Show FORT DOUGLAS DONGS V I Soldiers at Work On the New Reservoir KLONDIKE THEY TERM IT PAY DAY COMES SELDOM I THE ALASKA GARRISON Reports of Department Commanders Express Satisfaction With the New KragJorgenson Rifle Post School Now in Active Operation Notes and Personals of Interest I Ask a soldijr at Fort Douglas what Is going on and all the answer you will get is Klondike Klondike is the name given to the new reservoir that is being remodelled in the canyon Every day is consumed in hard work on this place and the temperature if one can believe the reports about f is on a par with Klondike Klon-dike Since the cold weather has begun j it is a disagreeable task that is before the men but they go about it cheerfully and without much grumbling S That is about all that Is going on in the little city on the hill There are no 11 drills or parades and the work on the reservoir is about all there is to pass r away the time Last Tuesday being the j last day of the month the troops were J mustered and held their regular monthly i inspection Now the principal subject that is interesting the soldiers is pay day hhtiin always a welcome day for the j boys and is eagerly looked forward to with pleasant anticipations o < < > Speaking of pay day reminds one that the detachment of men and officers that are now on duty in Alaska are not in a situation to be paid monthly I would be i a pretty hard thing for the men in that part of the country i they ware to get snowed in for several months and 1 could not get any pay during that time But Uncle Sam had his eyes open and provided for Just such a possibility The command of officers and men under Lieutenant Colonel G 11 Randall Eighth infantry who are now in Alaska at the new post have been paid for eight months in advance This was done under the provisions of r section 354S R S which permits payments pay-ments in advance to those employed on mitar or naval service at distant stations sta-tions where payments cannot be regularly made in the ordinary manner I the boys are as free with their pay in Alaska as they are here then eight months pay will last them but a short space of time > > < Now that the reports of the department commanders are all in as is also the report re-port of the inspector of small arms practice prac-tice a word in regard to the new rifl > will not be out of place These reports are almost unanimous in their expressions of satisfaction with the KragJorgenson rifle in its present high state of perfection perfec-tion A few requests 107 a wind guage still continue to come to the war department depart-ment but they are more Infrequent than formerly It is thought that after the new arm has been in the service a little longer these requests will cease and the soldiers will find that they can do as well without as with It When it Is considered that more than 20 years were consumed in perfecting the Springfield rifle all the arms having been called in twice for changes to be made in them the approximately approxi-mately perfect state of the new arm already al-ready attained is most remarkable It has been found by actual practice that the new ride is far superior in shooting quail ties to the old one and those who were oposed to it In the beginning now swear by the KragJorgenson < 5 > < > The post school at Fort Douglas is now In active operation and is well attended by the enlisted men The corps of teachers teach-ers has been appointed their fitness having hav-ing been determined by a competitive examination last week J W Galloway of H company August Reid of D and James Dickerson of F company have been detailed as teachers < j > < S > < Corporal Robinson of F company has been discharged from the service and has gone on a furlough after reenlisting in his old company < < > < Lance Corporal Gaines has been promoted pro-moted to the grade of corporal vice Corporal Bowman assigned to duty as private < S > < > < S > Sergeant Hill has returned from Alcatraz Al-catraz Island where he went with deserter de-serter Walker who was recently sentenced sen-tenced to two years imprisonment at that place The sergeant had no trouble with his prisoner and delivered him safely to the commanding officer at that place < 3 > < > < > The quartermasters department of the army will probably adopt for regular service in a short time the tents of drab color a small number of which were recently re-cently issued to various posts for trial All the reports that have thus far been received have been favorable to the adoption of the tents which appear to be giving universal satisfactionS < satisfaction-S > 6 < > ExPostmaster Dickinson of Fort Douglas has left for Chicago to visit relatives at that place < < > < Private John Henry Company D Twentyfourth infantry now at Fort Douglas Utah Is upon his own application applica-tion transferred to Company F Twenty fifth infantry and will be sent to thj station of that company Fort Missoula Mont The expenses of transfer will be borne by the soldier and transportation will not be furnished by the quartermasters quartermas-ters department < < > < S > Lieutenant C E Tayman of the Twentyfourth infantry who is now on leave is visiting at Rosemont Pa |