The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
FORT FINDINGS.

Eighty men are employed In the shoe
shops of the military prison.
The southeastern tower of the wall al the
military prison is completed and Is waiting
It's coating OF paint.
The Provost Guards quarters have been
enlarged and are now two hundred feet lon.
and forty feet wide.
All the subaltern officers are In n fiutter,
rot knowing whether or not they will be or-
dered TO the frontier.
The cook rooms at the prison are so neat
that many OF our hotel keepers would be
profted by paying them q visit.
1t requires sixty i've gallons OF soup, besides
bread, potatoes, meat and outside vegetables,
TO feed the prisoners in the prison.
The men in carpenter shops at the prison
are kept busy making boxes for the boots
and shoes made In another department.
The management OF the ground at the
Fort is SO well organized that the grass on the
parade ground looks as green As In summer.
The building used for manufacturing
purposes within the prison walls is one hun
drei and eighty feet long and forty feet wide.
The shops within the prison walls are the
nestest and best appointed OF any in the
United states and Gen. Blunt is to be accredi.
ted for it.
1t has already cost the government nearly
$50, 600 to try Gen. Davidson, and nothing yet
OF derogatory nature has been brought out
agsinst him.
Lieut.. James s. Jouelt, Of the Tenth cav
airy, is in the city as q witness before the
coming court martial, which Will probably be
held at 1t. Leavenworth.
The shoe shops at the military prison are
now turning out daily one hundred pairs of
finished boots and one hundred and fifty
pairs OF shoes ready for wear.
One who has not visited the prison with
in the last few years will be surprise with
the improvements that have been made by
Gen. A. L. Blunt, who has had only small
amount OF money 10 expend.
The Prison Commissioners who were
here a short time ago said they had come
prepared 10 see a rough place. but before they
mad half finished their inspection they said
IL was q wonderful institution.
A TINES reporter. who was given the
privilege of going through the prison and
factories yesterday, found many improve
ments that eastern manufacturers will do
well TO examine, when they wish to I'm
prove.
L
the military prison, has charge of more men
continuously than any Colonel of q regiment
In the service and has five subordinate Off
GERS. His work Is such that he should receive
Coloneis pay and rank.
The dining room OF the prison is q mar
vel OF neatness /; s3l prisoners filed into the
room, which is 100 feet long and 40 feet wide,
yesterday, and " it'll a soldiers precision. at
the second tap OF the officers bell sat down
to Q much better meal than the average Ia
boring man can afford.
Mrs. Mary Flynn yesterday received pa
pers which will cause her to draw the neat
little sum OF 81, 40 as pension money, due
her dead husband, Patrick Flynn, who was
a member of Company M" 10th Kansas
Cavalry. The pension is due from the year
1864 at the rate of IS per month. The first
payment dates to October 10th, 1879.
One of the features Of the Improvements
that have been made at the Fort during the
year is the tearing down and rebuilding Of
the Hop Room. The building both outside
and in is so perfect and well arranged that one
who knew 1t before fundamentally says,
"Why was this not done long ago." The
stage is twenty-four feet deep and forty
eight feet long, with stairways on each side
leading 10 the ladies'and gentlemens dressing
rooms below. The auditorium and dancing
| room is sixty feet long and twenty-five feet
wide, with q gracefully arched ceiling and
splendid ventilation. Down stairs an ele-
CANT supper room has been fitted up with a
convenient cooking apartments attached.
Outside, the building Is much more elegant
than 1t was heretofore.
AN amusing scene occurred in Gen Pope's
headquarters yesterday afternoon. A large
number of distinguished officers, who had
been at Fort. Riley as members Of the David
son court martial, supposing the court had
been dissolved, called 10 pay their respects 10
Gen. Pope before leaving. The General heard
them through, land with atwinkle in his eyes
that meant mischief, he produced a Telegram
ordering the members of the court 20 stop at
Fl. Leavenworth, as the court Is to be recon-
vened. Gen Nogdes threw up his hands in
dismay and said: Nv hat am to do? have
sent my uniform home" Gen. Ayers was
well on his way home TO BsItimore-having
started in The mornlpg-and Gen. Davidson
had |. fl the day before for Omaha. The OIL
Gets wiz all rem 8in at Fort Leavenworth I'M
I'll further orders are received. II is more than
likely that the court Will be held at the Fort.