Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
READY FOR THE REGIMENTS
Q~uartsrmaster Baxter Wants to Have Things
Waiting for the Volunteers
MONEY ASKED TO REPAIR FORT OMAHA
Authorities at Warrington Urged 70
Make The Necessary Provision for
h FittinG Up Of Quarters for
the Returning Soldiers.

master Of the Department Of the Missouri
believes In taking time by the forelock,
Believing 1t to be but a question OF a shor,
time before the two Nebraska regiments
OF volunteers now In the field will be or
dered home for mastering out, he has writ
ten to the quartermaster general at Wash.
inston for permission and funds to put old
Fort Omaha In habitable and comfortable
condition to receive the men. He has made
careiui survey OF the property to learn
what repairs will be needed to accomplish
this result, and makes a statement Of the
situation for the guidance of the Washing
ton once.
me captain refers to the fact that the
Tort has been abandoned for several years.
ana necessarily has fallen into decay, max
ing 1t impracticable to send troops there
In mid-winter. He estimates that 1t will
require about $4,000 to make the needed
repairs to company quarters, officers quar-
ters, and hospital, and erecting a temporary
stable. He recommend that this appropria-
ton be made at once that work may be
Desun without delay. that everything may
De IN readiness before the troops arrive.
Inc recruiting station in Omaha is not
productive Of many supplies in the way Of
troops for the army. There are three rea-
sons why this Is the case. One is that
there Is but a small floating population in
tne west from which many Of the recruits
are Drawn; another Is that a large num-
Der OF those who desire to Join the army
60 out to Fort Crook and are examined
there, and the third is that a rigid examlna-
tion 10 insisted on by the officers in charge
whereby six or seven are rejected where
one Is accepted. This morning a
young man appeared before Major
hoerper. the chief surgeon. Of this
department. TIL major saw by the Official
papers that the mother Of the applicant had
oieo OF neart disease, and he at once went
az the young mans heart. with the result
tnst ne found 1t defective, and the appli-
cant was turned down.
Personal Friend Of the prs.,a.r%
Major William Monaghan, u. s. ", one
OF the assistant paymasters in this depart
mont received the tender OF the ONCE from
PRESIDENT mckinley personally. The major
Is q veteran OF the civil war, and counts
the president among his personal friends.
He lived In Mr.. McKinley's district for thir-
teen years, and was one of his warmest
supporters In his various congressional cam,
paigns. During the Harrison administra.
tion the major had a consular appointment
IN Canada, which he declares is the finest
service within the gift OF the government.
Being q volunteer oficer Mr.. Monaghan ia
Vors the Hull army reorganization bill over
the one prepared by General Miles, because
IL provides for a portion Of civilian appoint
ments. He believes that men who served
IN the civil war, and who are competent to
NIL the positions, are as much entitled to
them as West Pointers without service in
actual war, or young men without any quail
iication except a political pull. The majors
home at the time Of his appointment last
summer was at Cleveland, O., and after re.
porting 1t Washington was sent to this de.
partment for service.
A. Wernher. chief clerk in the commits.
sary department, has received a diploma and
medal from the Transmississippi and In.
ternational Exposition In recognition Of his
services a. one Of the Jurors in awarding
prizes In the food supply division. Mr..
Wernher's long service in the commissary
department, where he has been called upon
to inspect supplies for the army, rendered
him specially qualified for this duty. as tes-
tined by the exposition diploma.
Corporal ]. q. Huston, Company G, Second
infantry, was at headquarters this morning
10 secure transportation to Admission. Ala,
where his regiment Is stationed. He was
shot through the right ankle In the fighting
before Santiago. and had four months fur.
Tough while being treated for his wounds,
He has been a member Of the regular army
for thirteen years.
Carried the FIag at Ell Caney.
Sergeant E. w. Davis, Company M, Sec
ond infantry. a son of e.. J. Davis, chief
clerk In the adjutant generals department,
was 1t headquarters today to have his fur
Tough extended. He carried the colors Of
his company at Ell Caney. and has been at
his home In this city or q twenty days
furlough suffering from climatic fever.
Stanley Egnoski of Genoa and Henry
Skroup Of Columbus, both members OF Com.
pany G. First Nebraska, have arrived in
Omaha from Honolulu. where they were left
owing to illness. They belonged to the re-
cruis which were being sent over to the
regiment. They called at headquarters this
morning TO see about a discharge.
ri b. Buckingham. Company @. Third
regiment. Of Plainview. and John J. Ford,
Company A, Third regiment, Of Omaha, were
after transportation Saturday which
would take them back to their regiment at
Savannah. They had been home ON sick
leave.
N. w. Peters Of Albion, son OF John Peters,
formerly Internal revenue collector for this
district. was q visitor at army headquarters.
He has been attached to the pay department
Of the army at New York City. but has been
ordered to Manila, where he will go into
the once of Major Stanton. He will stop at