The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-06-18
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Notes OF Interest To the Service From
All Along the Lines.

All Along the Lines.
Commander Samuel II. Baker Is in the
city from the Naval Academy.
Captain Joseph Y. Porter, assistant sur
gcon, has been ordered home to await re-
tircment
Ensign John II. Gibbons, on duty ut the
Naval Observatory, has taken quarters at
No. 1870 |. street.
FRS Lieutenant Edwin 5. Curtis, See
Ond Artillery mt Fort liarrauCas, Pcnsa.
cola is granted four months leave
First Lieutenant Mason NJ Maxon,
rcgimcntal quartcrmaStcr Tenth Cavalry
has been granted two months further CX-
tension of leave.
Commander Roblcy n. Evans has been
ordered to hold himself in readiness for
sea service, continuing meanwhile on
lighthouse duty at Baltimore
Captain William Fletcher, Twentieth
Infantry. who is an excellent tenor has
organized singing society at Columbus
Barracks where he j. on duty.
Assistant raymastcr s Lawrence Heap
i in the city from the monitor squadron
at City Point, James River aud is quar-
tered at No S23 Vermont avenue.
Lieutenant Edward O. e. ord, Twenty
second Infantry, is granted two months
leave, to take effect when his present sick
Texas.
First Lieutenant benjamin II. Ran
dolph. Third Artillery, is relieved from
duty at the New Orleans Exposition and
ordered 20 join bis battery at the Arsenal
here.
The navy regulations have been
amended By Secretary Whitney TO leave
the number of ratiOns to he committed at
the discretion of commanding officers of
vessels.
Lieutenant John Willis, Corps of Engi-
nccrs. arrived here yesterday from New
York for temporary duty ON the Washing
ton Monument rs assistant to Colonel
Casey.
Captain Charles a Alligood, military
sturckeeper ON being relieved at Fort
Monroe will report 10 Major George II.
Weeks depot qunrtermaster at san Fran
cisco, for transportation duty.
Medical Director \, c. Gorgas, Medical
Inspector g. j. Clcborne and Surgeon
Daniel McMurrie have been detailed rs
members of the navy medical examining
board at Philadelphia, TO convene next
Monday.
Major Green Clay Goodloc paymastcr
Marine Corps, is visiting the vario%s
northern navy yards and stations, paying
of the officers and men who were engaged
in the Panama expedition, He will be
back here saturday morning
Paymaster-Gcncral Smith will be re-
licved from duty Immediately upon the
ordering of II court-martial for his trial,
and an officer designated to assume tcm-
porary charge of the bureau. Paymastcr
LOCKER is mentioned in this connection.
First Lieutenant John H. Meyers, Third
Artillery, now ON duty at san Antonio,
Texas, has been detailed instead of Cap
tain Fansworth Eighth Cavalry, to in
spect and report upon the cncampmcnt OF
Texas militia, which begins next Monday
at Lampasos, Texas.
Ordnance SergeantS Michael Coady,
Michael McGarry and Charles Mulhcrn;
Sergeant Joseph Schaupp, Company T.,
Sixth Infantry, and Patrick Burns, gen
cral service, and Eirst-Class Private James
| Clcary, ordnance detachment, have been
| placed on the retired list for over thirty
| years service.
Major and Mrs. John NJ. Carson have
| returned from West Point. where they
| went last week to be present at the gradua-
| ton OF their son, John NJ. Carson, jr
| Lieutenant Carson is in the city with his
| parents at No l70S L. street, and will
| spend most of his graduating leave in the
| city He has applied to be assigned to the
| Fifth Cavalry, which is General Wesley
Mcrrtts regiment, and will he stationed at
| Fort Riley, Kansas