Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-29
LARGE POSTS FOR NEBRASKA
War Department Has Plans for Improving
Forts Robinson and Niobrara,
LATTER FOR THE SUMNER MANEUyERs
Acting Secretary of the Interior sends
20 Congress with his Approval
Bill for the Leasing OF
GrRsinR Lands.
CFrom q staff Correspondent.l }

WASHINGTON, March 2S.--(Special Tele-
gram. .)-It begins to look as n Nebraska
would get one of the large military posts
the War department is planning to build
and also the location OF camp for the
great summer maneuv ers. II is also
practically ordered that Fort Robinson
shall be the place for the enlarged post
end Niobrara for the maneuvers.
The Nebraska delegation has been labor
ing hard to secure two Of the large posts,
one for Robinson and one for Niobrara.
Senators Millard and Burkett saw the
secretary of war this morning in an effort
to have Fort Niobrara designated as a
permanent artillery post, and also to see
what might be done for the improvement
of Fort Robinson. Secretary Taft stated
that the necessities of the service would
require the permanent enlargement of Fort
Robinson and the department had per-
fected plans to that end, provided congress
would AFFORD the required appropriation.
Upon learning these facts IL was agreed
that Senator Burkett should introduce n
bill in the senate today, appropriating
$500 600 to be expended at Fort Robinson
for permanent buildings and other necss-
sary works under plans furnished by the
war office. Both Senators Burkett and
Millard expressed the opinion today that
tho senate would pass the bill.
The secretary of war said further that
it was not the intention of the department
to abandon Fort Niobrara as a military
reservation, but that IL would be retained
for the regular annual maneuvers during
the summer where troops from all posts
would be assembled. The department in
the reorganization of posts is trying to
get larger bodies OF troops together. and
both Robinson and Niobrara are attrac-
tive TO them on account Of the largo
amount of land they contain.
Leasing Bill Approved.
Acting Secretary of the Interior Ryan
today transmitted to congress with his
approval a bill drawn by the director
OF the geological survey and approved by
the commissioner Of the general land Of
fice providing for leasing OF certain lands
for grazing purposes. The proposed bill
authorizes the secretary of the interior
TO withdraw from public entry and lease
for grazing purposes upon terms of pay
ment to be fixed by him any unoccupied
government land in any state or territory
wherein he deems it for the public interest
30 to do. preference being given TO owners
of stock who are settlers or residents in
the vicinity. and particularly TO such as
lease shall be made for period exceeding
five years and the proceeds derived from
the sale of leases shall be covered into the
reclamation fund. &c.,
Sale of Lands for Cemeteries.
Representative Martins cemetery bills,
which have passed the house. were favor
ably reported to the senate today from
the committee on public lands. These bills
direct the sale of public lands in South
Dakota which have been used for. burial
grounds. One directs the secretary of the
interior TO issue a patent to the Keystone
camp OF Modern Woodmen to a tract OF
nine acres near Keystone, Pennington
county, and the other is to issue patent
to ten acres OF land in Butte county to the
Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Little
Missouri congregation.
Minor Matters at Capital.
The application of Jacob Kroeker. j. J.
Kroeler. A. c. Neufeld. John ]. Goosen,
Abraham Franz and ID. J. Kroeker to or
ganize the First National bank OF Hender-
son, Neb.. with $4,000 capital has been APP
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