Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-04-06
/ Army Items.


ment Of the Columbia. We do not credit th
rumor.
The brother Of the lxte Capt. "A. E. Hooper
9th cavalry, who recently died at Fort Randall
Is accused Of poisoning him. An investigation
is now in pragrtas.
The following letter to the Army and Nav,
Register may interest our readers.
FoKT KEoaH, NJ g., ,Zarch is, 1883.
We have to all appearance bitdcn adieu t.
winter, and we are glad it is s,. 1t has been on
Of the severs<t we have tad here during on
seven years tour. Fortunately We have had
quiet sea on, with no hard outside duty. Their,
has agsin5arriv d report that WI. are to go t.
the department Of damp weat!ler,j. e Oregon
but the fates will. as heretofore, rnie otherwise
We preferopr quiet Monta':,. having maize i
qniet. to any remote station ~
Our amusements have s,esn pre-eminenti,
agreeable and successful; rhi season under the
leadership Of Cap. L. Butler He has been oul
manager of our dramatic. club for the past two
years, displaying much ski!', tact aud tirs:lcs
energy in the selection, ad !na:ion and corduc
of the theatrical performan.;e Our player.
have been Capt. and NJ ,ss Ov.r- hine, Capt
Butler, Mrs. Gifard, Mrs. Miller, Lieut.
and Mrs. Forbis, Li.ut. and Mrs
Avis. Allen, Mr.:Lu b. DR.. i;om roy and Msjol
Whipple. Ihey have given rs, since Decembel
last, the following: "Mho Kiied .:ck Robin, )
"a Stir in the Pudding,' ;. iime Tries AL
"Snowed Ii, "a Morning Cali" "Slasher and
Orasher," and two opelettas, in which Mrs
Gerard aud Mrs. Miller su lined the leading
psrts. The' absence of ss veral of oar players
has caused $ temporary lull. DR.. Pomeroy sud
denly. determined to engage in private practice
humored, Witty, social and gentlemanly officer
popular with all. and is much ,issed.
Our senior captain has been made q major
but We hope TO retain him j., the regiment by
transfer. This promo el our adjutant, Lieuten.
ant Rice, who h4 been lieur.nant eighteen
years. The promotion is we'll deserved, bus long
waited for Our sebi,r s;cond lieutenant be-
We will soon have back Lieutenant Allison
of the Second cavalry. who r. turned from the
bedside of bis dying father. "
Lieutenants Bowen and Hargous are due here
next month.
Who our new adjutant is to be is not yet
Lieutenant Bailey, who has been on duty al
St. Paul, as purchasing conm .ssary. has been
relieved by order from division headquarters
aid will rajoin bis regiment ut once.
1t is announced that the railway into the gey.
ser basin Of the National park will be prepared
to place sassengers within the sight of '.old
faithful's BY July /, 1858. The road will be
sixty-se ven miles long. will pa through q re-
gion abounding in most wonderful and sublime
scenery, and the grades will b. something start.
ling to eastern tourists Clarke d Co. have The
contract Fur building and will begin next week.
The hotel is already began, notwithstanding
congressional legislation.
Gen. Brsbin is east on a short leave Of ab-
sence but will return soon. It is understood
that he has been requested to repeat in several
eastern cities, his recent lecture upon the Gus
ter massacre. With the troops who served in
this department in 1876 it has been q matter of
common report and comment that Gen. Custer
did disobey his orders as regards the time he
should be on the east bank of the Big Horn in
the vicinity of the Indian camp, and that his
attack before he knew of the arrival of the cup
porting forces under Terry, Glib: on and Brisbin
was in violation with the unde: st:- -nding he had
with the officers commanding those forces be
fore he left Powder river. VII ther these re-
ports are true has not been publicly stated by
any one authorized by command at that time to
speak until now by Gen. Brisbin. Part of what
Gen. Brisbin has asserted against Gen. Custer
was inferentially made apparent at the time ot
the Reno court of inquiry. Col. Benteen is
able to place the true story IF the conduct ot
Gen. Custer up to and immediately preceding
his disastrous charge, before the public, but all
who know this gallant soldier are hware that he
will not speak until called on officially.
Our drills go on daily, and while all improve
with practice we are we admit with sorrow
much behind the militia Of some states, the
accuracy and precision of whose lnovts on pa
rade we are expected to rivAl. The pendulum
bothers some Of the recruit, and we find en- tht
part Of some of our fellow soldiers an uneon
uuerable aversion to taking step of precisely
twenty eight iudhes, but we Kill keep on step
ping.