Show THE HIE TWENTY FOURTH INFANTRY the army and navy avy journal prints tho the report of the surgeon general of the army for the past fiscal year the health of tire the army iran hsu boon been excellent practically up to that of blitch was fas the best record ot of any year to date the death rato rate was wag per 1000 the chief improvement in health has haa been among tho the colored troops the non efTI e clency among them was 2575 1575 per 1000 against 34 73 2 among the te white troops the colored soldier lost loat front from debility the whito white soldier 11 1271 1 11 anti and the average time of treatment of each case was among tho the colored sol liters 1081 1084 days daye against 1122 for or tho the whites in point of health the department of texas had the worst record that of california the best befit by this we are reminded that the twenty fourth regiment has been at fort douglas a year the time moves on very when it was wall announced that thal the regiment was to come the tribune sold said it was on an unwelcome announcement the ground of 0 the remark mmark was that Fort Douglas lies iles above and beyond the most pronounced residence portion of the city that the got BOI diers would ride on cm the cars drunk as well as robert and that an eted colored soldier is more mom offensive than an intoxicated white soldier it Is only fair to say that the twenty fourth has lived down the apprehensions w alch were aroused at the announcement of their coming they have been on oa their good behavior aery day they havo have loss less rowdy ch characteristics ties among them than any regiment that was ever here indeed that Is hardly fair for if there Is in any real bad chai char actor among them such much an one has brig kept hla 1118 real nature concealed they are less addicted to drinking than the ordinary white regiments in the ay army and almost all the trouble that comes to soldiers in time of peace comes come of drinking the rank and tile of the th twenty Y fourth has seemed to net act fill thet the ti almo ina as though each idler felt that ho he was upon his honor never to east cast reproach upon the uniform lie wears or tho the iles flag above him there anere meems to be a double boube influence for good always with th athla a regiment one Is the pride which this tha soldier boedler feels in his tho the other the counsels influence and example of chaplain Allenswort ir then 01 a tho the officers and men of a regiment uko like those of it ship take on lit in a measure at least the bearing of th the e commander ro eo the spirit of col kent P pervades arvad e a t tho it 0 find and men at fort douglas and there Is order without friction fri ollon arid and law without bILt bitterness erness on many public occasions the th soldiers have paraded lit in this city on many oo 00 cai the splendid band hm bits supplied music and it has always been with a hearty and cheerful spirit As wo we aud above tho the regiment has lived down the th apprehensions awakened when the announcement no of their coming was mode made and they are now appreciated at their worth as citizens and soldiers above reproach As am for the officers of tho the n regiment gl m ent wo we do not believe that hat they res realize I 1 juat i how much the citizens of salt lake esteem them the depres depression sim in business has caused the old time sociability of salt lake city to give fewer and fewer manifestations of late but tho the hearts of the people are just the same game and they areas ore as proud na as ear eleroe oc fort doug tea IBA and the command there |