Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-30

Fort Niobrara.
FORT NIOBRARA, Neb.. Oct &.-(Spe,
ciaLD-The annual post athletic contest
scheduled for the gOth inst TOOK place OF
Wednesday, the s5th. All troops particl
paung were of the Twenty Alfth infHntry
The day was beautiful bnu warm and the
whole garrison turned out to cheer the con.
testants. Results:
one hundred and twenty-yard hurdle
race: Corporal Swinton, Company X. arst
points, prize s., Private Beasiey. Company
NJ, second, points prize 81; Sergeant Wat.
son, Company X, third, I point, prize Il
cents. Time OF Corporal Swinton: OIlS
High jump: Musician Parks. Company X,
first points prize 81 Corporal Taylor.
CORPORAL s%inse SSonS eompd RT1"' P 9hifd
jumped feet Sl4 incbes I'M
Putting sixteen pound shot; Sergeant
Broadus, Company NJ first points, prize
~; Private King, Company A., second !
points, prize 81; Sergeant Watson. Company
Broadus put the shot 80 feet s Inches
one hundred-yard dash; Corporal Wash
ington, Company X, FIRST, s points, prize s.;
corporal Swinton, Company X second,
points, prize 81; Private Powell, Company
- third, ! point, prize so cents, The time
Of Corporal Washington was 0;ttx
Tent pitching eight men from q company:
company l. hrst 10 points, prize 81 Conn
Pany Is second, points, prize 81; Company
-, third points prize s.. Time OF Com
-Four hundred and forty-yard run: Corp
points prize s.; Corporal swinton, Com
pany X, second. 2 points, priSe Si, f,rfvsts
Irwin GSS9mpany l. third, ! point, prize g
was 0;6O; Swinton, O:61.
Wall scaling. teams OF eight men: Com
pany NJ first, Is points prize IS. time DAN;
company second, points, prize 81 time
/ 0:46; Company X third, 5 points, PRICE e.
time OBS; Company l. fourth, time O.te
| The team OF Company 1, went over the wall
| In two-hfths OF a second faster time than
| company IL, but one man on the Company
Il team fired two rifles instead OF ono only.
a m h. 4
| DID not fire at all the third place was given
70 Company X because every man fired his
Broad jump: Private Smith. Company c.
first : points prize s.; Corporal Taylor
Company M second, 2 points, prize 81: PrI-
yate Scott, Company K, third, point prize
30 cents. Private Smith Jumped is feet
Relay race, one mile, four men: Company
n ~ hrs9 10 points, prize 81, time 4;l2; Com
! Pahy ! second, 4 points, prize 81, time 414;
company c third, points, prize 81 time
Equipment race: Private yybit,,rs.,,,
! Company X, first. points, prize 81; Privs ia
! Dorqthy, Company X, second, points
prizd y Corporal Madison, Company c,
| tnru, point prize 50 cents.
in the 44O-yard run Company X had four
e ep IN the first heat Sergeant Turner
because p 5a C,,t = o Won but was disqualified
side of the stretch. In the second heat
Corporal Washington of Company, X came
was SECOND and Private Hopkins OF Com
pany * was third A protest was then
Iiaue because Tue Irst sergeant OF Company
n rode around the course twenty feet from
the runners on horseback and ENCOURAGED
ms men,. The commanding officer threw
out both heats and ordered the race started
/ over again.
To, the company winning the highest
number of points a banner marked "Ath-
letc champions, 1906" was awarded. Com
pany Is, Iwenty-fifth infantry, with total
OF torty-four points drew the banner.
IueSday there was a-competitive drill be-
tween Company d Of the First battalion
and Company X OF the Third battalion.
Ihese two companies had come out first
in former competitive drill OF battalions.
All movements in the school OF the COM
pany and the school OF the squad were
gone over and considerable time was given
to extended order. The companies then
pitched shelter tent camp and arranged
all articles of their camp equipment in their
tents for inspection. The time Of pitching
and striking camp and the appearance OF
camp was taken into consideration. There
was then an inspection OF the company
records and barracks. Company X waa
declared winner with So per cent Company
ID only received Sc per cent.
Sergeant Lewis Cook of Company M
Twenty-tifth infantry, was tried on Oc'
tober % for introducing liquor int the
post and selling 1t 10 other men OF this
garrison. He was found guilty and sen.
fenced to reduction, confinement at hard
labor for three months in the guard house
and to forfeit $l2 per month for the SAINT
: period
, Lieutenant H. A. wiegenstein, Twenty
ffty infantry, is absent on q tan days
leave. F.r ~
, Lieutenant and Mrs. William Bennett
{ Twenty-ffth infantry. leftt the post foi
St Louis on Saturday, October g. Lieu
tenant Bennett has been ordered to Jeffer
son barracks for ten days to get instruction
in examining recruits before he takers III
I Orleans, where he will be stationed for tw'
years '