Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-01

has three clerks to assist him in the office
work. The headquarters of the bureau is
in the postoffice building at South Omaha,
occupying the entire second floor of the
building.
The work OF the microscopic division is
to make tests and examinations for
trichina in pork products The inspection
OF cattle is made both of the living and
slaughtered animal, and applies not only
to meat products for foreign shipment.
but for the domestic trade. The slaugh-
tered product is stamped by the govern
ment showing that II has passed through
the hands Of the government inspectors
and is At for food. Each packing estab-
lishment has its official number and all
inspected products from that establishment
bear its number.
The stock is both inspected In the stock
yards and in the packing plants, different
inspectors being employed in the different
locations. Eevery head OF live stock re-
ceived at the Omaha stock yards is in
spected, as is all products that go out
from the packing houses. The inspection
bureau has been established here about
fifteen years
Fort Omaha and Signal Corps.
During the year 1905 the old military post
reoccupied as a United States military gar
rlson. 1t is to be made the principal signal
corps station of the United States army.
with all the necessary appliances for in
structing soldiers In military signaling.
Thus far during the year, for rebuilding
Fort Omaha S31s,O0O he's been expended, in
Guiding existing contracts The new build
ings consist OF the complete remodelling
mi ctr hui
handsome double barracks building, with a
fine mess hall; several new officers guar
| tiers. new hospital. two additional bar
racks buildings, wagon shed, two quarter
masters storehouses new guardhouse and
| all the old buildings remodelled and mod.
/ ernly equipped. The new barracks, hospital
and officers quarters are now complete to
| the roof, and with ten days more of fair
| building weather all the buildings will be
under roof A new Railway spur has been
run into the grounds 10 facilitate shipments
| OF supplies. The fort has also been equipped
with modern fire fighting apparatus and
| two government automobiles are used be.
| tween the post and city and for general
field and signal service.
| The fort is at present garrtsoned by Com
panies B and D, Signal corps. United States
army. Major Eugene o. Fechet, chief sig,
nal ofhcer Of the Department Of the Mis-
souri,. is in command of the post. The
a, other officers are Captain H. s. Hathaway
| First Lieutenants l. P. Butler and E. Al,
exus 'Jeunet. Company B; Captain Otto A
Nesmith, Company D. and Contract Surgeon
James S. Kennedy.
Department of the Missouri.
The military Department of the Missouri
is comprised OF the states OF Iowa, Ne,
braska, South Dakto, Wyoming Except thai
part included in the Yellowstone park
Kansas and Missouri. The following mill.
tary posts are in the department: Fort
Crook, seven miles south OF the city OF
Omaha; Fort Omaha, within the corporate
limits of Omaha; Fort Niobrara, near the
town OF Valentine; Fort Robinson, neal
the town OF Crawford all in the state OF
Nebraska; Fort Des Moines. Ia. Forts
Leavenworth and Riley. kan; Forts d. A
Russell Washable and Mackenzie, wyo.
and Fort Meade, S. d. In addition to these
is the big quartermaster depot at Omaha.
The official stan OF the department is az
follows; Brigadier General Theodore ]
Whit, u. S. A, commanding the depart.
ment; Major Charles r. Noyes, military
secretary; Major NJ. G. Zalinski. CHIEF
quartermaster; Lieutenant Colonel John C
Muhlenberg chief paymaster; Major E. o
Fechet, chief signal officer; Captain VIII,
liam G. Doane. Judge advocate; Captain
Theodore B. Hacker. chief and purchasing
commissary: Major Richard w. Johnson
acting chief surgeon; inspector OF small
arms practice. First Lieutenant Charles c
Allen, the latter being also aide-de-camp or
the stan OF the commanding officer Off
GERS of the pay department in duty at de-
| Quart erma afer'a neaat
A very important military establishment
CONNECTED With and inside ths city Unit.