| Show FORT DOUGLAS ITEMS More Barrack Room Needed A Veteran Post Preparing For Commissions By recent orders of the war department the name of the fort canteen has been changed and hereafter it is to be known as the post exchange TO HELE1VE OVERCROWDING The government has purchased all of tho buildings lately owned and occupied by Mr Jock Leeger tho late post trader at Fort Douglas and has also made an appropriation appro-priation to put them in good repair It wouid be a very good thing to utilize them in relieving the crowded condition of the barracks Some time since the government govern-ment increased the number of men in the companies but failed to increase the storage capacity of the barracks the result re-sult is that the barracks at the post art now somewhat crowded I I i SENT TO LEAVENWORTo The convict Riley that captured tho rifle from his guard Pat Carroll and who wsa I arrested in the city afterwards was shipped to Fort Leavenworth military I prison some days ago First Sergeant Struman of Company B took him in I charge I UO COURTS MARTIAL The summary and general courts martial mar-tial have been given a little rest for tho I past two weeks SOLDIERS DANCE The soldiers gave a dancing party a few II evenings agoA A POST OF VETERANS A meeting was held last Thursday night of the veteran soldiers to take steps to organize I or-ganize a post of veterans of the regular army It is a good thing to do and wo trust a good post will be organized for this district at once Hundreds of veterans are living in and about Salt Lake who would no doubt be glad to join SHOOT TIlE DUCKs First Sergeant Watkins company E left a few days ago for a duck nunt at Ivins ranch near Provo The sergeant seldom loses any game INDIANS PAID OFF Company I was paid off the past week Somo of tho money found its way to the I families and homes of the men at Rosebud agency Reveille is I now at the break of day 630 a m and soon wo can dispense with tho laterns during our daily morning devotions devo-tions We are informed that n son of the late General Morrow has enlisted in the Sixteenth Six-teenth We have several ambitious young men who are studying to go before the annual an-nual board for examination for a commission commis-sion The law requires them to serve at least two years in the ranks to be perfectly per-fectly sound of good moral character unmarried un-married and between the ages of twenty one and twentyseven years A schedule of the examination required is published in orders |
