MAJ.GEN. MORTON TO VISIT FORT SEBXSD:
Official information has been received at Headquarters
that Major General Charles G.Morton,in Command of the 9th Corps
Area,accompanied by Col.B.Frank Cheatham,Chief of Staff,
and party,will visit Fort Seward^and the other Alaska© posts on
the Army Transport that is due to arrive here sometime early in
July.It is expected that many army officers and their families
will avail themselves of the opportunity to see Alaska that is
afforded by the trip of the transport to all the posts,so tna
the Fort should experience an exciting time when the boat ar
rives with the long awaited replacements,and the trip passen
It is very likely that governor 'Scott C.Bone,the Chief
Executive of the Territory,will be a guest at Fort Seward during
the visit of General Morton,as the General has expressed a aesire
to meet the Governor of Ala ska. Arrangements are now being made oy
the Commanding Officer of the Fort to entertain the military
party and the Governor and .his staff,and many complimentary m
ner parties and private dances are in prospect. The time that
General Morton and.his party will spend at Fort Seward is sure
to be brimming over with excitement,and we feel sure that he
will long remember with delight his stay at this Post.
The transport is due to leave San Francisco on next
Monday.June 26th,and is ordered to proceed to Seattle,thence
direct to Fort Seward,but it is highly probable that a stop
will be made at Juneau,that the Governor may habe an oppor
tunity to meet General Morton.The "Fornance'1 will be in the
Capital about that time with the Post baseball team,for the
Fourth of July celebration,and may bring Governor Bone back
to the Fort to enjoy a few days during the General's stay here
as the guest of the Post.
MY Q.M. ADDITIONS TO ARRIVE AT FT.SEWARD SOON:
Information in regard to the enlisted men of the
Q.'M.C* ,who have been ordered to this post has been received.
Some of your fi iends may be among them.
The following is the ‘list’:
From San Francisco:
pvt .Willard L.Gerard ...
Pvt.Cecil Vail
Pvt.Louis R.Hopkins ....
Pvt.Daniel R.Morgan ••••
(For the Harbor Boat)
Pvt.Arthur Sylvester ...
Pvt.Clint A.Fulton .....
Pvt.Benjamin Trump.
From Ft.Liscum and Ft .St .Michael:
Pfc.Henry Stuart Pfc.Oscar T.Claus
pvt .Wirt K.Gassette. pvt/WauShower •
Sgt.Oliver Kepler. Pfc.George Jollie.
Pvt.Ernest Matthews*
pvt. James B.Gibson,0 .M.C.,now at Ft .McDowell,Calif.
has also been assigned to this Post,and will arrive on the
transport. ...
painter,
fuel overseer,
storekeeper,
laborer.
cook*
asst .fireman,
laborer.