Show SOLDIERS RETURN FROM RAINY HIKE Spend All Night in the Mud and Then March Back to Post Soaked to tho the skin and with mud almost to their hips the tho Fifteenth r regiment marched back to Fort Douglas Douglas Doug Doug- las at 2 o'clock yesterday esterday afternoon where they welcomed tho the warm compan company com corn pany pan quarters Tho The left tho the post jost Nul early Curly Wednesday y evening for tor tho the purpose of ot taking a five tl days' days hike up In into to the hilts hills They walked about cl eight ht miles wh when n they ther rested for fOl tho night sleeping un under er their dog dogS tents for fOl the night In a field flold This mountain mud did not appeal to o the soldiers but tho they tho vero out to get educated and had bad to grin and bear It After a 0 nl night ht in the thc rain the soldiers sol- sol llers diers packed their blanket rolls Thurs Thursday day morning at about 10 o'clock and nud started back for 01 the tort fort through the fields deep with mud They were all nil allmore more noro or le less leas s all In tn when the they reached cached the post and were wore glad glad Iad It was all over for the time being It is 10 probable that the hike will be hold held text next week when the tue weather cather s Is more favorable and the new now and old ohl men menvill will vill be gi en a real ical taLe ta of cI hitting the he hike I S |