The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
FORT SMELLING NOTES

The troops of the garrison were in
spected and mustered and inspected
on the company parade grounds. The
companies Of the Twenty eighth infan-
try were inspected by Lieut.. Col. W. l..
Pitcher. Twenty-eighth infantry post
noncommissioned staff, band. signal
corps and casuals by Capt. T. A.
Pearce. adjutant. The hospital corps
by Maj. Z. b. Prick. medical depart
ment. The seventh battalion, field ar
tillery, by Maj. S. E. Allen, artillery
corps. Guard mounting followed the
inspection OF barracks. The books OF
the various organizations were in
spected by the mastering officer.
The Twenty-first infantry, which
sailed from San Francisco on Feb. L,
for the Philippines, arrived at Manila
on March 2. The entire regiment on
reaching Manila was transferred from
the transport Sherman to the Sheridan
and sailed the following day for Samar.
one of the southern islands. Eight
companies OF the Twenty-first the
headquarters and band will be sta
toned at Samar and the remaining
four companies will be stationed at
nearby posts, one company at each
post.
Parades will begin on Monday, April
3. On Wednesday there will be regi-
mental parade in full dress. The pa
rade will commence at Al 50 o'clock. on
Tuesdays and Thursdays there will be
battalion parade at the same hour as
that of regimental parade. The bat
talions will alternate during the week.
On Monday and Friday mornings at
$50 there will be battalion parade in
undress uniform, the battalions alter
mating.
The Twenty-eighth infantry had fire
drill I'm FRIDAY n Tha
of the supposed fire was one OF the
buildings in the post corral. The
regiment did creditable work in reach
ing the fire in a remarkably short time
and each department performed its
share of eXtinguishing the flames, and
protecting the adjoining property in a
very efficient manner.
Capt. T. ]. Carr, Twenty-eighth in
fantry, has been placed in charge Of
the post baseball team, which was re-
Gently organized. Several bookings for
games have been made with cities in
close proximity to the post. The team
Is doing good work and is stronger in
many respects than the post team last
season.
The examination of Lieut. w. II.
Conway, Twenty eighth infantry, by a
board of officers appointed from the
war department to determine his fit
ness for promotion, is nearly complet-
ed. Lieut.. Conway put Company G
through the various drills before the
board Thursday afternoon.
Lieut. Harris Pendleton of the Eigh-
teenth infantry and Miss Katherine
Sanno, daughter of Col. NJ. J. NJ. Sanno,
were recently married in New York.
Col. Sanno was stationed at this post
for several years with the Third in
fantry.
The constructing quartermaster,
Capt SchOffield, has fitted up the old
round tower and is using it for his of
flee. The tower will be turned over to
the cavalry for their headquarters upon
their arrival here.
The work of laying new sidewalks
throughout the post is rapidly pro-
crossing. The work is done by con-
tracts which were let last fall and
which was not completed before the
cold weather set in.
Private w. p. Haynes, Company ID,
Twenty eighth infantry has been grant
ed furlough for two months to take
effect April Is, with permission to
visit relatives in Chicago.
Lieut. and Mrs. Aristides Moreno are
expected to arrive at the post soon
Lieut.. Moreno has only recently Joined
the Twenty eighth infantry, having
been stationed in Porto Rico.
Col. Owen ]. Sweet, Twenty-eighth
infantry. who has been i'll for the past
two weeks. has returned to duty and
is in command of the regiment and
post.
Private John U. Weisiger, signal
corps, has been ordered to report
to the commanding officer for duty. He
is now stationed at Benicia barracks,
Cal.
Private George Caldwell. band.
granted two months Through with
permission to visit Athens. o.
A small blaze near the sawmill was
promptly extinguished on Saturday by
the fire department of the Twenty
eighth infantry.
Corpl NJ L. Shaffer. Company d.
Twenty eighth infantry. Is on two
months furlough, visiting at Rowels-
burg. w. Va.
Sergt. Ignacio Groyon, band, Tween
ty-eighth infantry, has been granted
furlough with permission to visit Ma
Mia, p. i.
The hour OF guard mounting has
been changed and the guard will be
mounted hereafter at $40 a. m. instead
OF at 9.
Corpl. John ]. McGue, Company f.
Twenty eighth infantry. has been dis
charged and re-enlisted for the ma
rines.
Calisthenic drills are held on Mon
days. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays.
The officers and ladies of the post
gave an informal hop on Wednesday
evening.
The officers of the post will give a
hop next Friday evening in the post
hall.
The Evening Card club met at Mrs.
s. E. Aliens on Thursday.
Mrs. S. E. Allen entertained at din
ner during the week
A ball game between the noncom-
missioned staff and the first sergeants
was played on Saturday afternoon. re-
sulting in victory to the former. The
score was 16 to 5. The players were:
N. c. s. First Sergeants
Mefrlu- -.--.--..---.p ..AuSmuS
van Buren. ....-.-..... Cook
Jensen. -...----'.-1b ..---...... Stevens
Jones 70 Ferris
EuBaIuS- .3b .....--....... White
Deeming -.-...-...-.sS ...-...-. Gilman
Johnson ..---..-..--h -Heilman
Hammer. RI --.-........ Smith
Macnle.. .....cf -...........M Miller