Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-10
Fort RILEY.

Fort Riley.
FORT RILEY, Kan, Dec. 9.-(Special(-
The Second battery of Field artillery com
pleted its 4O0-mile march from Fort Sill,
Okl.. at noon last Sunday. The outfit
consisted of three. officers, one surgeon,
ninety-two enlisted men. 100 horses, four
guns, a wagon train and detachment of
the hospital corps. First Lieutenant d. w.
Hand was in command, Captain Ernest
Kinds nOminally in command of the bat
terry, being on detached service in Wash
ington as a member of the Field artillery
drill regulations board. The organization
came through in excellent condition, there
having been practically no sickness among
either men or horses during the trip
Lieutenant General Adna r. Chaffee, chief
of stan and Mrs. Chaffee, will visit this
post on their return trip from California.
They will be entertained at the home of
Mrs. Chaffee's brother, Captain B. Rock
well, in the nearby town of Junction City.
Captain +. S. Armstrong. Ninth cavalry,
! has completed his tour of duty as regl-
mental quartermaster and has been as
signed to Troop of his regiment He
will remain in charge of the post ex-
change.
The Union Pacific Railroad company has
placed considerable material on the ground
opposite it's station and will soon begin the
erection of a dwelling house for the sta
ton agent
A schedule of basket ball games is being
arranged by the Twentieth battery team.
which is practicing almost every night. A
date has alTead been made with the EN-
poria, Kan, team.
An EFFORT is being made to get tele-
graph office installed in the post admin
istrauon building to be operated by the
signal corps detachment Signal Sergeant
. kerrigan is an expert telegraph operator
and will have charge of the office when
1t is installed. At present an orderly Is
kept busy all day going to and fro from
the railroad station with kilograms.
First Lieutenant J. G.. Pillow, Thirteenth
cavalry, has been transferred from Troop
f, stationed at Fort Myer, Va, to Troop c.
at this post. in place of First Lieutenant
l.. L. Deitrick transferred to Troop F.
Lieutenant recently returned from
| the Philippine islands and has been under
going treatment at the general hospital
at San Francisco. He has been granted
leave of absence for two months before
reporting for duty here.
! Captains Francis J. Rooster and Henry
/ T. Ferguson of the subsistence depart
ment are expected to arrive here soon to
| begin their course of instruction In bak-
ing and cooking.
4 board for the examination of officers
to determine their fitness for promotion
has been in session during the week, ex-
amining Second Lieutenant John syming-
ton, Eleventh cavalry.
The recruits who completed the course
| in the training school for farriers and
| horseshoers with the last class have been
| assigned to organizations by the War De-
! partment and left Monday for their sta
I tions.
| Mrs. Gatchell. wife of Captain G. w.
| Gatchell, artillery corps, left last Sunday
| for San Antonio Tex, where she will be
| the guest of Mrs. Maus, wife of the sur
! geon general of the Department of Texas,
until the arrival at Fort Sam Houston
/ of Captain Gatchell and the Sixth battery,
/ now en- route by marching from this post.
! Their son Oscar will remain in Junction
| City, Kans., attending school until spring.
An extension of twenty days TO the leave
| of absence of Captain A. NJ. Miller, Ninth
! cavalry, post and regimental adjutant, has
been granted.
First company Of coast artillery was cap
! tured last week in Salina, Kans. Cor
J porai Frank Mullins, Troop B, Thirteenth
Z cavalry, went to Salina last Saturday and
/
! Captain John NJ. Sigworth, paymaster,
! came up from Kansas City Thursday and
| paid the men of his command yesterday.
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Will
liam Lanerty, Ninth cavalry, who was
discharged last week by expiration of his
term of enlistment, has re-enlisted. His
warrant as a noncommissioned officer will
be continued In force.
George Farn-hy. steward of the Post
exchange. and Mrs. Faringhy are enter
tanning her mother. Mrs. Mary Lane, OF
Lebanon, Ind, who is on her way 10 south
ern California, where she will spend the
winter.
Second Lieutenant s w winfree Ninth
cavalry, having completed his work on
the progressive military map, has returned
from Wamego, Kan, and taken up his
| duties at the post He has been detailed
on special duty as instructor in gymnastics
and calisthenics at the gymnasium.
| The commanding officer of the United
| States Military academy detachment OF
upon the War department that his organ.
ization BE- furnished with u graduate OF
the Training School for Farriers and Horse
shoers at Fort Riley. Recruit Reuben J.
! Harris, jr, who graduated with the last
class was recommended for the position
and received the appointment. Under in
structions from the War department. ht
left this post Monday for West Point, n
Y, to enter upon his duties.
! Hereafter the postoffice at this place will
be open on Sundays between $3.50 and 4:3t
In the afternoon.
Captain F. S. Armstrong Ninth cavalry
has been granted leave OF absence for ter
days, with permission to apply for an eX'
tension of fifteen days. During his alb
sence Captain tanning Parsons, Ninth cav
airy, will have charge of the Post eN'
change.