The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-13
REGULAR ARMY T

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TO tbs grand jury.
REGULAR ARMY NOTES.
On the Fort Smelling Target Range-Visit'
ors ut Headquarters.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 12.-Ths eleventh an
nual competition of selected rilemen OF
the department Of Dakota commences on
Thursday next, the 18th instant. on the
Fort Smelling target range, and continues
tor seven days. The first three days will
be devoted to preliminary practice and the
remainder to competition for places on the
department rifle team. This team will be
composed of the riaemen making the best
aggregate scores at known distances, and
slirmish firing at 200, 900. 800 and 500
yards. The filing each day will commence
at $50 a. IN. and $50 p. M. The rlfeman
making the highest aggregate score during
the four days. competitive firing. and there
by securing hrst plaza upon the team,w will
be awarded a handsome gold medal, suita.
bly, inscribed, valued at 500; the next theee
silver medal each, and the remaining six q
bronze medal each. These prizes are
awarded by the government. The following
named officers will comprize the organiza-
tion force, assisted by about hfsy-four en-
listed mon.
OIneer IN chHrga--Ntal. WIZ b"fis' rH'n
cavalry, inspector of small arms practice,
department. of Dakota.
Chief range otficer-Capt. Abram A. Har-
bach, Twentieth infantry.
Range oficers-First Lieutenant James
o. Green, Twenty-ffth infantry: Second
Lieutenant njamin A. Poore, Twelfth in
fsntry: Second Lieutenant Harry ID.
Humphrey, Twentieth infantry; Second
Lieutenant Marcus D. Cronin, Twentieth
infantry; Second Lieutenant Earl G. Car
nnhan. Twelfth infantry; Second Lieutsn
ant Wilson Chase, Twentieth infantry; Sec
ii Lieutenant Willis Uline. Twelfth in
fantry: Second Lieutenant Albert d. Mis-
kern, Twentieth infantry.
Statistical ofioer-First Lieut.. Stephen
C. Mills, Twelfth infantry.
Telephone oticer-First Lieut.. II. II. r.
Loughborouch. Twenty fifth infantry.
A. A. q. M. and A. Q. O.-Second Lieut..
Samuel B~urkhardt, Jr., TwentY-tifth in
fantry.
In charge of enlisted competitors and
members Of organization force-Capt. John
w. French, Twenty fifth infantry; Second
Lieut.. Vernon A.. Caldwell, Twenty-hfth
infantry.
Tho following named officers were visitors
at department headquarters recently:
First Lieut.. Stephen G. Mills, Second
Lieut.. Earl G. C%arnahan and Second Lieut..
Willis Uline, Twelfth infantry. from Fort
Sully, s. d.; Second Liout. Benjamin A..
Poore. Twelfth infantry, from Fort Ben
nett. s. D., and Second Lieut.. Harry d.
POPLAR River, Mont. en- route to take part
in tho department. rifle competition at Fort
Smelling; First Lieut.. Stephen LII. Slo-
cum AMI Second Lieut.. Joseph G. Byron,
of the Eighth cavalry. from Fort Meade,
). D., en- route to Fort Keogh, Mont, for
test between teams from the departments
of the Columbia and Dakota; and Lieut..
Ulysses G.. McAlexander, Twenty-ffth in
fantry, of Fort Missoula, Mont, en- route
to Mount Pleasant, Iowa. to enter upon his
duty as professor Of military science and
tactics at the iowa Wesleyan university.
Brigalier General McCook, commanding
the department. Of Arizona, has appointed o
general court martial to meet at Whipple
Barracks, Ariz., for the trial of First Lieut..
Christopher G. Miner, Ninth infantry. Col.
George NJ. Brayton, Ninth infantry, is
president and Lieut.. John f. Mcmahon,
Fourth artillery, A. d. c., judge advocate
for the court. This makes the third or
fourth officer brought to trial in this de-
partment within the past few months.
The following transfers of post chaplains
has been ordered By the secretary of war:
Post Chaplain John B. MoCleery, from
the military prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, to Fort Mcintosh, Tex. Post Chap
lain Charles G. Pierce, from Fort Supply,
/. T.. to the military prison at Fort Leaven-
worth. Post Chaplain William H.. Pearson,
from Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala, to Fort
Stanton, N. M.
Troop H, First cavalry, Captain George
s. Hoyle, commanding, arrived at its new
station, Fort Buford, N. d., on the 4th inst.
The troop, consisting of captain. second
lieutenant and tfty-four enlisted men, left
Fort Asslnaboine. Mont. on the Goth
ultimo, and marched the entire distance,
296 miles. First Lieut.. George w. Goode,
of this troop, is at present commanding a
detachment of cavalry from Fort Custer, in
camp at Tongue River agency, Mont. This
detachment consists of about fifteen cav
alrymen, but is about to be increased to a
full troop from Fort Custer.
The superintendent of the recruiting SER
vice in Now York city has been ordered to
send forty recruits to Fort Assinaboine and
Camp Poplar river, Mont, for assignment
to companies of the Twentieth infantry.
Under instructions. from Washington. u.
G.. the commanding officers of Fort Smell
ling have been directed to release''Low Dog"
a Sioux Indian. now in confinement at that
post, and send him to Fort Bennett. 8. D.,
for restoration to his people at the Chey-
enne river agency. Low Dog was accused
of melting the yong bucks of his tribe to
rebellion, and was removed to Fort Smell
ling to be under the surveillance of the
military.