Show THE MILITARY CITY The Sixteenth Well Represented i the Rife T a I TH CAMP NEAR PAYSON i Officers Wives Leave to Join Their Husbands in the Camp General Army Notes The command is now encamped near Payson Lieuterant Patterson First artillery I has returued from the field General Penrose lieutenantcolonel Sixteenth I Six-teenth infantry is now in command Sergeant John Baker band Sixteenth infantry is granted a four months furlough fur-lough Some fine building stone quarried on the reservation is being hauled to the city for building purposes From reports received from our boys in the field it seems that all is lovelytheir health and spirits tiptop There are quito a numbfr of ripe melons in the gardens those in the hospital garden being large and of fine flavor Lieutenant Maury Nichols Sixteenth infantry in-fantry has returned from Bellevue Rifle range Neb where he went as range officer of-ficer Those sick with fever in the hospital are gradually improving This seems to be the season for typhoid and other malignant fevers First Lieutenant William Lassiter is acting adjutant A A Q M commissary and ordinance officer whilst tho troops are in the field Private H A Smith company F Seventeenth Seven-teenth infantry has been transferred to Light Uattery E First artillery now serving at this post Lieutenant S 1 Hackney Sixteenth infantry is noW at Camp Douglas Wisconsin Wis-consin acting aa range officer during the division rifle contest There were several well filled conveyances convey-ances at tho post Saturday last Their occupants were from the east and were city well pleased with the looks of the military cityOnly Only one enlisted man returned from the field thus far as sick He was prostrated by tho heat and returned to tho post hospital from Murray tno first day out The man has now entirely recovered Several of the wives of the officers now in the field left this afttrnoon to visit their husbands at the camp near Payson Among them were Mrs Captain Joceyln Mrs Captain Ward and Mrs Lietenant Best The sharpshooters markers and scorers who left the post last month for Bellevue Rifle range Nebraska are now returning The record made by the Sixteenth was a magnificent The boys all speak well of the treatment they received and on the whole thoroughly enjoyed their outing BrigadierGeneral John Moore surgeon general of the army was placed on the retired re-tired list on the IGtb General Moore reaching reach-ing the age of sixtyfour years on that day He was succeeded by Colonel Jededia H Baxter chief medical purveyor of the army This retirement and promotion will elevate one major surgeon to that of colonel and one captain and assistant surgeon to that of major A board of officers at Fort Leavenworth Kansas has been for quite awhile and is yet engaged in revising the tactics In the Army and Navy Register a recenbdate we noticed quite a few changes as announced an-nounced by those having the work in charge I will no doubt to quite beneficial bene-ficial as many of the modes of executing commands as explained in the present manuel Uptons Tactics can be improved upon From the papers we notice that a great many enlisted men in the east have availed themselves of the furlong and discharge under general orders No 80 which were published in full in Tun HERALD of the ISth inst Quite a mumber at this post will apply for their discharge under that order in fact wo believe at least one tenth of the enlisted men of the army will ask for their discharge either by purchase or the three claue May success attend the efforts of all who quit the army to benefit themselves as civilians We heard an amusing incident of the General Crook campaign against the Sioux in 1S7G There was a certain medical officer along who had a peculiar knack of quring the ailments of the men I any one came on sick report with sore feet or any other disease not seemingly serious but for the time being very painful he would say to them walk it off He gained the sobriquet of Dr Walkitoff and today you would laugh to hew the old veterans who at different times have come under his administration tell of their experiences expe-riences with him The Sixteenth infantry is well represented represen-ted on the department rife team Sergeant Ser-geant EvanscompanyG Sorgeant Davis company lB and private Blazeek of company com-pany 4H having secured respectively the fourth fifth and sixth places Ten are selected se-lected fromthe various competitors who go to Camp Douglas Wisconsin to represent repre-sent tho department on the division team Sergeant Johnson jr Sixteenth infantry having gained a twelfth place also goes to Camp Douglas a a supernumerary on the department team We congratulate the above named gentlemen They are excellent excel-lent shots May wo ultimately get a place on the division and the army team AugustlO ISO FRITZ |