Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
ARMY NEWS AND GOSSIP.


Fort Riley.
| FORT RILEY, Kan, June 24-(Special) y
| Heretofore the classes of student officers
| of the school of application for cavalry and
field artillery have been limited to the num-
| Der of officers of less than ten years
service on duty at This post Numerous
inquiries have been received from officers
! stationed elsewhere as to what steps they
should take to secure detail for duty at
| the school and while the matter Of recon-
! mending an extension of It's scope as
| special service school was under consider
| alton telegram was received from the
| chief of staff asking how members of this
years graduating class of the military
academy at West Point could be quartered
here for years course in equitation. A
reply. was at once sent that twenty grad
| uated cadets could be accommodated. They
| will probably be ordered to report here
about the middle of September. The work
| of the school has lately attracted much
| attention and favorable comment and this
| beginning of a broader field of usefulness
in the army is natural result of the excel
lent results which have been accomplished.
Second Lieutenant c. e. Hathaway, Ninth
bringing his bride with him. They were
married last month at the home Of the
brides parents in Oakland.
A mutual transfer between organizations
| has been effected by Private Willie w.
| Chelf, Troop A Eleventh cavalry, and John
M; Adair, Twenty-fifth battery, field ar
| tilery.
Second Lieutenant F. L. Poindexter, artil-
lery corps, recruiting officer stationed at
Wichita, Kan, spent few days at this
post last week He came as a witness
! before general court-martial
| Cook Turner, Twenty-fifth battery, field
artillery, has gone to Logansport, Ind, to
| look after the settlement of an estate be-
| queathed to him by a relative. He was
granted twenty days leave of absence.
| The commanding officers of all organlza-
tions which participate In the post exchange
met in general council in the Office of the
post commander last Saturday evening for
| consideration of the general policy to be
adopted by the exchange in the matter of
conducting a laundry, a dairy, poultry
| farm and other enterprises.
| The excursion to Fort Leavenworth was
postponed until today account of the
| inability of the railroad company to fur
nish equipment on the date originally an
nounced. A large number of soldiers took
advantage of the opportunity to visit
| LeaVenworth. A special car for the officers
and ladies was a part Of the train and
one of the features of the days entertain
ment is a base ball game between two
teams OF officers, one from this post and
the other from Fort Leavenworth,
Extensive repairs are being made In the
work will continue for about six weeks
during which time the members Will be
quartered in tents at the rear of the bar
Mr.. Buzzacott Of Chicago, the inventor of
a field bake oven and other camping equip,
famous among military men, paid visit
| to the post last week, where he was the
guest OF Captain NJ. s. Murray, commits
sary. He was once a private in the Filth
cavalry and is much interested in every
thing that pertains to the welfare Of the
soldier.
Orders have been issued requiring that
all men who have general court-maritai
charges pending against them be confined
in the main guardhouse.
The competition of the marksmen of the
Twentysecond regiment Kansas National
Guard, was finished last Saturday. The
competition was in charge of Colonel p. M
Hoisington. The scores made were un-
usually high, and the winners feel conf
dent Of gaining some of the prizes in the
national match. The nine who made the
highest scores were: GaPtatsn j. F. LawsGp
Altenreid Second Lieutenant Fl; II. Shee-
ley and Sergeant r; j; Kessler. all OF
Osborne, lieutenant A. T. Berg Of sallna,
| First Sergeant G. 2. Sawyer of Newton and
These men will be sent to Sea Girt to per-
resent the Second Kansas regiment In the
national match.
City was the only one received for the
construction of the new hospital That
posals were first received, all of which were
rejected as the lowest was in excess of the
appropriation. The size Of the proposed
1 building was somewhat reduced and new
! proposals were asked for,
The new swimming pool Is being well
plunged into it's cooling waters one even
Ing this week. The water is kept at a
: temperature of about % degrees and the
basin is so large that with regular changes
the water is kept clean and fresh.
! Funds not being available for the con;
? | StruCtiOn or barracks Tor the detachment
of bakers and cooks, authority has been
granted for the construction of temper
airy frame building TO be, used as dining
room and kitchen for the members The
building is now being constructed near the
post bakery Tho men are quartered among
: the different organizations serving at the
: Clifford Lee of Junction City we'll and
: favorably known among the young people
at this post, has received an appointment
= to the Military academy. He left for West
3 Point Tuesday, being, under orders to re-
: port there 'on June "a
The post water works pumping station ii
to be enlarged by the building of an ad'
. dition TO the boiler room, work on which
l will be started next week.
Captain c. b. Sweezy, Thirteenth cavalry
was detailed Monday, and Captain John 7
| Haines, Eleventh cavalry, relieved, as sum
mary court and survey officer for tn
{ The Twentieth battery. field artillery, will
: | go to MarysYille Kan, to participate fl
= the celebration of Independence day. Th
/ | organization, consisting of about 100 mel
r | and lb0 horses and mules, will march over
a land, n distance of seventy miles, Leaving
here June 2S, arriving at Marysville July
t and beginning the return march on July
dolph and Irving, Captain William ]. SnoV
of the artillery corps will be in command
Private Joseph Hasler OF the artiller,
- was recently granted a furlough and wen
| to his home in Iowa. While there both o
I his parents died and brother became seri
L | Ously sick. and In consequence of thes
I. calamities he overstayed his leave lie wa
i arrested In st. Joseph last Saturday am
I I
Z returned here for trial but will. of course
{ be lenently dealt with
r Captain tanning Parsons, Ninth cavalry
: and James Young, who has charge OF tn
track at the athletic park returned thi
week from the races at Abilene, bringtn
with them most Of the prize money. Thei
; horses won first prize In all the races bu
one, and in that they took second.
- Private William Germain, Troop c, ThiT
teenth cavalry, was detailed Tuesday o
| special duty as janitOr Of the gymnasium
and Privates John " Pullins, Troop A, an
John Moore, Troop II, Eleventh cavalry, o
special duty in the office of the post adJu
. | tant
I, Thirty-six recruits arrived here this wee
! and were assigned TO troops of the Thir
: | teenth cavalry.
! The signal corps detachment II arTangin
. TO install an electric fire alarm system a
this post. II will connect the quarter
!. | masters corral and store house. Carr hall
the bachelor officers quarters and othe
:, buildings and will be operated from tn
new guardhouse.
The date specified for the inspection 0
., | the uniforms of officers on duty at thi
post has been changed from June "a {
D | June 20.
Veterinarian Richard II. Power OF tn
| artillery corps has bean detailed by tn