Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-17
NEWS FROM THE ARMY POSTS
Soldier Base Rail- Teams Are Active
Making Dates for spring
Season,
Fort RILEY.

Fort RILEY.
FORT RILEY, Kan, March is.-CspS.
cial)-About 900 OF the students OF the
state Agricultural college from Manhattan,
Kan, With Captain Pearl NJ. SChRffer who
is on duty there as military instructor
visited the post the first OF this week for
the purpose Of Judging horses,
Lieutenant Glassford Is busly engaged
in making dates Tor the post base ball
team for the coming season and the sched-
ule for the college season is already fairly
We'll allied He is also trying to arrange
dates with league teams that travel
through here on the spring trips,
The organizations OF the post are be-
ginning TO make preparations for the pillow.
ing and planting Of the large garden tract
located on the Smoky HIN bottom near the
The last week has been another busy
one for the Fie d artillery examining boards.
Of this post was completed by the first
OF last week, when those from outside
posts was taken up Thursday. saw the
Shumm, Hearn, Straub and Satchell.
Lieutenant Houeycutt OF Fort Leavenworth
was also examined at this time to enable
him to repair rs soon as possible to West
Point where he was detailed for duty as
an instructor. Lieutenants Prosser, Sea-
man, Churchill and Gibson came In the
latter part OF last week and are now under
going examination. lleutenants Margetts,
Smart. Cubbinson, Mortimer, shelton Will
liams, Ryan, Bartlett and Niles arrived the
first OF the week and will begin their
examinations today.
to East st. Louis, Ill, some time this
week, where they will be on duty with a
beard Of officers selected to purchase
Click, Second battery: II. r. Vannerson,
Twenty-hfth battery; George Stetekuh,
Troop ID. Thirteenth cavalry; Joseph l.
Chamberlain Troop Il, Thirteenth cavalry
The officers OF all branches of the service
who desire to transfer to the Field arul-
lery will be ordered TO report to tho Field
artillery examining board at this post
on May Is for examination;
Gatcheil Of the Artillery corps, who re-
ported here for examination for promotion
| the first Of last week, completed their
respective posts the same day.
The War department has decided that
all Of the old dress coats In the hands OF
the artillerymen can be turned in and
credit received for them on the clothing
account when the general Issue of the olive
drab uniform goes into effect,
Tho bids for the new riding hall in the
cavalry post were rejected by the quarter
master general for the reason that they
were considered too high. The lowest bid
was a little over $1,000, while the riding
| hall at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, which iR
little over s7s COO BIds Will be again nor adj
| vortlsed for for a a period Of fifteen days,
| II these do not bring satisfactory results
/ II Is very probable that the plans for the
! hall will be remodeed which will mean
| several months delay.
with the approval OF the War department
and II conditions warrant II Captain
William Lassiter, artillery corps, will
! shortly make a trip through the south-
| west, including Arizona and New Mexico
in. search of suitable polo ponies for tho
| school,
The hop in the assembly hall Saturday
evening was given in honor Of tho visiting
artillery officers who are hero for their
examination and promotions.
Mrs, Bullock. widow Of Lieutenant Bull
scouting trip with his troop in Arizona
IN lS96, and who has been visiting with
General and Mrs, Godfrey, leaves the first
OF the week for her home
Mrs. Tilford and Mrs. Cameron gave a
luncheon on Thursday for Mrs. Bullock,
frey. Their guests were Mines. Godfrey,
H bullock Hoyle. short, McGlachlln PHI
decorations were in pink.
Second Lieutenant Kiehl Thirteenth cav
airy, has been relieved as assistant to the
comnissary to enable him to take charge
OF the instruction Of cavalry recruits
Colonel and Mrs. Adams gave a dinner
on Friday evening for Mrs. Hereford OF
Atchison. The guests invited TO meet her
were Colonel Macomb, Major Mlllar, Lieu
tenant Churchill and Miss Boynton,
Mrs; MeGlaehlin Invited the children q
honor OF the twelfth birthday Of her daugh.
ter Helen. II was happy party that
assembled in the hop room. There was
dancing TO the music OF the orchestra, fol-
lowing which a supper was served
Bids for the construction Of the stable
for the school Of equltation were opened
last week by Captain Walter Whitman, con-
strueting quartermaster. The stable Will
De built along the latest lines and the
front will be OF two stories, on the ground
floor will be dressing rooms for the officers
and an office for the officer in charge
for the noncommissioned officers and pri
Yates who will constitute the general serv.
ice detachment that viii be in charge Of
the school horses. The stable will have
accommo dations for l20 animals.
| The masquerade ball given under the aus
plces OF the Fort Riley Athletic association
In the gymnasium on Friday night for tho
! purpose Of buying uniforms for the pos
base bail teams was success from
, financial and an amusement standpoint
Fully 600 couple were I'm attendance an(
at least $500 was raised for the fund
/ When the grand march started at o'cloel
: there were about 300 costumed couple II
line. Between the dances there were vaude
: Vile stunts, the actors contributing the
. services.
First Lieutenant Charles e. MoCullough
Fifteenth cavalry, reported as absent with
out leave from his station in Cuba, wa
cavalry from this post in 1893 while servinl
e as a private in Troop A, Sixth cavalry
Lieutenant Mccullough also served an en-
4 listment in the Seventh cavalry.
Under the provisions OF a recent orde
z from the War department that prohibit
the naming OF any public building after
from post headquarters last week: Buildin
No l43, now named Carr hall, will b
= changed to Cavalry hall; building No. let
The post telegraph ohioe is now ope
7 Qally until ~ O'CLOCK IN the evening, sigma
e Sergeant Karigan having secured the serv
ices OF Sergeant Harry 70. Route, Troo
a | II, Second cavalry, as assistant
Q Lieutenant Herman, Ninth cavalry, VIII
| commands the machine gun detachment O
II the Ninth cavalry, has rendered a repoT
: on the work Of the detachment as far a
Il has progressed. Many important change
I. | are recommended which are concurred ]
by Lieutenant Colonel Macomb, presider
: OF the machine gun board. The instructlo
80 far has developed the fact that IN
i | present size OF the detachment Is entirel
a insufficient for field service, being compose
Of only two guns.
d Rank Robbers Busy.