Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-18
AMY NOTES AND NEWS
war Department and Admission. Of
Liquor 60 Indian Territory.
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Army and Navy REGISTER.

Army and Navy Register.
The War department continues to receive
applications for the admission into the In
dian Territory OF certain wines and liquors.
| For several years one solicitous individual
has been asking that he be allowed to im-
port a small quantity of wine for medicinal
purpose the patient being his wife who
is troubled with chills, a disability which
does not seem to be removed by the appli-
cation OF the wine, since his request is al
most periodical A recent application has
been received from some wine dealers, who
said their material was destined for sacre-
mental purposes. Some years ago this
question came up in the same form and II
was then determined that the wine could
| be taken into the territory for church pur-
poses when the application was made by
/ the clergyman who has charge of the
wine through his ecclesiastical superior or
/ with other evidence of authority. Several
| times permission has been given clergy
men to have sent them FIVE gallons each
month, that being the amount which the
church authorities believed to be sufhcent
for the purpose. The wine dealers who
are anxious to obtain authority from Wash
| ington for the admission of the wine into
the Indian Territory will be informed that
they must have the endorsement of the
church people. and that the request must
come from the clergymen who intend TO use
the wine in religious services.
| Eleven of the enlisted men who took the
| examination for appointment as second lieu
| tenant in the army will be provided with
letters of eligibility, because they were re-
ported as qualified for commissions in the
| military service. At the same time these
letters are not destined to mean much,
| since IT is admitted at the War department
| there are no vacancies to which the young
| men may be appointed. There is nothing in
sight and they must take a position after
that of the graduates of the military acad-
envy There are those who cherish the
idea that something may be done for the
enlisted men who are candidates for COM
missions, but 1t is quite evident that 1t
will require a fight at the White House.
The War department has been advised
that General Thomas H. Barry, Colonel
| John Van r. Hon of the medical depart
ment, and Captain S. II. Cloman, Twenty
| third infantry, have left st. Petersburg
for Moscow, and are now supposed to be
| we'll on their way to Irkutsk, where they
were to receive orders relating to their
| future movements as military observers
| with the Russian army in the field. While
in St. Petersburg General Barry and Cap
tain Cloman were received personally by
the czar, distinction which has not been
accorded to other military attaches.
Captain Joseph T. Dickman Of the Eighth
cavalry and OF the third division OF the
general stan is making a special study Of
the question OF national reserves That
problem has also been considered by other
| officers and several reports have been SUBJ
| mitted with a view to obtaining expert
| opinion from a variety of authentic
| sources The subject is one which con-
tains many nice problems and is so in
| tmately related to national politics and
| militia interests that II does not easily
| lend itself to solution. II is possible that
the general staff will evolve something out
of the various recommendations available
which may be submitted to congress at
the next session. Those officers who have
| looked into the subject and who realize
the situation in this country are emphatic
| in their expressions of opinion that the
government should not long delay making
| provision for a reserve force. 1t is pointed
out that the question of politics and mill
tary prejudice, in any form and from
] whatever quarter, should not be allowed TO
interfere with the establishment of a re-
serve force in this country
! Orders have been sent out TO have the
1 Twenty-ninth battery Of field artillery pro-
coed by marching from Fort Leavenworth
to Fort Riley TO join the provisional regi-
ment at the latter station The other or
CARNATIONS assigned to duty at Fort Riley
and Fort Sill have arrived at those posts
and have been assigned the duty outlined
| in the scheme presented by General ]. p
| Story while he wa Of
The new transportation bills to be used
by the railroads in sending their accounts
for carrying naval crews are being dis
tributed The bills are of great conven-
fence, inasmuch as It will not be necessary
TO submit the bills oftener than once a
month and do not require the labor OF pre-
pairing vouchers. as hitherto.