Arizona republican., 1903-08-31
A MILITARY POOH BAH
Officer at Fort Grant Who Is "It" in
 Every Sense of the Word.

Army officers in the department of the Colorado are very proud of the fact
 that the record for holding places be longs exclusively to one man. &nd a
 modest lieutenant at that. at Fort Grant, Arizona, says the Denver Re publican. The military Pooh Bah is
 First Lieut.. Winnia of the Fifth cav airy, who is waiting for the return Of his company from the Philippines while the eXiGencies of the service and the lack of cavalry officers are thrust ing honors on him.
 Lieut.. Winnia at ,he present time is as follows:
 Commanding officer of Fort Grant: first lieutenant in command of ;t trC up of cavalry: quartermaster: crmmis- sary: adjutant: commander of two troops of cavalry; engineer, ordnance | officer; chaplain: signal officer; re- ! cruiting officer: his own eide de camp | and his own secretary and the sole
 occupant of the officers quarters, as
 well as chief O. tho officers m ss ana everything else that his study ne the i tactics will devetop and ;t lone post
 makes possible.
 The situation is unique and has it's advantages. As commandant of the
  | self do everything as q subordinate officer that he has ever longed to do
 when chafing under the discipline of superior. For instance, if ne wants anything nice to eat he. as comnissary can order it for himself as commander i The same applies 70 -ther supplies that | as quartermaster he can console ntioT.:- ly recommend to his commanding off i C5r and as the latter, having conf dence in his judgment as uuarterraSter he can secure. As comma nder i.. can 1 limit all the orders U saVa himself as
 adjutant from seeing that they are | carried out. As chaplain he is under
 his own orders and in case of a dis | pute with himself ;tS to the carrying ! out of the work of tn" pos he can summon himself ard punish himself ard then summon court Cf incuiry | alone by himself to pass on the maI- ] ter.
 This has been made possible by the | fact that there is dearth of cavalry officers in the service and particularly | in the department of Colorado. For | instance. there are two troops of cav l airy at Fort Grant. This is a squadron | headquarters. Maj. Bishop. the com | mander, has just returned from two | years service in the Philippines and is on leave of absence to bring his family | from the east. First Lieutenant Ray i SOY, adjutant of the squadron. is ill ! from exposure in the Philippines. The
 second lieutenant of one of the troops | is on leave, and Capt. Jenkins is
 on duty at West Point as an fnstruc- | tor. In his troop First Lieut.. Craig is | detailed as student at the General
 Service and Tactics school and Second Lieut.. Oliver is serving with the con- | stabulary in Manila.
 i Capt. Foster of the ether troop is ro- | cruitirg in Buffalo. the first lieutenant | is at the school of tactics. and the second lieutenant was recently trans | ferred to the Fourteenth regiment and | is on his way to the Philippines That | leaves the two troops and the squa- l dron without any officers, and thus l Lieut.. Winnia has become the favored | pet of fortune. and he does not belong | to either of the troops.