National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-27
THE ARMY AND NAVY
Movrmsnrs OF THE OFFICERS.


ngr liv nv nt M. 1913 NJ street.
Cnrimnuiur John n. Quackenbush is living at
no. al Pennsylvania avenue.
Assistant pnymasier Thomas J. Cowie, U. S. N.
has quarters ut the fremont House.
Colonel William Harvey Brown, First Infantry,
was ut san Antonio, Texas, last week.
Lieutenant David Price, IT,, First Artillery, reg
isiertd nj the Ebbit House Thursday.
Lieutenant Richard A.willams, Eighth Cavalry,
was IN san Antonio, Texas, last week.
Lieutenant William Maxwell Wood, U. S. n,
nnd innhly are living ut No. 2DjS street.
Lieutenant Richard wnllnch, Marine Corps, re.
ported for duty at the Norfolk Maynard last
Saturday
I'cnlcnant william T. Cmycron, retired, U. s.
A., formerly Seventh Cavalry, was ut Kansas City
Mo- last week.
Commander Gilbert C. wiltse md family arc
living ut No. lii3 Connection, avenue, near the
Visitation Convent.
Colonel George W.Scholcld major Tenth Cavalry,
has been granted leave from Texas for II month,
and will soon come East
Lieutenant William A. Dinwiddic Second Cav
airy, aud Mis- Diuwildie are ut No 1901 Rhode
Island avenue, Iowa Circle.
Second Lieutenant, George L, Morrison, Second
Artillery. hns arrived ut the Ebhit House from the
Artillery School ut Fortress Monroe.
Captain Philip G. johnson, u. s. n, has rented
the luuse No. Ills n street hut his family VIII not
join him here until after New Years.
Fine navy, when n little coasing steamer can
accidentally run down and nearly sink one of the
three best ships we have in the American service.
Mr.. franklin Bache Meigs brother of General
y.
U. s. A., died Sunday at his home In Philadelphia.
Lieutenant William =. Conway, U. S. NJ, who was
one OF the survivors of the terrible wreck of the
sloop.Of-war Huron, arrived In San Francisco last
week
Lieutenant Christopher C. woolcott chief en-
gineer u s. ~, has located nj No. 2027 street.
He was recently lieutenant In the Third Ar
tillery.
Lieutenant William c. Storey who has recently
been ordered MS assistant TO the Chief Signal
Onlcer of the Navy, has taken quarters at No. 1919
l. street.
The cadet midshpmen gave n Christmas hop ut
the Naval Academy on Saturday night. The an
nual bail will take place January 0, two weeks
from to-day.
grand reception was given recently at the
Presldio of San Francisco TO welcome the officers
OF the First Artillery and their families to the
Pacific coast
Lieutenant T. J. @. Maddox, assistant surgeon
U. A., arrived here last Tuesday under orders
to report to Surgeon, General Barnes and isl No.
1903 Thirteenth street.
The Essex, Commander Alexander II. McCor-
mick. dropped down from the Norfolk Navy. Yard
Thursday to the naval anchorage to await the
visit Of the board of inspection.
Major william 8. Worth. Eighth Infantry, with
his command, Company X, arrived at San Fran
cisco December 10 from Arizona, returning to his
station at Benicia Barracks, Cal
Lieutenant Theo. @. Fillette Of the Marines,
says he Is not nephew OF Senator NJ. O. Butler, OF
South Carolina NJ stated. Lieutenant Fillette is q
protege OF Senator Wade Hampton.
Captain Charles Porter and Lieutenant Charles
NJ. Bailey, regimental quartermaster Eighth In
fantry, arrived In San Francisco last week from
Arizona en- route for Benicia Barracks.
The naval cadets were on leave at Annapolis on
Saturday and yesterday. They poured into Wash
ington to enjoy their Christmas, and were seen
everywhere on the streets in fatigue uniform.
Captain John Mullan, who was an ofhcer in the
Second Infantry so long ago that he would have
been colonel years ago had he remained In the
service, is living at No. 1910 Connecticut avenue.
Lieutenant Vasa L. Stolbrand, Thirteenth Infan-
try, is ordered for instruction at tho Fort Leaven-
worth Army School In place of Lieutenant Jesse
c. Chance, Thirteenth Infantry, whose detail is
revoked.
Commodore John G. Walker (captain), chief OF
the Navy Bureau of Navigation, has returned from
his visit to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to witness the
experimental firing of the Ericcssen torpedo gun
boat Destroyer.
Major Louis 7. Norris captain Eighth Cavalry
and Lieutenant James b. Hickey, of the same regl-
ment, were in San Antonio, Texas, last week, re-
turning from Dallas, where they went to purchase
cavalry horses.
Captain William r. Livermore, Corps of En-.
military post on the North Concho River, Texas
He is now in the field with an escort from tho
Tenth Cavalry.
The eldest daughter Of Colonel Henry C. Corbir
Is seriously i'll with paralysis of the whole
body and AL her limbs: and with no hope OF re-
coyery, This Is one OF the unhappy results of the
Colonels long Texas service.
Lieutenant William H. Reeder, U. S. N, Is de.
tached from special duty here and ordered to The
Portsmouth Navy Yard: Assistant Paymastel
the Navy Pay ONCE, Washington.
The naval board @, Of inspectors, Of which Com
mSdo re- William ,iln 3 Temple Is PRESIDENT VIII in
Wednesday. The ship dropped down TO the fare.
well buoy last Thursday after being reprinted and
having her bottom coppered,
Captain Eugene b. Gibbs assistant quartermastei
U. s. A., and MIS-. Gibbs, have arrived here from
Fort Smelling, Minnesota, and are, located at the
In the Sixth Infantry, was for number of years al
aide. camp to General Terry.
Captain George N. Wheeler, Corps Of Engineers
U. S. A., who for a number of years directed tn,
celebrated Wheeler's surveys in the Territories
has been elected an honorary member Of the Aus
tralian Royal Roy Geographical Society at Vienna
few weeks from Vienna
Mrs. Jane Hone, the second daughter of the late
Commodore Matthew G. Perry and cousin o
Eve at her residence at Morrstown, N. j., after
very long Illness She had three daughters anC
two sons, one OF the latter having been midshp
Mrs August Belmont
Lieutenant William A. Nichols, jr Twenty
third Infantry, the son of the late General Nichol
(who was colonel and assistant adutant. general
and attached to General Shermans staff at 81
Louis at the time of his DEATH. was married re
M. Haller, daughter Of Colonel Granville o. Hallei
Twenty-third Infantry.
Lieutenant Francis d. Rucker, Eleventh In
fantry, reported at the Fort Leavenworth arm
school last Tuesday for duty. He is the son 0
General Daniel II. Rucker; brother-in- law O
Lieutenant, General , Philip 4 sheridan, and wa
Sixth Cavalry, who lost his life In flood In All
IONA three years ago in an unsuccessful effort :
save the life of a brother officer.
Lieutenant Herbert G. Sqnies, Seventh Cavalry
who is on duty at the artillery school at Fortres
Monroe, has written to officers in the regiment de
nyng that he intends to resign. He says he ha
no Intention whatever of leaving the seryic,
Lieutenant Squiers, II will be remembered wa
married privately last October at Hampton. Va,
the heiress of the late millionaire express mar
William G. Fargo.
General sherman and his aide de camp, ColonC
John NJ. Bacon, who left here on Friday, Decem
attend the funeral Of Major Henry s. Turne
formerly Of the United States army, LEFT st. Lou
last Wednesday for Fort Leavenworih, and on IN
next day Inspected the newly. organized schoC
there for infantry and cavalry. General sherma
will come East by way Of Chicago, and reach her
this morning,
Leave of absence for four months has bee
granted First Lieutenant Samuel X. Jones, FOurt
Artillery. The leave of absence granted Secon
October s, 1881, has been extended two month
First Lieutenant Walter l. Fisk, Corps of Er
orders Of Lieutenant Colonel Quincy A. CiImor
Corps Of Engineers, and will proceed TO Galveston
Texas. and report IN person to Major Samuel \
Mansfield, Corps OF Engineers, for duty under h
immediate orders,
General William Myers chief quarermaster Q
General TerTy's stan, gayea grand lunch last MOI
Oakes and other officials of the Northern PaGii
RRilHhy. Among the army guests present we
General Terry, commanding the Department
Dakota; Generals Samuel Breok and Michael
Morgan, Colonies Sanders, Perrin, and Hughe
Major Bates Colonel Asa L. Blunt, and Colonel
H. Jackson, lieutenant Seventh Infantry, Amor
the civilian guests was ex-senator and ex-secr
tary of War Alexander Ramsey, who told a lot
old time stories Of frontier life In Minnesota,
Isaac Taylor OF Geneva, Ohio, has been arrestC
by the United States Government, charged vii
being deserter from the regular army. Mr.. Ia,
lor admits deserving, and gives the facts in u
case After service Of three years he was grant,
flrlough TO visit New York to meet his mothC
who was returning from India, where she hi
been a missionary. He found her an invalid, a
most helpless, with no means of support. ]
could not remain In the nrmy without leaylI