Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-16
NEWS FROM THE ARMY POSTS


Fort Riley.
FORT RILEY. Kan. July n..-(Special.)-
ActinE under Geographic orders from de-
partment headquarters, practically the en-
tire garrison, with the exception Of the
Twenty -ffth field battery, will leave the
post tomorrow morning to participate in
the preliminaries OF the maneuvers to be
held here this summer The second SQUAD
ron of the Second cavalry Will go into
camp on Pawnee fats, being the first troops
to encamp at Fort Riley. The rest Of the
garrison will start on a 2O-mtle practice
march. The main column, consisting Of
the headquarters, band, the first squadron
the Thirteenth cavalry, the two horse bat
teries of artillery and a detachment Of the
Golpnsl 70 q Godfrevl Ninth esYairv. viii
proceed westward, going as far as Ellis
worth. Kan. The other column. composed
OF the Seventh, Sixteenth (slege) and Twen-
ty-second batteries, under the command OF
Major F.. u. Hoyle, artillery corps, will
II will be Joined by the organizations en-
route from Fort Leavenworth and the
march will then be continued by circuit
tous route to Kansas Falls, where the two
columns will be consolidated, and on Au-
gust the entire column forming an army
Of between 5000 and 1000 men, Will march
from Kansas Falls through Junction City
to the post and go into camp on Pawnee
fats TO participate in the maneuvers. The
returning column will be several miles long
and will contain representatives OF every
arm of the service.
The Twenty-hfth battery. field artillery.
morrow. as It has just returned from a
march OF equal distance to and from
Seneca, Kan, where II went to participate
with the citizens In the celebration OF In
dependence day.
Captain r. s. Armstrong, Ninth cavalry,
will remain in command of the post during
the absence OF the organizations Tor the
remainder Of the month. From tomorrow
until August there will be a smaller num-
Der Of soldiers at Fort Riley than at any
time since the war OF 1925
A statement showing the order in which
has been published. Those OF Nebraska
will come first They are to be here from
August to II. The Kansas troops will
come next, followed in order by Missouri,
Iowa and Oklahoma. This plan will keep
about 1900 militiamen in the camp con-
tinuously, in addition to about 1000 regu-
lars.
After several months Of agitation OF the
subject, telegraph office has been opened
in the post administration building, and all
official kilograms will hereafter be handled
by Signal Sergeant KerriRan, who is in
charge OF the office. The telegraphio bust
ness at the post has been so heavy of late
as to make Il necessary to keep an orderly
constantly on duty carrying messages to
and from the railroad station.
Announcement il made OF the engage
ment of Miss Glare Randolph Sellman to
Second Lieutenant L. II. McKinlay OF the
artillery corps. Miss Sellman is a niece OF
Captain T. Bentley Mott Lieutenant Nc
Kinlay il on duty with the Second field
battery at this post.
The gunners' examining board completed
its work here and the members left the
first of the week for their proper stations,
l. II. Masters is spending the summer at
the post in the employ of the post exchange.
Mr. Masters for some time was local secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton here, and ia now working his way
through college.
About the last piece of work done by
Captain M. s. Murray commissary, before
he went on sick leave this spring was the
invention and perfection of a folding canvas
bread trough. This trough has received the
enthusiastic approval of the commtssaTS'
dpDa Ftment. t1A officers pNDrecSinHt. the be-
lief that IL will revolutionize bread-making
in the field. II can be used for various
horses. washing clothes. or even as a bath
tub. When not in use IL can be folded into
be transported on pack mule.
Captain Sigworth came up from Kansas
City Tuesday and on Wednesday paid the
enlisted men of this command.
The old 12-pOund bronze field gun, which
has done service as sunset gun at this post
for many years and which has been dis
carded for more modern piece, has been
presented to the town OF Junction City by
virtue OF an act of congress passed at It's
Junction City soon and placed in the city
park.
Nine carloads Of horses were received
at the post Monday from Seattle. Wash
These horses are TO fill the shortages I'm
the troops and batteries stationed here, and
also for use during the maneuvers. on
Tues6 n stampede occurred among them
ana In their frenzy of fright many Of them
broke out. Of the corral. number OF the
across the prairie, but most OF them were
recaptured by,a detail Of mounted soldiers
Dental Surgeon F. F: Wing went to Fort
d. A. Russell Wyo this week, where he
is to take station.
1t rs announced that the secretary OF
war will visit this post in october to
familisrize himself with the conditions here
before the plan for making Fort Riley a
brigade post is finally approved.
During the maneuvers the Seventh and
Twentieth horse batteries OF artillery will
be organized into horse battalion, which
will form part Of the cavalry command.
The Second Tenth, Twenty-second. Twen-
ty-fifth, Twenty-ninth and Thirteth bat
teries will be organized into a provisional
regiment OF field artillery, while the two
siege batteries will form a separate batta-
lion. Colonel r. S. Grimes Will command
the provisional regiment.
Two special trains arrived at the post
from Fort Leavenworth yesterday, carrying
the pontoon outfit, telegraph and telephone
equipment OF the battalion OF engineers
and signal corps detachment Company X
OF the engineer battalion accompanied the
trains and will remain In charge OF tho
property until the maneuvers begin.