Show I ROUGH RIDERS HOME FIrst Delegation to Arrive Since the Muster Out EIGHT 1IEMBERSOF TROOP FA OASON TELLS OF L I CA A Great Del of Suffering at Jack sonvilleChief Cue of the Discontent content Was Because the Regiment Cud Not Go t the FntMl t News A detachment of eight rough rider returned to their Utah homes yesterday day The boys having l tt Jqcksonvle Monday morning Those in i the party were Albert F Oakason Salt Lake Joseph F Skinner Salt Lake Lorenzo Bohn Salt Lake William H Leier SprIngvle Fred S Dart Spanish Fork Uri Stewart jr Spningvilie Edgar C lcCarty Monroe John B Willison Salt Lae The troopers were hale ant hearty with the exception of Mr Liter who was taken seriously ill with malarial fever at Chattanooga and who returned to his home In Sprlnvle In a most crftical condition He was confined to his berth from the time he left Denver and received the most careful atten ton at the hands or his gallant comrades com-rades Troop I is scattered throughout the east at present Each man had enough money from the distribution of the canteen profits soul his remuneration from the government when mustered out to Insure him a pleasurable stay In the east and a great man have gone sightseeing Xew York Chicago and Cincinnati were the points of destna ton of some upon being mustered out ot service while a few arc still in Jacksonville Jack-sonville sonvle The hIgh climate of Colorado and Utah had its effect upon the boys after leaving the Florida country some fnd Ing it difficult to breathe and almost Impossible to hear while at Leadvle Jarrier Oakafon one who returned yesterday was seen at his comfortable home on First South Speking ot troop I and the general afar of the encampment en-campment he saId I was a great experience for all ot us though we didnt get mixed amp in the fight And right there Is the cause of the great discontent The trop was made up of men just as healthy and strong as any other and certainly was as well equipped equip-ped There never would have been a complaint made It we had been put to the front I dont know whose fault It was but this fat alone was at the bottom ot the kick You see we were mustered In at Fort Russell with John Q Cannon can I taln He was an Idol with the bO5 everybody liked him When he was promoted pro-moted to the lieutenant cOlenelcy and left us Captain Young took command There have been many kicks made against Captain Young but so far as I am concerned I think he was aU right and did what he could for the boys They are not aU like myself though A number of the troop have some hard grudge against him but I cannot say why I think there was very little partiality par-tiality shown on the part of the officers cers cersWell Well we went to Jacksonville and here we mn short dl grub We had narctaek some potatoes porI and beans and once In a while we tasted meat Some of the complaints I think were exaggerateL Lieutenant Brt upon taking command worked hard and did al he could for us We had very satisfactory rations while he was in command Its true that at times we had tough living but whats the use of kicking Ve expected to icave Jacksonville som1e wIthin ten das for the front but as time went on and no orders came the disappointment was more keenly felt and a L growing spIrIt of dIscontent became manifest i ec The camp Cuba Libre was nil right fora month or sb but when the hot weather came on the men began to gel sick Nearly ever man In camp went through the siege I was luCky enough to escape and put 11 my time nursing the boys In the hospital There was lots ot timber around the camp and the sol was sandy altogether It Was a good place until hot weather came The horses were afflicted with glanders and couldnt be moved or we might have left the place before we did As time went on the conditions grew more serious seri-ous Drill had to be dispensed with and finally there were only 10 of us to attend about 75 horses do guard duty and aU other routine tork I wa lard tor us but the noncommIssioned officers al came Infor te same duty as tne privates and we held i down In my position terrier I had charge ot the horses and towards the lat used to take from six to eight sick horses a day to the terinary Under 1 se conditions of curse every one was glad to be discharged but If the war had continued the riders would surely have stayed with It Mr Oakason describes a very haP time when word was received that the mustering out was to take place Every man got out his sixshooter he says but was ordered to put it up again without using It We had a great time though built a big bonfire and every man having recovered his spirits had a good long tale to tell The boys had many ways of uasslng away the ttme when all was veit at Cuba Libre but the most amusing was the kangaroo court An offense consisted con-sisted of any breach of the rules and regulations or in trying to avoid ron tine work and the punishment consist ed in from three to five somersaults out of a blanket and into the air from ten to fifteen feet Judge Frank Jardine was as a rule quite lenient with offenders of-fenders The troopers were treated royally by the Red Cross all along the route particularly par-ticularly at Chicago and Denver A fact over which a number of the boys are prone to complain is that they wore furnished transportation only as far as Cheyenne and had to pay their own fare from there on to Salt Lake Lieutenants Burt and Hooper are expected home within the next few days Archie McKay Is in the hospital at New York While Earl B Allen of Prove is seriously ill in St Louis 0th era of the troopers are expected every day Promotions In the Sixth That several officers of the Sixth infantry in-fantry formerly stationed at Fort Douglas have won promotion since the war in Cuba will be good news to their many old friends In Salt Lake Major Iilliam H H Crowell and Major Charles G Penney have been advanced from captaincies the latter having been transferred to the Eighth infanry Major Ma-jor Joel T Kirlcman now of the Sixteenth Six-teenth infantry was lately a captain in the Tenth and Lieutenant Elmore F Taggart will be made a captain in the Sixth infantry lhese officers with I others promoted from other regiments have been ordered to report to the I board of examiners appointed by the secretary of war to meet at Huntsville Ala Lieutenant T J Kirkpatrick Jr By drection of the secretary of war First Lieutenant Thomas 3 Kirhpat rick jr assistant surgeon U S army on the expiration of his present sick leave of absence is relieved from duty at Fort Douglas Utah and will proceed pro-ceed to Fort Lemvenworth Han and report iii person to the commanding of I fleer of that post for duty Major Adrian S Polhemus formerly stationed at Fort Douglas with the Sixteenth Six-teenth Infantry but now brigade Surgeon Sur-geon U S volunteers has been reliev oil from further duty at Knoxville Tenu and ordered to proceed to St Francis Barracks Fin and report in person to the commanding officer at that post for duty Aido On General Kents Staff Lieutenant IV P Jackson who was General Kents aide in the Twenty fourth infantry during the late war and who has been in Missouri on sick leave since the close of hostilities with Spain will soon rejoin his regiment at Fort Douglas having almost entirely recovered froni an attack of malaria Major Wards Assignment Major Henry C Ward Sixteenth infantry in-fantry now at Omaha has been ordered order-ed to make an inspection of certain tin serviceable property of tie signal corps now stored In the groundsof the trans Mississipt exposition i1ith a view to the sale or destruction of the roporty mentioned Army Orders G M Davison a private in the Twon tieth Kansas volunteers which has been stationed at the Presidio in San Francisco was in the city yesterday on his way home Mr Davison stated that the boys In his regiment are very tired of camp life and are applying for sick leave and discharges daily Privates Bric S Holdman of corn pany F anti James D Graves of corn pany H Sixteenth United States infantry in-fantry now at Huntsville Ala have been honorably dIscharged from servIce ser-vIce On his own application and at his OX pease Corporal Horace T lIenr of troop C Ninth U S cavalry now at Fort Duehesne has been transferred to company C Twentyfifth infantry with the rank of private and seat to San Caries Aniz |