Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-09

preciative applause; frihes 20 st w after
each event by Lieutenant ROCKWELL Va
change ohicer.
Fort Ruey.
FORT RILEY. Kan, June S.-tspectia9II..,-sS
The members OF the post Aounk W.
Jake KAN some day during the latter
mart OF this month To- " v'cNfc. a.,
The post c. uncil OF administration FOR t nS
month OF July consists Ot Ooiouel =. w;
Taylor. artillery corps; Lieutenant S9l9 2TS
James Parker. Thirteenth cavalry, ana MA
| jor j. NJ Banster, medical department
Captain w. J. Snow. artillery corps, and
First lieutenant w. H. Westmoreland,
Eleventh cavalry. have been relieved as
members OF the post exchange council and
Captain =. NJ. Leary, Eleventh cavalry, ana
First Lieutenant @. w. winterburn, Ninth
| cavalry, detailed in their stead
c. s. West clerk and librarian Of the
| school OF application for cavalry ana helu
for ten days, and left wednesday for visit
with friends IN Omaha.
Under orders from the War Department;
! the members OF the hospital corps stationed
with cavalry troops will hereafter receive
! instructions in equation for at least one
Rumor has Il that Fort Riley is to get
another artillery band.
orders have been Issued requiring all or
| carnations TO herd their horses for grazing
| at least three days I'm the week for not less
than an hour and half each day.
Sergeant King OF the hospital corps has
been granted a furlough for three months.
| Second Lieutenant r: NJ. Danford, artil-
| lery corps, has been deGtgnated Dy the CuleI
| OF artillery as one OF the competitors N
| the division pistol competition TO DE held
First Lieutenant b. NJ Rittenhouse, Elev-
| enth cavalry, was presented by Mrs. liit-
tenhouse with a fine baby boy last week
rison was purchased last week by Captain
! Elmer A. Dean. medical department.
Ed Whitehair. the hay contractor, is hir;
| wifi soon begin work on the big hay con-
tract which he secured at the post for this
Sergeant Major II. NJ Bunce of the ar
| tillery subpost and Mrs. Bunce left the first
OF the week for trip through Colorado
Last week Captain tanning Parsons
Einth cavalry. refused an on. qffer ,,, OF 1900
Private c. e. Nichols, Troop d. Eleventh
cavalry, has been DISCHARGED by purchase
cavalry was confined to his quarters by
| sickness part of the week.
| Second Lieutenant Marlborough Churchill,
| artillery corps, has been appointed engineer
officer, signal officer and ordnance officer
Of the artillery subpost, relieving Captain
c. II. Mcneil. artillery corps.
! The temporary frame building erected as
a dining room and kitchen for the detach-
ment of bakers and cooks has been COM
pleted and is now occupied by the detach-
! ment
First-Class Private Harry Wright, hos
pltal corps, has gone to Fort Bayard, n
M: where he has been assigned to duty,
| Major Edgar Russell OF the signal corps
now on duty here in connection with the
experiments being conducted to establish a
| system OF artillery fire control, Will report
| to the Tsthmusian Canal commission about
August l for duty; He is TO have charge
OF the reorganization, Improvement and eX-
| tension of the telegraph and telephone sYs-
TENS under government control on the
canal zone He expects to devote about
year to the work.
Information was received from the War
department Monday that eight graduated
| cadets Of this years class at the military
| academy will be detailed to attend the
| school OF application for cavalry and field
| artillery at this post for instruction in
| equitation. horseshoeing ana hippology for
the term beginning october l and ending
April 80 next.
Second Lieutenant f. A. buchanan, Ninth
| cavalry, is relieved as ordnance officer and
| prison officer of the cavalry subpost and
SECOND Lieutenant H. A. Meyer, ir., de-
Captain George w. Read. Troop p. Ninth
cavalry. was transferred Tuesday to unas-
signed, having been detailed on duty as a
member of the general stan.
Pursuant to telegraphic instructions re-
ceived from the War department, all du-
ties were suspended at the post Wednes-
dav, except the necessary guard, stable and
late Hon. John Hay, secretary OF state
| Promotions in the Twenty-fifth battery,
field artillery, were announced this week
of Corporals Cad Coy and Wesley Smith.
Null and William II. Reisenger 70 be cor
porals
Private Hugh T. Chastain Troop C, Elev-
enth cavalry. was discharged Thursday, his
term of enlistment having expired. For
several years Chastain has been detailed
| on extra duty as foreman of the printing
Office maintained by the school OF applica-
ton and was transferred from the Fourth
TO the Eleventh cavalry in order that his
services might be retained when the Fourth
cavalry left for Fort Walla Walla last fall
He does not expect to re-enlist.
Eort Naoda