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Show TWENTIETH COMING TO FORT DOUGLAS Salt Lake, Aug 29 A cablegram from Honolulu was received at Fort Douglas yeBtorday announcing that the Secon.l battalion of the Twentieth Infantry would; leave the Hawaiian Islands on September 15 for this city. Major Bowmdn, formerly of Fort . Douglas and well-known in Salt Lake, is in command qf the battalion. The news was a surprise at Fort Douglas, as It was not expected that the battalion bat-talion would leave Honolulu ,untll about October 15. With the coming of this battalion, the population of Fort Douglas will be largely Increased, until the Fifteenth Fif-teenth infantry leaves the post for the Philippines on November 2. There are now twelve companies at tho post, and these will be increased by four companies com-panies with the arrival of the Second Sec-ond battalion of the Twentieth Infantry, Infan-try, o , The remainder of the Twentieth in-1 fantry is now at Manila and will re- ! main there until' the Fifteenth in-' fantry reaches tho Islands from For Douglas. |