Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-10-05
EBER STEIN IS
STORM CENTER
II
At CITY HALL
Governor McKeIvie Tells Com.
r1issioners Chief Should Go
for Good Of Police
Department.

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Z and Henry Dunn, former chiefs,
:: are mentioned, and so are others.
: General Wood, accompanied by
Col. c. A. Baker. his chief Of staff,
{ and Lieut. o. c. Wood, his aide,
!, lett 1T 9:05 last night for Chicago.
The general expects to return to
Omaha Wednesday morning to re-
view the situation again.
= Col. A. L. Dade, Inspector general
Of the Central department, United
Z States army. remained over and to-
day is OH duty in the mayors Of
fee with Acting Mayor Ure.
Before leaving last night General
Wood issued orders for the DISPOSE
ton Of troops sent here for riot
duty. Unless conditions should
change, the men from Camp Funs-
r ton will cntrain for their home sta
: ton next Tuesday, and the soldiers
from Camp Grant will leave on
Wednesday.
The machine gun company from
Il Camp Dodge will remain here until
further orders. Rifles, ammunition
: and other equipment will be kept at
: the city hall indefinitely for use by
the local members of the American
"a Legion in time of need. Balloon
!. school men at Fort Omaha will be
= given infantry training and motor
: Transportation maintained there day
and night, ready for emergency
calls.
Morris in Command.
General Woods order to Colonel
Morris follows:
|. The department commander
is returning to Chicago. He directs
that you continue in command OF
the troops occupying this city ard
continue to carry out the policy that
has heretofore prevailed in restor-
ing and maintaining order until
such time As the governor of the
state of Nebraska shall inform the
department commander that fed
era1 aid is no longer required.
= 2. The troops under your COM
r,1and will be disposed as follows,
subject to such modification as cir
curnstanees may demand:
(a) The special company from
Fort Omaha and the machine gun
company from Camp Dodge will be
held at the county court house.
~ The detachment from Fort
Crook will retain its present station.
(c) The Camp Funston company
will retain its present station.
Il -
Goo men each) at Fort Omaha will
retain their present station.
(e) The battalion from Camp
Grant will be stationed at the Audi
torium.
5. Unless changed conditions
should demand otherwise, the con-
tingcnt from Camp Funston will en-
train for its proper station on Tues
day, October 7, 1919, and subject to
the same proviso the troops from
Camp Grant will entrain for that
camp on Wednesday, October 8,
1919. The machine gun company
from Camp Dodge will be held for
the time being in this city.
4. Three hundred rifles, bayonets,
belts, $1,000 rounds of rifle ammu-
milton and two machine guns (if
available) with ammunition for same
will be kept under guard in the city
hall for use by such members of the
American Legion as may be Dept
tized as special policemen in case Of
need.
5. Intensive infantry training for
the companies of balloon troops at
Fort Omaha will be continued along
with their regular work as balloon
troops.
6. Motor transportation will be
kept in readiness day and night at
such station and troops will be held
prepared for immediate movement
to points where they may be needed
about the city.
Last Day Busy One.
General Wood had a busy day
yesterday, when many callers visited
his headquarters in the city hall. He
conferred with Sheriff Clark, Coun-
ty. Attorney Shotwell, R. B. Howell,
H. S. Byrne, T. P. Reynolds, chair
man of the Nebraska State Fedora
ton Of Labor; Police Commissioner
Ringer, Acting Mayor IRE, City
Commissioner Zinman, and before
he went to his train, he visited Ford
hospital again to see Mayor Smith.
The general expressed confidence
in Omaha's ability to meet future
emergencies in manner OF pre-
sparedness. He stressed the need Of
"a police department reorganization
and Of military training for the po-
slicernen.
(, Maj. C., H. White yesterday was
appointed by the general to drill
the police department in organize
.tion methods, and to instruct how
ito conduct themselves in times of
street fighting. The major will
serve until another man shall have
come from the east to drill the po-
slicemen for several months.
Omaha 10 city now" said the
general, "and the people should get
behind their police department
Commend as well as condemn. You
nearly had . serious conflagration
here Sunday, when six men with
real punch could have stopped the
disorder"
, The general advised citizens of
Omaha to suppress the circulation
of idle and exaggerated rurnors,
some of which he said had been
current during the last few days
In connection with a woman who
was assaulted on Burdette street.
No Material Developments.
There was no material develop
ment yesterday in the situation Of =
prospective change in the police
conlmissionership. That q change
will be made is generally agreed,
but when and how are matters that
have not assumed definite form.
II don't think there will be