, 1906-08-18

COuSeuL aiming tue OLlCeTS VI Tue reg
iment and the ladies themselves, fol-
lowing the lead of a soldier, was called
1.-The squaw camp" The soldier had
been an Indian fighter and the term,
"squaw camp" had to do with his
knowledge of the characteristics of the
Indians in the camps for the squaws
of the braves.
Papers Bad Break.
A day or two later the same paper
noted the presence somewhere about
the encampment of a camp of women
of the half world, who had also pitched
their tents near the tents of the sol
diers, and the paper very foolishly re-
ferred to this camp by the same desig-
nation that had been given the others.
The women of the Eleventh infantry
were justly indignant, and a strong
protest was sent to the editor of the
paper. The attention of the officers
of Albany county was also called to the
matter and the visit of the attorney
and the sheriff followed. Messrs. Dow
ney and Reals spent two days on the
reservation, locating the tent of two
women, a white and a negress,
the latter the wife of a former negro
from the service. They were ordered
to leave and did so. Their camp was
broken up and they were chased across
the border of the reservation. They
were not on the Frazer ranch, Mr..
Frazer giving them to understand that
they would not be permitted to camp
there.
Negro Given Roasting.
The husband of the negress was
before Commandant General Williams
yesterday, and the officer went for"
him in language that could not be mis-
understood. The negro was given to
understand that if he did not leave the
reservation with his wife they would
feel the stern hand of the military
department of the government in a
way hat would leave its mark for
some time. The negro promised to
leave the country and take the woman
with him.
Patrol Established.
Two other women of this class were
heard of, but vigorous effort on the
part of the officers failed to locate
them. Every part of the encampment
was visited, the officers calling at the
headquarters of each regiment, and
leaving word of the purpose of their
mission. The colonel Of each cavalry
regiment and the chief of staff had
men p~atrolling the lines of the reserve
today, with orders to rid the encamp-
ment of the presence of all such char
acters encountered.
Matter of Jurisdiction.
A somewhat novel proposition was
advanced by the commandant as to the
jurisdiction of the military authorities
on certain sections Of land on the
reserve. These are the sections be-
longing to the common school fund Of
the state. In many military reserva-
tons military jurisdiction has been
coded by act of congress, but such was
not the case in the Grow creek forest
reserve, and the military authorities
doubt their right to make civil arrests
thereon. They were told by the Of
fcials of Albany county to go ahead
and make the arrests, notifying the
officials here, who had jurisdiction to
punish. and the disposition, also, to
make it warm for offenders.
Athletic Sports at Reserve.
A baseball game is expected to oc-
cur tomorrow between a team from
this city and one from among the SOL
diers. There was to have been a
game here a Sunday or two ago, but
it was declared off for some reason.
The officers of the different organiza~
lions at the encampment have cleared
up a splendid tract for polo purposes
and games are being now arranged for.