Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-06
NEWS FROM THE ARMY POSTS
Fort Riley.

FORT. RILEY, Kan, Aug, 5.-(special. =
post are being rapidly for% SIst srE
and Quartermaster General Charles r.
Humphrey, arrived here Monday night and
remained until Wednesday noon, looking
over available sites for barracks and quar-
ters for the two regiments of infantry,
battalion of engineers and companies OF
be sent here for station They were pre-
coded by Major T, II. slavens, quarter
masters department. and SUPERVISING En-,
last Friday and spent several days max
ing careful examination Of the ground
1t was practically determined to build
the barracks and quarters for one regiment
of infantry on the high ground known
as the ''hogback" near the artillery sub,
Just beyond and across One Mile creek.
The engineer battalion will be located
the ridge east OF the artillery subpost,
and the hospital corps company will be at
the post hospital. A large administration
hospital and the artillery subpost, occu-
plying a position which will command a
view Of the entire post. The present ad-
quarters for the cavalry subposa IL
will be necessary to greatly enlarge the
ana and the sum of sioo COO viii viii Be set apart
for that purpose. General Bell said that
while the work would be started at an
early date, It would probably be at least
and that 1t would require an expenditure
of about two million dollars. .
Wednesday morning the actual work OF
instruction at the camp began with In
Tense, with the different arms operating
Ave thousand iO men in the camp and the
arrival of the Nebraska militia today
will swell the number to nearly seven
thousand. The Eighteenth infantry ar
rived from Fort Leavenworth and went
into camp on Pawnee flats wednesday
morning There are over loo enlisted
Colonel z. A. Darlington, inspector gem
eral, arrived from Washington. Wednesday.
and will remain during the maneuvers as
Lieutenant Count, Albert Edward wilfred
! Gleichen, equerry TO the king and military
attache to the British legation at Wash
ington, will come to Fort Riley to observe
| the work of instruction at the camp,
His baggage arrived Wednesday, and the
count IS expected here early next week.
! number of artillery horses stampeded
Wednesday and escaped across the prairie,
aerd SaSEHs through Of 6s G
have been recaptured, but some OF them
are still at large.
! Second Lieutenant B. D. Doyle. Fifth
infantry. who graduated with the last
! class from the United States Military
academy at West Point, is visiting his
struction' in formation for attack and de-
| The force of civilian clerks at the camp
of Instruction has been working day and
night since their arrival and has sue
| ceeded in bringing order out of chaos
in the headquarters Office. Besides Chief
! Clerk Paul B. Harm. from department
| headquarters at Omaha, there are on duty
at the camp Civilian Clerks D. II. Heller
| of Omaha, r. M. Colby of Chicago, w.
! 8. Corcoran OF St. Louis, and j. M. La
throp OF New, York City.
Ben Clark. the oldest scout In the United
! States service. is accompanying the bat
TALON of. the Thrtieth infantry which
will arrive from Fort Reno, Okl., tomor-
row. Mr. Clark has been in the govern
| service and
has served under all the famous Indian
| fghtlng officers, Including Generals Gus
his advanced age, he is stin active and
Contract Dental Surgeon John D. MIL
likn is here from Fort Leavenworth for
duty during the maneuvers.
Lieutenant p. d. Glassford of the arttl-
speynd is as several weeks e cape Ts
MO, lnstructing the state militia there In
the use of the new field gun.
| Captain f. 8. Armstrong, Ninth cavalry
is entertaining Mrs. Walsh. wife OF Cap
tain r. d. Walsh, while the latter is on
duty as chief quartermaster OF the ma
The proposition to separate the offices
OF the post and constructing quartermasteI
at Fort Riley was Vetoed by the quarter
week. Two more civilian clerks will be
sent here from Washington at once, for
duty in the Cuartermaster's once.
Captain w. C. Short. Thirteenth cav
Ialry, Instructor. in equltation returned e
the post Tuesday after an absence OF
about month. Captain Short spent the
! entire time in the Vicinity OF Mexico
Mo, buying young horses TO be trained
by student officers during next years
course in equitation and horse training
! Fifty-six thTee-year-olds were purchased
and shipped here.
James Freeman, OF Junction City, Kan.
has been appointed carpenter at this pos
I at $500 per annum he having passed III
| civil service examination about a year ago
First Lieutenant. James Huston, Tent
! cavalry, stationed at Fort Washable, Wyo.
is here for observation and treatment Il
the post hospital
First Lieutenant F. J, Herman Mint
cavalry. will be IN command OF the ma
chine gun detachment OF the Ninth cav
airy which Is TO be stationed at Fort Riley
Colonel f. S. Godfrey Ninth cavalry
who was in command of the troops paT
ticipatinR In the BO-mile practice marcel
, visited old Fort Harker while at Ellis
worth Kan last week, and had mis- pic
! ture taken in front OF one of the oil
abandoned buildings where he served a
lieutenant in the Seventh cavalry in 1877
A lunch and confectionery stand is no'
= in operation In the street car station
, conducted by the post exchange. II Is dc
ing good business. and will be maintaine
until the close of the maneuvers
The frst squadTOns OF the Ninth an