National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-11
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
MOVEMENTS OF THE OFFICERS.
latest from the Camp, Garrison. and Ficld-Ntus
from the NavysYards aud Quarterback
Gossip Among the Men who
Wear Epauleitcs.

Lieutenant Isaac l. Yates, U. :. NJ has been de.
hohcd from duty a. executive officer Of the Michi.
orders
Lieutenant Ralph ". uoyt, regimental quarter.
plaster, Eleventh Infantry. was in 81. Paul last
saturday from his station at Fort Sully. Dakota for
Dew days.
Commander S. Dana Greene is ordered to be de.
tached nom duty in charge of the buildings and
grounds at the Naval Academy, April !, when he
will 60 on waiting orders.
Mr. wnslow Alderdicc, formerly United States
payy, who resigned in 1879 to 80 into business in
EAlumore, was granted patent March Z, with
NJ X. ID. williams, for n pump
Commander Augustus G, Kellogg, commanding
Pic Tallapoosa has been laid UP for about two
weeks at his quarters 1.-THE Lexington Hotel with q
nvere attack ofinfammatory rheumatism.
Master Nathaniel X. Usher, L. :. ~, who was
pently promoted from ensign and who Is now on
puty on the gunnery practice. ship Minnesota,
eill, II is said be ordered to the torpedo vessel
Alarm at the navy yard here, very soon.
Colonel George n. Hogc formerly captain Of in.
hntry United States army, and anerward Rep.
lcsontauye I'm Congress from South Carolina Is
bow living In Illinois. lie leil the South az soon
IA he failed Of re. election 10 Congress
Colonel Daniel Mcclure, assistant paymsster.
general, U. S. A., has been relieved from duty Mt
ME Paymaster. Generals Office by order Of the Sec.
tetAry Of War, and directed 10 take station at
Louisville, KY and await further orders.
The Coast Survey steamer Bachc, Lieutenant.
Commander Eugene Il. Thomas commanding, was
aiken out Of the dry dock at the Norfolk Navy.
Yard last Friday, having had her machinery re.
paired and her bottom ovorhaulcd and cleaned.
General William W. L0rlng, who was colonel Of
.ho Mounted Rifles in 1861 nov Third Cavalry,
and who was q lieutenant general in the rebel
army ana afterwnrd n majOr.general in the
Egyptian service, Is now living at Gainesville. Fla.
The Cadet Corps at West Point numbered 100
members last month, of whom five are on leave to
loin the classes in June next. The "plebs" who
entered last June and September have received
lbeir warrants from tho January examinations.
General william b. Rochester, Paymaster- GEN
era, is quarlcred with Colonel Asa b. Carey,
paymaster, at No. 1915 COrcoran street. Mrs.
Rochester aud her children are now visiting in
New York, but are expected here in about two
weeks.
General Amos Beckwith assistant commissafy.
general, has been designated as the officer TO pur.
chase supplies at st, Louis under the appropriation
Of 100000 for the relief OF the people who have
hvers
Tho Wyoming Legislature passed n resolution
This week asking Congress TO pass the bill pending
10 give Lieutenant Frederick schwatkn Third
Cavalry the difference between leave pay and full
pay for Che time he was commanding the Arctic
expedition in search Of the Franklin relics.
West Point letter says that Lieutenant John
q. D. Knight Corps Of Engineers, U. :. A., will
toOn accept responsible position on the New
York and New England Railway Lieutenant
Knight was assistant professor Of mathematics ut
aho Military Academy from 1878 to August, 1881.
Lieutenant John j. Brcretou Twenty fourth In.
hntry, who is at his home at Patterson, ~ j., on
leave from his station at the Cantonment ON
Canadian River Indian Territory, has been or.
d0rod To st. Louis to accompany recruits TO Fort
Riley, Kansas. and then proceed to Join his com.
mand.
Major Forrest II. Hathaway, recently promoted
rom rcgimentGl QuartermasIer, Finh Infantry, to
be captain and assistant quartcrmaster, has been
ordered TO report in person TO Lieutenant General
Sheridan for assignment To duty in the Depart.
ment OF Dakota. lie has resigned hi regimentGl
February %, when he was confirmed.
Lieutenant Colonies Charles $. Stewart and
George II. Mendel Corps OF Engineers, will NEE,
nj San Francisco TO examine Lieutenant Albert H.
Payson, Corps Of Engineers, for his promotion to
captain when he shall be entitled 10 such promo.
ton. Lieutenant Payson is now chief engineer
officer on Major.Gencral McDowelrs staff at San
Francisco.
Major John II. Page, captain Third Infantry
Major Daniel II. Benham, captain Seventh In.
fantry; Captain Jesse NJ. Lee Ninth Infantry
and Captain John $. Loud, Ninth Cavalry, have
been detailed by ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Sheridan rs
ho me 0Sers 10 dds1tGn'e me supplies which are
beokwith for the sufferers BY the foods in the
Western rivers
The training sloops of.wRr Saratoga, Com.
nander Harry Taylor, and Portsmouth, Com
hander William cambridge Hon, have been or.
nered to make n cruise the coming summer in
EuOpean waters. The Portsmouth, which Is now
here is ordered to be at Newport by the last of
March and the vessels will sail in company in
April and will be gone about five months.
Colonel Sanford c. Kellogg captain Fifth Cav.
airy, arrived at the Ebbtt House sunday morn.
Ing, on leave from Wyoming, and will remain
about week. He was for years an aide. de. camn
Oh the stan OF the gallant General George H.
Thomas during and since the war, nnd was by
General Thomas side when he died al Nashville.
Colonel Kellogg is q nephew Of Mrs George Ii.
Thomas
The opposition made by the senior officers of the
pay corps of the army to the promotion Of Pay.
master. General william B. Rochester resulted
Saturday last in the order detaching Colonel
George L. Fibget assistant paymaster. general,
from duty here and ordering him TO San Francisco
for duty us chief pnymaser OF the Military Division
of the Pacific.
Chief Engineer John II. Long, U. s. n, diefnt
Astoria, Long Island. last Thursday, aged fny.nyc
years He was o native of England, but removing
10 this country at an early age he entered the en-.
gineeT service OF the navy June 10, 1907, 10y Az.
pointmcnt from New York aud became n chief
engineer November TO- 1863. His last cruise was
made on the irgnte Powhatan from October, 1880
nom which he was detached last August and
placed ON SICK leave, Tie was at sea seven years
and eleven months during his whole service
Judge Charles Mason, who died nj Burlington
Iowa, February 20, was n graduate OF West Point
In the class lat its head of which General Robert
il. Lee and JET Davis wero members and was
anerward on duty ut the Military Academy rs
assistant professor. He resigned from service in
1885 aud became Journalist, but removed 10 Iowa
In 1887, and from that time until 1860 held several
very important official positions He was born In
onondagn County New York, October p, 1904 lie
LEFT one daughter the wife OF Commander George
{; Remey who Is tho only surviving member OF
his family,
Major Richard s. Alexander, surgeon IT, 5. A..
who is now on leave at Columbia. Pa, is ordered
TO tho Department Of the Missouri for assignment
TO duty; Major Harvey f. Brown, surgeon, now on
leave on Staten Island for assignment TO post in
the Department Of the South: Captain John NJ,
Dickson, assistant surgeon, now In Cincinnati, to
duty in the Department Of the East; Captain John
V. Lauderdale assistant surgeon, now on leave,
ordered to the Department of Dakota: Capnn
Fort Adams, X, l., and ordered to Texas; CAPTAINS
Edwin II. Gardner and Samuel O. Robinson, us.
hislnnt surgeons, are ordered to examination for
promotion.
Representative Harris, Of the House Naval Com.
nitIeo, has completed his report the bill for the
construction ola new navy. After alluding to the
rotten condition of our present war vessels the
report continues: I'm view Of this fnCt, the com.
miltee feel that the time for wise and energetic
action has come" The committee report unanl.
mousy IN favor Of using "open hearth steel In
building the vessels END in including tho report
says We cannot wisely commence Mt once the
construction of al the types recommended by the
board. We have not recommended the building
ofRny the thirteen or ten knot classes. Their,
u immense moral power in fifteen knot ship, OF
even u fourteen knot ship, which can make those
average speeds AT sea, aud very little in q slower
ship. We need NJ this time all the moral power
which can be crowded into iron and steel"
Captain Richard W. Meade, commanding the
Vandalia, sends TO the Navy Department sorry
account Of the condition OF that ship for sea. scr.
vice He reports his arrival at Havana, Cuba
February rs, eight days from Aspinwal, II,
states lhU the did not visit jamaica as he peCtCd
owing 70 adverse winds and a scarcity of coal, aud
remarks that he has never seen this sea SO heavy
as i Is this season IN the Caribbean Sea, the
trades blowing very strong from north northeast
and northeast On the way TO Havana the Van,
dalia split some Of her sails, but they were