Show MET DOUGLAS STEWS I Jlilie Competition to Begin on I August 8il I A New Police Jtulee > ew Buildings ilules I and Music A Dead horse I Miscellany ar I II The army department rife competition I takes place at Bellevue near Omaha commencing com-mencing about August 3 The best snots of the department are congregating there t and THE HEKALD will Le kept fully informed in-formed of the work performed 1 Captain Ward turned over the duties of police judge to Captain Clapp yesterday I I The petty cases or offenses against military mili-tary discipline are now daily tried by the oBlcer second in command at each post In I the army This is called the summary I court or by some the police court j I The three new buildings for the couimis sioned staff officers are about completed They aro very pretty and substantial looking I look-ing buildings I ihe orticersmess and club building is being be-ing pushed rapidly forward and is to be I completed in ninety day from the commencement com-mencement j I The repairs to buildings in the circle have been completed some days I I The two companies of the Twentyfirst infantry that go from here to Port Randall I Ran-dall lane eighteen mules from the fort The will march I with them troops wi some sixty miles from the end of the railroad I The companies of the SLxtcentn from i Fort Duchesne bring twelve mules with I them to be left at Fort Douglas The Sixteenth Infantry band have a teW additional men the past week direct from New Yorkc ity Fuessel the leader has been in the Sixteenth some twentythree years Cann the drummajor is an old veteran of nearly thirty years of service and Driswell the drummer is also a veteran in the Sixteenth While the band is not full in members at present it is considered I con-sidered one of the best in the country The carcass of a dead horse was reported lying in Red Butte caiion on Thursday A detail of soldiers was sent out and removed it It was some two miles up the carton The caiion that furnishes the drinking water to the people should be thoroughly inspected and no camps or settlers be allowed on or near these water supplies The troops were all paraded at 10 a m Tuesday and the order announcing the f death of VicePresident Hamlin read A new liar has been hoisted on the flagstaff flag-staff of the fort |