Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-05-23 | Page 11 | Twentieth Regiment Stays out All Night

TWENTIETH REGIMENT STAYS OUT ALL NIGHT Far From Happy Homes the Soldiers Slumber in Big Cottonwood Canyon With its peregrinations concluded for tor forthe the tue nonce the Twentieth Infantry which has been lurking lurking- In the thc bru brush h southeast of Fort Douglas for the past day is expected d to drift back to its headquarters tom om time this afternoon Yesterday after aCter a hard march the outfIt outfit outfit out fit found Jt Itself in nt Big Cottonwood Cin canyon on where It c camped for the tho night nie The The Tue regiment re had three O days days' rations when it started John H. H Beacon lieutenant colonel detailed b by the war department to In Inspect Inspect inspect In- In the regiment Is 18 r responsible for tOI forthe tho the forced march as an endurance test testis st stis Is is one of or the stunts tho troops arc are put mt through Colonel Beacon Deacon led the soldiers taking part In th the lithe hike more enthusiastically than any an of tho others other Meantime while tho troops have c been around tho the cliffs and andrush rush brush that abound the tho Wasatch range Fort DOll Douglas has been manned only by hy bythe hythe the he t telephone operator and tIme the cus- cus of or the various stores