| Show 1 THE MILITARY GIt A Brilliant Lawn Party at the Eesidenee of C JL Blunt THE ORDER FOR THE MARCH HERE The Command Will Not Go More Than Ono Hunted lilies From tile Fort I General News Holes Privates OMalley and Machone who wero injured by the battery accident on tho 10th inst are improving The injures received are uotof so serious a naturo a were first thought and under the careful supervision oI our medical staff stewards and e cent corps of attendants in the hospital hos-pital the men will soon be out again We understand that the guus used by the battery are lold timers of almost unknown age and will be laid aside as retired from active service upon the arrival of the new Hotchkiss guns which have been asked for The lawn party given at the residence of Colonel M 1 Blunt commanding Six tecnthinfantry on the evening of thejl7th inst was a most enjoyable affair The music was most elegant in its rendition and it was a late hour before the participants partici-pants took their leave all oting itun evening even-ing well spent in true pleasure and enjoyment enjoy-ment The various companies are petting together to-gether all the necessary camp equipage t bo in readiness for the coming campaign Professor Keillor will not produce his I sensational drama Oliver Twist until after the summer practice march The order is here for the march Wo go in the direction of Payson and will move who nordeld bytho colo commandingthe post It seems we would have been gone by now were it not for the delay caused in the nonarrival of transportation expected from Fort Duchesne and other Kecossary quartermaster equipoge We will give the I exact date of our departure when the order noting such is issued All reports in circulation cir-culation are mere surmises Sergeant Caldwell Privates Sprague and Holt Sixteenth infantry left focT3ellevue riflerange Omaha Nebraska on the inorping of the 18th AHipost subscribers failing to receive TULBCRSD regularly will confera favor on JFritz b ntifyin him of the same I isour desire see this popular jounnal in every company here and will use our best efforts to that end Let all subscribe you will never miss the money Only SI per month General orders No 10 headquarters department de-partment of the Platt of date July 1 1890 say For practice marches of not to exceed one hundred miles from the posts named and to include such exercises as may be practicable the following is ordered From Fort Douglas Utah All the field officers the regimental staff all the companies of infantry the light battery the junior medical officer the acting act-ing hospital steward and onehalf of the privates of the hospital corps The command com-mand will leave the post in August next marching along the Denver Rio Grande railway in accordance with tho project submitted by Colonel Blunt One infantry officer will be loft at the post and from each company and light battery one noncommissioned non-commissioned officer and five privates Old Jupiter Pluvius has been threatening threaten-ing to give us a little rain for the past fortyeight hours That a good drenching rain would be of benefit cannot be denied as such would purify the atmosphere cool us off temporarily and lay the dust Corporal Routh company BI Sixteenth infantry formerly on the color guard has been detailed as scoresfor the snarpshoot ers vice Sergeant Gala1 well who left for Omaha The battsiion was commanded by Colonel Blunt on drill on the ISth inst The alertness alert-ness and exactness of the men in their performance per-formance of the various movements inc dent to that drill proves their efficiency in clearly understanding the manual Two soldiers names have been dropped from the rolls of their respective companies compan-ies as deserters Cause unknown but in all probability tho men in question have concluded t rusticate in lieu of soldiering Thomedals for the army marksmen have been received at the war department from the United States mint at Philadelphia I I cost the government over 13000 worth of metal to get out the 109 medals for this years rifle contest The gold medals of which there aro fortythreo aro smaller than those of last year but have the same simple design They are not as expensive as last years medals which cost over S100 while those for the current year are worth about 5iO The gold medals are dividod as follows Two as a frs prize and six as second sec-ond class prizes army marksmanship three first prizes and nine second class prizes division marksmanship three first prizes and nine second class prizes cavalry competition j eight first prizes department marksmanship and three first prizes revolver revol-ver match Tim silver medals are divided Twelve as third class prizes army marksmanship marks-manship eighteen third class prizes division divi-sion marksmanship eighteen third class prizes cavalry competition six second class prizes department marksmanship and nine second class prizes revolver match Of the bronze medals fortyeight are as third class prizes department marksmanship and eighteen as third class prizes revolver match We sincerely hope some of the gold medals will adorn the breasts of somepf those from this post who are flov practicing daily so as to bo steady of aim and sure of shOt when the contest begins at Bollevue rifle range in Nebraska Ne-braska Heres hoping for you boys its the best Fritz can do Lieutenant Lassitor and First Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Cowles respectively as officer of the day and officer of the guard wore duly mounted on yesterday Private Bowman of light battery E has evidently commenced the study of medicine and to further his designs he unearthed un-earthed a skeleton about ten days ago near Wagners brewery As to what it may ber Indian or white man none but the Deity can tell but nevertheless the remnants of what once walked talked and moved as we do is lavinir all together save the sninal column in a sack underneath Bowmnns bed Ho will mount the skeleton The teeth are perfectly sound and is supposed to represent a mortal who gave up the ghost at the age of thirtylive years The skeleton was mound laying face downward and all was covered save the head The family of Lieutenant Menohe first artillery left for San Francisco yesterday yes-terday We trust they will enjoy their brief stay on the Pacific coast and return to us with their usual good health Lieutenant Blunt Fifth artillery and family left for Alcatraz island San Francisco Fran-cisco harbor yesterday The lieutenant has spent quite a while hero with his father Colonel MM Blunt and he and his estimable estim-able family have left with the best wishes of not only the commissioned rank of the army but enlisted men as well Lieutenant S M Hackney Sixteenth infantry left us for duty on Wisconsin rifle range at Camp Douglas Wisconsin on the 18th inst Lieutenant Maury Nichols Sixteenth infantry in-fantry goes to Beilevuo range Nebraska on the 25th Inst as range officer Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Johnson jr in charge of tho seven competitors for places on the department rIfle team leaves for the same place on the 2othiust The lieutenant goes us a competitor competi-tor and Fritz wishes his every shot will count way up and that on his return wo cau say our prophesy regarding him as a good shot is not mere fiction The admission of Idaho into the union on JulyS necessitated a rearrangement of stars in the American hag The law provides pro-vides that tim change in the field of the flag shall be mado each Independence Day to include the now states admitted during the previous year The field had recently been altered to represent fortytwo states increased to this number by the admission of Forth and South Dakota Washington and Montana A rearrangement will immediately im-mediately be effected The delay is caused by certain formal proceedings Incident on anofficlal agreement of the army andnavy to the arrangement of the stars ona blue field The new arrangement will bo more symmetrical than the one of last year There will bo five rows the first third and fifth owning stars eachS and the second and I fourthjrov ofeightsoar5eacli f Tho nev onstellation asit will appear on tlie corrected ilUg yilLboasfollows 4 5 itt < I f i > viks < v v > Jpc i a t f x f 5 |
