The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-06-11
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Notes of Interest TO the Service From
All Along the Lines.


Colonel James Bclger, U. s. a" is liv-
ing at No. 14l2 G street.
Major Stephen r. Stafford, captain Eff
teenth Infantry, is at Wizards Hotel on
business from Columbus Barracks, OHIO.
Lieutenant Reuben Il. Robertson, as
sistant surgeon, is here on leave from
Fort Ringgold Texas, visiting ut No. l7ll
i street.
Captain, William H. vinal, Sixteenth
Infantry, who lIas been spending his sick
leave at Uulpeper Va. is ut the Bbbitt
House.
Lieutcnont Thomas S. Phelps, jr., re-
ported Wednesday of last week ut san
francisco for duty on board the flagship
Hartford.
Rev. David Mills, chaplain. U. s. A.,
formerly of this city was in San Fran
cisco last week on leave from Fort IIua-
chuca, Ariz.
Lieutenants Howard s. Waring and
VIM. II Schuetzc, U. :. ~, have passed OK
aminations from junior to senior grade OF
licutenants.
Lieutenant Louis p. Brant, First In
fantry, will be relieved rs military profeS-
sor at Hobart College, Geneva, n. Y, July
1, and join his command at Fort Lowell,
Ariz.
General Bowman, formerly U. s. Army,
was DuTitt uJ hulSuS WY luSb Duil'luN.
General Sherman went from st. Louis to
attend the funeral, and delivered an adj
dress at the grave.
Ordnance Sergeant Thomas Carroll Is
ordered from Fort Burrancas to Fort JEFF
ferson, relieving Ordnance Sergeant Geo.
NJ. Brown, who will proceed to Fort
Marion, Fla, for duty.
Lieutenant Francis Il. Eltonhcad,
Twenty-tlrst Infantry, now lat Philadel-
4. all 81. I,la
York, at expiration Of his leave, to con-
duct recruits to Omaha.
Major Vim. II. Nash, commissary, is
granted four months leave from July /,
from New Orleans. During his absence
Colonel James w. Scully, quartermastcr,
will act as depot coinmissary there.
Lieutenant Clarence II. Edwards, TWEEN
ty-third Infantry, is acting quartermaster
and in command of the guard which is
still kept at the grave of eX-President Gar
field ut Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland.
Passed Assistant Engineer Hugh H.
Cline, who has recently been under medi-
cal treatment at the Mare Island Navy
yard, reported for duty on board the
Mohican at that yard on Wednesday of
last week.
General Andrew J. Alexander licuten-
ant-colonel Second Cavalry, has been or
dered before the retiring board at Gov
elnor's Island, of which Maior-General
Hancock is president. He is now at
Auburn, N. V, on sick leave.
Fifty recruits are ordered to Santa Fe
for the Thirteenth Infantry from Colum-
bus Barracks. Seventy-iiYe will be sent
to Omaha for assgnment-30 to the Sixth
Infantry; % to the Ninth Infantry, and
20 to the Twenty-lirst Infantry.
Lieutcnants Randolph G.. Ebert, Robert
J. Gibson. Robert b. Denhan, William G..
Gorgas, Norton Strong and Arthur w.
Taylor, all assistant surgeons, u. S. A.,
become captains next Tuesday, June 10,
by reason of completing their five years
service.
AT the battle of Champions Hill, Miss.
in May, 1868, General John A. Logan
halted soldier who was making his way
to the rear The soldier replied that "Thc
| rebs are dern'd awful thick Just up there
| General" when Logan drove him bacl;
| with the remark: "That's the place to GO
| for them, then"
General James S. Brisbin, lieutenant
| colonel Ninth Cavalry (recently pro
| moted), is ordered to join his regiment in
| the Department of Missouri, and Major
| Gently promoted), is ordered to report in
| person to General Miles for assignment
| to a station in the Department of the Col.
umbia
Lieutenant William T.. Crnighill, who
| graduated number two yesterday at West
| Point in class of thirty nine, is son o
| Colonel William p. Craighill, Corps of En-
gineers, and will be commissioned in the
same corps. Lieutenant John NJ. Carson
| jr., son of Major Carson, the newspaper
correspondent here, graduated number
fourteen, and will go to the cavalry corps
| Lieutcnant-C Commander Tim. A. Lyons
| has been ordered to the Bureau of Navi
| CATION; Surgeon NJ. l.. Ruth to the Wash
ington Navy-Yard; Passed Assistant En-
| gineer William L. Baltic to appear before
the retiring board; Medical Director j. S
| geon Daniel McMurtie ordered from the
Washington Navy-Yard to the naval hos
| pital at Yokohama per steamer of June q
| from San Francisco.
The Fish Commission steamer Alba
tross, ieutenant-Commander Zera l.
Tanner, which arrived here las
Sunday from her cruise after "tilC
fish, will leave Saturday for the
regular summer cruise to the north
ward. No tile fish were found in the 10
calities searched, and Captain Tanner il
of the belief that the species is extinct
The cruise northward is not specifically
to get perfect giant octopus, but an eff
fort will be made to obtain one,
The record of target practice in the De
partment of Arizona during March give
the following highest scores made: AT 90,
yards, Private Joseph b. Crainc, Troop X
Fourth Cavalry, 1888 per cent; 800 yards
First Lieutenant James Parker Fourtl
Cavalry, 90.G7; 500 yards, First Lieutenan
Micah j. Jenkins, Fourth Cavalry, 81 80
COO yards, Private John Westerdorf, Com
pany G, First Infantry, 9i.67: 800 yards
Private Charles G. Thomas, Company G
First Infantry, s6.67; 900 yards, First Lieu
Privates Cornelius McSweeney and Chas
G. Thomas, Company G, First Infantry, 81
and at 1000 yards, First Lieutenants Nat
p Phister and John j. O'Connell FRS
Infantry, s6.67. In revolver practice
Captain Thompson Fourth Cavalry Lee
at so yards, making 81 per cent; at 6
yards, Private Charles IL. Colbert, Trool
Il, Fourth Cavalry, 10, and at so yards
Sergeant w. III Mcdonald, Troop l., Thir,
Cavalry, with 10 per cent.