| Show I MILITARY MATTERS The Weekly Budget From the City on the Hill General Business Sacred Personal and Other Nensey Points of Interest to All The dress parades are kept up but the drills are suspended for this month The sanitary condition of the post is excellent ex-cellent and the health of the troops was never better AssistantSurgeon Kendall from Fort D A Russell near Cheyenne is ordered to Fort Douglas for duty Some six companies of Indians 300 have already been recruited for the army out of the 2000 authorized by the war department de-partment The new drill regulations formerly called tactics will soon be issued to the army They will radically change the present drill LieutenantColonel Andrews now of the Twentyfifth infantry expects to leave here for Fort Shaw to join his regiment on Monday next The citizens employed mechanics and laborers at Fort Douglas find the post canteen very accommodating in furnishing them with lunches and dinners at a very moderate rate The repairs in the officers quarters are nearing completion and are required to bo finished by June 30 However bids are now out for the erection of other buildings during the summer The ground for the Rapid Transit Elec tric company has been staked out and soon the workmen will commence to put their street cars into the post They will pass through Popperton place It is not yet decided what will be the fate of the troops now stationed here Probably however the sixteenth will all be massed at Fort Douglas and the twenty first will go east of the Mississippi Lieutenant Ettonhead of the twenty first left some days ago under orders to proceed to Fort Bridger and attend to the removal of tho bodies in the fort cemetery at that place to McPherson Neb theWe have no doubt the finest gardens in the territory Vegetables such as lettuce radishes and green onions are already sup plied for the tables of the soldiers and as the advances the later season swill s-will be in order Surgeon Wolverton has the bestcon l ducted hospital of any in the army The I sick haVe plenty of cream milk strawberries strawber-ries butter vegetables and fruit all raised on the grounds surrounding the hospital We are still making marksmen and sharpshooters by the score on the target range daily There is an incessant crack of the rifles from sun up to sun down with the exception of a few hours cessation in the middle of the day There have been some three or four desertions from the post since May 1 A reward of SCO is paid for the apprehension of a deserter from the army No reason can possibly exist for desertion under ex isting laws and regulations Last Monday evening was the fourth of the series of those pleasant and social hops given by the officers of the sixteenth and twentyfirst Infantry On Monday evening eve-ning will be the next These are informal parties and they are well attended by the young people from the city By recent orders from the war department depart-ment the regimental bands receive one tenth of all the profits of the canteen monthly and in addition the band receives the same amount pro rata as the rest of the companies Thus Fort Douglas is taxed in the neighborhood of 1QO per month rom tho proceeds of the canteen for the benefit of the Sixteenth Infantry band Captain and Mrs Jocelyn of the wentyfirst gave a card party last week all the young ladies and many of the young bachelors of the post were present and we noticed several young couples from the city Tho party was given for the benefit of Miss Jocelyn a niece of the captain and Mrs Jocoyln Successful experiments are being made by the army rifle board in the east to furnish fur-nish the army with new 30calibre maga zine rifle using smokeless powder This rifle will be somewhat lighter than the present ones and will also make a difference differ-ence in the freight of the ammunition car lied by the soldier Corporal McDonald company H twenty first infantry was married on Thursday evening to Miss Carrie Olsen The marriage took place in the fort chapel just after dress parade in the evening and was attended by many of the officers their families and the garrison generally Mr Morris the assistant Rector of St Marks I olliciated I |
