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Show FORT BIO CONCERT . DRAWS SILT LAKERS Second Appearance This Season Welcomed by Big' Audience. The second band concert or (Tie season sea-son at Fort Douglas yesterday morning attracted a huy.e K;ister crowd to the' reservation. The weather was ideal and the cool breezes trom the Wasatch mountains moun-tains were tempered by a warm sun. Under the direction of Anton Ooetz. the Twentieth regiineut band rendered a cial programme, including a number of selections fitting the occasion of Faster. Tlie campus surrounding the bandstand was well filled by visitors, who thoroughly thor-oughly enjoyed the concert and gave voni to their pleasure by vigorous applause. Guard mount followed the band concert. con-cert. The Twent ieth regiment made , am excellent showing at its first formal parade pa-rade a few days ago, but on no pre-v:ov pre-v:ov occasion have the boys presented a better amiearancc than yesterday. ' In maneuver tho soldiers reflect superior training, and the precision with which-they which-they responded to commands could not have been improved upon by a regiment that had seen service for years. The Twentieth regiment band turned-out turned-out for the parade, and lent inspiration for the work o- playing its best und most popular selections. The member of the regiment appeared to enjoy the para de and guard mount yesterday u nd exhibited their enthusiasm and pleasure pleas-ure by a swing and sprighlliness whicli knows no disguise. ' ' . : Later in the day hundreds of Salt 1-ike j residents wended' their way to the fort, j where they enjoyed not only 1 he fresh air unpolluted by smoke, but the novelty of the surroundings, Many children were among the visitors, and they gamboled on the greensward, taking on the vigor of spring. The grown-ups wandered at will about the reservation, inspect ing every nook and corner of Uncle Sam's magnificent military - camp. There worn few rest rictjnns to visitors, and t he soldiers sol-diers themselves seemed to be proud to show the im macula tencss of their quarters quar-ters and grounds. Kven the stables were, visited, at id the scores of faithful government gov-ernment mules, imbued as it w-ero with the spirit of the day, received the visitors, whh an expression of delight. Kven in the war prison camp Faster Sunday was a welcome occasion, and the prisoners seemed happy and con-, tented. |