Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

t2O413; Twenty-second battery. t9OS.sl;
Twenty-iifth battery, }lSS.A; hospital
corps. S4S.bs. Another dividend will be de-
Beginning Sunday the Fort Riley, Hunt
club will hold weekly runs with the
hounds, starting from the kennels at $3.50
a. IN. each Sunday morning This sport
was very popular last year and the mem
bers are anticipating a great time during
the coming season. Lieutenant Moore Is
master Of hounds.
Lieutenant Glassford has made arrange
ments with the college Of Emporia for
game with the post team to be played on
Thanksgiving day at Athletic park.
Last summer Colonel Godfrey requested
that a riding hall be built at the post for
use by the field batteries, as the present
riding hall is inadequate for INSTRUCTION
purposes, for both cavalry and artillery.
This hall Is to be erected In the artillery
subpost and will have nc, connection with
the one that Is now being built In the
S 6y the i SEi artllery Organizations. The
request has recently been acted upon by
the chief of stan General Bell, who states
the purpose at the present time, II Is very
likely that they will be by the end OF the
i In a hard fought game on saturday, aft.
defeated the Wesleyan university by "a
throughout and neither side was penalized
for any infTaction OF the rules.
Fort Crook.
FORT CROOK, Neb, Nov. 17,--(Special)
The reception held by Mrs. Edward =.
Pratt on Thursday afternoon, was az
tended by a number OF prominent society
people from Omaha, as well as by all
the wives of the officers belonginE to the
post The reception was from $3.50 TO 5.39
?; m During the reGeR.o he an rSiTtesS.S
infantry orchestra
Miss Barry OF Morganheld, KY, is Wis
iting Captain and Mrs. Threlkeld at the
Miss Young Of Salt Lake City, is visit
Ing with Captain and Mrs. Guy q, Pal
Lieutenant f. d. warheld Thirtieth in
fantry, gave a theater party at the BOYD
on Saturday evening having as his guests
Or. T. L. Rhoads, Captain and Mrs Throl-
l1eld and Miss barry of Kentucky,
Major Charles Byrne, Thirtieth infantry,
left the post during the week, for Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, 10 DO present At the
examination of officers for promotion. be-
ing president Of the examining board.
Captain Waldo r. Ayre. adjutant OF
the Thirtieth Infantry viii command the
post during the absence OF Major Byrne.
Captain Jerry c. Springfield Of the Kan
sas National Guards has Joined the stu
dent officers school at this post for the
Owing to Indictment weather on wedues-
day, the First battalion OF the Thirteenth
Infantry had its weekly practice march
postponed until Friday, when the COM
panies made a twelve-mile march. Com
missary Sergeant John Salter returned TO
the post on Thursday night, from Aryada,
Wyo where he was sent in charge Of
the subsistence stores Tor use OF the
troops sent to, corral the Ute Indians;
Artihcers, Hendrix OF company b and
Readinger OF company Il" and Corporal
Baker of company "A" Thirtieth infantry,
were discharged during the week and left
the post for their homeg
Mrs. Johnson and baby, family of Major
Richard W. Johnson, surgeon Il. S. A.,
left the post during the week. paying a
visit to her parents, General and Mrs.
Thomas McGregor, at Benic!a, Cal, pre-
vious TO her departure TO join Major John
son at Havana, Cuba.
II Is expected and hoped that the kitch-
ems dining rooms and bath rooms, now In
Omaha. will be completed by Christmas
When these buildings are turned over TO
the organization for use II Is believed that
this post will be as desirable as any OF It's
size IN the United states, having acconm0-
dations for headquarters, band and two bat
talions OF infantry,
The following enlisted men have Joined a
class In algebra and International law,
which will be taught during the winter
months by Lieutenant George r.. Could,
Thirtieth infantry: Sergeants Dell Tim
brook and Wesley CHAMPION. hospital
geant Taylor and Corporal Hattie, Com
pany ID, Thirtieth infantry. Lieutenant
Gould Is a graduate OF West Point (hainE
appointed from Nebraska, In June. 1871.
and takes great interest IN the enlisted
mems school OF which he Is in charge.
Now that the stree. cars are running on
a REGULAR schedule n Is hoped that The In
terurban Street Railway company will take
early action I'M building waiting rOOmE or
station az Albright, Bellevue and Fort
Crook for the use 81 patrons while waiting
for a car Especially n this needed At
have 20 wait from twenty minutes 20 one