Show r I fRI llOllCI ln8 NfW8 i + tl PON June 1 instead 4li of May 1 as heretofore I 7 hereto-fore target practice will be resumed at Fort Douglas All Jthe the targets ammunition I ammu-nition and other supplies necessary for the season of q 97 have been received 4 re-ceived at the post Work will soon best be-st rt d upon the i range and the butts put In order for the coming season There are many crack shots among U the Twentyfourth and the coming season I sea-son should be marked mark-ed by many high averages After the long wet winter the range is in very bad condition The butts are filled with holes made by water and small animals and are in places pregnable to the bullets These will be strengthened and carefully repaired re-paired The penetration power of the new rifle is very great and more care Is consequently required to make the pits safe for the markers Every orecaution will be taken to prevent an accident The targets themselves them-selves are made of woolen frames over which is drawn thin duck or target cloth Over this is pasted the paper targets Every joint is fastened with wooden pins as any iron such as nails would be liable to deflect the bullet from pit its course anat kill some one in the 1 o f 0 I is rumored at the post that the uniform of the army1 is to be changed once more General Miles Is giving attention at-tention to the subject and has been receiving suggestions on the subject Thus far however matters have reached reach-ed no definite shape cpQ i Congress has appropriated money for the issue of 1000 cook bobks this year which wH be given to the army for the use of its cooks I the effect on the army cooks wilU be the same as it has on the new sct qlars in a cooking school then the soldiers are to be pitied < 00 Another new book that is expected will soon make its appearance is the I new Infantry drill regulations which is being prepared This will cause a i complete revolution drill again > u Last Friday evening the officers gave one of their delightful informal hops Several of the city people were up to enjoy the occasion < p < > < > < < Last Sunday afternoon the band gave its first concert ittheopen aic this spring 0 Second Lieutenant John R Sevburn has been ordered to report to Colonel William R Shafter president of the examining board appointed to meet at the Presedio SariFrancisco for examination I ex-amination tion as to his fitness for promo i > < Lieutenant A C Ducat who has just taken his examination at Fort Leaven worth has returned to the post I 0 S > < S > Lieutenant William Black has also returned from Fort Leavenworth where he has been undergoing examination for promotion < t > < 5 > < J > The manv friends of Captain A M Palmer will regret to hear that he has left the Dost for his future station at Fort Leavenworth 00 Captain J M Thompson now on militia dutv has been transferred to company I from company AcE < S > > < A-cE > First Lieutenant J D Leitch who has but recently received his promotion to the Seventh infantry has been transferred back to the Twentyfourth and left on the 3rd for Centralia Wash on sick leave 000 Captain B W Leavell has been transferred from I company to A < > < s > < S > First Lieutenant < H H Bandholtz who was recently promoted to the Twentyfourth infantrv from the Seventh infantry has been transferred back to his old regiment 00i Last week Captain Leavell gave a reception to the officers in the officers club house in honor of his recent promotion pro-motion 000 Captain Wygant expects his two sons to arrive in a few days 000 Last week Mrs Buch the lady who has given so many interesting lectures in the city paid Mrs Girard a visit and the band tendered her a complimentary mentary concert < 5 A A Quartermaster Sergeant Nasahl is the possessor of a beautiful new bicycle and he has joined the horde of cyclists who can be seen flitting about the post in good weather 000 Corporal Jones has been placed in charge of the post staples The corporal bears the honor of being the heaviest man in the regiment He weighs over 300 pounds < < y < J > Commissary Sergeant LoringA Bond has arrived from Fort Du Chesne and Is now fairly launched upon his official cial duties at this post He has taken the place of Sergeant Budds who but I recently retired from active service A 0 First Sergeant Ellis was discharged from company D thb other day but has reenlisted in the same company < S > < t > 0 Corporal R J Brown was honorably discharged from company H last week but reenlisted 000 Private Dell who was sent here for operation by Surgeon Girard has recovered re-covered from the operation which was very successful and ha left to Join his troop A of the First cavalry at Fort Huachuca Ariz ArizA 0 A < s > Musician William Young of F company com-pany was transferred to troop C of the Ninth cavalry at Fort Assiniboine Mon amMias left f6r that station j |