Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14
Fort Riley.

Fort Riley.
FORT RILEY. Kan. Jan. B.-(specisl.)--
by Private William A. Pfannkuche, Troop
A. Eleventh cavalry, last week, died last
Friday, and Pfannkuche will have to stand
trial for the crime of killing him. The pre-
liminary trial occurred yesterday and he
was bound over to the next session Of the
district court His brother is here from
Austin, Tex, and has engaged firm OF
attorneys to defend him.
Post 6ommissary Sergeant Joseph Blessing
left for New York city, where he will be
assigned to duty on the army transport
sailing for the Philippines by the eastern
, the islands for about thirteen months.
| The War department has issued orders
II. Steiner, now az waIia WaIlas Wash. to
proceed to Fort Riley for duty with the
J training school for bakers and cooks. He
will relieve Sergeant Edwin +. Lear, who
is ordered to assume the duties reiin-
pushed by Sergeant Ziesing In the ONCE
of the post commissary.
Second Lieutenant III. A. Meyer OF the
Thirteenth cavalry was relieved. and Sec
ond Lieutenant y. " Armstrong Of the
instructor in calisshenics in the cavalry
Five men of the Twenty-fourth infantry
have been transferred to the Ninth cavalry
| and ordered to this post for duty with the
| First squadron. These men have less than
| six months of service each, and they
do not intend TO re-enlist and the Twenty
fourth infantry ~ under orders to go to the
I Philippines the transfer was made.
strSetng auSrtermsster. 1 viii O next ' week week.
go on leave OF absence for about a month.
The baker, FSr sa RsSw for the last
which amount was divided among the
organizations serving at the post. The
previous quarter, which Is accounted for
by asSreas ohn IN Ne eESe Of hour
ing and paid the men of this command on
Friday. The members OF the detachment
81 bakers and cooks were paid by check
The earthquake last Sunday evening
badly frightened number of people in
done
A circular has been issued by the COM
mSnding Sfieer Of the the. cavalry sH6possI
habit OF overturning garbage cans viii be
killed. \ wholesale massacre of dogs IL
Lieutenant s. u. Pearson. Ninth cavalry
spent several days in Kansas city testify
ing at the trial OF the two negro soldiers
with murder committed here last summer.
Major John NJ Banister medical depart
ment post surgeon, is rapidly recovering
from his serious injury caused some time
ago by his horse running away. radio
graph was taken Of his broken .shouldel
bones to be in their proper positions.
When Private Albert J. Laste of Tia,
ked N n,n ssmSe " a neld STsrs Es
summer his father requested that the bod,
be sent to him at New York City. which
was done. the enty-ninth guaranteeins
the payment OF the cost In case the quar-
| termaster's department could not defra,
the expense. The comptroller of the treas
ury has just decided that such expens.
cannot be borne by the government excep
when a soldier dies while on foreign serv
Toe. The battery. therefore, must pay IN,
amount by individual subscription.
During the last six months Of the yea
1900 there were 30 assertions from tn.
service at this post.
Captain George III. Cameron. Fourth
cavalry. has finished packing his persona
effects preparatory 10 hts departure fo'
| the philippines and IL nov waiting for l
decision upon his application TO go by wa,