Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-13
Nebraska
INSPECTION OFSTATE MILITIA
Adiutant General Issues Order Cover.
ing Procedure This Year.
jTRIcT ACCOUNT OF PROPERTY
addison wait Tells OF HIS work ns
Pioneer Telegraph Operator
I'm Early Days of
Nebraska.
Ii.rom a staff Correspondent

, tirom a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, sept. Il. - (Special.1-The
annual inspection OF the Nebraska Ma
uonal Guards. as required by law, will
be made by General John {. HartigaR ad-
jutant gen raj. or Major f. H. Phelphs.
assistant adjutant general, at 500 o'clock,
D. M, on the following dates:
Company A. First infantry, Crete. Mon
day, October H.
Company c. First infantry, Beatrice,
TUESDAY, October Is
Oatnn Gun Company, Beatrice Tuesday,
Company X. First infantry, wymOre.
Wednesday, october 10.
Company L, second infantry, Alma,
Thursday, October 20.
Company 3. Second infantry Beaver
Company M First infantry, McCook, sat
urday october %.
Monday october "A.
Company u, second infantry. Hastings
Tuesday, October -.
Band, Second infantry, Kearney, We'd
nesday, October ~
Company 4, Second infantry, Kearney,
W ednesday, October 26.
Company H. second infantry. Aurora,
THURSDAY, October e.
Company \. First infantry, York, Friday,
Company G.. First inftntry, Geneva, Sat
signal Corps, Fremont, Monday, October
Company *, Second infantry. Schuyler,
a l.
Company NJ, Second infantry, Albion,
Wednesday, November 2.
Company d, First infantry, Norfolk
Thursday, November 3.
Company b, First infantry, Stanton
Friday, November 4, s- MI. CO.
Company L. First infantry Omaha, Mon
Company Q. second infantry. Omaha.
Monday, November Z.
Company /, Second infantry, Omaha,
Tuesday, November g.
Engineer Corps. Omaha. Tuesday, Novem-
bsr &
City. Thursday, November 10.
Company f. Second infantry. Lincoln,
HOSPITAL Corps Lincoln. Friday Novem-
Band, First Infantry, Bloomfield. Tues
day, November Is.
The order says;
The inspection will be in heavy. marching
order, either blue uniforms or khaki, de-
pending on the weather and discretion OF
the commanding officer. but dress must be
uniform campaign hats and leggings ana
Is made to ascertain IL the companies are
armed. uniformed and equipped for active
will see that the armory, records, ordnance
stores and quarternaster supplies are IN
readiness for inspection on arrival OF the
inspectfng officers, who should be met ON
his arrival and every facility Offered 10 eX-
pedite this work of inspection
Will be neatly piled so that 1t can be
quickly examined and counted.
w Company commanders Will present
to the Inspecting officer all property be-
ueved to be unserviceable ana II FOUND uhn -
serviceabae, same shall be Immediately
shipped to the office OF the adjutant gen
eral at Lincoln, or disposed of as the in
spector may direct. ~
wait an oId-Timer.
Forty years ago today Addison Wait dep
atty secretary of state, crossed the river at
Nebraska City and became citizen OF Ne
oraska MIR. Wait came far as Council
Bluffs on the Northwestern, and then went
Iown the river and crossed at his future
Iome. He became the telegraph operator al
ais new home, and the first message he
tent was taken In Omaha by the late Ed
ward Rosewater, then with the Western
Union Telegraph company.
II had been a telegraph operator in In
LANA" said Mr.. Wait land then took VI
he same work at Nebraska City. After
ward took the place as operator and agent
It Palmyra and then Syracuse. 1 kept a.
The work until 1875, when l quit the rail
oad business"
Mr. Wait said in those days had he had
oresight he could have taken up enough
povernment land TO have become a million
lire by this time. But the homesteader'
hen. ne said, were in very bad condition
nd they envied man with a salary of S4
month. which no received. Potatoes coulC
tot be sold at any price, while corn wal
elling Cor 10 cents a bushe While in th'
Implement business Mr. Wait traded
wagon valued at 500 for 1000 bushels o
orn and made about $40 on the deal.
Governor Invited to Texas.
Governor shallenberger has received al
aviation TO act as a Judge OF shorthon
the Texas state fair, to be held at Dallas
horthorns are TO be judged October IS. Il
he letter of invitation which was sent b.
huart Harrison, secretary OF the Texa
horthorn breeders association. there
his statement: I'VE are all for you an,
,ope you will win out" Thus does Texa
% back on native son, Mayor Dahlman
Governor Shallenberger has not yet dc