Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-12
Fort Niobrara.

Lance Corporals Abraham Jackson and
James e. Durand, Troop b, Ninth cavalry,
were promoted to be corporals Tuesday.
Fort Niobrara.
FORT NIOBRARA Neb Nov l1,-CSpe-
cial. )-General T. J. Whit, commanding the
Department of the Missouri accompanied
by his aide-de-camp, First Lieutenant c. c.
Allen, Thirtieth infantry, arrived at the
post about a. m. on Friday. November 10.
He made complete inspection of the post.
The department commander Inspected the
troops In dress uniform at a. m. and later
inspected all the quarters.
Colonel and Mrs. Hoyt gave g reception
] In honor OF General Whit and his aidesde-
, camp from until O'Clock OH Friday.
Mrs. Alfred Brandt and her sister Miss
Knapp, returned to the post on Sunday last
from an extended visit at their home near
Portland. Ore. -.- stt+ soc ,-f-
Mrs. Harry Grier returned to the post on
Wednesday. She has hcen visiting at her
home in Washington, near Portland. and On
Idaho for several weeks past. .vAf.H q. -r--
The sentence In the case OF Private Will
liam Pate, Company ID, Twenty-fifth in
fantry, has been published. He has been
dishonorably discharged from the service
house for one year. His crime was that OF
! assisting Private She'll OF Company d,
Twenty-hfth Infantry. to rob Musician
/ fantry, of a government revolver on the
| night of September % last. Little was seen
| to have a revolver in his pocket and Shell
| dance hall at the ranch owned by Charlie
Price, civilian, where crowd OF soldiers
/
outside Pate stood in, the doorway OF the
| hall with revolver In hand and ordered
! every one to remain inside while Shell pro-
ceeded to knock Little down, bruising him
| so that he was laid up in the hospital for
several days, and took the government re-
volver away from him. Both Pate and
| Shell denied having the revolver when
| questioned by the commanding ofncer and
IL was later found in Shells possession:
The guard duty is being performed by
company during this month. The COM
pany commander is officer Of the day and
his subaltern, officer OF the guard. One
officer is also required to be present with
each company at the retreat roll call.
The Weekly Bridge club met with Mrs.
| r. p Harbold on Thursday afternoon.
The officers school started on February
!. Major c. w Penrose is instructor In
tactics. The officers who recite are: Cap
tain T.. a. Macklin, First Lieutenant Fl.
w, Ball, First Lieutenant l. y. Chandler,
Second Lieutenant ID. Donald, Second Lieu
tenant Alfred Brandt, Second Lieutenant
ID, ID. Hay, Second Lieutenant II. s. Grier,
Second Lieutenant James Blyth. Second
Lieutenant @. G. Lawrason, Second Lieu
tenant r. p. HaTbold, Second Lieutenant
p. Fl. Clark and Second Lieutenant W. w
Captain J. p, O'Nelll, Twenty-hfth, is the
instructor in field service regulations. All
OF the above officers reclte and. In ad-
diton, First Dieutenants II. A. WegensteiT
and +. ". Bugbee Of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry.
) The course in field service regulations
lasts but little over a month and will
be followed by military and international
law. Captain O'Neil will be the instruc,
tor in military law and Major PenrOse II
international law.
The Hagy Scenic company gave an en-
tertainment in the post hall on Tuesday
evening. The regimental fund derived from
the entertainment quite a large sum.