Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-03
Fort Riley.


FORT RILEY, Kan, Feb. 2.-(Special) }
The engineer battalion broke camp Sun
DAY and at $3.50 a. m, Monday. left for
Fort Leavenworth, where final arrange
ments were made for their departure for
Cuba. The battalion, with the exception
OF company X, will participate in The
work Of making a typographical recon
naissance man of the island, which work
will be completed by June /. at when
time the battalion will return to Fort
Riley and complete the bridge. The bat
talon had been working overtime since
1t learned of its departure for Cuba, in
completing the bridge as far as possible
ana In making ready for the Journey.
When the orders came the bridge had
already been carried to within a short
distance OF the opposite bank, with but
two sets OF piers to sink. This portion
or the bridge has been temporarily con-
structed, so that traffic can now pass
over the structure The present camp
site site VIII be retained for the use OF the
battalion on its return and most of the
temporary structures which were used in
the camp are to be left standing.
me arrival OF thirty recruits from Col
umbus barracks, Ohio, on Sunday after
noon was pleasant surprise. For many
months the command has been nearly 200
go only a short ways In supplying the
demand, still IL was thankfully received.
During the past six months the strength
or the five organizations stationed at this
post have decreased to such an extent
that the batteries are sadly in need of
recruits and about $50 more are needed
to bring the organizations up to their au-
Before a large crowd the Kansas City
Athletic association defeated the post
team Saturday evening by a score of SO
to 20. Although Riley played good
game, the Kansas City aggregation was
too swift for it. The Kansas City team
| post this season, and no time during the
| game did the soldiers have chance OF
winning. Between the halves Of the game
! tug-of-war preliminaries were pulled on
| by the Twenty-ffth battery and Troop c,
Ninth cavalry, and by the Twentieth bat
terry and Troop b. Ninth cavalry. the ar
| tillery teams being victorious in both con-
tests. Following the game there was
| dancing until ~ O'Clock.
| There was rejoicing in the artillery gar
| rison on Tuesday morning when the news
flashed over the wire that the artillery
bill had passed both houses without
amendment. The bill was side-tracked
| over bright II was thought at the open
! ing of this session. It's passage promotes
| Majors Hoyle and Adams, to be lieutenant
| colonels; Captains Mcmahon, Mott and
| Kinds. to be majors; Fi-st Lieutenant
! BOiseau. TO be captain, and every second
| lieutenant of artillery TO be first lieu
i tenant. II is a foreH0ne conclusion that
one OF the regiments Of field artillery
| again have two bands The promotions
place Lieutenant Colonel Macomb, COM
handing oftiGer, artillery suhpost az the
! n is expected that he will remain here
/ in command OF the regiment as he would
| no first NJ for promotion TO the next
| hiFher grade.
Major Don Samuel Galvez OF the Guate.
malan army, who. was selected to attend
| the week and is now being initiated IN the
| work Major Galvez Is a vounk man and
speaks excellent English. he having been
| in this country before
| There was a large crowd on hand on Fri.
day morning 10 bid on the condemned
| horses and mules. The AVERAGE price for
! the seventy-six horses anS the eleven mules
! was $50 m. The battery ~ boile-s IN the olf
| central heating plant vas sold TO w. w
Cook. the contractor who Is putting IN the
sewer system in Junction city. for $500.
Mrs Hathaway entertained at cards on
| Monday evening for her mother and sister
who recently arrived from Los Angeles
1 Cal
/ lieutenant Colorel Ranister left the frs'
a the week for Omaha. where he wiz h.
| for some time acting surgeon general ~ the
| Department. During his absence Captain
Dean Is the seniOr medical oficar
1 Lieutenant Glassford. Artillery oorpS