Show FORT DOUGLAS NEWS Summer Campaign and Target Practice Memorial Echoes Salutes for Judge Taft OpenDoor Concerts on Wednesdays Complaint of Tardy Contractors The troops were paid in full to June 1 on Wednesday lieutenant Maury Nichols of the Sixteenth Six-teenth infantry has been promoted to first I lieutenant of the Fourteenth infantry i Last week seventeen guns were fired one every half hour from S a m on account ac-count of the death of Judge Alphonso Taft late Secretary of War Hereafter there will be a concert by the Sixteenth infantry band on Wednesday afternoons 530 to 030 preceding the dress parade Some excellent scores have been made bj the crack shots on tho target range the past month and before tho season closes June 30 every company officer and soldier will hare had thorough and useful experience in this line Major Benaam Seventh Infantry In-fantry chief range and target officer of tho department spent some days in Salt Lake and at Fort Douglas the past week Two companies each day occupy the ranges in skirmishing The roster for last week was Captains Ward and Jos lins on Monday Captains Palmer and Bradleys on Tuesday Captains Richards I and Morrisons on Wednesday Captains Cormnens and Whilotes on Thursday and Captain Witticks on Friday Orders have been received from headquarters head-quarters department of the Platte directing direct-ing tho commanding officer FortDouglas to submit plans for tho summers campaign without incurring extra to the I expense government I I gov-ernment It has not therefore been decided I de-cided whether this summers field operations opera-tions will be in the direction of Garfield Salt Lake and Stockton or some other I locality It will depend altogether in regard re-gard to the accommodations the Union Pacific Pa-cific may offer in shipping the necessary supplies Memorial Day we received the Grand I Army Veterans and marched them to the fort cemetery and gave them tho military marching salute and three volleys of musketry for the dead After exercises at the cemetery and decoration of the graves the line was formed and marched back to tho post where the troops were dismissed and mingled with the visitors Several of the officers had a lunch and ice water provided for the old heroes Come again old veterans we shall be glad to welcome you individually and collectively I as long as we remain at Fort Douglas The contractor is getting along very slow with tho repairs to tho building on I the half circle and a little pushing and crowding Him would no doubt be of vast i benefit to the sufferers who occupy the quarters v |