Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-23
Nebraska
OFFICERS SCHOOL
KEEPS MEN BUSY
National Guardsmen Are Gaining
Information Concerning the
Conduct of War.
AVIATION CORPS IN TRAINING
rrrom a staff CorrespOndentl

LINCOLN. June 22.-(Special)-One
hundred and fifty to go officers are in
attendance at the camp Of instruction OF
the Nebraska National Guard being held
at the state fair grounds.
While rigid instructions have been is-
sued 20 the officers to observe strict
silence regarding any of the complications
which are facing the government along
war lines still II can be seen that much
interest in manifested and IL is an open
secret that most. IL not all, Of the OF
ficers of the Nebraska guard would not
worry very much should they be called
into active service in Mexico or be called
upon to defend the United states against
the invasion of a foreign foe.
Officers Hard Worked.
Actual drill started yesterday at the
camp and from now on the men will lead
a strenuous life along the lines OF military
instruction The idea that officers of the
guard have snap has long since dis
appeared and there are no harder worked
men that the members of the guard who
wear the shoulder straps.
The camp is divided into three COM
panies, A. and c. Those composing
Company A are the men who have been
longest in the service; those of COM
pany those who are attending camp or
instruction for the first time, and c COM
many is composed of the noncommissioned
officers.
The first aeroplane flight will take
place Wednesday afternoon. captain
Schaffer Of the United States army aero
plane corps, and who VAS classmate
of Lincoln Beachey, mas charge OF the
school of aeroplane instruction, and will
give all interested in sky flying chance
to learn the game.
While this school is for officers only
the members of the guard will be as
sembled some time later, probably in two
different camps, one of them in the west
ern part of the state, or far enough west
so that the western companies can par
ticipate without travelling too far.
Morehead Gets office.
While Governor Morehead has been dis
tributing offices around to rev lucky
democrats, one fell to the governor HIM
self yesterday that he was not looking
for-honorary vice president of the Rich
ardson County club, composed OF former
residents of that county living in Lin
colu. There are about 200 Richardson
county people residing in the capital
city, ana an e1IoTl is DeAhO hioNS ~
herd them into club.
Find Property Not Taxed.
Another flock of sleeping cars which
has hereto escaped taxation has been
dug up by Secretary Bernecker or the
state Board of Assessment. The cars are
operated by the Great Northern railroad
but the agent of the company claims that
the Pullman company operates the cars
as soon as they enter Nebraska and II
was supposed the cars were included In
the Pullman assessment. Colonel Ton
Benton. representative of the Pullman
company In Lincoln, will look the mat
ter up.
Weeks Locates Water.
Chief PHOTOGRAPHER d. P. Weeks OF
the state engineers office returned this
morning from the south and west part
of the state, where he has been making
measurements OF water in the streams in
that section of the country. He found
no difficulty in locating plenty of water
and some other things not in his line OF
work. One day while measuring the
water in the Blue river at one point he
counted fourteen hogs floating under the
bridge making good time down stream
some of them still alive. The Blue river
running over the tops of the fences and
the Republican river was from one to
four miles wide. In the vicinity OF Gull
bertson corn has been listed three times,
Dairy Cows Infected.
twenty-five dairy cows belonging 10 the
Union College dairy were tested fer tu'
berculosis last week and eleven OF then
reacted and were shipped to South
Omaha for examination. Upon re-eXam
nation by the government officials five
of the number were found in such bat
shape that they were at once sent e
tho soap house. Tho others only showed
slight indications and of such q nature
that the meat can be used, as the dis
ease only showed in portions ofthe body
not used for domestic purposes.
State Veterinarian Anderson says thai
meat from cows showing only slight In
dications is absolutely safe for use. fol
Il there were any chance that the meat
had been infected cooking it would de
stroy the germs. There is really the
most danger I'm using milk and butter
from COWS which. have the disease. &C
cording TO the doctor
The American Express company hal
acknowledged the corn I'm the mater o.
paying the 2 per cent on its earnings II
Nebraska, as called for by the Smith law
and today notified the state audito: thai
the amount due would be sent in forth
with. The tax amounts TO something
over 5000.