The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19
Military Items.

Ill orClauu UnlS Week, DeIOTe Ialr auul-
ences.
Capt. L. Cass Forsyth, @. M. Dept. U. S.
A., has been ordered to report for duty at
Fortress Monroe
There was born to the wife of DIR. r.
Ebert, Asst. Surgeon U. s. A., at Walla
Walla, May 10th, son.
Lieut.. G. A. Booth of the U. s. A. Signal
Service leaves his station at Dayton, w. T.,
this week, EN- route to Arizona
Lieut.. J. w. Duncan, 2lst Inf, and wife,
returned to the post on Tuesday, after being
on leave in Washington all winter
Lieut.. j. G. Galbraith, LIST Cav, returned
to Boise Barracks from Camp Harvey, Ore
gon, on Tuesday night of last week.
A slight fire occurred in the commanding
officers quarters at the Boise garrison on
| Wednesday. 1t was extinguished before
any material damage was done.
The War Department has just issued an
important order regarding target practice,
the appearance of which is anxiously looked
for by all those persons Interested.
w. A. Newell, Governor of Washington
Territory, was at headquarters on Thursday
last, the guest of Gen. Wheaton. He was
received upon his arrival with the usual ar
tillery salute due his official station.
Mr. Downing does not 90 before the ex-
aiming board to pass the competitive ex-
animation for Lieutenancy, the Secretary
of War having decided that no person can
be eligible therefor except after serving at
least year in the ranks.
Major James ellis, A. O. NJ, on service
several years in this department. has been
ordered to Arizona, to act as Chief Quarter
master of the department. Major Grimes,
whom he relieves, has been ordered to the
Department of the Columbia.
Lieut. Thos. w. Symons, Of the engineers
corps, will next week depart with his corps
of assistants for the upper Columbia coun-
try, there to take Astronomical observations
and complete other work. He will not re-
turn until the close of the season.
The court-martial ordered to convene at
Walla Walla for the trial of Lieut.. Col. H.
C. Merriam, I'd Inf, has been dissolved, the
charges having been withdrawn. The men,
GERS of the court from Vancouver arrived
down on Mondays boat, after about ten
days absence.
We have received from Gen. r. c. Drum,
Adjt Gen. U. S. A., Washington, ID. c., a
copy of the "Oflicial Army Register for
1881" which was just issued month since.
1t is more complete in its details, and bet
ter arranged, than any of the volumes for
previous years, and therefore will prove
more valuable.
Major VIM. Graves, the father-inlaw OF
General Henry A. Morrow. died at Niles,
Mich, on the night of April co. aged seven
ty-two years. He was native of New
Hampshire, but had resided in Michigan
since 1885, and was prominently identified
with the interests of western Michigan as a
business man and politician. He was elected
secretary Of state in 1852, and served dur
ing the administration of Gov. Fenton, be
ing the last democratic secretary of state il
Michigan; had been mayor of the city; helo
various local oiilces, and at the time of hi.
death was just entering upon his fourth
term as city treasurer. The wife of Genera
Morrow is the only living child. a son, Col
Franz Graves. of the Eighth Michigan, be
ing killed while leading charge at the bat
tie of the Wilderness. His funeral took
place under the direction of the Masonic
fraternity, and was attended by many
marks OF public respect for the deceased. -
Army and Nary Register.
The non commissioned officers attached tc
the various staff departments have been very
much gratiied by the publication by the
army and Nary Journal of a very compact
and handsomely printed register, giving
their stations, date of appointment, and the
records of their services in the army, so far
as these could be obtained. This register
brings to light many facts of interest to
those Immediately concerned, and to all con.
nected with our army, as showing the mate
rial of which it is composed. The Nestor OF
the non commissioned staff would appear to
be Ordnance Sergt. James NJ Brooks, sta
toned at Fort Preble, Me. He entered the
service in May, 1894, forty-seven years ago.
Another Ordnance Sergeant, Geo. Bromley,
Fort Mifllin, Penn, entered nearly year
later. March 80, 1885. Hospital Steward
Walter Newburn Fort Brady, Mich, en-
tered nearly as soon, July 20, 1887. Fifteen
altogether were in service before the close of
the Mexican war, and l6l in the military SER
vice before the close of the war of the REBEL.
ion. This is certainly very fair represen.
ton of veterans in body of 454 men, more
than one-third. Some Of these were com.
missioned officers of volunteers Others are
veterans of the florida war and the Mexican
war, as well as of the rebellion, and the In
dian campaigns in which they have served
are innumerabe. We have also one or two
veterans of the Crimea and the English
campaign in India at the time of the Sepoy
outbreak. The navy has two representa-
tives among these non-commissoned officers,
one old salt having had his service in the
Swedish navy. The University of Tubingen
honors us with one Of its graduates, now dis
pensing drugs as hospital steward at Fort
Garland, Colorado.
| The register which is corrected to March
was issued on the I'd of April, and already