Omaha daily bee., 1907-11-24

The first camp out Of Ieaveuworth was
/ a distance OF fifteen miles on the banks )f
the Big Stranger The weather was get
/ ting considerably cooler and the nights
/ were rather unpleasant as consequence
The next days march was to Lawrence
! Nothing Of interest happened there and
/ the next afternoon found the soldiers At
/ Topeka once more. The hrst camp out OF
! Topeka was at Rossville, and the next day
| they started for Wamego. The twenty
three miles into Wamego was the most un.
/ pleasant feature OF the whole trip. II had
! turned intensely cold and half the distance
| was covered by the men walking and lead
] ing their mounts. Hardly a cigarette was
| smoked during the day. simply because
! the mems hands were so benumbed from
the cold II was impossible to roll them.
! Manhattan. was next, and here the troops
laid over until the 18th Everyone was in
! vited to the skating rink and quite num-
Der avsiled themselves OF the privilege.
Shortly after noon on the 18th the squad
| rons were once more In tho post.
! Although the march was anything but
| pleasant on account OF the weather, there
/ were many compensations. With one eN-
| ceptlon everyone was hospitRble. At Osa-
| wake, where the wagons failed to arrive
| and where there was no grub In Conse.
uuence, a restaurant keeper raised his prices
100 per cent The word soon went round
and he was without a customer as far as
! the soldiers were concerned.
Fort Riley's first and second teams went
down TO defeat at Junction City and Hum
/ Doldt, Kansas, on the Smoky Hill polo
/ field last sunday afternoon. Although Fort
Riley played an average game they were
far outclassed by the mallet work, riding
and team work OF their opponents. Riley
scored twice, but on errors and safeties the
score OF both teams was reduced making
the score as follows at the end: Fort Riley
easy victor over the posts second team
and from the start the officers did not have
greatly within the past month and at the
end of the play the score stood as follows
Fort Riley, o: Humboldt, A.
The Fort Riley Hunt club has added
a Az.
kennels and as soon as the rest Of the dogs
ordered arrive they will have one of the
bcst II not the best pack in this part Of the
| country. Sunday the members rode over
/ the reservation in quest of game, but with
the exception of several jack rabbits, were
unable to raise anything. The dogs run
jack gets away from them. There are quite
a number Of coyotes on the reservation and
the officers are looking forward to some
good runs.
The student cooks and bakers and thosa
OF the farriers and horseshoers school left
the post on the 18th instant having taken
courses. The cooks and bakers have been
in camp in the cavalry parade this fall and
as the weatehr was getting pretty cold for
the new class they were moved in the far-
| riers and horseshoers barracks, whose
I next school does not start until after the
| first Of next year,
The new quartermaster storehouse at this
post which has been under construction for
. several months has been almost completed.
This building has been badly needed by the
quartermaster's department for the oast
two or three years, owing to the increased
demands for storage, caused by the rapid
growth of the post
Chaplain c. NJ. Brewer 9Th field artillery
who recently arrived at the post will con-
duct the Sunday evening services at the
post chapel. Chaplain (Father) Murphy of
the 7th cavalry conducts the morning SER
vices.
The field artillery board at this post has
been conducting some experimental hring
the past fourteen days. Both direct and in
been used. Common and shrapnel have
been fired in this test. Excellent results
have been attained.
Murphy, Seventh cavalry has provided the
soldiers at the post with a skating rink
The post gymnasium has been htted up
for this purpose. One hundred pair of
roller skates have been purchased and
dime is charged for the use of them for
the entire evening. The rink Is considered
the best in the army and also in the state
The hospital corps has organized a foot
ball team and It has scheduled game with
have good teams and fast game is ex-
pfFRso' Tke sixth Fieid artiileTy, band has re-
ceiYed all it's instrum ents and the organi-
zation is now twenty-one strong. They
are expected to be turned for duty with the
regiment within a few days, although at
treat. Two fine musicians were gained
in the parsonage of Frank Frank and Paul
speak or understand English but are said
, to be two OF the finest musicians in the
service. An orchestra has been organized
and many engagements have been secured
for the coming season, among which Is
the opera house at Junction city. Mr.
= Herzog, chief musician, has made fine
progress in the development OF his band
, and in the opinion Of many. It Will soor
prove to be one OF tho best mounted
| organization in the service, Since the de-
parture Of the Ninth Coast Artillery corps
band in 1894 the artillery post has beer
without a band.
18th instant by Cantain Samuel F. Daliam
, paymaster United States army.
The roads at this post are being put
| in good condition bY contractors This Is
a great helm for durlnr the Amy season
here the roads ore in had shane.
On a record breaking ride IN the annals
OF the United states army and on wager
IN which hundreds Of dollars changed
hands, Captain George II, Williams
Seventh cavalry, rode to Fort Leavenvortf
from thia place on tho same mount IT
forty-one hours and fifty-two minutes. Cap
tain Williams mounted on hts own horse
left here ct 8 o'clock Thursdav mornina
and arrived at Fort Leavenworth at l:5.
Saturday morning covering distance Of
at this most when he left bv officer
DESIGNATED for the purpose and his arrva
was taken at Fort Leavenworth IN Ike
latter most saws that both rider and mount
were In condition to make the return tr'p
which means great zeal TSal FOR the name
mount At the time the wager was mad
; the Seventh cavalry had tust returned
from Forth Teaverworth m n twentv-ons
davs' uractica rrarrh. The bet was n
the prrect that CRntain Williams could not
return TO Teavsnwo-th m the same moun'
, IN less than fortv-two hours. Al first
hut two officers we're concerned IN the hot
/ hut whom the npws hecaue general thew
were others who tnob sides the nrnn0s'.
t'op and as a result several hundred ~
aoliars wae MT IN. Cartatr williams who
"a an evcolient ho~sennan hel'"vod that The
ride could he made and obtained leave NJ
absence FOR the nurnNse We arr'wsd n
posev'lIe at 2 O'c'ocL that even'ne. .
distance NJ about h'tv-fve U0ies Nv wa gor
~oaS s~o~, F0r+ puev. TTero his horsS
yv~s staNlad r''hNaS DOWN ard U'ate~sd and
fed while he ohtPired hurr'ed EuOner a.
J nearby lnrch r0o-o Tho r'de ~ s''-tas~
-~tlns fror' tNAra irt0 Tone'ya was made "
tre earlv urorr'n0 bows v'NaU hoth ~'Ha'
and mount rastad ur|U about o'cloc-
, -r-ron the rISa was a~ain resu-ned. Th'
last stage ~ tho r'Ae was ove- hnlv coun,
srv prnat seal ~ the v'av Nut Nv care
s'ii riding On TIE ra~t ~ Tartain Williams
the time was roco~d N~"a''~@