The Washington critic., 1885-05-28
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Notes OF Interest to the Service From
All Along the Lines.

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Ordnance Sergeant w. s. Doyle is as
| signed to duty at Fort Douglas, Salt Lake
| City.
Lieutenant John .McMartin, Twenty
NTH Infantry, is granted two months ex-
| tension of leave.
Captain William g. Spencer, assistant
surgeon, has been assigned as post surgeon
| at Fort Sisseton Oak.
Lieutenant Charles A. Johnson. Four
teenth Infantry, is granted two months
| extension of sick leave.
| ERcar Admiral Daniel Ammen arrived at
| the Norfolk Navy-Yard Wednesday on
visit to Commodore Truxtun.
Captain Michael Cooney, Ninth Cav
airy, now in the field in the Indian Ter
ritory is granted fifteen days leave.
Captain David X. Burnham, Fifteenth
Infantry, has been granted leave for
month from Camp Poplar River, Mon.
Major Henry Clayton, paymaster was
relieved from duty at Helena, Mon last
week, to enable him to comply with his
orders to Omaha.
Camp Russell: Indian Territory, has
been designated as Il sub-pOst of Fort
Reno, and will be garrisoned with one
| troop of Cavalry
General Henry Il. Miner lieutenant
colonel Tenth Infantry has been granted
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Union. New Mexico.
Major Samuel NJ. Whitsidc. Seventh
Cavalry (recently promoted from the Sixth
Cavalry, has joined his new station at
Fort Meade, Dakota.
General Thomas II. Roger, colonel
Eighteenth Infantry, has assumed com
mand of the Cavalry and Infantry School
at Fort Leavenworth.
Lieutenant Commander James II. Day
ton reported at the Mare Island Navy
Yard ON Wednesday of last week rs ex-
ecutive of the Mohican.
Lieutenant John II. H. Pcshne, Thir-
teenth Infantry, now on leave, is ordered
TO DaVid's Island, New York Harbor, to
conduct recruits West.
Captain Ezra Woodruff, assistant sur
gcon, has been ordered TO accompany
troops from Fort Magnns, Montana, to
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Lieutenant r. b. NJ. Mason's resignation
| from the navy has been accepted by Sec
| rctary Whitney TO take effect June /, 1865,
| with leave of absence to that date.
Lieutenant James V. S. Paddock Fifth
Cavalry, has reported at Fort Leaven-
worth for medical treatment, and such
| light duty rs he may be able to perform.
Lieutenant Lester W. Cornish. Fifth
Cavalry, is granted leave for two months
| and twenty days, to take effect WREN Cap
tain J. Scott Payne joins the troop in Kan
saS
Licrtenant Fayette W. Roe adiutant
Third Infantry, has been appointed acting
assistant adiutant of the district of Mon
tana, on the staff of'Gcneral John Il.
Brooke.
First Lieutenant VIM. Baird, Adiutant
Sixth Cavalry (son of General Absalom
BaiEd), has been granted one months
leave from June IL, from Fort Bayard,
| New Mexico.
Captain Fred c. Ainsworth, Assistant
| Surgeon, has been ordered to temporary
| duty at Fort Leavenworth, on completion
| of which he will return to his station at
| Fort Mcintosh, Texas.
Captain Leonard Hay, Ninth Infantry
| Ga brother of Colonel John Hay of this
| city,, is granted leave for month to take
| effect on arrival of his company ut Fort
| ID. a. Russell, Wyoming.
Lieutenant Henry +. Reich will be re-
examined for retirement, He has been an
invalid for some time. At his first exam
ination he was found to be incapactated
for active service, but the disability was
not incident to the service.
Lieutenant j. l.. Phillips. assistant sur
| geon and Acting Assistant Surgeon H. NJ
Deeble have been ordered to Bismarck
Dakota. to accompany troops up the
| exchanging station.
The War Department having ordered
the purchase Of the post-traders build
ings at Fort ID. A. Russell, Wyoming, Cap
tains Morris c. Foote and William f.
| Hoffman, Ninth Infantry, and Lieutenant
| Orin b. Mitcham, Ordnance Corps, has
been detailed to appraise them June |.
| Secretary Whitney has ordered the
| United States vessels at Aspinwall, with
the exception of the Tennessee, to proceed
to Key West and await further orders.
Admiral Jouett is instructed to remain
with the Tennessee for the present to
watch American interests on the Isthmus.
Lieutenant T. A. Lyons has been de-
tached from duty in the Bureau of Navi-
CATION and placed upon waiting orders;
Lieutcnants Cresup and Bull have been
ordered from the Naval Academy to the
Mohican; Lieutenant Paine has been de-
| tached from the Dolphin and ordered to
duty on the Coast Survey; Lieutenant
| Phelps has been ordered from the Mohican
to the Hartford.
general court-martial will convene
June at Fort Ellis, Montana. The fol-
owingis the detail: Major G. G. Hunt,
First Cavalry; Captains j. A. Snyder and
VIM. Mitchell, Third Infantry and l.. A.
La Garde, assistant surgeon, and First Leu-
tenants f. X. Ward, First Cavalry, and
W. c. Butler, Third Infantry, with First
Lieutenant l.. Wesley Cooke. Third In
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