Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-17
FORT WASHAKIE IS DOOMED
Wyoming Post Will be Abandoned ACCORD.
Ing TO Taft's Recommendation,
D, A. RUSSELL WILL Be IMPROVED
Garrison Now There IL Under orders
to Go to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GreeIy ON Tour of In
-... apeetion.

The abandonment of Fort Washable
Wyo., it is learned from authoritative
sources. is a foregone conclusion, and with
the departure of the two companies of the
Tenth cavalry now stationed there the
post will cease to exist
The present garrison is under orders to
proceed to the Philippines at an early
date. and a detachment of troops from
Fort D, A. Russell will be sent there to
look after the government property until
it can be removed.
The post is in a state of decay, and
Secretary Taft on his recent visit there rec
commended its abandonment on account OF
its uselessness. The garrison heretofore
apportioned to that post will be assembled
at Fort ID, A. Russell which will be i'm
proved with the addition of buildings for
the accommodation of two additional bat
teries of artillery and two companies OF
cavalry
Fort Washakie was established in May,
1887, and has quarters for two companies
Of cavalry and two of artillery. nine Of
ficers and one field officer. Its purpose
was to be In easy aecess OF the Shosifone
Indian reservation. IL is located 1H miles
from Rawllns, wyo., the nearest railroad
point up to the recent completion of the
Northwestern road westward from Casper,
which now brings the fort within some six
teen miles OF the railroad, The barracks
are built OF logs and frame and 1t is about
the last Of the pioneer posts In Wyoming.
General Greedy In Omaha.
Major General A. w. Greedy, command
ing the Northern Military Division and the
Department of the Missouri, with his aide
de-camp. Captain @. II. Shields, jr., are ir
Omaha on visit to army headquarters
arriving Wednesday morning from For
Ieavenworth, They will leave for Chicago
Thursday evening.
I'VE are here merely on the annual In
spection OF the posts IN this part of th'
department" said General Greedy. "ant
to talk over the disposition OF the troops
at Fort Washable, which has been ordered
abandoned. Nothing is at present know
about the proposed Encouragement of th'
divisional and departmental lines. do no
know just what is being done in reference
to the bringing OF the balloon experiment
station to Fort Omaha. Captain Wldman
who is I'm command at Fort Omaha ant
who is also chief signal officer OF the de
partment, knows more about that matte
than / do. 1 do not know just what 1
being done I'm reference 20 Increased ap
preparations for Fort Omaha other thai
what has already appeared In the pres
ulSphlCnes. NOuiQ' lnlnh OcudtOI NAliiai'
and Congressman Kennedy will leav
nothing undone to secure the necessary ap
propriations."
Recruits mt Fort Crook.
large number of new recruits for tn
Thirtieth infantry is expected at For
Crook during the coming few weeks, L
take the place OF such enlisted men who's
terms are now nearly expired in tina
regiment. When the Thirtleth infantry ar
rived from the Philippines three years az
the terms OF enlistment OF nearly three
. ffths OF the enlisted members was abou
TO expire and Il had to be recruited wit
fresh material. The Same conditions exist
now in that the three years enlistment q
these men has now about expired and neV
material will have to be added to the regi
ment as Il is not the purpose OF the Wa
department TO send short term men 10 tn
Philippines. Most OF the new recruits wi
be sent to Fort Crook from Columbus. %
barracks for assignment to the Thirtietl
II is thought In army circles that on
troop of the Eleventh cavalry at Fort De
Moines win be sent TO garrison Fort Croo
I'm the interval of the departure OF I'll
Thirtieth infantry in June and the arrivs
OF the Sixteenth infantry in September
Privates Max z. Rose and John Wilso