Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31

THE UNA
building was turned down by the quarter
master general
rejoined the garrison after having been
absent since last fall on detached service
with the army a pacihcatiOn In Havana
Cuba. Upon being relieved from duty at
he availed himself Of leave OF absence
for one month.
cavalry, has been appointed corporal and
Corporal Prior OF the same organization Is
now a sergeant
Captain r. {, williams. Thirteenth cav
airy, has been relieved from duty on re-
cruitng service and has been ordered to
join his regiment. Captain Williams has
been stationed for the past few months
at Phoenix, A. T. This station has been
ordered abandoned, however, as It was not
q success.
talned their friends on Saturday evening
with a hop. About two hundred couples
were present from the post and Junction
City.
Captain Mott entertained at dinner on
Saturday night. The guests were Major
and Mrs. Lewis and Captain and Mrs.
Captain Tnford, Second cavalry. is At for
duty again, after being sick In quarters
several days last week
Ninth cavalry band and ordered transferred
TO the Fifteenth cavalry band stationed In
10
Principal Musician Thompson is in charge
of the band and there is probability that
he may succeed Mr.. Gungl as leader
Lieutenant Gordon returned on Monday
from a leave OF absence spent in the east
First Sergeant Beible, troop A, Thirteenth
cavalry, who has been on forlough during
the first of the week. Mrs. Beible is much
better and is on the way 70 recovery
Captain +. A. Dean, Medical department.,
has been ordered to accompany the Ninth
cavalry squadron to the islands, where he
will report to the commanding general or
The field artillery examining boards COM
pleted the examination OF officers who were
sent here for examination and have all
departed for their respective posts.
The wrestling match which took place
in Junction City on Monday night between
PTiyates temple Iro0P d. second s,, Gavi
In a victory for the latter.
Colonel Macomb gave an interesting talk
on "The Russian Cavalry in Manchuria"
to the officers in the assembly hall on
Thursday evening. AS his remarks were
illustrated by the steropticon the subject
was made dOubly interesting to his listen
ers. Colonel Macomb dealt with the or
ganizatiOn Of the Russian cavalry, dress,
equipment, the worth Of the individual sol
dier as lighting man, the operations Of
the cavalry at Laiyang, Mukden and the
Shao Many incidents that came under
his observation while attached to the Rus
sian army as an observer were related
while anecdotes full of dry humor brought
out many laugh. He spoke of the famous
COSSack VINO made NapOleOn'S life q bur-
den on the retreat from Moscow, and who
churian campaign. He stated that in hill
work he was so out Of place that he was
treated with contempt by the Japanese.
A board has been ordered to meet on
April ! to appraise the value of the post
exchange in order that 1t may be known
what amount shall be paid the band and
Troops A, 3, G and b, Ninth cavalry
when they withdraw from that Institution
the value of the exchange has Increased
since the Ninth came to the garrison, the
value of the shares will be accordingly
greater. The following officers compose the
poard; Major Lewis, Thirteenth cavalry;
SSaptaiin e 3 Armstrong, Ninth cavalry;
Private Louis N. Cody, Second battery
was appointed corporal last week
and John Beaver Hospital corps, to &C
company the Ninth cavalry squadron to
the islands, has been revoked.
day afternoon, east Of Three Mile iiIse creek Sel
The start was made from the kennels at
~, o CLOCK; After the chase all assembled at
the spring near the Twenty-second battery
NIL where luncheon was served in true pic
Priyates Smith, Culp and Yuhaas. Troon
corporals.
The field artillery board is experimenting
the on horse eliminated. As the necessity
for its being included I'm the equipment has
passed, and IT but adds weight for the ami
NAL TO carry, 1t is thought best to discard
IL, The board is also considering the adj
Instability of changing the mogul springs
the sngletree to the end that is attached
to the collar, as the contraction of the
spring often rubs the hair and hide from
the hind legs Of the horses.
The following promotion and appoint
nents were made in the cavalry subpost
last week: To be sergeant, Corporal Will
porals, Lance Corporals Mitchell Troop F,
Second cavalry, and Monroe and PriVates
Booth, Myer and Thompson, Farrier Pila-
Tbjrtssntb csraiT y' pri,Sn tas Troop
Hawthorne, Troop, G, Second cavalry
1t has Deen aScertained by the secretary
OF war that there Is not enough OF the olive
the service, so the order directing the is
sue will be withheld indefinitely
The opening OF the local base bali season
is rapidly approaching In a little over
week the first game will be played with the
Agricultural college team at Manhattan
completed all arrangements for the season
and the team itself Is in good shape.
The athletic management held a meeting
last Sunday morning in the post assembly
ready been formulated The result was
that no changes would be made
the work Of making the Identification
records OF the enlisted men of the garrison
is progressing satisfactorily although neces-
sarily the work is slow. Many of the rec
ords are returned from Washington on ac-
count of the data furnished by the organ
izatlon commanders having been incor-
rectly given. % course this data is COM
pared with the enlistment papers on file
In Washington. Saturday the corps COM
pleted the tabulating OF Troop G, Ninth
cavalry, which made about 400 men who
have been handled under the new system.
The records of the following organizations
have been made: Troop G, Second cavalryi
Thirteenth cavalry squadron; Troop A, b
and 9, Ninth cavalry; portion of the
Hospital corps and the general prisoners.