| Show MLITAEY MATTERS i Recruiting Ute Indians for the Sixteenth Infantry Bad Weather Interferes With the Changes Being Hade Breezy Items From the City on the Hill Major Andrews of the Twentyfirst Infantry In-fantry stationed at Port Douglas is now the senior major of infantry in the army General and Mrs Penrose are expected back next week from a few months visit in the east Their many friends will be glad to welcome them home again The stormy weather is interfering very much with the construction and repairs of buildings Several of the officers quarters are unroofed and the growls are long and deep from the alliicted ones The Sixteenth infantry band is now one of the very best in the army Professor Feussel the leader is an indefatigable worker and a skillful musician He is now practicing the best operas for his concerts and for guard mounting Lieutenant John Newton Sixteenth Infantry In-fantry has received orders to recruit a company of Ute Indians for the Sixteenth Infantry Sergeant Kloproth Company E Sixteenth Infantry at Fort Douglas ex pects to assist in the work A change in the adjutancy of the Sixteenth Six-teenth Infantry occurs on April 26 It is believed that either First Lieutenant Tyler at Fort Duchesne or First Lieutenant Chandler at Fort Douglaswill bo selected Both are excellent officers The electric railway is pushed to the utmost ut-most to furnish facilities for transporting the passengers to and from tho Fort In a few days it is expected that packages of tickets will be sold to the Fort Douglas people peo-ple at the rate of twenty for SI Lieutenant Eltonhead Twentyfirst Infantry In-fantry at Fort Douglas was ordered this week to the Rosebud agency Dakota to recruit re-cruit a company of Sioux Indians for the Twentyfirst Infantry but yesterday a telegram tel-egram was received suspending tile orders for the present Lieuts Seay and Butts Twentyfirst Infantry In-fantry gave a very pleasant party last Wednesday evening to all the officers and their ladies of the post and a few of their friends from the city Wo noticed Misses Nellie and Dolly Walker Miss Anderson Miss Blair and others Tile knapsack manufactured by Captain Palmer of the Sixteenth Infantry and called the Palmer knapsack is attracting attract-ing some considerable attention in the army It is believed by those who have had experience with it in camp and in the field to be the best yet invented For the information of those inquiring wo again give thedates and days of parades drills etc at Fort Douglas Saturdays 9 a m company inspection and guard mounting Sundays 9 a m Concert by the Sixteenth infantry band and guard mounting Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Wednes-days Thursdays Fridays drills from 1 to 2 p m dress parade onehalf hour before sunset The last day of every month the troops are all paraded inspected and mustered mus-tered at 9 a m The Fort Douglas ball club are having anew a-new uniform and are ready for the spring campaign They may possibly visit Denver Den-ver Cheyenne and Omaha ore the season closes W April 18 |
