Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-01-10

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,e Eco, nth INFANTRY,
- FORT CUSTER, MONTANA, :
:. December 3lst, 1877.
Il To the Editor Of the Auant Courier:
y. This company moved into their ne
It quarters, on the 22d inst, which are NJ
+ yet banked up, and not as warm as the
/ would be; still it IS preferable to canvas.
d believe General Buell. intends having a
j. the quarters plastered inside next spring
d 1t will be great improvement.
d Company II, 18th Infantry, arrived freu
$ Terry's Landing on the 23d and are safe il
e quarters.
On the night of the 23d inst. a fire brok
: out in the quarters occupied by Captain
( Spalding, I'd Cavalry. Lieut.. Ruhlen, It'll
Infantry, Lieut.. Tiffany. 1lth Infantry, ant
, DIR. Terry occupy quarters in the same
building. They managed to get thei
property out in time, although they sui
/ fercd much loss OF private property. Thu
t damage to the building is slight. Co. f
, llth Infantry was the first company at the
scene Of the fire. All the other companies
turned out pretty promptly. Gen. Buell.
was an early arrival, and through his
prompt action the fire was soon put out.
The water had to be conveyed in two Gov
eminent water wagons (trOm the uyer) 4
distance of nearly half mile by tie read.
The private water wagon, I'm sttetL'l,
seemed to be out Of working order. Lieut..
Ruhlen's watch and chain was picked up
by private jeremiah Cronin, of Co. F, 18th
Infantry, and returned to him in the morn
ing. te
! General Buell's plan for supplying the
Post with water is excellent. will de-
scribe it as well as can. A well sunk 16
feet deep and 100 feet from edge of river,
connected by ditch four feet under low
water level, the well being bricked prevents
water from freezing. A tunnel extending
from the well level 2lO feet into the hill,
then shaft from the surface of the bill 14O
feet to connect with tunnel-the water to
be pumped by windmill. The elevation of
a tank will be equal to about % feet from
the surface of the hill. Pipes leading from
the tank will be able to supply water to all
parts of the Post. This contract was given
to Messrs. Forbes T. Williams two ener-
getic citizens, who have been here some
little time and have done some excellent
work in the way Of an ice house and Gel
lars in officers and commissary buildings.
The work on the we'll was started about
December Sth and may be flnishedin March
next.
Xmas passed off quietly. The paymas-
ter is anxiously looked for. He generally
takes the blues out of the boys.
Company +. 18th Infantry, gave hop
on Xmas eve, by kind permission of Gen.
Buell. who takes great interest in anything
pertaining to the rational amusement of
enlisted men. General Buell. is, compar:l-
lively speaking, a young man. He is con-
tinually in the saddle. going around the
new Post, to see how the work progresses
md that none of the men are idle. once
heard he made the remark that when work
was or hand "two soldiers could hide be-
hind ono brick
A minstrel performance took place De-
,ember 22d, given by some enlisted men of
he I'd Cavalry, which was Il success in ey-
Try way.
A Crow Indian named Two Belly, from
Crow Agency, was here the day after
xnias, with, HE e.lal,lata.d black : racing
)Ony (Tyith plenty Of fine buffalo rObes) to
un any pony on this reservation. His
challenge vas quickly taken up by Mr.. Nc
Annane. A race of $50 yards was ran in
which the black pony came off the winner.
lany soldiers were ''sold'' on the occasion,
aving backed their pony (McAnnanc's) to a
.reat cxtcnt-if not all in money, In other
GODS.
There is detail OF six soldiers goes out
1-morrow to establish a mail station
guardD at Bakers Battle Ground. We get
ur mail now both from Tongue River and ,
'ozelnan from that point twice week by
Military escort. We regret the loss Of the
'i-weekly mails, discontinued to this Post j.,
Dr. what cause cannot say. :
"A hop will be given by the "Big Horn
ociables'' tomorrow night New Year's)
Mr.. Borup's Soldiers Club Room. From
i accounts, it will be a grand affair.
The speech made by Hon. Martin Magin-
is, in the extra session of Congress, was
le cause of much comment here, and was
luch admired. He is truly, think. the
'ldie''s friend, and l expect to see him
ring in some good bills, in our favor, in
le regular session. He certainly knows
DW things are on the frontier, and can
i've valuable Information. Icxpect Con-
ress will have to raise the army in
lrry when they want it augmented.
There seems to me to be trouble BREW 3
g amongst the Indians for spring. Then,
gain, on the Mexican border.
am expecting to hear of general Eu-
'pean war before many weeks, which, if
ngland goes to war, will give cause for
lxiety in America. l think she will be
volved in some way. You know the
enians are supposed to give England
ouble when she goes to war. Now YOU
low what l am limiting at.
The men were mustered to-day by GenI
nell for six months pay.
The weather is cold now at night, but in "
e daytime 1t is warm enough. a
. ARTHUR W. L. CARY. =
JANUARY LIST, 1873 AN.
The I'd Cavalry Band played the old year
1t and the new year in.
Heavy fall of snow this morning, and
,cly to continue. -.