be timed to the minute A short march will be made camp will be pitched and broken and the troops returned to their quarters Miss Bessie Johnston and Master Hunt Johnston Ire visiting their brother Lieutenant Lieu-tenant W H Johnston Sixteenth infantry at Fort Douglas The lieutenant has also as a guest Miss Wilkinson of St Louis It is in open secret atB ort Douglas that Lieutenant T C Woodbaii now on re cruitingr service at Dauets Island New York is to ho the next quartermaster oho o-ho Sixteenth mfanti to succeed Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Lassiter whose time expires July 1 Mrs Clapp wife of Captain W H Clapp Sixteenth lufautrj joined her husband at the post a few das ago She has been visiting her son in Washington Three small boys mounted on antiquated horses were seen descending the slope from Fort Douglas yesterday morning Each boy had a large basket on his arm and were evidently making for the school picnic in Liberty Park To judge from the size of the baskets and ample length of halter and rope about the necks of their animals one would say they were thorns for a summer tampa gn intothe NOrthwest territory |