National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-24

Infantry, Is being tried by court martial at Fort
Dodge. Kan. General Edward Hatch, colonel
Ninth Cavalry, Is president Of the court.
Applications are IN lder for appointment to the
two prospective vacancies Of captain and assistant
qunrtermasier in the army which will be created
by the promotion Of Major q. j. Eckerson conse-
quent on the retirement of General Meigs ana tic
retirement Of Major Charles w, Howell. II is un,
derstOod that several lieutenants h0venotyet filed
applications, but Il may be that they are en- route
through the mails from distant posts
The following army orders were Issued last Satur-
day Colonel Richard II. Alexander, surgeon, rs
granted one month extension Of leave (he Is at
New London, Comm: Captain Emerson IL. Lis.
cum Nineteenth Infantry is granted twenty days
to Arizona for tho Twelfth Infantry, and fifty to
Santa Fc for the Fourth Cavalry.
The late Lieutenant Aured Larke, Tenth In
fantry, who died last week at Fort Porter, N. ~,
was member of the Army Mutual Aid Associa.
ton, having been one Of the first officers To join
half Of which amount was sent her on the very
evening Of the day Lieutenant Iarke died. The
membership on Wednesday was sOi.
Mr.. q. @. Davenport e. PATTI the son Of the late
Captan Richard X. Davenport Z, S. N, and brother
Of Lieutenant Richard G.. Davenport, U. s. N, and
Lleuten0pt Thomas Corbin Davenport Ninth Cav
airy, who is now visiting his uncle Mujor George
j. Graham, Marine Corps In this city will leave
In few days for Texas where he has been APP
pointed fish commissioner of the State.
The jamestown, which Is now being overhauled
at the Mare Island Call Navy Yard, will sail for
an Atlantic port via Cape Horn as soon as her
repairs sufficiently completed to enable her TO
meut that the total repairs (which will be COM
ploted at one of the Eastern yards will cost at least
$4,000, while one chief OF the bureau says that he
can build better ship for half that money.
No rctrcmenls win take place in the Medical
Corps the Navy until 1884. when Medical Direc-
tors Horwiz and Martin retire. After that none
| Will occur until January 1887. In the Pay Corps
Pay Director Caleb j. Emery will retire May 2S 1881
and Pay Director Edward G. Dorn, on Christmas
Of The same ysqI The next retirement ai.eT that
December 30 1888. which is the only one for that
year.
The War Department has published general
| order stating that more discrimination should be
| given In courts martial when men are tried for
desertion MS to the intention of the men, whether
| they were merely absent without leave aud In
| tending 10 return, or whether they intended to
desert DcsertiOn, II says, is unauthorized alb
sencc, accompanied BY the intention Of not re-
| turning, and both must be proven to sustain the
charge, tho latter being the gist of the onense.
MIR. Louis u. Waite, son of Mrs. Camille G. G.
| Carr, wife Of Captain Cnrr, First Cavalry, has
left for Rawlins,, wyoming Territory, where nc
| express company running from Rawlins to White
River, Colorado. lie was formerly assistant vnult
| keeper at the Bureau of Engraving aud Printing.
Mrs Carr is living at No. 1921 California street,
| San Francisco while Captain Carr is absent tenn
| porarily on duty in Arizona, with his company.
| The following army oracrs have been issued
Lieutenant Charles II. Heyl, Twenty. third In
fantry is ordered for instruction ut the Fort Leav
enworth Army School, In place of Lieutenant Will
lam A. Nichols, Twenty. third Infantry, who was
| ordered November 8; Lieutenant Charles Justin
Bailey, First Artillery Is transferred from Battery
to Battery u; thirty recruits are ordered 70 Fort
Smelling for the Eleventh Infantry and forty Il
Abilene, Texas, for the Sixteenth Infantry.
Lieutenant Carlisle Patterson Porter, Marine
Corps, who was recently on duty at the navy. yard
h ere, Is ordered TO be detached from the Mime.
sofa, at Newport and will report in command o.
| the guard OH the Portsmouth, which Is at the
navy-yard here, tied up for the winter. He is :
son OF the Admiral Of the Navy, and nephew o.
Rear Admiral Thomas IL. Patterson. He will re-
lieve Lieutenant Samuel J. Logan, who will re-
port for duty with the marine guard ut the navy
yard gate here.
Captain Bentley, Seventh Infantry, reports t
General Sheridan regarding the disturbance at the
Menominee River Indian ngency that tile reserya
ton Is covered with n forest OF fine timber, anc
that the indications are that the Indians are en-.
couraged by lumbermen TO continue thei
dreamer's dance" in the belief That IL will leaC
them TO overt acts, which will be followed by
forfeiture of their lands. Bentley advises egisa
ton which shall secure the timber lands TO thu
Government and protect the Indians in thei
rights.
Secretary Hunt yesterday issued the fol
lowing circular: "In consequence Of th,
numerous and Increasing applications 70
the discharge of enlisted men in the Marine
Corps, made by Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress and others. the Department feel
constrained 10 suy that no such application can b.
fhvorably entertained In the present condition o
the service unless the application be based upol
such strong grounds as would enttle the applican
| TO be discharged on account OF mental or bOdil
disability"
A sad case of dcstitution has Just been reporte,
! by the congressional board that visited Yves
Point last summer. III asking that the superin
tendent Of the Military Academy shall receive
larger salary than now, because he has 10 enter
tain 80 many visitors their report use. the follow
ing language: Until this Is done II Is hardly RICH
to impose such burdens upon an officer linbl,
possibly, to become pauper II he should remni
} long ut West Point" Yet We find officers strugglin
I vigorously for this chance OF becoming puupt
whenever vacancy occurs, md holding on 10
tenaciously whenever they getit.-Nei0 York Sln.
4 The Navy Department has received advices
| n digpogiIO of the Eurpppan yauu1rOu "A fol
lows: The Lancaster arrived ut Villufunche Iron
New York Oh the Goth ultimo aud will RENAL
! there until necessary repairs have been mad'
. These repairs will occupy three or four week
The Nipsic was on her way TO Alexandria, Egyp
Decem6er1 The Galena is at Villqfranchc. III
Qunnebnug has also returned there from Maj
l settles, where she spenr two months uAdergoin
repairs The vessels OF the fleet will visit Easter
ports in succession until Affairs are In more sci
tied condition.
4 Rear- Admiral ClitZ commanding the Asiati
station, reports to the Navy Department, undo
date of Yokohama, Japan, November "a, that I'll
I MUnocacy and the Swatarn are at that port tia
$ the AshueOt left Nngaslki for Tien Tsin on I'll
o 18th .uitmo, and that the Alert left Koh
, is at Hong. Kong. Lieutenant Commander
q w. Green reports that the measurement Of long
/ tudc has been completed between Hong Kon
y Canton, and Manila. The work Of measurement
n between Hong-Kong, Singapore and Saigon WI
i TO be begun ut once. There is no indication
= any change in the state of affairs in China all
: Japan.
# The Senate Committee on Naval Afiars Wedne
- day directed favorable report TO be made upo
q Mr. Mcphersons bill to reorganize the Marin
T. Corps. The title Of the measure Is A bill TO e.
= tiblish and eqnalize the grades and regulate Il
I, appointments in the Marine Corps" II does N
" say a word, however, about promotions from u
y ranks. Does the Senate Committee know that !
non.eommissioned officer in this corps has bee
:. promoted from the ranks for quarter of u Gel
= Jury? that no communicate OF the corps has cy
. recommended a promotion from the ranks? tn
i many OF the officers are young men appointed fro
! civil lie who failed To pass Us cadets at either We
| Al A a .
It The army wants three measures TO increase
i efficiency, even with the small potato policy
u keeping IL down to II bare skeleton. First, con
y, pusory retirement ut liked age MS II Is in u
navy, 80 that there may be n chance for men In Il
lower grades to gain sufficient rank before retir
= ment 10 enable them TO educate their children
IS second lineal promotion (Which the statutes no
d provide for) In each separate corps OF the arm
third, examination iorpromotion, asi is In the NM
p at present; examination for professional, ment
~ and moral qun ifcntions for advancement To Il
4, next higher grade In the navy examinations I
Or promotion are made for every grade from mi
M | shipman TO rear-admiral, corresponding to u
grades in the army from the lowest rank 10 maj
>, general.
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