Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-13
NEWS OF The Army POSTS
Fort Crook Enlisted Men Busy Max
ing Gardens.
BASE BALL TEAM AT WORK AGAIN
Major sIauEhter's Pay Wagon Brings
JOY 90 Recruits, Followed by
sorrow - Might Opera
tiona Ordered.

Captain George o. Bail, Sixteenth in
fantry recently promoted from first lieu
| tenant, Twenty-first infantry, accompanied
\ by Mrs. Ball. arrived at the post on the
| Sth inst. from Fort Logan, Colo. Captain
| and Mrs. Ball are staying with Captain
| and Mrs. Gohn until their quarters are pre-
| pared for occupancy.
Captain Ball relieves First Lieutenant p
| L. Smith from command of Company +,
| Sixteenth infantry, which company the lat
ter has been commanding for the last five
years.
Captain Reuben Smith, Sixteenth in
| fantry, recently promoted from first lieu
| tenant, Eighteenth infantry, and who is
| now at Fort Sam Houston, Tex, on leave
OF absence, has been assigned to Company
9, Of the regiment. Captain Smith has
been directed to Join his company upon the
expiration Of bis leave.
second Lieutenant Charles Klbourne
Nulsen, who has been appointed from ca
| det, United States Military academy, and
assigned to the Sixteenth infantry, has been
| assigned to Company X and has been dl-
rected to Join his company not later than
| May IA. Lieutenant Nulsen is spending his
graduation leave in Greenville, Miss.
| Fierst Lieutenant Sydney Smith, Six
teenth infantry, having been found by an
| army retiring board incapacitated for ac-
| tive service on account of disability incl
approved by the president, to take effect
| June 5, 1908, his retirement from active
service is announced to take effect that
! date. He will stand relieved from duty
at his station and will proceed to his home.
| Captain George E. Ball First Lieutenant
| o. p. Michaelis and Second Lieutenant
| Louis Soleliac, Sixteenth infantry, have
| been appoipted as a board to re-examine
| Captain Julius A. Wig, Second infantry,
Nebraska National Guard, in the subject Of
! infantry drill regulations on the 14th inst.
| Captain Charles e. B. Flagg, assistant
surgeon, has received his appointment as
major, to date March 81.
Major Slaughter. paymaster, visited the
post and paid off the troops on the 9th
inst. His presence was gladdened by the
many recruits recently received, as it is
i THAR first the rapruitE who
was very honest, thought that the major
was overpaying him, thinking that two OF
the bright pennies he received were %
gold pieces, but on second examination
came to the conclusion that the major
would not have to make up $9.9S.
| Captain b. B. Buck, Sixteenth infantry,
| who has been on leave OF absence Tor the
last two months, has been granted an ex-
tension of two months, and upon the ex-
plration Of his leave will be examined at
Fort Myer, Va, for promotion to major,
instead Of Fort Crook, as heretofore or
| dered.
Major c. L. Beckurts, Fifth infantry, re-
Gently promoted from captain, Sixteenth
infantry. left for Plattsburs Barracks. N.
Y, which post he will command upon ar
rival thereat. Major Beckurts was one OF
the oldest officers in the Sixteenth lntan.
| try, and his promotion from the regiment
| Is very much regretted by the officers and
enlisted men, who hate to see him leave.
Second Lieutenant James NJ. Churchill,
| Sixteenth infantry, in addition to his otheI
|
the quartermaster.
First Lieutenant Walter Harvey, Six
teenth infantry has been detailed as coun,
sci for Privates George e. Lawrence and
| Robert Marshall, Company ID, signal corps,
in their trial before general court-martai
on Friday, the 10th inst, for VIOLATION OF
the seventeenth, sixty-second ana iorty-
| seventh articles OF war.
Second Lieutenant A. E. Brown; SIX
teenth infantry has also been detailed grS a as
Meacham, Troop l., Eighth cavalry, for
violation of the forty-seventh article OF
war.
| invitations announcing the marriage of
| their two daughters, Grace TO Mr.. Charles
Fred Fl SaTey f. snmerfeid III FSrs Of omshs % at home
| Wednesday evening, April. 10, at o'clock:
| The officers hop given Friday, night had
the. usual large attendance OF the officers
and women OF the post, as well as a very
large crowd from Omaha.
Company NJ, Sixteenth infantry, will give
a grand ball in the post hall Friday even
ing, April H. and from all accounts from
the preparations the boys are making II
promises to be one OF the swell affairs of
the season. Tickets Is cents.
Sunday April 5, the Bellevue base ball
team came over and trimmed the crook
II is believed that the game scheduled for
Sunday, April y, will be somewhat the
reverse, as a new post team has been or
ganized with the following players:
Catcher, Brown, hospital corps pitcher,
Regimental Sergeant Major Hoster, Six
teenth infantry; shortstop.. j. f. Klein,
band, Sixteenth infantry; first base, Post
Commissary Sergeant Salter; second base,
| Regimental Commissary Sergeant Barnard,
Sixteenth infantry; third base, Post Quar-
Ordnance Sergeant Barnes; center field,
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Win
Battalion Sergeant Major Metzger. six
teenth infantry; substitutes, Sergeants
King and Hester, hospital corps, Battal-
ion Sergeant Major Danielson' Sixteenth n
the fifth inning, probably sooner. As no
admission is charged to witness the game
those desiring to spend a pleasant after
noon taking in the sights OF the post, the
game itself is worth the price of car fare
from Omaha TO Fort Crook.
| From all accounts the post is going to
have a very extensive post garden this
year, whereby the company fund accounts
viii be drawn on very little for vegeta-
and many other kind of implements car
be seen In all directions over the large
| reservation. Color Sergeant Luer, pro
vost sergeant, has invented an automatic
scare crow to keep the crows off the
reservation during seed planting, so on
Wednesday, April s, by accident, one OF
the crows in trying to make a detouI
was blown right into the Internal ma
chine, which stopped its meehanism, and
for several hours the crows had a picnic
and Sergeant Neil, Company g, sixteenth
infantry, who is in charge of the post
Where where to piant other seed. as the WIND
has covered up the tracks OF the crows
and even carried off the sticks used toI
marking the different plots, and IL this
continues much longer 1t will be neces-
| sary to make a second assessment from
the companies for the purchase of more
| seeds.
Every Sunday morning at there will
| be a sacred concert in the band stand
under the direction Of Chief Musician j
f. Klein, Sixteenth infantry.
| Night operation as required by the WaI
department. orders has been commenced
by the battalions of the Sixteenth in.
| fantry The first of the series was had
on April 9, for two hours, commencing
al D. m. for instruction in patrolinl
with reports. Being only a few hours
after payment, IT will he a question
whether the enemy VIII be imaginary OF
outlined with some Of the boys, and n
time of war the principal point Is 10 seeh
cover without the enemy seeing you, anc
If there are any holes in the ground they
were good places for rallying points FOL
| a pay day occasion.
| Private William /. Cook Company X
| Sixteenth infantry, has been directed q
proceed to Fort Riley, Kan, on Saturday
the 11th inst, reporting upon arriva
thel eat, to the commandant mounted ser
vice school for duty in connection with
the school for cooks and bakers for per
iod OF three months.
Private Leslie Floyd. Company X, hal
been detailed on extra duty IN the quarter
n ester's department. as laborer, relieving
| Private Kalal, Company G., who Is Il
be discharged on the 18th inst.
PriVates Albert +. Heeren. William Diver
| and Samuel Duncan, hC spital corps, now a