Show 4 FORT DOUGLAS NEWS Meeting of the Post Exchange Council Yesterday I i DECLARED A DIVIDEND i APPROPRIATION OF ONE DOLLAR i PER MAX FORi AUGUSTAn AUGUST-An Interesting Paintlngr The Company j Com-pany LlbrnxicM BrigadierGen eral Fsaiilc Ticaton Comimiml t I ins the Department Expected here This WeeU Personal Xotes uad News Items The Post Exchange council consisting of T W Morrison and First Lieutenant f John Newton convened at the office of i the exchange at 10 oclock a m September Septem-ber 4 1S3G to transact the business reQuired J re-Quired by par 237 Army Regulations 1893 and found that the condition of the exchange l I ex-change was as follows viz f August 1st brought forward from f last months account J 1490 03 August 31st receipts from sales during month 157223 August 31st receipts from credit I checks officers companies etc 2609 35 Total receipts 55 G71 73 Expended during the month ending end-ing August 31st for merchandise merchan-dise supplies etc 3317 79 I Aigust 31st for dividends 60S 00 August 31st for employees 255 50 August 31st for operating expenses 133 33 4214 U < to Cash on hand 567173 yt The council recommended an approprja tion of 1 per man dividend for August Upon the recommendation of his company com-pany commander Private Kokocinsld of company B has been appointed a Lance 4 corporal V Private Brazier of company G has returned re-turned for duty from a three months furlough and is the company chef do cuisine One of the best concerts of the seasons season-s was given hy the regimental band on Sunday afternoon at 530 1 I t A very beautiful painting of the battle of the Little Big Horn has been purchased pur-chased by the post exchange and now adorn3 the south wall of the main hall The picture is 48x40 inches and has an excellent scrolled gilt frame highly finished finish-ed and of the best workmanship The picture was taken from the artists best sketches the original painting r paint-ing of Sassily Adams which has been t l presented to the Seventh United States cavalry On the lower left hand corner are shown the dead generals medals J Seventh cavalry standards guidons and a trumpet On the right hand corner is shown General Custers monument r i which now stands upon the scene of the massacre r A prominent figure in the foreground of i the picture Is General Custer in his buckskin buck-skin attire with a clubbed revolver in ite his left hand and an uplifted saber in his right in the act of killing a < desperate Sioux Indian who is represented as makIng I I mak-ing a rapid move to aim his rifle at the I generals heart RainlntheFace Is killing with a slungshot the private 1 eoldier who killed the Sioux warrior that killed the general A Cheyenne warrior is In the act of scalping Private Antia ii1 Reed Captain T W Custers son and J a nephew of General Custer Captain j Cupter is lying on his rit side firing upon an Indian who is in the act of firing I J In the air prematurely the cartridge intended in-tended for General Custer A half j r breed Indian Is firing at Captain Custer The death struggle of Lieutenant E A t Smith Lieutenant Cook and Captain G W Tales Is shown close by General t Custer The Sioux squaws are scalping all the dead and wounded I soldiers From all directions hills can Ions I-ons and valley mounted Indians ara I i hurrying to tho fight I The picture is but one of the many at tractive views that adorn the walls of the exchange B S Following is a list of the papers magazines maga-zines weeklies and other periodicals as well as the books in the different company Iii com-pany libraries r Company A Salt Lake Herald Tri r bune Police Gazette Cincinnati Enquirer 1 En-quirer Leslies Weekly Colliers Weekly Judge Puck St Louis Dally Globe Democrat Illustrated Police News I Harpers Weekly San Francisco Chronicle Chroni-cle Army and Navy Register Kansas City Times Christian Herald Harpers Magazine Century New York Clipper W Standard United Service Nineteenth Century There are COO bound volumes I In the library of company A which was the first company library to be organized compy lbr t b In tiie regiment ornize Company B Salt Lake Herald and I Tribune Family Story Paper Saturday Night Scientific American Kansas City Cty TImes New York Ledger Detroit Free l Press Judge Puck Police Gazette Standard Stand-ard San Francisco Chronicle New York Daily World Christian Herald St Louis GlobeDemocrat Yankee Blade Army and Navy Register and Journal Waverly Ute Elmira Telegram Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Sunday Herald Com volumes pany Bs library contains 150 bound 1 u UIrpany v amt i ajce Tribune Outing Chicago Tribune Harpers Weekl Outng Cn cinnati Enquirer St Louis GlobeDemo crat San Francisco Weekly Examiner and Chronicle Leslies Weekly New York World Kansas City Times Judge Puck Army and NaY Register Police I Gazette and New York Standard Com r pany C library contains 300 volumes of books Company D Salt Lake Herald and Tribune New York World Arkansas Traveler Kansas City rime Army and Navy Register Boston Sunday Globe fl Police Gazette San Francisco Weekly Examiner Elmira Telegram Leslies Teegram Leles Popular Monthly St Louis GlobeDemo crat Puck Judge Munseys Magazine < Demorests Family Magazine McClures Magazine New York Daily HeraM and Sun Donohues and Petersons Peterons Magazines Maga-zines Midland Monthly Cosmopolitan CosmopOlian Irish World Chicago Sunday TimesHer Chicg TmesHer p aid and Christian Herald The library contains fifty volumes of books lb 1 I Company E New York World Kansas City Times Salt Lake Tribune and 200 volumes of books 1 Company F Salt Lake Herald and Tri bune Leslies Weekly Puck Judge New York Standard Sporting Life Ledger t Saturday Night Detroit Free Press Kansas Kan-sas City Times Christian Herald Army and Navy Journal Baltimore Weekly Sun San Francisco Chronicle New York Herald Chicago TimesHerald Cincinnati Cincin-nati Enquirer St Louis GlobeDemo crat Munseys Magazine Cosmopolitan Metropolitan Leslies Popular Monthly and 200 volumes of books Company G Salt Lake Herald and Tri bune Scientific American Cincinnati Enquirer En-quirer St Louis GlobeDemocrat Rocky Mountain New Kansas City Times San Francisco Chronicle Leslies Weekly Police Gazette New York Illustrated 1 News Standard Colorado Journal New Stnda o German Ger-man Puck Judge Harpers Weekly Christian Herald Argonaut Army and Navy Register New York Weekly Century Cen-tury Magazine Outing Review of Reviews Re-views Munseys McClures and 29S volumes vol-umes x Company H Sat Lake Tribune New fork World Cincinnati Enquirer St Louis GlobeDemocrat Kansas City Times Army and Navy Journal Police News Christian Herald Leslies Weekly Week-ly and 500 volumes of books BrigadierGeneral Frank Wheaton commanding the department of the Colorado ti Colo-rado is expected to arrive at the post L p some time this week on his annual tour of Inspection The telephone circuit of the post is reported re-ported In need of repairs havIng been somewhat neglected since the departure i of its builder Lieutenant < Tyer for the infantry and cavalry school Lieutenant Guyer will return to the pos soon which will be a pleasure to his numerous patrons S Mr Charles Kaiser a Pacific coast musician mu-sician has enlisted in the band He is a baritone sod trombone player of fourteen four-teen years experience having been with the O D Contemo Fifth Regiment banC t ban-C N G and the California state band Private William Twist who was recently cent assigned to company D was discharged dis-charged last month from the Twenty third infantry as acting sergeantmajor During his term of five ers he also I acted in the capacity e of school teacher > Private Raymond Muffler of company I Al D has been appointed assistant clerk in S I the quartermasters department c J Private Peter Knox who will In a short I time b discharged for weakness of the heart Private Douglas the champion hundred yard printer has accepted the challenge of Private Mee for a mile race on next payday S S Recruit Seter of Chicago ha been assigned signed t duty with company D Rert William Herschley has been a signed to duty with company B I r I Rerui Henry Altrecht has been a signed to duty with company C Private William H Lee assigned to company D has just completed a term of five years in the Fourth cavalry at I Vancouver barracks Private Kiloolly late of the Second infantry Kioly fantry has been assigned t company G Private Patrick of company A left the three months furlough post yesterday on a thr month fr lough to visit Salt Lake city The band at present consists of twen tyfour members and is full for the first time in several months Private James W Downs of company B has been appointed company clerk succeeding Corporal L C Megill A large crowd of officers and ladies had a very enjoyable outing in Emigration I canyon Sunday afternoon returning at 5 pm I |