Show I FORT DOUGLAS NES I Increased Street Car Facilities I Needed Hospital Practice Bills Competllloa Jfa I iieuvera TraHifers Firs and Other i Garrison New i The Rapid Transit Electric railway company I com-pany have staked out the right of way of I their line across the military reservation Into the fort Wo trust they will soon la i the track and put the road in running I order Evidently the Salt Lake company Ii is not able to handle the crowds to the fort I on Sundays holidays and dress parade i evenings We desire the increased transportation I trans-portation and a predicted some months ago it will take the two lines of railway to meet the demand Why cannot freight cars be put ou these roads and haul up all I the freight for the post which is considerable consider-able I The command is unusually healthy and the hospital department is i having a rest so far as looking after tno sick is concerned Four men from each company of troops are detailed to report to the post surgeon every Thursday for drill in caring for the I wounded in the field of battle Stretcher are ised and stretchers and gunslings ar I inprovised also two rifles and two gun slings making an excellent stretcher incases in-cases of emergency i removing the sick and wounded Instruction it also given in the use of bandages tying up arteries etc I A class is also instructed In signalling the arm call transmitting messages by the use of flags torches and discs First Lieutenant Eliot Chandler of the Sixteenth infantry has been appointed post signal and post ordinance oftlcer The sharpshooters for the Sixteenth infantry in-fantry qualified for this year are Captain T C Woodbury Captain S R Whitall Second Lieutenant J C Gregg Second Lieutenant C D Vance Company Sergeant Julius Flemming Corporal Robert Vllxon Company Sergeant James W Davis Musician Henry F Helton Private Roland Savage Company C Sergeant Simon Keane Musician Thomas Manning Private Edward Ed-ward Duchetlor Company D Serceant James W Baker Corporal Adolphus Knapp Private Joseph Manning Private William Bon Company E Corporal George W Huber Private Holgan U Keim Priv tu William Riley Company F Sergeant William Groff Corporal John B Murray Cori oral Joseph Klumpp Private Itichsrd W Davidson Company G Pnvato Julius C Krats Private W McCarthy Company H Artificer John P Kusb Private Mathcw E Coiotnan I Besides the above twenty seven sharpshooters sharp-shooters there were nearly two hundred marksmen in the regiment I The following named enlisted men left Fort Douglas last Fiiuay for Bellovutj rsfie range ceur Omaha to take part in the nle competition for the deparuiunt and army team which commences August and lusts Ire days viz Sergeant Baser cOlpny al Corporal Drouv tcuirrry D Private I onelson company G Private Bifzek cotnpanv H Mnnum Pelton company U of the Sixteenth Infantry Sergeant Pearson Pear-son com pal1 FPrivate Todd company H raie Buchanan company B nnd Prl vale Lorkius company D or the Twenty drst infantry The result of this shooting will be looked forward to with a great dial of interest > co soldier Is selected from each conrany n the department of tbe Piatte the best ourtpen shots art selected to represent he department in the army teuti whica meets at Fort Sheridan about Se timber 1 Besides tbo above numud coi pulttors Lieutenants McCaskey Butt ani Say altho Tvventytirst Infantry and Lientea ants Hackney nod Nichols of tbeaixieetti infantry loftsomo days aga to Da ufessuc j to the competition at Bellovua riilo rut The changes of the Twentyflr j to the various posts and thu three roas i panics of the Sixteenth in fun try from Fort Dachesne to Douglas commences on Aug I I is 115 inn An alarm of fire was sounded on Friday j caused by a lot ol sagebrush taking fire on ho north side of the post probably from I the sparks of tho engine on tho narovv auge railroad Another alarm ou the j ame evening proved to be at Wagners ire very i Orders have been Issued from boadquar I en department of tht Platte dhfctic hat the Port Dllu las garrison Consisting f the hsndiiunrter1 band and com ponies I f D E G and H Sizeenh Infantry take ao field on or about Scptcintitr J tot prac1 ioe march ned held innvuvcts The > ians seem to be thai we wh co out oi Iarlield Stockton end Johnsons Park obnbly leaving ua soon us tim company of the Siftcenth infantry arrive frora Du hesne whlou will be about September 10 ji j i |