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Show Veteran Commander of Fifteenth Fif-teenth Infantry Back Prom the Mexican Border. MAY MAKE PERMANENT HOME IN SALT LAKE Officers and Men of (he Regiment Regi-ment .Arc Eager to Return Re-turn to Zion. "The boys of the Fifteenth are homesick home-sick and eager to get back to Salt Luke, but are, of course, willing to obey orders or-ders and remain near this Mexican border, bor-der, but I hey would like to havo something some-thing to do aside from executing maneuvers." ma-neuvers." So said Colonel Walter S. Scott, commander com-mander of the Fifteenth United States Infantry, who after an absence of three months, spent with his regiment at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex-. In close proximity to the Mexican border, Is again In Salt Lake. Colonel Scott, who is at tho ICenyon for a few days, left San Antonio last. Tuesday and arrived here yesterday afternoon lie will spend a few days In the city attending to personal business and will then proceed to Fargo. N. D.. where he will Join Mrs. Scott, who has hecn spending several weeks with her father there. Not on Firing Lino. Colonel Scott unhesitatingly said that he was not able to tell as much regarding regard-ing conditions In .Mexico as were the newspaper men of Salt Lake City, "for," said he. "we have boon busy with tho maneuvers since our arrival at Fort Sam Houston on March 11, and the farthest wo havo been away from the fort has been a march to Leon Springs, twenty-two twenty-two miles from San Antonio." Colonel Scott says that about 12,000 men of tho army are encamped at the post, under command of General "William ?I, Carter He declared that he was unable un-able to say when any or all of the commands com-mands would be relieved from Held duty and sent back to their respective stations, sta-tions, commenting upon the fact that lh soldiers had no notice of their being sent to tho border and that It was not probable prob-able that they would be notified In advance ad-vance of their return home. Colonel Scott, who bus scon thirty-seven thirty-seven years of service In the army of his country, will be retired on June 20, with the rank of eolonel and with two-thirds of the pay attaching to that station, so long as he may live. Ills retirement comes solely on account of physical disability, dis-ability, Incident to having recently undergone un-dergone a dollcate surgical operation, although al-though his general health remains good. He appeared before the retiring board about June 1 for examination and was granted leave of absence until June 20, when he will be formally retired. May Mako Salt Lako Home. "If Mrs. Scott's health permits. I shall bo glad to make my permanent home In Salt Lake," said ho, "but It may be ncc-i essary for us to take up our residence in I a lower altitude. We are both delight-1 ed with the city, and If it. should be ncc-i essary to locate elsewhere it will be with deep regret over losing the companionship companion-ship of our many close friends here." Colonel Scott said that the health of the officers and enlisted men of the Fifteenth Fif-teenth hnd been excellent during their stay In San Antonio. "While the weather had been exceedingly warm for those accustomed ac-customed to the Utah climate It had had no bad effect upon the soldiers. He was confident that all of the men would be only too happy to get back home, but Insisted In-sisted that the unsettled conditions now existing in Mexico and his absolute lack of information as to the plans of the United States prevented him from expressing ex-pressing any opinion as to when such a. return might be ordered. |