TEE OMAHA SUNDAY BIT,: APRIL 26. 1903.
Fort Omaha the Beautiful Home of a Great Modern Military School
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.Ol;T OMAHA occupies an unlqu
VJ 1 nl In.portant place among tha
Jj I mnilary efta'ulmtimenui of tha
echool and (ml corp ixt ex
clusivtly. The Fort Omaha of
1 '?ay U nentilly different from ojd Fort
Omaha of historic fame, though oa Iden
liraMy the iam- ground. The old fort wal
abandoned and diSinanUcd In 139. upon the
Cftabltshmrnt of Fort Crook, near Belle
Vue, It thenX bring denlRned to do away
with Fort Omaha altoirether. So the old
Loadings wre ld and the parade, ground
and valka ccglected until 19J6, when the
Var rlTartmont saw the necessity of the
creation of a big elgnal school In the vest,
that should become distinctive from the
war colifge at Fort Leavenworth, and the
rather too far caatem echool at Fort Meyer,
rear Washington. After casting about for
orae time It was decto'l that Fort Omaha
would be the rroper point for auch a achool.
An appropriation Of approximately tWO.yn
waa aecured from eortfrrese for the rehabili
tation of the post and work began at once
and has continued since 19"5. until today It
fs one of the handsomest military post In
the country.
Fort Omaha la located on Thirtieth atreet.
between Fort street and Fort Omaha ave
nue. In the northern part of the city of
beat fitted to enter the Signal corps and
attain distinction and became experts la
some branch of Its electrical work.
It will thus be seen at it the outset the
recruit tor the signal service must be
above the ordinary grade of intelligence
required of the average soldier. Once ad
mitted as a recruit the first three or four
months of his enlistment is devoted to
teaching him the duties of a soldier. He
must learn the manual of arms, the car
of his equipment, drill, guard, skirmish,
scout and fatigue duty. He must also
undergo a sever training In caliathen.es
or "setting up" drill In order to best de
velop his physique, and Is gradually made
familiar with every line of the duty of a
soldier, ready to be placed la any
emergency. . .
Hla education In signalling begins also
In his recruit days. The daily routine of
duty for the recruit Is: Company drill,
signalling, practice exercise, field practice
exercise, squad drill, attending lectures
(Wednesday afternoons), general police,
and on Thursdays, parade and night sig
nalling. Guard duty Is also an incident of
his education.
VThen the rccrait iwcoiu&s jiivanced to
the grade of telegraph student, telegrephy
becomes a part of his studies Instead of
signalling. Then follows the course of a
general student to wbich Is added the
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THH MAIN SCHOOU BtptLDINO AT FORT OMAHA
the signal office ri and men, A smaller space for golf links and tennis courts,
building Just south of the administration Ths fire, large building to tin north of
building la the electric light and power th main east entrance ! Jointly oocupleS
station. by the post quartermaster and poet com
Tha post exchange. In the past more corn- tnlasary, with a great anantHy of nJacel
monly known as the -canteen." Is next laneous supplies that enter hsto th mater
south of th electric power houa. It la lal welfare of th command. Immediately
most Important In point of Interest to the north of this structure Is th signal eorp
men and Is devoted exclusively to their storehouse, which Is filled with an toflnlt
welfare. On the basement floor to tb sales- variety of costly electrical material, eleo
room containing all manner of articles not trlcat euppHee to be utlllaed In algnal work,
furnished by the government as Issue ma- not alone at Fort OmaHa, but throughout
terial. which ar. sold to th officers and th ntlr country. It Is mala upp y
men a. desired., A lunch counter 1. at- depot for all material which enter, into
tached where article, not on th. govern- Jctrt?al Installation, lh tele
tnei bill of fare tan be had. The basement Phonic conetruction wort, no only for th
also contain, a modern bowling alley, also Cnlted State, proper bu for Alaska and
a billiard and pool room. On the first floor th. United Stat- colonial KtoM.
is a reading room, which Is supplied with Th two-story bulldln on th north sld
periodicals aad other readlr matter. On of th parade ground to th old adminl.ua-
thls floor also Is the gymnasium. In which
Is all th necessary spparatus for athletlo
training. In the winter, one a week, the
gymnasium floor la used for social gather
ings and dancing.
On the south side of the parade ground
and directly facing It are the new barracks,
affording accommodations for two com
panies, with separate rooms for non-cor'
Hon building, built many years ago, and I
on Of tb few buildings toft f th old
fort. From It Generals Augur, Brook, Crook
and others directed many military opera
tions against hostile Indians on th plains.
Th building has been remodeled Into tb
instruction building for th Signal crops.
Its rooms ar devoted to teUgraph alanes.
electric Installation and signal engineering
It has a
Omaha, the reservation embracing 82.S
acres. It Is reached by the North Twenty- duties of shop work ild the study of In-
fourth street and th Thirty-sixth and stmmencs. and additional signalling In place
Amea avenue street car Hnea. with a change of some other duties In which he Is re
st Twenty-fourth street and Ames avenue garded as sufficiently proficient. Th ad-
to the Florence line. Many hundreds of vanced student Is given a cours of lec- mainder running from 23 to W per cent. Trier is now under construction
thousands of dollars have been expended tricity and telegraphy practice In addition In th student class were forty-nine. Of gas generating house, an aerodrome
i - A hfl instruction 01 "! . . .
rack, are large dining rooome and com- atudy room provided with desk wher
Met. kitchens. The bament. ar. fitted .1! stud.nU can '!' '
' . . .. .h., reading and study absolutely without ln-
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GUARD AND GUARD .HOUSB AT FORT OMAHA,
per cent, fourteen over 60 per cent, the re- for stable guards to be built of frame, tub.
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eam and USht.d br electricity. The bar- - an mm
. rack room ,r w1th t-1 chine. tooTs and Instruments for prao
Buch storage tubes can be loaded ith an ample and comfortable acconpanl- ,, . 0- th. .rm rooms is
a brick onto wagons or cars and the gas thua rnent of clean bedding, with spacious lock- V. t DraoUcal InstrucUoa Wheo th
i or bal- carried Into th field for balloon Inflating e for (&h of th men. .7 ti. iaturaa are
for th buildings, scientific appliances, ord- to th usual drills. Th specialty student this number, thirty-nine stood above 7 per loon house of steel, th. latter to be eighty purposes. West f the new barracks, on a graded , . ....
nance, quartermaster, medical and signal Is advanced to a cours of laboratory cent, fourteen of these standing above SO feet in height by 300 feet in length and 100 On the picturesquely terraced portion of terrace, a continuance of th "Officers " . u of toT(j tb, story
stores for th. post, and thee supplies ar work, and signal engineering.. Th Idea per cent- These were passed to th lnstru- feet In width to shelter Signal corps bal- the reservation and on the main driveway now- terrace. Is situate th. post hospital, wireless system of construction a
being added to constantly. - to always kept paramount that th algnal ment class. Voona, The hydrogen gas generating house runnir north and south Is what to known WDlch ts modern In every respect, both In Omaha, with a description of th
It Is th. theoretical and practical train- corps man is a soldier, and whiia th. At present Fort Omaha consist of thirty- will be equipped with machinery for gen- as -Officers' Row." Thess buildings con- equipment and accommodation of paManta. IV,,, t0Vr of IT feet in htlrht and it.
ing echool for th signal corps of th fatlgu duties and squad drills ar eliinJn- three buildings of which five ar frame .rating hydrogen gaa for Inflating pur- Migt of aeVen commodious brick structures, Tne medical oorps of th army provide a ..,,. building Which is located la tb
army. It la here that selected men from ated In his higher education, he must stlil and th remainder brick. Aslds from the pone, also a compressor where th hydro- which ar occupied by officers on duty at ,Urgeon and a detachment of trained at- "rthWMtar tpLl of th reservation,
civil Hf., or ether branches of th army, attend th company drill, parade and leo- two double Beta of barracks are to be con- gen will be forced into steel tubes at a the post. The commanding officer's quar- tendante educated on th lines of th medl- , OM of th oonspteuooa
who hsv. shown an aptitude for this epe- ture. atructed of brie, and si brick bakery, preasur. of 100 atmospheres; In other words tr. ar. In th. center of the row. a littto CBj profession to car. for tb wants of ths f 'aturw. It Omaha, and wlreles communl-
ciaity, ar wm xo docot expcir in xnm ai unn uv won ui mm wiucuw iur - - m - lo ina nortn or tn main anreway.
. . .... a av. aa a m r a sWrWt Ban if ntt ftmriAfl sMaa. attskKlos at n4 nilaH ar IntA nna 11al tri ftf avnslaaw tn at safrttrlsk
receipt and transmuunon or information u a sienai man. i iwrai inuicaw. a uca " - The main entrance to the reservation la
sick.
very way Its transmission Is possible,. of ability to b developed into a Signal
Tnfnrm.ilon 1. transmitted In the tmT. CT m,Ln- discharged out-
bet h day and night, by various mesne.
Over short distance, by visual means,
usually by wigwagging flags by day and
lights by night; by bombs, rockets and
other pyrotechnics whose colors or shapes
right or permitted to enter the regular
line sarrlco, being given a preference of
the branch of service he would Ilk to
serve leu
Th eours m telegraphy Include practice
Quaint Features of Life
h.v. . .limlncanc to th. aisnallst when tnd reading to fit students to become op-
rf,.rtn.- dav or dartrneaa. Rars of light " InsrucUons In clufi. th. study of
from the sun ar reflected from mirrors at th telegraph, telephone.
longer distance when circumstance ar -
favorable. The telephone, telegraph and
dude a cours in
busier, cable
Electricity ln-
thorclcl electricity.
busser. with their attending cables and ,7 I ' ... i., . " ' 1 .
. . .. i and recitation to sulUbl. Urt books, in-
used to serve at long and short distance.
and over any character of country, as doe
also the modern wireless. To us the
means for transmission of signals twsjwtr
a knowledge of th. apparatus and equip
ment employed, often Involving much prac
tical and technical training; alee of their
transport to make their us effective.
The echool Is divided Into th recruit,
telegraph student, advanced and specialty
eluding the subjects of motors, engine,
electric lighting, dynamos, electrical test
tog, power transmission. transformers,
switchboards, aeronautic a, bydrogeo gas
generation, fir eontrol Installations, pho
tography and topography. Members of
thee classes prondent to the regular sub
jects win be authorized to follow any spe
cial subject on approval of th officer to
charg.
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Hid His Gold la a Wall.
AN ICS might fall and cashiers
abscond for all the late "Wil
liam H. Wllklna of Whlteetone.
I I., cared, according to t'S-
on Thirtieth street, over a neatly macada
mised roadway. To the left aa one enters
the east gate is a convenient and modern
structure, th home of the guard, to which
the new guard Is marched Immediately after
guard mount, a ceremony, by the way, that
to i no of th most Impressive of the post
m.ies oi roupi, mi.y ru.u m rouun auties. is nere that atrangera protection of property. These comprise the
and North Mountain In leas than two and visitors will be cheerfully riven anv ...i. ..t. tn,
the
timony presented to Suit )gut wagon, the horse hitched oa behind and
Noble In Queens county, wher. the bull milled the wagon back to titon
hla daughter. Mr Ann Elisabeth Horton in less time thsa he took to ascend trie
of Whitestooe, put to an appearance as ex- grade to North Mountain with young Rants
cutruc to straighten up her father's es- on his back.
tste.
In her testimony she stated that her
father's estate amounted to about f t 87
and of this amount she found :.S3 in gold
and silver coin stored away in a hoi in
th wall. She said her father had no faith
hours, beating hla father, who was driving information desired concern! tb post or ,heds snd storehouses.
a horse, by mere tnsn can an hour.
Th bull waa then bameesed. to
cation will soon be established through it
The single and two double buildings Just with Fort Leavenworth and Riley. Kans,
juth of the hospital are occupied hv tb and Fort Des Moines, Is.
Tb. grounds of Fort umana ar among
th. most beautiful In th country. Trees
planted ther thlrty-flv and forty years
ago have now grown Into magnificent and
stately monarch of the forest and th
grounds enjoy an abundance of eooUng and
refreshing shad. Th lawns ar kept
venly cropped and th grea, valvty
swards, intersected her aad there by
south
higher grades of the non-commUaloned
force, as master sigrM electricians and
their families.
The collection of buildings on th south
side of the post are intended to provide
space for housing animals and for the
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, a is wan bouiii v w.raw (is iat v w avsaw WwVJJJaat DUV l.l 4Va a flVWaHMf ssi w se vwew
Directly south of the guard snd Informs-- ground to a fine base ball area. A small picture of beauty,
tion building to post headquarters, wher grandstand ts provided for the accommoda- Tn, prvatlon Is open for tb lnape-
will be found the commanding officer during tion of those who wish to witness ths t(oa ot tn public at all times. Th offl-
duty hours, with ths adutant of th post tames. Foot ball and other outdoor ath- ceia of thB pot are graUfled to hav th
as well as th rooms occupied by th. post letics ars played on these grounds. Once DUblia visit tb a-rounda. When off duty
Rants uses ths bull nearly all the time '''l-1 ,orc th t'eraph and telephon each month Is designated as field day. they will cheerfully glv any Information
In place of a horse, not only In his farm " nro mm m i"l'n ug .nuun.net w regarding in grAi posx. ana wnnau 70s
...a w.viMdi wuuiiiw jumping, running, puuing in mm, tuse will II Dtl ron uiuu a most miereeunsj
the technical library, covering every necet- of war and other tournament stunt ar place to visit, and will at all time during
sary professions! subject for the use of carried out. The grounds also afford th day receive cordial welcome ther.
work, but In trip to other towns.
Woaderfal Twe-Talled Cow.
The two-tailed cow owned at the Wal-
a . ..-t..., . ,,, .1 , In banks or caahlera, so h'S had a sort of dorf Btory, from near Buffalo. In t alias
classes. Th students progress from th tna ,t and ing of th several class aad Tp0lt0ry buUt ,n th wall back of th county, Missouri, has been sold to Baron
recruit to th higher class as they com- promotions ar mad from on grade to th kltcben 5ooT casing. After It was ones von Thetssen. a Dutch breeder, at suction,
plet th work leading up to them. When oth,r on the basis of 7S per cent or over. Jed UD hd no way of opening hla and probably will be Uken out of the
qualified to b useful to th wrk of th bistanc th report for th. month of hom"mmd bnk nd he dropped money In country. The bidding on th. animal was
Signal corps they ar sent to where their rebroary shows th standing of th recruit through a small slot from tlm to time, spirited and she was Anally sold at trt,
knowledge can be applied. Passing through class studying manual Km t, "Visual From th day he had the place built up Asld from being a freak of nature thli
this school will r-t only permit a man to Signaling." Ntoety-on students were to t0 Um" Bl ath, and he lived to cow bas several unususl points. It is sail
become proficient lx. a useful calling should class, and foity en of them were be S5 years old. he never disturbed his hole- by th. owners thai during the summer
he return to civil Hf but his discipline advanced to th student class, their per- In-tha-wall savings. months, when th cows were being wor
and drill will taaci. subordination to con tag STrw1'ng th 71 pwr cent limit. Of rled by file and to consequence gave I U
authority, build up his physlqu and pre- this number on recruit showed M and tlveel After Fall ef BOO Poet. little milk, th double-tailed cow main
pare tlm for greater usefulness t th na- another per cent Thlrty-on rated be- Tht maB feet and survive tained her average. Ordinarily when a cow
tln In time of war. perhaps In th higher twesa 80 and W per cent and twelve over n u"t bn PpoT Bristol, Englsad, switches her tall arojnd on one side the
grades. Toung men trained la th gram- 75 per cent and three stood 75 per oent. Of wnr la acap from death to regarded flies assemble on the opposite. This caw
mar and high schools of th ountry ar those falling to pas fourteen were over miracle. Twice the man's body truk waa able to switch on both side st the
in rocis as ns reu irom that great height same time and this so confused th pests
New Clarkson Memorial Hospital Home
T
HE Clarkson Memorial hospital,
a hkh was dedicated yesterday
afternoon. Is located at Twenty-first
avenue and Howard
streets on a large ar.d sightly
lot, commanding a fine view of
the surrounding country snd liberally sup
plied with trees large snd beautiful. The
building now being erected will cost I100.0W,
exclusivs of fumtst.lt rs, and It to so
Emil Brandeis Among the Egyptians
to the railwsy below Observatory hill and that they erased worrying her.
ine second um it Bounced out several ft
yards from th rock wall and look to 'cash Grew em Bom Huh.
som observers as though It would touch 8re a' months sgo F: ank Mtdlnger. man.
many years on Dodge street, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets. 80
well was the work of Bishop Worthlngton
planned that ample funds are now secured
for tiie structure which is now being built.
The officers of the association ar. Bishop
Williama, chairman of th. board, and F.
11. Davis, secretary and treasurer, with
the boa"4 of directors consisting of Rev.
George F. Bcecher. den of Trinity cathe
dral ; Rev. T. J. Mackay, Mrs. A. J. Top
pleton, Mrs. F. H. Davis. Mr. Joseph
Cudahy, Mrs. Edwsrd P. Peck.. Mr. C. W.
Lyman. Mr. R. B. Hall. Mr. H. W. Tate.
tienta. and as more room la needed th
building will be enlarged.
All th Episcopalian charchea of Ne
braska ar Interested to th Clarkson
Memorial hospital, which Is be ina built
under Episcopal auaptcea. but, although
th management to under that denomina
tion, patients of all creeds will be eared
for. Th women of the churches of Omaha
and Nebraska hav raised th. greater part
of th money for the caw building-, which
will b a sou roe of pride to those who hav
worked so hard for It construction. Th
new building ts near th central part of
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OIjONTX. KMTTV BRANDEIS of andrla to the uttermost limits of th. past
Omaha will not b present at In th upper reaches of th. Nil, he has
the presentation of a silver pursued his Investigations with more thsa
planned that wines may be added from
time to time until It will finally be four
times aa large as the structure which is
sow being built.
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the pet hobble, ef th. late Rt. Rev. George Mr' C- Powe'1 "nd Mr- ia" B"rker- Omaha. altho-:h far moucAi way t be
WonhirMnn hiahnn of Nebraska and he The building Is now nearlng th second removed Srnwn th aoia and dtt of th
th carriages that stood on th station line, ager of the John H. Oelts meal market, VOrkod assiduously for yiars that the new floor and work to expected to progress city. Th location Is splendid, oa a sightly
A strong wind was blowing, however, and Royeroford. Pa. lost the cakh receipts of building might be erected t house the aa- lively from now on. Th present structure knoll, wher tb.r will ivlways b plenty ot
ini oaugni in man and carried him three days' business, lea hla expenditures. ,.iI,li,J. hl.-h has Kren euartred for is desurned to car for seTeolr-flV sa fv ifl ale
toward th. rock. Th. result was that in- which he failed to take Into sccount In tell
stead of falling among tb. carriages he ing of his loss, which he estimated st 13.
fall ImIa W . ... a ... . .... . .
service to the batUeshlp N- th ordinary traveler's assiduity, and will ,n" "V"" , I mu. . nooouy was
.-..w. w n . t.,. . ... .. .... . . , . master's garden. Th man was picked uo openly accused.
braska by Governor Sheldon, be ready to tell a tale to his friends when
for th very good reason that he gets baok to Omaha. Befor he lef'
he is 00 the other side of th glob. Dur- her he said he waa going for a rest and
log the last three months Colonel Bran- wanted to get so far away that th rush
dels has been spending his tlm among of th big store could not possibly reach
th niegnirtcent relic of tb dead and him. Th photograph shows hlra sur
burled greatness of Egypt, From the mod- rounded by such evidences of rest as in
tra hotel and other evidence of a new dicate that he ha achieved th object of
and virile civilisation aa found at Alex- bis quest.
and carried to a hospital. If he survives
the shock of such a fall ss that er.e can
only say that his Urn had not com.
Foresaw Ula Death.
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A strange story tn regard to th recent
death of Aimasra Byrd at hla home near
Owtngsville, Ky., has Just been told by
bis family.
Byrd was occupying an upstairs room ahow how fo7 grew Into ta in a rosebush.
While working on his lawn B. I. Latshaw
found the roll of money In a roeetH.su and
returned it, but Medinger says It is not his.
ss the roll contains tC3 and that Ms actual
loss was but 1ST. With th. finding ef th
money It was thotisht that the matter
would come to a hsppy conclusion, but it
appears that the matter is simply deepen
ing In myntery and another revelation may
when, early Saturday morning, April 4. he
rushed down Into th family room. and. ta
a very excited manner, told his wife that
a voice had said to htm: "Byrd, you will
die befor. U o'clock today."
lira Byrd tried to convince her husband
that it was his Imagination, but k. grew
more excited, and vehemently protested
that the voice was real, snd its prediction
only too true. All that could be don did
not ycalm him, and his agitation and fear
became tntens. aad orx-out reliable, and
when finally, almost exhausted, be lay
down and suddenly died, almost w'.lhovt a
s-trvrs!-
It wss in th. room ecupted by Byrd oa
th morning of his death that be blew out
th brains of hi son with a load of buck
shot two or thro year ago. His son had
battered dowa th door and wss advancing
T's Tree la I ad la.
Several papers In India, according to
som of thdir London contemporaries, pr'nt
the following, written by a native subordi
nate In his diary while In a trying post
tloa: "Up a tree, wher I adhere wVh
much pain and discomposure, while a big
tiger is roaring In a very awful manner on
th fir line. This to a very Inonsiderat.
tiger and causes me great griefs, as I hsv
befor reported to your honor. This Is
two time ha spoiled my work, coming snd
shooting like thunder snd putting in up a
tree and making m behave like an Insect.
Ii'1 a viy awkward fats to m and th
tiger to most Inconsiderate."
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Bom peopl choose queer ways of leaving
this WorM ff trauKl-a A mrnmrnm In K.'
00 his lather with uplift! ax. when th Turk laughed herself to death over aa old
fatal shot waa firsfl.
Trmtmed BavU Dmbi Ms re a.
Elmer KaaU ef Benton townahii Co
lumbia county, Pstmsylvania, ha bull
U..U he ha trained to do th work of a
Jok and a man to Pennsylvania died of
heart failure after eating fltteea plate of
raw oyster on day aad thirteen more th
next. With all the prevailing tashiooabl
diseases going around and tb eras for
Eifll BRAhTDinS IN PHARAOH S GARJLEV AT M-UaTTHIJ.
fll I all llllll it BBaiarn M k.r n-n-u . aa aw
bora. Last week th. animal mad a roe- to uusuuU mean of making
ord. Raaia red Ui bull vr th ilxtsaa u' quistua.
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