The Washington critic., 1885-05-20
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Notes of Interest to the Service From
All Along the Lines.

NOIeS OF interest," TO tns SerVlc5 FROM
All Along the Lines.
Captain Moses Harris, First Cavalry, has
been granted three months leave.
Lieutenant Chas. A. Vernon, Nineteenth
Infantry, is granted four months leave.
The battery of the ship-of-war Mohican
was put on board that vessel last week at
the Mare Island Maynard.
General Benjamin II. ericsson, Tenth
Cavalry, arrived in San Francisco on
Monday of last week with Mrs. ericsson
from Arizona.
Commissary Sergeant Cornelius Hunt
ington, u. $. A.. has been authorized
furlough from Fort Mcdowell Arizona,
for one month.
Captain Won Reiohe of the German naval
training-ship, Nymphe, visited the Navy
Yard this afternoon with Lieutenant Ray
mond Rogers, U. 5. N.
Private Thomas Caslin and Marine John
Edwards pleaded guilty before the court
martial at the Navy-Yard yesterday of the
charge of deserving from the Brooklyn
Barracks.
Major Augustus S. Nicholson, adjutant
and inspector of the Marine Corps, made
the annual inspection of the Marine Guard
at the Mare Island Maynard week ago
last Saturday.
The German training-ship Nymphe,
command of Captain Won Reiche, sailed
this morning for Halifax, ell route for
Lisbon and Hamburg.
Commander Bowman II. McCalla, who
was sent to Panama in command of the
land force of the navy, returned here Sat
urday night and has resumed his former
duties in the Navy Department
Assistant Naval Constructor Joseph
Feaster, U. S. n, is temporarily in charge
of construction at the Mare Island Navy
Yard until successor to Constructor
George w. Much is detailed there.
Captains Randolph Norwood and James
n Whean, Second Cavalry, have been
ordered to take temporary station at San
Francisco while on special duty on the
board to purchase horses for the cavalry
and light artillery.
The British sloop-of-war Constance,
Captain Frank p. Derighty, arrived at San
Francisco last week from Callao, Peru,
April 10. She is n ram, carrying battery
of IA rifle guns, and has complement of
800 officers ana men,
Bids for furnishing transportation
South for the Second Artillery, by rail or
ocean, and TO bring here the Third Artil-
| lery, will be opened Friday, at noon, in
| New York, by General A. j. Perry, AS
| sistant Quartermaster-Gene
At the funeral oil the late MnlOr-General
| Irwin Mcdowell at San Francisco Gen
eral August V. Kautz, colonel Eighth In
| fantry, commanded the escort, which conf
| prised battalions of'the Eighth Infantry,
| First Artillery and Second Cavalry.
The Despatch, Lieutenant William II.
| Emory, L. S. ~, commanding, has re-
| turned to New York from Cape Charles,
| where she went last week to blow up n
| derelict wreck off that point. AT the Scot
land lightship wreckers were found in
charge of the sunken schooner there.
The following navy orders were made
| yesterday: Lieutenant Theodorus b. NJ.
| Mason and Passed Assistant Surgeon
| Robert Whiting, having returned from
| Panama, are placed on waiting orders;
| Lieutenant Charles A. Allibone, from
| Panama, is granted leave until August q;
| Paymaster Stephen ]. Rand from Panama
| will settle accounts and then wait orders;
the order of Commander William G. Wise
to the torpedo school at Newport is re-
| yoked.