The Washington critic., 1885-05-29
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Notes of Interest to the Service From
All Along the Lines.

Colonel Matthew NJ. Blunt, Sixteenth
Infantry, is granted two months leave.
Major Abraham X. Arnold, Sixth Cav
airy, is granted one months extension of
leave.
Commissary Sergeant Alfred GallacoiIe,
at Fort Huachuca Ariz., is granted four
months furough.
Captain r. u. Wheeler, formerly U. S.
A., arrived at san Francisco last Satur-
day from New York.
Lieutenant Louis Wilhelm, adiutant
First Infantry, is granted six months sick
leave from Fort Grant, Arizona.
The lighthouse tender Jessamine left
Norfolk Wednesday for q cruise to the
lighthouses of the Fifth District.
Lieutenant Cornelius Gardener, Nine
tcenth Infantry (Fort Brown, Texas) is
granted one months extension of leave.
Assistant Surgeon William Martin ar
rived at San Francisco on Thursday of
last week, en- route to Alaska to join the
Pinta.
The Alliance is to 60 to the Norfolk
Navy-Yard to receive her new steel boil
ers, which were made here and are now
ready for her.
General Richard II. Jackson, major
Fifth Artillery, is ordered to visit and in
spect the New Hampshire Militia Camp at
Concord next week.
Commander Joseph b. Ccoghlan, U. $.
~, who was recently visiting Commander
Augustus G.. Kellogg here, arrived at San
Francisco last week.
Captain Frederick b. Jones, Assistant
Quartermaster (recently promoted from
the Third Infantry, arrived at the Eb-
bitt House last night from st. Paul.
Lieutenant Benjamin Alvord, ir.,
Twentieth Infantry (son of General AL
vord), is transferred from Company G to
Company L, on his own application.
The Mohican went into commission last
Monday (25th) at the Mare Island Navy
Yard. Her marine guard consists of 2
scrgeants, 2corporals, 2musicians and 20
privates.
There being a surplus of Buffalo over
shoes on hand, the Secretary of War has
authorized the gratuitous issue of one pair
to any soldier in the Division of the Mis-
souri, who may wish them.
Captain Robert Catlin, u. 5. A. arrived
here last night to report for duty as Dep
uty Governor of the Soldiers Home and
is temporarily at the Ebbitt House with
Mrs. Catlin and their three children.
Mrs. Il. c. Mason, wife of Colonel T. C.
Mason, left Omaha last Monday for Fort
Smelling, Mimi, with her children, where
they will reside for some time while
Colonel Mason is on duty there as in
spector-gencral on General Terry's staff
colonel Mason remains 10 close up his
official business, and will follow in about
ten days.
Colonel S. n. Benjamin has been re-
lieyed from duty in the Acknowledgement
Office in this city and ordered to report for
duty at the headquarters of the Depart
ment of the East July /. Colonel Benia-
min has been i'll for some days, and his
duties have been performed by Colonel
William J. Volkmar. Colonel Volkmar
will continue to perform the duties until
fall, when Colonel J. g. Kelton will proba-
bly, be appointed as Colonel Benjamins
successor.
Major Albert HartsuiI, surgeon. will be
relieved from duty at Fort Riley, Kan,
and report to General Hancock for assign
ment in the Department of the East. Major
Harvey h. Brown surgeon, on the eXpira-
ton of his leave, will berelleved from duty
in the Department of the East and report
to General Augur for assignment in the
Department of the Missouri. Captain Will
lam II. Hall, assistant surgeon, on eXpira-
ton of his leave will report for temporary
duty at Willet's Point, n. Y, and on return
of the post surgeon will resume station at
Davids Island, New York Harbor.