The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-24
FORT LEAvENWORra.
The Grounds The Garrison = The
Prison-Improveme ETC.


r A visitor at Fort Leavenworth yesterda
s enjoyed stroll through that beautiful plac
!, and noted many things Of interest.
THE GARRISON
e | is greatly improved and with the CROWN
! grasses, presents an attractive appearance
The artillery which adorns the South sid,
. covering the city, has been cleaned u
and each gun glistens as new
/ the stars and stripes floating owe
the now green parade ground the large tree
, and clean white houses and streets and eve
and anon a uniformed officer or soldier fit
ting about in course OF duty, presented
scene that was interesting.
IN THE OFFICES
| all business is transacted like clock work
The numerous clerks are kept constant.
busy looking after the clerical work of tn,
department.
NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.
The use of postage stamps in the depart
ment Will be discontinued on May lst.
The following is an extract from an ordel
recently issued:
"The Use OF postage stamps Will be discon
| tinued on and after the first of May next
The qua erly report OF stamps expende1 and
on hand, prescribed by the circular from !hi.
Office, dated June ., ls19, for the quarter end
| ing March 3lst inst, will not be made, but
| in lieu thereof final report, 10 include the
| 39th Of April next, will be made out by all
| officers, accountable Tor official pOstag e
stamps and forwarded TO the officers to whom
| they are supplied, and the stamps remaining
| on hand Will be sent back with The report"
|
The following forms of envelopes for use
on official business exclusively throughout
the Army are prescribed for all military
posts:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Posi- oF---.-..-......-....-------.
Official Business.
ANY person using this envelope, TO avoid
the payment OF pustage on private matter
OF any kind, will be subject To a fine of three
hundred dollars.
Other forms are prescribed for particular
departments in the ser'ice.
A NEW PUBLICATION.
A very valuable work has been issued by
Messrs. Ed. W. Hewitt and W T. Coleman.
clerks ia the Quartsrmaster's Department.
II is a complete index of the general orders
and circulars affecting the Quartermasrer's
Department, L. y. A, from 1865 to 1875. in
elusive.
OPEN AIR CONCERTS.
Ths 18th Infantry, now stationed at Fort
Leavenworth. has an excellent band, which
under the guidance of the able Adjutsnt,
Lieut. Cook, will give our citizens much
pleasure during the summer. The band will
give open air concerts follows: AT $50 p
~, Mondays on the Arsenal grounds We'd
ne days in the Garrison and Fridays at the
West End.
NEW BUILDINGS.
TIE new commissary building is hand>ome-
ly fitted up and under charge of Captain
Woodruff, and Is one of the neatest places IN
the department. South of II a few yards is
the new post chapel, which grows prettier as
the covering of the grounds around il pro-
crosses
THE MILITARY PRISON,
which is one of the principal features of the
department of the Missouri, is growing TO
p-rfe stion so pid'y under the management
Of Col A. p. B.uut, than one who saw 1t
year ago would scarcely recognize it.
The Improvements are wonderful. The old
barracks building, which stood north ofth
m lin entrance, has been removed, giving
fine view from the front to the handsome
hospital building and grounds. Numerous
additions in the way of new buildings are DE
Ing erected for the purpose OF giving more |
room for msnuf2 curing purposes.
The wall about the prison will be com
pieted during the present year and hand
'ome watch tower will be built at the
southwest co ner for the use of sentinel. |
The number of convicts nov i'll the prison
5 SO, being smaller number than usual.
Few are sick and the hospital is nearly /
imply.
The prisoners at dinner as seen by the Wis
tor seemed TO be possessed of good appeiites Il
md did justice TO the food given them.