Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-20
ARMY NEWS Mu GOSSIP.
Fort RILEY.

Fort RILEY.
FORT RILEY, Kan, Aug. 1s-(special.)
! The long contemplated polo tournament.
/ with the teams representing Forts Leaven-
! worth and Riley and the Missouri Hunt
! club of Kansas city and the Polo CLUB of
| Junction City competing. commenced at
| the Post Atheltlc park on Thursday after
/ noon, despite the sweltering weather. The
program of play was as follows: Fort
| Riley first team against Junction City;
| Fort Riley second team against Fort
| Ieavenworth. both on Thursday afternoon,
| the winner Of these two matches to fight
! 1t out on Friday to see which should line
( up against Missouri on Saturday afternoon.
ton City, Y. Fort Riley's second team
| and Fort Leavcnworth went at II hammer
| set of players evenly matched, although
| Fort Rlleys second team put it over the
| visitors by score OF TO "a. Thursdays
| contest between the first and second Fort
Riley teams naturally created a great deal
| of Interest, as IL decided which one should
| have the honor of lining up against the
| cracks of the Missouri Hunt club from
| Kansas City. The first team would not
! be denied, however. and, although the sec
| ond four played the limit they went down
| TO defeat by score of to /. The play
| ing of Captain Lassiter for the first four
| was exceptionally brilliant.
The rivalry between the base ball teams
| of the different organizations in camp is
/ keen and some good games are promised
| during the next few weeks. on Friday
! the crack team of the Thirtieth infantry
| from Fort Crook put IL over the Ninth
cavalry team by score of Is to On
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ence of several thousand spectators, the
! Thirtieth infantry team went down to hon
! representing the Twenty-ninth field bat
| terry from Fort Leavenworth. Thirteen
| innings were necessary to decide the ques-
| of dollars changed hands over the result.
! The Twenty-nlnth field battery won out
by score Of to .; Tomorrow the all
| the Eighteenth infantry from Fort Leaven-
| worth and on the day following the same
team will lock horns with the Thirtieth
! General Whit and Colonel Sharpe, his
! chief of staff, were thrown from the gov
! eminent automobile one day last week
| while following the maneuvers! The ma
chine was speeding over some rough
| ground when a depression. hidden by the
! long bunch grass, was struck The auto
mobile bounced in the air throwing the
| officers named several feet high, but
Miss Mary Weston of Marysvllle. Kan,
/ is visiting with her cousin, Mrs McNair,
| Of the artillery garrison.
The body of a dead man, which proved
| to be the remains of Arthur Baxter of
| South Bend, Ind, were found on a sand
bar of the river on the reservation last
week, Identification being made by letters
| in the dead mans clothing. The remains
| were Inferred In the post cemetery after
| the city authorities had been notified.
! The new hospital has been occupied by
| the hospital corps detachment and Is now
! being used as a base for the field hospital,
which is located in camp Some interior
| finishings OF a minor character VIII be
completed as occasion permits.
| Lieutenant Colonel J. M Banster of the
medical department, accompanied by Mrs:
| Banster, left this week for the lakes of
Wisconsin. where they will be for month
! while the colonel is on sick leave of abb
! sence for one month: Miss Banister,
daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Banister, has
| returned to the post after an extended
stay at Indianapolis.
! The Eleventh battery (siege), in COM
/ mand of Captain Clint G. Hearn, artillery
corps arrived in camp on Sunday after
noon after hard march of ten days from
! Fort Leavenworth. The organization has
| but recently arrived in this section from
/ Fort Adams, r. l., where it was stationed
! Tor the past year following the destruction
! of it's quarters at Fort Hamilton IN. ID
Mrs. Eli d. Hoyle, wife of Major Hoyle,
artillery corps, entertained with a dinner
on The SuI First and second ArHansss regiments
of infantry merged into one provisional
regiment about 800 strong, under the com
mand of Colonel Henry Stroup OF Paris,
Ark, came in on Sunday in three trains
and went into camp on the grounds vacated
that day by the Nebraska troops. Both
organizations are perfectly equipped and al
though the week has been an extremely hot
one, they have stood up to the hard work
manner There have been numerous pros
trations among their number from neat
but still the work of instruction goes on
and each day when taking their part In the
exercises they go into the field with heavy
marching order. The Arkansans leave Tor
their native heath on Sunday morning. =,
! South Dakota will send but a battalion OF
infantry here instead of regiment as was
| first intended. ..
Thirteenth cavalry, who was recently oper-
ated upon is well upon the road TO con-
valesence,
! Lieutenant Colonel A. c. Sharpe, Thirtieth
| infantry left here the first of the week for
4 Tuscrawas county, Ohio, where with sew
eral other officers of the regular army, they
/ will be on duty with the Ohio national
guard during its annual encampment. Be
fore proceeding to the place of encampment
Colonel Sharpe in company Win TN tne e orner
| of the state relative to the course OF In
struction to be prescribed for the state
Major Stivers purchasing commissary at
| Kansas City, Mo-, was in the post the hrst
| of the week in connection with the closing
| Of q large contract for flour which is 10 De
Captain Claude b. Sweeney, paymaster,
from the Headquarters ONCE IN , Im,a ma
troops assembled here in the camp OF IN
| struction- About 600oO was paid out on
Saturday, which makes the largest arnouht
ever distributed to a command at this point.
! Captain Hansford Thelkeld, THIRTEEN IN.
fantry. has been on detached seryice az
| Fort Sheridan, ILL.,. attending the DIVISION
| rife competition which was held at that
| point. -. g.,
the memory of the oldest inhahitant but
| in snIte Of the weather the work OF instruc-
tion as mapped out by the commanding
general, has been carried out according 70
Schedule. The health of the command Is
excellent, about eighty being the number
! carried on sick report, the majority q
tvpboid has developed but this was con-
tracted while on the march here The
| weeks instruction program has included the
! S,eoosjtion az troops for security and In
Formation while on the march, and has been
| confined TO troops and companies and pat
| wifi be instructed in regimental and brigade
formations
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