The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-26
Military Items.
Lieut E. Fl. Shelton, 1st Cavalry, returned
Tuesday from trip to Walla Walla.


Lieut.. F. H. E. Ebstein, 2lst Infantry,
started home from New York yesterday, and
will arrive before the 4th of July.
Capt Joel Trimble, LIST Cavalry, has gone
to Santa Barbara, Call to stay for time.
Lieut.. Geo. s. Hoyle is now in command of
the captains company, which is stationed at
Fort Colvlle.
The daily target practice among the SOL
diers of the 2lst Infantry is kept up, with in
creasing interest. Officers claim great i'm
provemcnts in the craftsmanship of the men
in the command.
The Army and Navy Gazette of May Goth
says: ut is definitely known that the finding
of the recent court of inquiry in this city
washington, d. CD was favorable to Maj. q.
o. Halter, which makes him full colonel Of
nfantry;:with rank from 1870"
A soldier named Collins, belonging to Co.
B., 2nd Infantry, at Fort Lapwai, shot himself
through the head on Saturday last, expiring
Immediately. He had been drinking and it
was supposed that his brain was maddened
by drink SO as to induce the rash act of TAX
ing his own life.
Gen. Howard Gov. Ferry and Lieut.. C. E.
s. Wood, arrived at the post on Tuesday from
their long trip in the Indian country. Gen.
Howard says the expedition has been pro-
ductive of much good and that all the Terri
tory tribes visited expressed their willingness
to 90 upon the new reservation. The only
chief who utterly refuses is Spokan Garry.
Moses located his headquarters on Catah
creek. In July all the Indians moving upon
the new reservation will hold grand couu-
Gil for the purpose of making the new ar
rangement of their affairs perfectly under
stood and harmonious. 1t is a noteworthy
fact that most of the older Indians enter
homesteads instead of going to the reserva-
ton, and in every instance where an Indian
has farm and house he will stay with it I'M
der the homestead laws On the return of
the party they had an interview with Big
Thunder and his Palouse Indians, all of them
signifying their intention to locate home
steads.
FOURTH OF JULY.-Day by day the arrange
ments for the celebration in Vancouver are
being perfected and now We know it will be
the greatest the city has ever seen. The
military companies of Portland will be here,
to compete for prize. also several boats and
crews for regatta. There will also he big
base ball contest, and large excursion party
from Oregon City and Portland. Our COM
mittee will spare no pains to have everything
complete
TARGET PRACTICE. In order to encourage
the formation OF teams at the posts in the
Department of the Columbia, the scores of
matches between company teams composed
of six men to each, using the Springfield
rifles or carbines; trigger pull six pounds;
distance, 200 yards; position, standing; will
will hereafter be published in circulars at
Vancouver, for the information of this COM
mand The first scores published give to
the team from Co. G, 2lst Infantry, oil out
of a possible 300; to Co. d., 2O6; to Co. K,
2O5. First Sergeant R. w. Hickey, Co. d.,
and private Joseph c. Sankey, Co. X, each
made a score of 40 out of possible so, and
private r. G. Lewis, Co. G., made 80.
PATENTS for the following persons were
received this week at the u s. Land Office
in Vancouver, and are now ready for de-
livery:
John Maxwell, Solomon Fenten,
James Wright, Matthias Springer,
Gustav B. Bruno, James H. Mcbride.
julius H. Fessenden, Thos. r. Stephenson,
John w. Robinson, Murine c. Henslee,
Jonathan H. Baird, William S. Wilson,
VIM. 7. Hammond, Christopher Callahan,
John Miner, Adelbert Matteson,
August Lund, Sr. August Schurmann,
August Lund, Jr George w. Rood,
Abraham Ward, Thomas Robin,
Charles Junel, Patrick Flynn,
William Kellum. Aaron Church,
johnson A. Sloat, Lyman B. Morse,