National Republican., 1882-01-07
THE ARMY AND NAVY
MOVEMENTS OF THE OFFICERS.
Latest from the Camp, Garrison, aud Field-Nows
from the Nayy-Yards and Quarterback
Gossip Among the Men Who
Wear Epaulettcs.

the Wachusett at Mare Island, February 1.
Lieutenant g. J. Logan;-Narlne Corps has been
granted thirty days leave OF absence.
Major Israel o. Dewey, paymaster, left San An
tonic last week for Western Texas to pay troops.
Lieutenant John +. jefferson, Finh Artillery,
has been granted one month extension ofleave
Commodore Samuel II. franklin Is at the Eb-
bitt House, where he arrived Tuesday from New
York.
Fny recruits have been ordered to be sent to
San Antonio, Texas, for the Twcnty-second In
/ iantry
Major Merritt Barbcr captain Sixteenth Infantry,
| arrived at the Ebbitt House Wednesday evening
| from Texas.
Major James NJ. Ropes, lieutenant Eighth Cav
airy, arrived at San Antonio last week from Fort
/ Clark, Texas.
Captain John A. Manley, lieutenant Twentieth
Infantry, has been detailed for duty at the Fort
| Leavcnworth Army School.
+. Commissory Sergeant james NJ. Don has been
| ordered from Fort stevens, Oregon, to duty at
| Fort Townsend, Washington Territory
Lieutenant William l. Reed Seventh Infantry,
who served in the sixth California during the re.
| bellion arrived at the Ebbitt House Wednesday
| night
Major Samuel NJ. whitesde. captain Sixth Cav
airy, and Lieutenant Samuel X. Whilall, Sixteenth
Infantry, have each been granted six months
! leave.
Lieutenant william welch has been ordered to
| navy-yard at Pensacola. Fla, and Passed Assistant
Surgeon Howard Wells to the naval rendezvous at
Baltimore.
Lieutenant George II. Smith, Twelfth Infantry,
Third Artillery, for duty on the official History Of
the Rebellion"
Lieutenant Charles II. ingalls,, Sixth Infantry is
| ordered to conduct recruits from New York 10 the
Department. Of the Platte, and then join his COM
mand in Utah.
Colonel Henry r. BrinkcrhofI, captain Fifteenth
| Infantry, has been granted two months extension
| OF the leave for one month granted him December
| II by General Pope
Major Frederick w. Thibaut, lieutenant Sixth
| Infantry Is ordered TO bc relieved from dnty ut
| the EDrt a. ypuWnrth Military Prison. mud IA tpn
| his regiment in Utah.
Mrs. Nathan S. Fullnni, of Rochester, N. Y, the
mother of Ensign William +. Fullam, died this
week. Ensign Fullan is now en- route home from
the Swatara Asiatic feet.
Captain +. NJ. Ramsay, superintendent of the
Naval Academy, paid visit to the Secretary of
| the Navy in reference TO certain contemplated
| changes at that institution.
Mrs Michael p. Small, wife of General Small,
chicf commssnry OF the Department ofTexas, gave
| grand reception 10 the officers stationed at san
Antonio and their families.
Captain II. j. Bishop, of the marines, has been
detached from the Colorado and ordered to Pen.
sacolu, Fla as the officer detailed to command
the marines stationed there.
Lieutenant. Commander Charles NJ Thomas q
cassmate of Lieutenant Commander De Long and
| q number of other distinguished naval officers of
| the 1861 date, is ut the Ebbitt House.
Captain William s. Tremaine assistant surgeon
Is assigned to duty in the Department. of the East
| and Lieutenant Thomas J. G. Maddox, who is now
in Washington, is assigned TO duty In Texas.
Captain Peter j. A. Cleary, assistant surgeon
United States army arrived at the National Hotel
Wednesday. His station is at PlNtlsburg Barracks,
but he has been on sick leave for some time.
Lieutenant General Phil II. Sheridan and Mrs.
Sheridan, assisted by the officers Of his staff and
ladies, received the members of the Loyal Legion
of the United States, in Chicago, in hospitablc
style.
Colonel Thomas f. Barr Judge advocate, who
has been ON duty in the office of the Secretary of
| War for about two years, returned last Saturday
| from Christmas visit to his old home in Massa-
| chusetts.
Passed Assistant Paymaster John N Speed, u s.
| N, nephew of eX-Secretary of War Ramsay ar.
| rived at the Ebbiu House Tuesday evening from a
visit to his relatives in Harrisburg and Erie Penn
He is to go ON duty here.
Commander Norman H. Farquhar was lferc from
the Naval Academy over the official holiday of
New Years, and was the guest of his brother Colo
mel Francis U. Farquhar, major of engineers, at
No. 1Ol7 fifteenth street.
Lieutenant Edward }. McClernand Second Cav
airy. son of the gallant commander of the old
Thirteenth Army Corps AZ Vicksbulg, left here
where he Is assistant instructor of cavalry and in
fantry tactics.
Representative Hawk, of Illinois, introduced on
Thursday the same bill In effect that was intro
duced IN the Forty-sXth Congress by Colonel
Scales of North Carolina, and which provides for
national militia, subject TO the supervision the
Secretary of War;
Master William f. Whitfield, is at the Ebbtt
| House, under orders to report for duty ON board
the Enterprise next Tuesday at Che navy-yard
here. Mldshipman RoOert f. Lopez, who Is also
here under the same orders, arrived at the st.
James last Saturday
Lieutenant John L, Glen, Twenty fourth In
| fantry, met Mrs. Glen Friday at Baltimore,
on her way here from the West. Her health, her
friends Will be glad 70 hear Is much imnproved as
French, wife of General French.
Mr.. w. ]. Larkln, recently clerk to Paymaster
| Frank II. H1nman, of the sloop- Of war Lacka-
wanna, Pacific fleet, arrived at the Ebbitt House
Thursday looking fat and healthy from his
| late cruise but he astonshed his friends by show
| ing gray fringe on his whiskers.
Meutenants Samuel @ Robinson and William B.
Davis, assistant surgeons U. $. A.. will become
| captains next Monday by reason of having served
five yenrs, both having been appointed January 0,
| 1877. Dr. Davis is one of the officers who was in
| the rebel service during the rebellion.
Senator Anthony on Thursday presented the
bill published recently providing for compulsory
| total retirement in the navy for all officers who
fail for examination for promotion from miscon-
duet, professional disqu0lifcations or bad habits.
The bill provides that they shall be dropped, with
| two years pay.
Lieutenant T. Glover Flllette, Marine Corps. who
was tried about six months ago for conduct lnbe-
coming an officer and a gentleman, has had his
| sentence acted upon by the President, and he is
restored to duty. The official order in the case
Will be issued In few days, but Mr. Filete Is al
ready released from arrest
John X. Rosse a native of Washington. who has
| been paymaster's clerk for a dozen years in
the navy, was here Wednesday from Baltimore,
whence he came to ile the last quarterly accounts
OF 1881 for Paymaster william D. Thomson u s. NJ,
| who is now chief pnymaster of the Coast Survey
onice. Mr.. Rose leh Thursday evening for Baiti-
| more,
President Arthur said Wednesday to a member of
| TUE REPUBLICAN staff that he has not yet taken
under consideration the retirement of Major GEN
| eral Mcdowell or of Generals Mcigs Barnes, or
Brown (of the Quartermaster. Generals, Surgeon
| Generals, and Paymaster- Generals Corps), and
(lesaungly) did not yet know that he would ut all.
Major Simon G, Vedder, lieutenant Nineteenth
| Infantry, arrived at the Ebbits Netines .av even
ing from Fairfax Court House, where he arrived
two weeks ago from the frontier on sick leave and
is now quite lame fom an injured knee and will
not probably be able to go to his station at Browns
vile, Texas for several months,
Secretary Hunt has issued an order directing
| Midshipmen II. II. Miner e. Il. HAYDEN Henry s.
Chase, /; NJ. Garrett and G. @. Marsh to proceed
| to Washington, ID. g., and confer with Professor
s. f. Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution, for
special duty under his discretion, with u view to
| the study of those branches Of national science
with which naval duties would bring them in
| contact.
Senator Maxey of Texas, introduced the bill on
| Thursday which was prepared at the Signal OF.
flee, to organize the corps by adding professor of
meteorology lieutenant .cOloneD, three majors,
| twelve captains, and twelve hrst-lieutenants who
shall be selected from those who have distln-
guished themselves by service in the corps. II
| provides for examinations and was published in
4 full In December.
| The annual meeting of the Navy Mutual Aid
| Association was held Tuesday evening at the Navy
Department (old buildngl, when Captain Thomas
association; Pay.Inspector Frank Q. Cosby, first
vice president; Passed Assistant Engineer Robert
| B, Hine, second vice president, and Chief Engi-
neer Robert j.. Harris, secretary and treasurer.
| The old board Of directors was reelected. The
membership now includes 56s and pays s2,79O to
the beneliciaries,
As predicted last week Commander Allan d.
| Brown, Lieutennns Jacob w. Miller, John NJ.
Hawey, and Richard g. Davenport Ensigns viii;
lam Braunersreuther, William s. Hogg, aud
| Thomas Nj. BrlmDy,f MidShipmen Albert O.. VIM