The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-07

w. H. II. King has received his warrant
as hospital steward, and is assigned to duty
at Fort Cauby.
Capt John II. Bartholf, medical depart
ment, on leave from Fort Lapwai, registered
at headquarters yesterday.
Capt Frank d. Baldwin, Judge Advocate,
leaves this week for a trip into the upper
country, on official business.
Leave of absence for four months to take
effect or about Aug. LIST, 1883, has been
granted 2nd Lieut.. Albert L. Mills, Ist Cav
airy.
1t. C. f. S. Wood, DIST Inf, late on Gen.
0. o. Towards staff reported at Boise Bar
racks for duty with his company, on May
22nd.
Gen. Frank Wheaton will probably return
to his station at Fort C9ur d Aene in a few
days being relieved as temporary department
commander
w. S. Gard, musician of the 2lst Inf
Band, recently stationed at Fort Klamath,
was drowned in the Willamette river at Port
land about the last of May, but how is not
known.
Lit. +. II. +. Ebstein, 2lst Inf, has re-
leved 1t. Witch of the duties of recruit
ing officer at Fort Candy It. Witch goes
on a ten days leave before rejoniug at Fort
Townsend
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Department Com
mander, and Lit. o. F. Long, aide camp
returned to headquarters on the LIST June,
and Gen. Miles has resumed command of the
depai tment.
Maj. l.. s. Babbitt, ordnance corps, is now
on sick leave No wonder, for although he
is wiry and tough the amount OF travelling
he has doue within a year would wear out a
Pullman car.
Near Fort Boise. Private White, of Troop
E, lst Cavalry, while herding the cavalry
horses was thrown from his horse and kicked
on the side of the head by the animal. The
injury is very probably fatal.
Asst. Surgeon w. w. Gray, last year sta.
toned at Fort Townsend. is now at Fort
Barrancas Florida, enjoying one OF the most
extreme changes of climate to which an
army officer is ever subjected
1t. j. S. Mallory, 2nd Inf, who was A.
A. G.. during the absence of Gen 0. D..
Greene. has been assigned to the temporary
charge Of the office of the Judge Advocate,
during the absence Of Capt. Frank d. Bald
win.
Leave of absence for one month"; with per-
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25th, to take effect upon completion of the
payments on the muster rolls of June Both,
has been granted Major ID. X. Larned, Pay
Department.
1t ]. f. K. Lands, LIST Cav, will in a
few days leave for the east, having been de-
tailed tor the school of application at Fort
Leavenw orth, but will go on leave until the
session commences in September, relinquish-
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as to take in the full course.
1t. G. w. Goethals, engineer corps ac-
companied by Typographical assistant Alfred
Downing, will leave headquarters on Mon
day for the purpose OF surveying part of the
proposed route TO be adopted by the General
OF the Army on his trip across the continent
daring this summer.
Chief Moses. accompanied by Shusapkn,
Tonasket, aud two other prominent mem bers
of his tribe, will leave for the east next
week. They will be accompanied by an Of
ficer, who has not yet been designated 1t
had been intended that Col. Merriam should
20, but in view OF the Importance of the
work under his control and complications
liable to arise in the Moses country, he has
induced the department commander to re-
consider the matter.
THE army and Nary journal OF May 9Th
contains the following, under the heading
OF shakespeare Amended"
There is poet in the 2lst Infantry who has re
vised shakespeares king Richard III and
among his corrections appears the following;
| Now is the winter of our discomfort
| Made glorious summer by the prospects of II
| move,
And all the clouds that lowr'd on our expecta-
| tons
| Are knocked higher than Gilroy's kite.
He is supposed to have made this correction
| about July u, lSSi. TENTH.
| Detroit Mich, Aprsl a. lssS
Exactly so.
thank thee, Tenth, for teaching me those
words. Let us continue. When the order
comes we will say;
Nov are our brows bound with victorious
| wreaths
| Our bruis ed arms hung up for monuments
| our stern alarms changed Ia merry meetings
| our dreadful marches to delightful measures"
| Grim yisagcd Moses hath smoothed his red-skin
front. ton receipt of ten pounds of cut
| loaf and plug Of tobacco)
And Captain Jack, instead of killing peace
| commissioners,
! Hath settled ON a reserve ON tothcr side
OF the riNcr Lost where, no doubt the festive
| Modpc
| Brave caperS nimbly to the lascivious pleas
ings OF a pitchfork
| The proud Neg Pcrce aud the Baunock bloody
Await the coming OF the gallant tenth
| Whom the Northern Pacific hears bravely ON
To other parts-thc reward OF many years
OF labor past.
| The last correction ia sunnosed 10 hs m, al,