Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-26

was out about fourteen hours and brought
in a verdict OF guilty of murder IN the
second degree in Craig's case. Also in
] Rashs case.
Privates Frazer and Wilson of Company
I. arc being tried for shooting Private
/ Harris of Company l. at a joint near Valen-
| tine last May. It appears that Frazer and
Wilson were trying to take a revolver
away from one another and in the wrestling
! match the revolver exploded and killed
Harris, who was standing nearby.
Fort Riley.
| FORT RILEY Kan, Nov. 25.-(special,) ,
! The 1855 term in the school of Application
! for cavalry and field artillery opened Mon
| day. the student officers of the second
! class began work in the course OF instruc-
! ton I'm horse shoeing and those of the nrst
, class started on with recitauons in held
service regulations military sanitation ana
hygiene, and equitation and horse train
I Inc. The term of theoretical instruction
! lasts until March l6, and the entire course,
which is taken by all officers of less than
ten years service, includes equltauon ana
horse training, horse snoeing, hippology,
forage quartermaster harness ana trans
portation, military sanitation and hygiene,
and topography, besides a course of pro-
fessional reading for each arm of the serv-
ice. The officers of the cavalry are also
instructed in cavalry pioneer duties.
Captain 4. Bentley Mott, artillery corps,
who recently returned from Paris, where
he was military attacne, and was assigned
to the Twenty second battery of feld artil-
lery, will not report for duty with that
organization here as was erected, put
been detailed on duty with the second divl-
sion Sf the general staff
Captain Robert Henderson is seriously
sick at his farm near Fort Riley and is not
expected to recover. Captain Henderson
came to this post in 1850 as n private sol
der in Company + Of the Second Dragons.
He afterward enlisted in the Sixth Kansas
regiment of volunteer cavalry and served
through the war Of the rebellion. from
which he emerged with the rank Of cap
tain. He later settled on his farm near
here and became wealthy.
At the conclusion Of his labOrs as
member of the field artillery drill regula-
tions board Car'ain William Lassiter of the
artillery corps expects 70 be assigned to
duty with the coast artillery.
Veterinarian Lester WillyOung artillery
corps has reported for duty at this post
and has taken up his work as an instructor
summer from tour of duty in the Philip
pine islands, since which time he has been
on temporary duty with the second pro
vsonal regiment Of field artillery at Fort
Negotiations are under way for a game
Of foot ball at the athletic park on Thanks
Fort Leavenworth teams.
Information has been received OF the
sudden death Of Mrs. Legendre, wife Of
Post Quartermaster Sergeant Matthew Lee
gendre, who was transferred from this post
TO Fort Totten, n. Y. last spring.
Orders have been received from the War
/ department authorizing an Increase in the
enlisted strength Of the Seventh and TWEEN
tieth horse batteries Of field artillery from
Veterinarian r. Ii. Power, artillery corps
left the post last Friday for his new sta
ton at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Mrs
Power is visiting friends in California and
will join her husband during the winter.
The work OF grading the new road in
front of the cOmmissary building Is pro-
crossing rapidly and will soon be COM
pleted. This road was rendered necessary
BY the construction Of the cOmmissary
stOrehouse and affords easy access to the
building from the artillery subpost.
Captain Fourier, the French military at
tache at Washington, arrived at the post
Monday and spent several days informing
| himself concerning the methods and course
! Of instruction In the school Of applica ton
| for cavalry and field artillery. While here
/ he was the guest of Colonel L. S. Godfrey.
/ He was much interested in the work being
/ done and was particularly impressed with
/ the course OF instruction In equation and
| horse training,
/ Ohicers and ladies Of the post to the num-
/ Der OF nifty have formed card club, which
] will hold weekly meetings In the assembly
room at the post headquarters.
Mrs. Potts, wife Of Colonel Ramsey ID.
! Potts, Artillery corps, who has been here
! for some time visiting her son-in-law and
/ daughter. Captain and Mrs. w. S. McNair.
I left Monday for Fort LeavenWorth. where
4 she will visit her son, Lieutenant Douglas
I Potts, Eighteenth infantry, before return
Mrs, w. 81 odeil Of washington d. C..
I Is visiting her son. First Lieutenant A s
Odell, Eleventh cavalry.
! l.. r. BoudereauX, who came here from
| Omaha about a year ago TO MI the position
sary, recently applied for a transfer 10
some other station, and was advised last
week that he would be sent 20 division
] headquarters at St. Louis as soon as his
/ Norton Of Detroit. Mich. was appointed 20
! succeed him here, but has since declined