Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-29
ARMY NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Fort Riley.

Fort Riley.
FORT RILEY, Kan. May 2s.-(special)-
About 700 res OF the military reservation
on the Smoky Hin river bottoms mas been
years, the bridge connecting 1t with the
post having been destroyed in the great
drill ground in the country. the loss OF
the bridge has been sorely felt. As a re-
suit Of the recent visit of the chief of stan
and the quartermaster general new
bridge is now practically assured, and the
work of construction will probably begin
before June 3d. The bridge will be of steel
concrete, strong enough to enable the COM
mand to cross continuously and rapidly II
is also probable that authority will be given
to construct a garbage crematory, a band
stable in the cavalry subpost and culverts
over One Mile and Three-Mile creeks.
holiday here. The Ninth Cavalry band,
one squadron OF mounted cavalry and one
to proceed to Junction City in the morn
ing, to participate in the memorial cere-
there At TT the post post the national salute Of
tweny-one guns will be nred at noon. All
other duties except the necessary guard,
police and stables, will be suspended dur
The concrete foundations of the new com,
missary storehouse are now in, and work
on the stone foundatio is well advanced.
The work of building the new road rend-
building, has been suspended for the pres
ent, the entire force of laborers being en-
gagged in grading around the new guard
house
The, moving of prisoners and prison
paraphernalia into the new. guardhouse
evening, soon after the new bastile was
first occupied, Henry Young, Daniel jack
son, Carl Kohler, Harry Fletcher and
Henry Dewitt all long-term general pris-
oners, made their escape by manipulating
a lock so that it did not secure them when
the cells were closed for the night. Only
one of them has been recaptured.
Major John NJ. Banister, medical depart
ment post surgeon having been granted
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privilege of applying for an extension of
twenty days, has gone to his home in
Mrs. Miller, wife of Lieutenant Miller
of the artillery corps is spending few
weeks here visiting her sister Mrs. George
The Eleventh cavalry squadron, having
completed its season of target practice,
last Saturday and returned to duty In the
cavalry subpost; The Ninth cavalry squad
ron was Immediately sent out TO encamp
at the same place and begin its practice
, Mrs. Clara H. Hazelrigg of Topeka
preached at the chapel Sunday morning
and at the gymnasium in the evening. She
is travelling evangelist of the Christian
Pending the arrival of chaplain with
the Thirteenth cavalry squadron chapel
ing under the auspices of the post Young
Mems Christian association by General
Secretary / H. Masters. as Rs >,,n., o,,.a,,,,
went to Fort Leavenworth Monday, where
he was on duty for several days as mem
Der of a board of officers appointed to con-
duct the official trial of new sights for the
carbine
terry, field artillery. now undergoing in
struction in horseshoeing at the training
school here, has been appointed artiacer Of
his organization stationed at Fort Hamn-
Major w A. Nichols, inspector general
of the Northern division, was here last
Saturday inspecting accounts. He left
Sunday for Fort l!eavenworth. A.
Charles Rne here9f9Te clerk has 80 btae eae
promoted to a clerkship in the office or
the post quartermaster. taking the posi-
tion vacated by the resignation of Almon A.
Second Lieutenant F. w. Clark artillery
corps, formerly stationed at this post, but
now on duty at the military academy at
West Point, will return here next week
for duty with the Twentieth dPi Field battery terry
again go to West Point
At the racing matinee at the athletic
between a horse from Clay Center. which
has record Of 2SA and bdrss Doo69r 6wped Ppfb bx
Csptan Ian LaannE Tae Parsons avay
Orders have been received from the War
department assigning Lieutenant Colonel
neior heyt Of ESH tSe thirteenth cavalry, to the
Third cavalry. and Lieutenant Soionei lionel
major of the Ninth cavalry, to the Fourth
cavalry. They will leave soon to take
alto Nn Tth taSaT ths Band moved the first
of the week into it's new barracks, recently
built between the Administration buildlns
Leave Of absence for five days has been
granted to Captain GeorEe II, cameron, nonn
! for Chicago, where he was called to at
| tend the funeral of his uncle,
| Private William Wemer, Nineteenth bat
terv field artillery was relived Wednesday
! from special duty as laborer In the quarter
| masters department, and Private Joseph
Bender of the same organization was de-
| tailed in his stead. On Wednesday Private
| Alfred Sweeney, Troop b, Ninth cavalry
was detailed on extra duty rs as e1rpSTHItI pTintb
cavalry, on extra duty as painter In the
quartermaster' department. Private George
detailed on extra duty as laborer in the
| commissary. -
Captain tanning Persons, Ninth OaNr cavalry Ty.
| the First squadron of the Ninth cavalry on
Monday. and Captain George F. Hamilton
! Unassigned Recruits Henry Jeffrey, Sandy
| Gamble Leo Ross, James n L Johnson,
Ernest ]. Walker, Joseph Randle. Andrew
| ported at this post for duty, were on Mon
day assigned to troops of the Ninth cav
The appointment Of Henry Londeree as a
| corporal in the Twentieth battery, field ar,
tillery, was revoked on Monday for the good
Orders have been received relieving Ser;
geants First Class JGsepn C. kSamp S@an dnt1 ah
| at Fort Riley. The former goes to Fort
Douglas, Utah, and the latter TO Fort Terry,
| New York.
Proposals for supplying this garrison with
| meat for the first half of the next fiscal
| wear were opened by the quartermaster
| Wednesday forenoon. Four packing COM
| panies made bids The lowest was 50 40 per
| loo pounds, submitted by Schwarzchild &
| Sulzberger.
The library of the school of application
| received a valuable accession Thursday in
| TWENTY-FIVE volumes of the Historians
Att At the request OF Colonel f. S, Godfrey,
| Ninth cavalry .commandant, the chief quar-
| termaster of the Philippines division has
| forwarded to the school of application for
cavalry and field artillery number Of
| specimens of blood taken from animals af-
| fected with surra at Zamboanga. Min
! day and will be used in the instruction of
officers in the diagnosis and treatment of
the disease.
| D. w Waters the quartermaster team
| ster who had the first two fingers of his left
| hand chopped off last week while assisting
| a laborer in telling a tree on the reserva-
| tion, is already up and around and his
| wound is healing rapidly.
| Brigader General Thodore j. Wint, de-
! partment commander, accompanied by Ma
| jor c. r. Noyes. military secretary, arrived
at Fort Riley Thursday afternoon for an
| official inspection of the post They were
| met at the railroad station by an escort
| consisting Of Troop b, Eleventh cavalry,
| and the bTigadieT generals salute of eleven
! guns was fired by the Ninteenth battery,
! field artillery. In the evening a reception
| I'm honor of the general was rendered to the