Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-14
Fort Riley.

FORT RILEY, KAN May l3.-(Special.)
Of the School of Application for Cavalry
and Field Artillery, which the War de-
partment now has under consideration,
dent officers from the service at large to
attend the school during the year, begin
ming with the first of next November. To
accommodate these. together with the four
officers of the Mexican army and one from
the Gautamalan army, who are to enter
the school at the same time. will require
the construction either of additional Of
ficers' quarters or Of a dormitory for stu
dent officers. Plans and specifications have
been drawn and submitted to the War de-
partment for remodeling the old Post Ex-
change building, now vacant, into a dor
m 9nity to aiec o. twenty-four Of
will be approved. Plans have also been
submitted for remodeling the old guard
building for the cavalry subpost.
Captain w. NJ. Whitman of the Thir-
teenth cavalry has been detailed to the
orders to come here from Fort Myer, Va,
to relieve Captain Leon NJ. Roudiez as
post and constructing quartermaster at
Captain Roudiez will be sent.
Lieutenant Colonel j. M Banister. med
ieal department post surgeon. has gone to
Washington for examination and treatment
at the army medical college. He sus-
tanned a broken arm and other severe in
jurles last fall, when his horse ran away,
and It is believed that he resumed his
duties too soon, as his arm is now giving
him much trouble.
Major and Mrs. George H. Morgan an
nounce the engagement of their daughter,
Mary, to Lieutenant Clarence Kumukoa
Lyman of the Fourth cavalry. Lieutenant
Lyman is descendant of a distinguished
Hawaiian family. After graduating from
the military academy at West Point last
summer, he was sent here 10 take spe-
cial course In the school of application
and II was here that the young couple
became acquainted. The wedding will take
place after his return from the Philippine
efa Nxba ha ha
Musician ]. Price, Seventh battery, field
artillery, was discharged last week and left
for his home In Chicago. He has accepted
a position with Fields Ministries, with
which organization he travelled for some
time before enlisting in the army.
Captain w. L. kenly, artillery corps, has
returned from leave OF absence spent in
Washington and has resumed command OF
The post polo team has been recognized,
with most of the officers of the garrison
as members. Practice has been resumed
and is being carried on vigorously.
Captain NJ. S. Murray post cOmmlssary,
left last week for northeastern Canada
where he will remain for several months
will stop at Collingswood, o., for rev
days to visit his mother.
Major James i. Lusk OF the engineer
corps and Mrs. Lusk, who have been, visit
| ing their daughter. Mrs. billiard, during
! the winter, have gone 70 Detroit, Mich
where Major Lusk is ordered 10 take sta
Alter triumphal tour of four days the
! Fort Riley base ball team returned 10 me
| every day they were out from the Ottawa
university nine. the Haskell Indians the
| Fort LeaVenWorth team and the team at
| Al Marv's, Kan. They are now looking
/ for more worlds to conquer;
| case of measles has developed IN the
family of Captain Lannins Parsons Nhth
! cavalry and his quarters are In quarah-
| Mater Granger Adams, artillery corps,
] opera
/ tiOn for appendicitis as 70 De aDle 10 DE
out and around He Will not, however,
| be able 10 resume his duties Tor several
| Persistent rumors come from Washington
| to the effect that the general stan Is about
! to recommend to congress that Fort Riley
| be made brigade post:
| First Lieutenant a. II. Sunderland, ar
| tilleTy corps, now on detached service at
| the military academy, viii return to this
! post on the first of next month for duty
] during the summer with the TWenty-ntth
! field battery. He will return to West Point
| in the fall
| OF the sum appropriated by congress for
/ the improvement of target ranges ana gal
! leres $4,000 has been allotted by the War
| department for finishing the national range
/ at Fort Riley, in order that the national
competitions may be held here in future.
4 The work OF completing the range will be
! begun soon and pushed forward as rapidly
Sixteen OF the new Williams targets have
! been received and set up al the target
! range, where they will be thoroughly
| tested during this target season.
| Mrs. Slocum, wife OF Major II. j. Slo-
| cum, Second cavalry, has gone 10 Fort
| Leavenworth where she is the guest of
| Mrs. Swift.
| All officers OF this command were assem-
| bled in the post administration building at
| s O'Clock Thursday evening TO have their
| attention called by the commanding officer
| to the recent orders OF the War department
| requiring them 10 promptly answer ofticial
| communications. Colonel Godfrey read
! them the riot act.
| training school for bakers and cooks hav-
| ing clearly demonstrated his inability 20
cook and handle the army ration, was re-
| lieved from duty at the school Wednesds y
| and sent 10 Fort LeavenwOrth, where he
was assigned 70 the Eighteenth infaRtry
! as private