National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-20
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.

General Nelson II. Davis, inspector general was
! in Chicago last Thursday.
Lieutenant Eli d. lIoyle, Second Artillery who
is on duty at the arsenal here, will be absent dur
ing April on leave.
The Turkish Minister OF War has applied for an
extraordinary credit of 40O0O0OOf., in view of
strengthening the artillery. ,.'-'
Ensign BENJAMIN Tappan, U. Niwii,oo ~. iwio has re.
Gently been visitipcat his home Mt Helena. Ark.
was In Newport NJ l., last week
-I8!fs. William II. Kell, wife of Lieutenant Kell,
Twenty second Infantry arrived at San Antonio
March l3 from Fort Clark, Texas
Captain George +. Price, Fifth Cavalry, has been
granted two months extension of the one months
leave granted him by General Crook.
Lieutenant Rein G. Howell, Second Artillery,
who is stationed at the arsenal here is absent on
leave and Will not return before the lst of April.
Major William V. Richards, regimental quarter
master Sixteenth Infantry and Mrs Richards ar
rived at San Antonio Texas, March 13 from Fort
McKavett.
| Lieutenant George o. Eaton, Fifth Cavalry has
been granted two months leave by Lieutenant.
General Sheridan from April. He Is now at Fort
Laramie, Wyoming.
Lieutenant. Colonel Nathan W. Osborne, Sixth
| Infantry, recently promoted from major Fifteenth
| Infantry, has been assigned TO command of the
| post of Fort Cameron, In Southern Utah.
Lieutenant Richard t. Yeatman, Fourteenth In
fantTy, who is on six months leave from the camp
| on White River Colorado, Is visiting at Ammen-
| dale, on the railway between here and Baltimore.
Major Horace Jewett, Sixteenth Infantry, who
was recently promoted from the Fifteenth, ar-
rived at San Antonio, Texas, two weeks ago, and
has been assigned to station at Fort McKeyett by
| General Augur.
Major Forest II. Hathaway, captain and assist
ant quartermaster, arrived at Bismarck, Dakota,
March l3, ell route for Fort Keogh, Montana, his
old post before his promotion, TO which he has been
assigned for duty.
| Major George N. Bomford, captain Eighteenth
Infantry, has been ordered by General Terry to re-
main at ST. Paul until navigation Is open on the
| Missouri to enable him TO reach his post at Fort
| Assiniboine Montana.
Major Robert II. oHley, Nineteenth Infantry
has been ordered to Fort Ringgold, Texas, by Gen.
eral Augur TO command that post during the six
| months absence on leave of Lieutenant- Colonel
| Zenas Il. Bliss, Nineteenth Infantry.
| Lieutenant George s. Young, Seventh Infantry,
arrived at Bismarck, OAK, March IL, from Fort
Buford en- route to Louisville, KY, where he was
| summoned by the dangerous Illness of his wife,
| which was announced Saturday in THE REPuBLI-
| CAM
! The Quinnehaug Commander William White
| head, arrived at Alexandria, Egypt February IL.
She left Villefranche January %, and arrived at
| Trpoll February G, where she remained one day.
The flagship Lancaster had sailed from Aexan-
| dra few days before.
Colonel Daniel Huston. jr, Fifth Infantry whore
Gently succeeded Colonel Pinkney Lugenbeel ire
tired in command ofthe regiment, has beengmnted
| leave for month by Lieutenant. General Sheridan,
| with permission to ask the War Department for
four months extension.
Chief Engineer William b. Brooks, u s. NJ will
be relieved from duty April l at the navy. yard
here, on the completion OF his three years detail
ana viii be succeeded by Chief Engineer Alex.
ander Henderson, who Is so we'll known here
The orders will be made next week.
The recent promotion Of Major Folliott A. Whit
ney, adiutant Eighth Infantry to captain Of Com
pany A Csan Diego, Cal) lef the adJutantcy va
cant, which was filed by the transfer by General
Kautz Of Lieutenant Charles N. Baily from regi-
mental quarleImaster, and the appointment Of
! Lieutenant Wallace Mott to be quartermastor, TO
date March /.
Lieutenant James Brennan, Seventeenth Infan.
try, Is an Interested party in the Bismarck Ma.
tonal Bank which was organized last week. He
| Is ON duty OF Fort Abraham Lincoln, a few miles
below the town on the Missouri Who ever heard
ofa young lieutenant before that was interested in
| that kind ofH bankP
The sailing sloop-of-wa jamestown, Cohman-
der Allan ID. Brown, which Is on her voyage
around Cape Horn from San Franciso, is expected
at Newport about the middle ofJune by the officers
of the training squadron to which she is to be at
tached. 1t is more likely that she will be sent to
going on the squadron, as the work deemed neces-
sary was not attempted at the Mare Island yard,
but only SO much was done as was necessary to
enable her to make the passage safely.
Lieutenant Samuel C. Robertson, First Cavalry,
was granted leave for a year August l. 1881, and
left here IN September to enter the French Cav
airy College at Saumur. This leave was revoked
hriuuy lhst py lhe war department. Lieutenant
son, formerly U. S. A., who is resident now in
Washington and popularly we'll known. Adyices
recently received from the French officers on duty
at Saumnr reported the young American as stand
ing very high at the college.
Ensign Edward NJ. Katz is in Washington on a
brief leave from the Coast Survey steamer Baehe,
now at the gard, Mr., KATE Is one of the young
Japanese sent to the Naval Academy several years
ago by their government 70 learn our system of
navigation and steam engineering, He Is clever
ana quick otwiti and is a very good oincer." This
Is what the Norfolk Landmark tells Of Mr. Katz
but II is likely some of the youngsters around the
navy yard haye been imposing galley yarn I"
on the reporter Ensign Katz was born In Illinois,
sin, anl '' oresdent OfWisconsn. However,
there Wa young japanese gentleman named
kHz, who gas ClassInate, but he returned 10 his
native land aler leaving the Academy,