Omaha daily bee., 1905-02-19
Fort Crook, Neb.

FORT CROOK, Neb Feb. 1s-(Special)-
A reception was rendered Colonel, Mrs; and
Miss Pratt by Captain and Mrs. Erwin at
their home on Monday evening all the
officers of the garrison being invited to
the function. Full dress uniform was
worn without sidearms.
Second Lieutenant Townsend Whelan.
Fifteenth United States infantry, stationed
at Monterey Cal. has been transferred to
the Thirtieth infantry at his request Lieu
tenant Whelan has been assigned to Com
pany d, with station at Fort Crook.
Captain d. +. Keller, Twenty-seventh in
fantry, recently promoted from first lieu
tenant, Thirtieth infantry, has left the
post for his new regiment, stationed at
The severe cold weather at the begin
ming of the week put the Burlington rail-
road completely out of business so far as
Fort Crook was concerned, no mail or pas
senger service being carried on for sew
eral days.
of age, drifted into the post during the
storm a few days ago. The enlisted men OF
one of the companies provided him with
warm clothing and food and kept him in
out of the cold for few days, when pneu-
monia developed and he had to be taken
to the post hospital for treatment where
he now Is under the care of the post sur
geon The boy stated that he came from
the Indian Territory.
The regular fortnghtly informal hop took
place at the officers club rooms on Fri
day evening, the music being furnished by
the Thirtieth infantry orchestra large
number of the officers and ladies Of the
guests were present and spent very en-
joyable evening.
Private Sidney McCarty. Company A,
Thirtieth infantry in care OF Private Ross
of the hospital corps, left for Fort BaYard,
N. M, on February 10, for. medical treat
ment in the general hospital at that place,
Private McCarty is suffering from tuber
culosis.
Commissary Sergeant william Larner,
acting ordnance sergeant during the alb
sence of Ordnance Sergeant Coughlin on
furlough.
The new full dress uniform adopted by
the War department has been furnished
the enlisted men, at this post and will be
general orders I' No No 1877, of 1904 Sp''' '''''"'
Orders promulgating the sentence of Rob-
ert Lindqqist, private of the One Hun
ceiyed at the post on January Is. Lindquist
enlisted at San Francisco in August, 1902,
and was assigned to the coast artillery
Joined for duty on August 49, i9O2; he dis
appeared the same day and with him went
a watch and $45, the property of another
enlisted man. He again made his appear
ance at the recruiting office, San Francisco,
in May, 1904, enlsting for the Twenty
name of Lindquist and assuming the Irish
name of Kelley; deserving from the Twen-
ty-eighth infantry on June 10. 1904, he man
aged to work his way as far as Atchison,
Kan, where he stole several articles of
merchandise from the railroad freight
house at that place. He next appeared at
for enlistment at the recruiting office at
that place, but the military authorities at
Washington decided that they did not want
Lindquist, alias Kelley, as a soldier, but
would take care of him as a prisoner for
a while. The recruiting officer at Lincoln
received instructions to hold Llndquist until
guard from Fort Crook would arrive
to take care of him. On arrival at Fort
Crook Lindqust put up a big bluff saying
that the military authorities had the wrong
man, but when his case came for trial he
pleaded guilty to two desertions and one
fraudulent enlistment, and received a dis
honorable discharge, forfeiting all pay and
allowances and three and one-half years
confinement at hard labor.