Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06
ARMY NEWS AND GOSSIP.


Fort Riley.
FORT RILEY, Kan, Aug. 5.-Cspeclal)-
| Inc northern division cavalry carbine COM
| Peutlou at the national rife range was fin
lshed last Sunday morning. The sixteen
malned here to enter the army competi-
! lion. They are: Captain James n. Munro,
b bnIIra cavalry; First Lieutenant Bruce
| katiner' Tenth cavalry; First Lieutenant
| arthur Williams, First battalion, corps OF
! ehelneersi Captain s. II. Cheney, chief en-
harry II. Pattison, Third cavalry First
SeIgeant Samuel Petite, Troop b. Ninth
| cavalry Corporal Michael Kelly, Company
=, FIRST battalion corps of engineers; Cor
pOtAl Ethelbert L. Dudley, Troop NJ Third
| cavalry Second Lieutenant Walter ID.
! Smlth, Eleventh cavalry; Sergeant Jesse
Baker, Troop II. Tenth cavalry; Captain
robert j. Fleming, Tenth cavalry; Cook WI
| nam FIoyd, Troop X, Tenth cavalry, Private
John Williams. Troop c, Ninth cavalry:
second Lieutenant John A. Pearson, Elev-
! S,Unlpany Is, First battalion, corps of en-
Elneersi Squadron Sergeant Major Eugene
T. frlerSon, Eleventh cavalry. The two
nrst named also receive gold medals, the
next tour silver medals and the remaining
ten bronze medals.
! me division pistol competition began
| Monday morning, with about 100 competi-
| tors, under the direction of the same Off
! GERS who had charge of the carbine com
| petition: II was finished Tuesday after
| noon. The eighteen men making the high
est, scores, who constitute the Northern
| ton, are: Sergeant w. II. Hamilton. Troop
| ~, Ienth cavalry; Second Lieutenant l.. NJ
I <huiillS r llsL battalion, corps of engineers
tLNate A. I. Rogers, Twenty ninth bat
| lery neld artillery; Quartermaster Ser
geant 3. p. Barker Troop D, Third cav
Ninth cavalry; Second Lieutenant II. S,
DEiilWNorth, Tenth cavalry; Sergeant b. L.
A. ]. Macnab Twenty seventh Infantry:
corporal j. 70. Logan, Troop 1, Ninth cav
airy Corporal Michael Kelly. Company c,
FIRST battalion, corps Of engineers; Captain
James A. Cole, Sixth cavalry; First Lieu
nora "A, ~ Clarke. coast artilleryi Cor
pUIdl Lewis Cunnagin, Troop X, Sixth cav
airy; Sergeant L. {. Coleman, Tenth bat
terry, held artillery; Captain Pegram Whit
worth First infantry; Captain r. r. Ray
IBBon9, corps OF engineers; Sergeant Joseph
harden, Nineteenth battery, field artillery;
ad,.a7t Paul Herzberg. Troop F, Eleventh
cavalry. The first two receive gold medals
the next five silver medals, and the re-
ihaIinlng eleven bronze medals.
Tb me army II cavalry competitions began
Uut tne week. In these all divisions of
the ne, army are represented by teams.
me Twenty-ninth battery, field artillery
.Whlch marched from Fort Leavenworth to
Fort Riley to Join the new provisional regi-
nent arrived last Saturday afternoon, the
1rdICh having consumed about a week
Ihey encountered some bad weather and
Cpnsiderable excessive heat, but otherwise
ne UP was pleasant. After the men had
cleaned up and got settled they accepted
an invitation TO spend the evening as the
guests of the Seventh battery at its bar-
racks and were royalty entertained
Dig supper was followed with cigars songs
dances, boxing and speeches The Mini
cavalry band was present and contributed
music TO the excellent entertainment pro-
The field artillery drill regulations board
has completed its outdoor work for this
season captain c. T. Menoher has re-
turned to his duties as a member of the
general staff; Captain F. II. Hines left this
week to avail himself Of a short leave of
absence and will report later on at Fort
Sill for duty with the second provisional
regiment; while Captain William I.assiter
VIII begin his duties with the first pro-
NlSlonal regiment here August 20.
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department relieving Veterinarians r. H
PoWer, artillery corps and j. II. Gould,
eleventh fba nth cavalry, from duty. at this post,
Ine former TO go to Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, after the encampment with the
provisional artillery regiment, and the
latter to join his regiment at Fort Des
Moines, Ia. Veterinarian l.. +. Willyoung
will succeed Dr. Power here. Dr.. Gould
VIII be succeeded by Veterinarian c. Il.
Jewell, Thirteenth cavalry, now enroute
from the Philippine islands.
The quartcrmaster has received instruc-
tons from tho quartermaster general to at
once prepare and submit plans and esti-
mates for building the road from the Wash
lnston street bridge north across the reser-
walton, for which an appropriation of $4,000
was made at the last session of congress.
The post exchange council for the month !
OF August is announced to consist of: Cap
tains f. s. Armstrong, Ninth cavalry; W. |
c. Babcock, Thirteenth cavalry and w. j. |
First Sergeant William Malloy, Seventh
battery, held artillery, whose term of ser
vice expired MONDAY, VIII re-eQltSt Tor |
service in the Philippines
William s Dodd, recently discharged from
Troop b, Eleventh cavalry, has opened a
barber shop in connection with the post |
exchange, that institution receiving a per- |
centage Of the income of the shop in return |
for the concession.
who has been for several weeks undergoing |
treatment of his eyes oy Major j. NJ. Ban |
lister of the medical department, has re- |
turned to his proper station at Fort Clark, |
Texas.
The old guard house has been thoroughly
cleaned and renovated, everything movable |
having been taken out and burned. Plans !
for utilizing the old building for other pur- |
poses are under consideration, but as yet
have not been completed
Sergeant George Bauer, Seventh battery, |
field artillery, was discharged Monday on |
will return to his old home in Germany |
and remain there permanently.
Upon the recommendation of the COM |
mandant. the acting secretary of war has |
authorized a change in the manner of de- !
failing recruits for instruction in the train |
ing school for bakers and cooks, new |
class of bakers now entering the school !
on the 18th of each even numbered month |
and a new class Of cooks on the 18th of
each odd numbered month Each class |
remains under instruction for four months. |
The artillery regiment went into camp |
post The arrangement of the camp is |
similar to that Of the artillery camp Occu- |
pied during the maneuYers OF 1903 II was
George LeR. Irwin, artillery corps, regi- |
mental quartermaster, assisted by Second |
Lieutenant S. Fraukenberger, artillery |
corps The regiment will not begin its |
2OO-mile practice march until about Oc- |
tober /.
Drill and instruction of troops are being |
seriously interfered with by the heavy |
fatigue and special duty details made |
necessary by the division and army COM |
petitions now being held here.
First Lieutenant William A. Duncan, |
medical department, accompanied the /
Twenty ninth battery on its march from |
Fort Leavenworth to this post. He re- |
turned to Leavenworth Immediately after
the battery arrived here.
Captain George +. Hamilton Ninth cav
airy, has been detailed for instruction in the |
Army War college ar Washington during
the course beginning November l and end |
ing May 80 next. He will leave here in |
October taking his family with him.
Mrs. Schaffer, wife OF Sergeant Major |
w. II. Shaffer Of the Second provisional |
regiment of field artillery, Is Spending a
few days visiting her mother in Junction
City and friends at this post. She will