The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
INSPECTION AT
FORT TOMORROW
CEREMONY AND MUSTER WILL
BE PRECEDED BY REVIEW.
New Schedule Of Drills and Instruction
for October Issued Today-seventh
Battalion Of Field Artillery Gives
Exhibition Drill at La Crosse Inter
state Fair Before $4,000 Persons.

The command at Fort Smelling will
be inspected and mustered tomorrow at
$3.50 am. Major Bullard will inspect
and muster the First battalion, Twenty
eighth infantry, Captain Bamford the
Second battalion, Major Frick the hos
and non-commissioned staff. inspection
will be preceded by review, at which
Major Billiard will command the troops,
and Colonel Sweet will be the reviewing
officer. This means, of course, that the
band will be out, and there will be
pretty ceremony, well worth the trip
from Minneapolis to see.
The new schedule of drills and in
structions for October was issued today.
breakfast at $3.50. Battalion drill fol
lows from Z to $3.50, after which there
is guard mount at 10. On Saturdays
and Sundays guard mount will be- at
$3.50 instead Of TO- Regimental parade
will be on Wednesdays at 4:2O, and
there will be battalion parades on Tues
days and Thursdays at the same hour.
Inspection will take place weekly, on
Saturdays, at $3.50 am.
During October all the troops will
drill on the more-advanced work Of
tactical problems, in which every move
ment will be with reference to the sup
posed position and strength of some
enemy, either imaginary or represented
by portion OF the command. At first
these problems will be for single COM
panies, and. they will progressively in
| crease in difficulty and 4 number Of
troops engaged unit practically the
some problem. For these orders have
been issued that at least 70 per cent
of. every company must attend each
problem; in order to do which extra
duty men and. special duty men will
be drawn upon,s when necessary, even
to t heextent OF, closing some Of the
/ other work. ~.
g. Instruction in signaling will also be
resumed, Mondays and Wednesdays, pm
der Lieutenant. Robinson, signal officer
When men become proficient in this duty
Lieutenant Robinson. will issue Ger
tifcate Of proficiency to them, which
will become part Of their military rec
ord :-,;.-. .....a. 49, . -. .
The Seventh battalion of field az
tillery, Major S.. c.. Allen commanding
gave an exhibition drill at the L;
Crosse interstate, fair yesterday, which
attracted large crowd. Eighteen thou
the grand stand. if~.
accident, in which Private Scherer
guidon Of the Tenth battery, sustained
a broken leg. His saddle turned il
changing direction, and he was thrown
under the wheels of caisson, which
/ passed over both legs. He was imme
1 diately cared for by Surgeon White ani
was sent at once BY train to the hospi
4 tai at Fort Smelling. The battalion
leave sLa Crosse today en- route for til
station at Fort Smelling. ~
t On request Of Congressman Esch, AM
! thru the courtesy 81, William Wolff o:
La Crosse, who suspended labor Of sixty
i FIVE workmen IN his stone quarries t,
! enable q target !. to. be placed at tn.
quarry, Captain, Parker, twenty eight 81
p nfsatp Mg eaai6,fpea ff ta1gs
! chine gun, at range Of l, 500 yards
The target was placed high up; on tn
pretty target practice resulted, the bull
let's flying high up, over the interyenin,
! valley. and striking all about The littl
target with sound which could b.
plainly heard by the $4,000 interested
spectators. ~. - -..-