Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-30
Fort Riley.

FORT RILEY Kan, April 29-(special.l
The graduating exercises of the speclal
ton for cavalry and field artillery are
being held today In the riding nan anu
at the shoeing shop. Inc progr4iin CU LII
trained horses and an exercise in horse
shoeng. A good many visitors are mere
All the wall conicaI wall and hospital
tents in the post were shipped to san
Francisco last Friday, in accordance WIN
headouarters First Lieutenant George w;
Winterburn, Ninth cavalry, VINO had
started for San Francisco at the first news
of the disaster, in order to look after the
welfare of his wife and child who were
there was recalled and placed in charge
of the, shipment with orders to report upon ppn
arrival to the commanding general OF the
Department of California for duty.
The members of the detachment OF bakers
tents since early spring, have been tenn
porarily housed in the old post exehango
building, the tents used by by them 9slns re-
The base ball team of the University OF
Nebraska will come to Fort Riley ana
play tse g9s tsaP On Wing has returned
to duty at this post, after having spent
month at Fort Omaha He Is under s % SToeIs
for duty. and win probably be gone about
First Lieutenant F. B. Hennessy, artil-
lery corps, is Offering reward for the
return to him of two lost strayed or stolen
horses.
building is being macadamized. The work
of buiidinR a sidewalk from the noncom-
missioned STAFF officers quarters to Sher1-
dan avenue has been finished. new SIDE
walk will soon be laid from the cavalry
headquarters and the quartermaster store
house to the railroad station. z,u.,,+
First Lieutenant w. w. Reno, assistant
surgeon, has gone to Washington, ID. c.,
to be examined for promotion.
The siege battery d at 5s and
overland to Fort Riley for its annual
season of target practice. 1t will be abb
sent from Fort Leavenworth Tor ABOUT
Mrs. Hennessy, wife of First Lieutenant
f. b. Hennessy, artillery corps VIII leave
for Washington, d. c., Monday, where She
will spend the summer visiting with her
parents, Surgeon General and Mrs, O'Reilly.
Herman w Cramer, clerk in the office
of the most and constructing quartermaster,
left this week for La Crosse kan.' the nome
of his wifes parents for short VISIT, a1ter
which Mrs. Cramer will return with him 10
the post He was recently sent. here from
the ONCE of the duartermaster general IN
Washington having expressed preference
The discharge OF the morning and even
ing gun at the post has been doing consid-
cradle damage to dwelling mouse nearby
occupied by an employe of the quarter
masters department. Considerable OF the
plaster has been loosened and Jared on:
The charge in the gun mas neem re 20 Geo
by one-haf TO avoid iurther INJURY '" 'he
house. 1900. l., a. :
A shooting gallery has been opened In the
basement OF the post exchange; me e&.
change offers as a prize for the mghest
score made in given period a hne solo
watch. -.
Telegraphic advice has been received from
washington to the effect that Captain Ar
thur Edwards of the subsistence depart
ment. who was under orders to report at
this post to relieve Captain M. s. Murray as
post commissary and officer In charge OF
the training school for bakers and COOKS,
will be retained in San Francisco FOR the
time being to assist In the relief work
there AS Captain Murray's health is In
such a condition as to render II necessary
that he be relieved at once, Second Lieu
tenant c F. Hathaway, Ninth cavalry,
was detailed Wednesday for that duty. cap
tain Murray will leave at once for north
eastern Canada in search Of health.
Fifty per cent of the command will be
excused from duty next Saturday to at
tend the base bali games at Fort LeaVen-
worth.
OF the special class detailed from among
the graduates of the United States Military
academy last year to attend the school OF
application for cavalry and field artillery,
and which graduates this week, Leuten-
ants Gardiner, Lyman and Hensley VIII be
relieved from duty at the school and Or
dered to join their proper stations on May
l. The others, Lieutenants Dillman Scott
Dallam, Dickey and Talbot, will remain at
the post another month in order to take
the course OF instruction for cooks in the
training school for bakers and cooks.