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Show LOCAL II P08T Fort Douglas to Be Exclusively Exclu-sively Military Hospital ' in Future. War Department Plans Are Announced in Telegram From Washington. it is Liu' inli'Litiou of" the Vi.-ir n''.;irt-Mont n''.;irt-Mont to irrnovo ;tll line troops from I'.nt Donla" iloli.-iito iho po.-t in i;s oiitiioty t,, nrmv general h(jpital iim- as soon as tlo1 moro joa'ssino ilo-tails ilo-tails ol' Ininuiu ttooiis htinio :uol ,!'-iMil.ili.in;, ,!'-iMil.ili.in;, of the army arc attciolial to. Sim-Ii is tlu' forth. M- i.irifinl informa-tnin informa-tnin rrn'ivcsl from Washington, 1). ('., 't lav -from tlic war ili'partmont (,'- li.-inls. A .lispatcli from IW Tribune's ''Va-ii:nuton cio rispoloiont on this sub-J.'.-l -ays: "It is tlw jiarpo-r' of t ho w:ir li'-.:irlmi'iit li'-.:irlmi'iit to rouvurt 1'orf Donolas in its intiivtv into an Jinny hospital for tne troatmont aioi rare of returned veterans of tae war in Kuropr. 'The ore.:, i i.a t ions of engineers n,v there are to be removed to muke mom for hospital expansion, but in the I re-s of more important matters the adjutant neiieral's ofr'iee iias not yet. La .1 lime to order this readjust mi en t . ' T:e e:ui:i. oiitui.atioii of the war ilora 1 1' meat is nnu ilovuti ii i t s t hue :i ml ..tenliou to tlie inatter of returuin.o troops trout 1'rauee and in uorkino nut ietails f ile demobilization of the ji.at aimv. Titese matteis lime to lie n'lendr.'l io lir'-l and other details will be taken ep later, it is stale,!. Keep Things on Move. 1 1 is iudira'.rd that ;e the hospital at fort loreJus has been rodlcn under mi-, the war di pirtment oflieials tire limiting to 1 lio olfii-i.als oi this oryaiii-,a:iou oryaiii-,a:iou io Keep thitjus on tlm ir.ovi- as best thev -; i j l dlirins; the demobilization demobiliza-tion period, and after this lias been rakeu enre of then the department will Pr in it position to eive attention to dertiils of expansion of the local hospital hospi-tal and other matters that tire of im-portanie im-portanie iu the. loeai situation but are eoii-idered unimportant at preseut in .omparisou with the demands for prompt return of troops from abroad ami an early demobilization of the anew The exodus of line troops from the post wd) rouminnre tnduv. Orders have Pee, I n ived for all tin- e'isoai ont!l- j ei-rs left behind by the Seventieth roil-,uv roil-,uv en'iioers to proeeed tonioht to ; other Vamps. About ninety-four men ' and seven olfieers will leave todav for Ion l.eavenworlh. Kan., for further j detv, anil about 1 2u limiled siuvii-e men. foiumrlv of the Seventieth, have Wii , dered to proeeed to Camp l-'unston. Kan., and to take the .iteneral military l-ri-oiiers u.i.v in t'ne t"ist euardhouse at Fort DouLdas with them to the Kau--as '-atup. No Line Troops-' Left. When the easual enuineers leave todav to-dav there will be no line troops left at' the pos. y.ith exeeption of the Invlv three men of the .10:11-11 depot euei-r.e.'.'s euei-r.e.'.'s and the oflirers assioned to that ,0 -a ni a t ion. it i -t imiiealed by the V.a-hiiieton disieiteli that it is the in-,e,,i':ou in-,e,,i':ou of tae war depaltment to move ; this ot-oanization from the post also, but :e' i,'t: no orders to that effeet hae been issued, and it is likely that ihev will not be issued until the demobilization de-mobilization plans are rarrie-d further Inward eompletion. ' 'I'he ca.-ual engineers will jn on4 in I two iletaehnients, on two sporial trains. and thev will be iireoinpanied bv nied- ! i, : (dfieeis loaned for t'ne purpose by : I he aiiuv oeueral hospital. Lieutenant rihitr W.' Drew. 51. ... will tti-i-ouipany ! one of the detaehmeuts. Lieutenant s. !. Ilvtnan. M. ( from the hospital. ivPI j oinpnnr the other o r;i n i za t i on. Major V'cslov Kin", who was sent i-ere io ,-ommand tin- po-t of I'ort Tlouu-;:-. and also to take eommaral of the asu.il eniii r-. tliel convert them into a I'nited States uard eomnanv. will ind him-elf in the peculiar position of ii.e, inn a. post, but no troops to command com-mand sae the small post ipiartermaster ,P :n-hincnt left on duty. I 'ost head-oeailers. head-oeailers. w'nich h.-ive been in the bachelor bach-elor buildiuo, will prohnblv be moved t,. another 'location titter departure of i the enoineers, to maki' that section of j tee bachelor lmilditp.' available for other Cc::iing From Fort Sill. 1 n forma! ion was received tit l-'ort hennas vcsle-alav that a detachment of mnie thi'.n tiftv" limited service men irom Fort Sill.- Ok hi., are on their way to the local post to report for duty with the medical oroauizntinu there. It is lor service as members of the .army .on . ral hospital corps or ;a n i'zat i on. 'I hev arc expected to arrive iu alt l.aho to lav. ivpi, the fact that .mm fell and thai there was a strolio icy wind blowing blow-ing all ihiv yestcrdav. ron-trurtion work e:i the hospital units at the fort con-tiaped con-tiaped as usual. The workmen are en- d iu i i "Hi deiiue. painliue ami other , ,,,! inside the leurack beildin-s, tiud b i- roiolied bv the const n;; t i n u ipiar-tei ipiar-tei 'Master that 'he work is progressing -at i-laclorilv in every way. It is as- saied now tl'.at the first set of double barracks will be ready for hospital u:C bv the ti i -t of I lecemiicr. |