Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
WORK FOR THE PAYMASTERS
Large Number Of Troops in Department Re-
quirs Services Of Thres.
EXPERIMENT IN RURAL FREE DELIVERY
Routes Laid Out 10 Cover All ~ Csss
County and To Give
Each Inhabitant Daily
Mail Service.
fTrom a staff correspondent.l

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3O.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The enlargement OF the Department
of the Missouri, due chiefly to return Of
troops from the Philippines, has greatly
increased the work Of the pay corps in that
department. In numerical strength II is
exceeded only by the department Of the
east and with the addition OF regiments that
will be brought home from the Philippines
this fall, II will contain more troops than
any other department. 1t consists
Of nine posts, Fort Crook. Fort
Niobrara, Fort Meade, Jefferson Bar
racks, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Lo-
gan H. Roots, Fort Sill. Fort Riley and
Fort Reno. Stationed at these posts are
about 300 commissioned officers; twenty
nine troops Of cavalry; twenty-four COM
panies Of infantry; seven batteries Of ar
tillery; four companies of engineers, with
a total of 1884 enlisted men. Fort Meade
is included in the Department Of the
Missouri for the purposes Of payment only.
1t is properly in the Department Of Dakota.
The pay corps disburses $4,000 in the De-
partment Of the Missouri each month.
Added to this the disbursement Of $50, 900
monthly at Fort Meade. The work of the
corps has expanded to such an extent
that three paymasters have been assigned
" NhoN " Ch0 Va NhNoEt AAa1oA
J. C. Muhlenberg, has Just been ordered to
the department. with headquarters at
Omaha. Major Muhlenberg is one Of the
most ~eficient paymasters in the army. He
has been assigned to nearly every army
post in the country and his record at the
War department is an Official recital Of
splendid service to the government. He
will be chief paymaster of the department
and he will have two assistants. one OF
whom will have headquarters at Kansas
City and the other at some point within
easy reach Of the northern posts.
Rural Routes Cover County.
The following rural free delivery routes
will be established October Is: .Caes
county, Nebraska, Alvo. one route; area
covered, twenty-five square miles; popu-
lation to be served, $50. Avoca, two routes;
area, forty-eight square miles; population,
LIS. Cedar Creek, one route; area,
twenty-five square miles; population,
400. Eagle, one route; area, TWEEN
ty-two square miles; population, 525.
Elmwood, two routes; area, forty-one
square miles; population, LIB. Green
wood. two routes; area, hfty-eight square
miles; population, 1850. Louisville, one
route; area, twenty-six square miles; pop
~ulation, $50. Murray, one route; area,
twenty-six square miles: population. $50.
Murdoch, one route; area, twenty square
miles; population, 500. Maynard, one
route; area, twenty square miles; popula-
ton, 500. Nehawka, two routes; area,
forty-eight square miles; population, 925.
Plattsmouth, two routes area, forty-eight
square miles; population, 1.130. South
Bend, one route; area, twenty square
miles; population, 500. Union, two routes;
area, thirty-eight square miles; popula-
ton, 1000. Wabash, one route; area,
twenty square miles; population, 500,
Weeping Water, two routes; area. forty
eight square miles; population, 9S5. These
routes cover the entire county, and 1t is
made as an experiment in complete rural
delivery service.
Postmaster appointed: Nebraska. AL
bert A. Currence, Cornell, Hitchcock
county, vice ]. Underhill, resigned. Iowa
H. H. Hand. Gladstone, Tama county; 10.
seph d. Robins, Sylvia, Linn county
Wyoming, Lee Henderson, Sunrise. Lara.
mile county.