The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-10-19
MILITARY POSTS.
Assistant Secretary of War Starts Out
on Tour of Inspection.
He Will Visit Fort Crook and the Military
Departments of Dakota, Columbia, Cali
fornia and Texas-COL Robinson Re-
tires-Lieut. Baxter Promoted.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Assistant Sec
rotary of War Meikeljohn left here
Thursday night on tour of inspection
of military posts in the west. Since
his appointment early in the spring
Mr.. Meilkeljohn has been on duty with
out intermission at the war department
where he has made a most favorable
impression by his courtesy and prompt
ness and energy in the dispatch
of public business. The assistant
secretary goes direct to st. Louis,
where he will inspect the post of JEFF
ferson barracks and visit the site for a
rifle range for the Jefferson barracks
troops and adjacent posts which has
been offered for sale to the department.
The next stopping place will
be Fort Leavenworth, Kas. Mr..
Meikeljohn will visit Omaha, where
headquarters of the Department
of the Platte are located
and will fully inspect Fort Crook near
that city. Before his return to Wash
ington he expects to visit also the head
quarters of the military department of
Dakota, Columbia, California and
Texas, and such intermediate army
posts and stations en- route as can be
inspected conveniently within the time
limited for his trip, it being
the purpose of the assistant
secretary to familiarize himself as fully
as possible with army life, and some of
the more important military matters
that come before him for official action.
Before returning to the war depart
ment, Mr.. Meikeljohn intends to visit
his home in Nebraska for the purpose
of attending to some private affairs
that demand his consideration and to
cast his vote in the coming election in
that state.
On the Retired List.
Col Augustus G. Robinson, assistant
quartermaster general, will be placed
on the retired list of the army, on his
own application, under the 40 years
service clause. He is native of Maine
and was graduated at the military
academy in 1853. He was transferred
from the artillery branch to the quar-
termaster's department in 1868 and
served throughout the war.
His retirement and the promotions
consequent thereon leave vacancy in
the list of captains and assistant quar-
termasters which was filed Thursday
by the appointment of First Lieut.
John Baxter, jr., Ninth cavalry.
Long Bicycle Run.
Lieut. H. D. Wise, United States
army, started from the east front of
the capitol at $40 o'clock Thursday
morning on a bike for New York. He
goes via Baltimore, Wilmington and
Philadelphia and hopes to break the
record between this city and New
York, and reach his destination in "a
hours. He was paced by single riders
between here and Philadelphia and be-
tween the latter city and New York
will be paced by tandem teams of the
New York Athletic club.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15-United States
Consul Smyth, at Carthagena, in re-
port to the state department says that
as a result of the new United States
tariff, a most notable increase has fol-
lowed in the shipment of ivory nuts
from that port to the United States.
The new tariff on vegetable ivory but
tons has caused the crude article to be
shipped to the United States instead of
to Europe where it was formerly large
" manufactured into buttons