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Show H DOUGLAS IS i POST Rivemeiits Practically Compel! Com-pel! Bring Establishment Ejp to Foremost Rank. KftPFJCERS' QUARTERS HD BARRACKS FOR MEN Buildings of Handsome Biitectnral Design, and Efre Modern Equipment. ntly the improvements at Port K that aro to be made under Ibo f'-BBries of alterations will bo Red. Already the post has bo-Ek, bo-Ek, military establishment quite Kt from the Fort Douglas that n "known to the pcoplo or Utah Kt Lake in particular for so many K'improronients ai Fort Douglas Btno Bubatantial kind. It may be hat all improvements maIe un-K un-K direction of the government K&he substantial kind, but the E'of this fact finds no clearer K titan it oes at Fort "Doutf-Mieh "Doutf-Mieh the last dash of paint has Hfc'on tlic building, Fort Dous-Tte Dous-Tte entitled to take its first first rank of military posts in Men 8tates. . fcaprovements, briefly put, in-Eievr in-Eievr barracks building lor lho regimental band; three now .barracks for the men, accoratnodatinp two companies com-panies ench, a total, including the old buildings, of six dotiblo aeis and ono single; tho new bowline: aJley is about completed; the ordnance storehouse is noariptr completion; a quartermaster's building is beinjj constructed; thoro is a ncwdoublo set of officers' quarters. iu addition to these improvements in the war of enlarged and extended accommodations ac-commodations tho grounds imvo i)Con put in better condition than they have ever been before. Tho little lako at the entrance of the post has beon stocked with nn additional supply- of delicious trout. There is now a modern electric hgpting systom. The men have ath-etic ath-etic fields, including an exccllont baso-ball baso-ball diamond, and of these opportunities tho soldiers aro not slow to take advantage. ad-vantage. Brigade Post One Day. After a while, when Fort Douglas ib made a .brigade post which is regarded as .1 probability of the near future there will bo a. general enlargement. Among the corlainties that arc in Bight at this time, whether the regimen! ai post becomes a brigado post or not, aro a new corral and more officers' quarter.. Tho buildings which wore used to house the men until the new structures were erected were built long ngo. "When tho post was instituted by Goncral Connor, Con-nor, in the oarly sixties, Fort .Douglas had at is command in the wa- of building build-ing material tho granite from tho qunr-ries qunr-ries nearby . Tho stono was used in tho construction of the barracks, and the architecture was of the fashion of the day. which was then entitled to recognition. Tho stone in (he old barracks is as solid as it was wlfen it was set, and doubtless will continue so lo be solid until tho earth is struck by a comet or Omega is written in some other disastrous way. The old buildings, however substantial, substan-tial, were lacking m equipment such as comes to be rocognized as the necessity neces-sity of the modern day. There was good sanitation for the time as the thought then ran but the people of later times demand more in the way of comfort, and the old .buildings were improved in these respects to Ihe ox-tent ox-tent that they might be, but the improvements, im-provements, as a matter of course, were limited. Tho new barracks are the latest types of army housings. Thor are of tho type approved bv the latos"t ideas of the war departrnonf, Thev aro handsome to look upon from an exterior standpoint, and their interiors are alonpj lines that meot the most critical criti-cal requirements. Payored. by Nature Fort Donglns is so fortunately situated sit-uated with reference to geographical and topographical conditions that it easily deserves the distinction of boing the best in all of tho world. At the foot of majestic mountains, the military reservation commands a view to the west that brings within the scope of vision a clear view of tho Great Salt Lake, tho entire length and breadth uj. iuu wouaerxui csnu ijauc vauey, the crags of the Oquirrhs, and to tho southward more mouutains. The wator supply is not equaled by thai; of another an-other of the government's military es-. tablishments. Clear as crystal and nbun-daut nbun-daut in volume tho water rolls down from the mountains, where the streams are fed bv the eternal snows themselves. The drainage could not be improved upon, for nature has so arranged the plane that no artificial aid is required. Army officers who have been stationed sta-tioned at Fort Douglas in times gone b3' readily subscribe lo the statement that it is the ideal army post, and no officer or his farailj' hail even been at Fort Douglas who does not hope I hat, one day, fortune will so fuv.or liim that a return will be possible. Pleasant Social Life. The people of Salt Lake City aud the officers anil their families at Fort Douglas have, from lho earliest time in the existence of tho post', been on intimate social relations. The custom has been thai tho officers and their families have found every home in flic city open in genuine welcome, and the officers themselves have the reputation of entertaining lavishly. The social commingling between thc poople of the city and the inhabitants of Fori. Douglas Doug-las is more close hero than perhaps is nnv othor place in the country. , The people of the city make Fort Douglas one' of their recreation playgrounds. play-grounds. Throughout tho summer season sea-son thousands upon thousands attend the concerts given bv the regimental band a band, by the way, that hns no superior in the whole army -of the United Unit-ed States At this time there are three concerts during the week, and one on Sunday. Tho Sunday concerts are given at 10:30 o'clock in the foronoon, and those given on weekdays are between 3:0 and 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. after-noon. In the course of tho tourist travel sonson Fort Douglas is visited by crowds of people on sight-seeing au'd pleasure bout. Tho sight-seeing cars include in-clude the fort on their trip, and many take advantage of the regular street car service, which is ercellcnti. to visit the post. Those who do visit Fort Douglas come away with the best impressions, im-pressions, and thus Fort Douglas is a factor in the geueral advertising which Salt Lake receives. With the changes that have been put into effect at tho post; in the wav of additional buildings and the beautifying beautify-ing of the grounds, Fort Douglas will offer more of an attraction than ever. |
