Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

other purposes a reorganization OF the Ma
tional guard to conform with the orders
from the War department will become
necessary. and in harmony Herewith the
governor deemed It essential to organize
his stan along military lines and appoint
only the number Of aides proportionate
with the numerical strength Of the guard,
one aide to $50 members, as the guard now
stands"
The members OF the stan represent va
ried interests, and in II is a sprinkling OF
military officers that will protect 1t from
the charge that they have not seen service.
Colonel jenkins, the quartermaster gen.
eral, saw long service In the National
guard, was captain Of Company d when
that company was the crack company OF the
Second regimen and OF the state. He has
served in his present capacity for a num-
Der Of years.
Colonel c. J. Bills. inspector general.
was colonel Of the Second Nebraska dur
ing the Spanish war and was well known
at Chickamauga, where at one time he
commanded a brigade.
Colonel Evans, the surgeon general,
served in the Pennsylvania National guard
during the Pittsburg riots. He is a sue
CeSSIul surgeon at COluLuuub II 10 WNii
known along the Union Pacific road and
other parts Of the state.
Colonel John A. Ehrhardt, Judge advocate
general, served in the Nineteenth regi-
ment, U. S. A.. in the war Of the rebel
lion, and has been a student Of army
literature ever since. He is a past de-
partment commander and prominent in
Masonic circles.
Colonel Mclaughlin was for many years
in the National guard, served in the IA
nous First Nebraska in the Philippines
and was quartermaster Of the regiment.
That department always had lots of grief,
and the colonel had his share Of It.
Colonel C. E. Adams, we'll known in the
state, served In the Fifth Wisconsin bat
terry in the famous Fourteenth Army corps,
has been department commander Of the
Grand Army of the Republic, was a candi-
date for congress in the Fifth district sew
eral years ago and made large republican
gains In a strongly p~opulist district. He
will represent the state on General Cor
bins staff at st. Louis.
Colonel Ernest II. Tracy has been promi-
nent in the Nebraska National Guard for
years. He was a major OF the Second Ne
braska regiment during the Spanish-Amer-
lean war, afterward commissioned as cap
tain in one of the provisional regiments of
volunteers and on the reorganization of
the Nebraska National Guard was elected
lieutenant colonel Of the Second regiment.
Colonel J. S. Dew served through the
civil war in General Dilworth's Eighty
fifth Illinois regiment, took part in the
Atlanta and other historic campaigns.
Colonel Wilson Chase is a captain In
the regular establishment and assigned to
the Twenty-hrst infantry. has been in the
army about fifteen years, is a graduate OF
the Field and STAFF Military academy OF
L~eavenworth. He participated in the cam
paign in Cuba, was serving on General
Wyckoff's staff at Santiago when that gal
liant oficer was killed; he participated In
the war in the Philippines and was instru-
mental in securing the surrender Of Genera
Calls, for which he was highly compli-
mented in general orders. Colonel Chase
is now detailed at the University Of Ne
braskR as commandant OF cadets.
The record Of Adjutant General Culver
chief of staff in the civil war, the National
Guard and the late wars and who is known
in military afairs in this and other coun.
ties, added to the records above. make q
military staff, thinks Governor Mickey, thai
will compare favorably with any.
D~ispOsinE of school Lands.
Land Commissioner Follmer will hole
auctions Of school lands as follows:
Buffalo county, at Kearney. April 2S at
o'clock; Dawson county, at Lexington
April 2s at 2 o'clock; Lincoln county. al
North Platte. April 20 at IL o'clock; Keith
county, at Ogalalla, April 20 at 1 o'clock.
Deuel. county, at Chappell, April 80 at
o'clock; Cheyenne county, at Sidney, April
80 at 1 o'clock; Kimball county, at Kim
ball, May 1 at 1 o'clock; Banner county, a
Harrisburg, May 1 at IL o'clock; Garfield
county. at Burwell, May II at 8 o'clock
Loup county, at Taylor. May IL at /
o'clock; Wheeler county, at Bartlett, Ma!
Is at 1 o'clock; Phelps county. at Hol
drege, April ~ at 2 o'clock; Pierce county
at Pierce, May 10 at 2 o'clock; PerkinI
county. at Grant, May 10 at Z o'clock p. m.
Frontier county, at ~stockville. May Is a
1 o'clock; Hayes county, at Hayes Center
May 10 at 1 o'clock; Chase county. at I'm
perial. May 20 at / o'clock.