The Washington critic., 1885-08-22
THE 1RMI IND WY.
Notes of Interest to the service
frnm Al AInnw the linra.

Coloncl John Il. Head L. $. Army Is In
st. Paul ON visit from here.
Chaplain Orvillc j. Nave, t. 5. Army, Is
On leave for five weeks from Fort Lyon,
Colorado.
The monitor Montauk will be taken to the
Norfolk Yard soon from city Point to be
oyoihaulcd,
Captain Henry F. Lcqgctt, Twcnty-fourth
Infantry, has been granted leave from Sep
tCmlcr for q month.
The family Of Chief Engineer stephen d.
nm ort left the Norfolk Navy-Yard Thurs
day evening for Philadelphia.
First Lieutenant Benjamin G.. Lockwood,
1wcuty-Sccond Infantry, Is ON leave for u
month fran Fort Lewis, Colorado
Lieutenant Charles u. Hardin, Eighteenth
Infantry, returned to his company ut Fort
Hays, Kansas, this wccl, from leave.
General Miles, with Major James Gilliss,
his chief quartcrmastcr, have gone 20 Forts
Riley and Hays, Kan, ON Official business
Captain Willis Lyman OF the Ffth Iurdn-
Try has teen ordered 10 duty IN this cityiu
tie tO.ClCiGtion Of the records ol the re-
hcilion.
Captain William T. Van Reed, Fifth Ar
tllcry, who Is stationed at Font Wadsworth,
New York harhor, was In Chicago on
Wednesday.
The contest between department ril,
teams for places on the team of the Division
of the Missouri Will begin September 5 at
Fort Smelling
foity CEcycnne-Arrapaho Indian scouts
have been sent to take station Mt Fort FL
liutt, Texas. Thirty went from Fort RclO
and ten from Fort supply Indian Territory.
First Lieutenant Oscar L. Long, Fifth In
fGEtiy, aidc-dccgmp TO General Miles, has
lcCn granted one month leave with permits
sion TO apply for an extension Of one month.
The Mayilowcr left the Norfolk Navy
laid this morning for the Yard here, tD tow
the monitor Wyandottc to City Point ON the
james River, where the irOn-clad fleet Is
laid up.
Commodore Alexander \. Semmcs will 90
to Hamilton, Va, next month with his fam
lily for a visit. During his absence Captain
Rush X. Wallace will command the Navy
Naid here.
Major Blcncoc Il. Fryer, surgeon, L. $.
Amy, who has been at Kansas City on
leave for several months, will probably be
ordered TO Fort Lcavcnworth for station,
when his leave expires,
Lieutenant Edward O. c. Ord, Twenty
second Infantry, who has been ON sick
leave at San Antonio for several months,
arrived at Fort Lcavcnworth on Wednesday
cn route to join his station.
Captain b. II. Rogers Thirteenth Infan-
thy, Is president and Lieutenant j. VI.
StutscnLurg. Sixth Cavalry, iudgc-adyocate
of couIt-martial which will convene Mon
day at Fort Stanton, New Mexico.
Naval Constructor William H. Varncy
who has been inspecting the metallic paints
Icing tested at the Norfolk Navy Yard for
hulls, has completed that duty and re-
| turned to Philadelphia yesterday.
Lieutenant Charles b. Ewing, assistant
surgeon, has been ordered to duty with the
cavalry battalion Mt Kiowa, Kan, under
Major Sanford, First Cavalry, relieving Act
| ing Assistant Surgeon William Barbour
Lieutenant Walter ID. McCaw, assistant
surgeon, has been ordered to his station at
| Folt Lyon, Colorado, relieving Acting As
sstant Surgeon Walter Whitney, who is
ordered to duty at Fort Reno, Indian Ter
ritory.
Major Sanfords battalion of the cavalry
troops belonging to the Fort Lcavcnworth
Amy School, has been ordered withdrawn
from duty ON the Kansas-Indian Territory
| border, and To march to its station, reaching
Fort Leavenworth by September Is.
Naval Orders: Ensign Simon Cook, to
duty in the Coast Survey; Chief Engineer
White, to the Powhatan; Chief Engineer
Fitch, placed on waiting orders Passed
Assistant Engineer Kirby, detached from
the Dale; Ensign Hughes, granted three
months leave.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Samuel Moore
Finley, L. $. Army, who died August at
Fort Concho, Texas, where he was station
ed, was the eldest son of the late General
Clement A. Finley, surgeon-general of the
army, and was a resident of Washngto II
for most of his life.
Chief Engineer Albert $. Greene, United
States Navy, arrived at the Ebbitt House
last night from Philadelphia, where he is a
member Of the Engineer Board of Exam
liners for Promotion, and will remain un-
til this evening before going to Hamilton,
Va, where his family is spending the sum
mcr.
Colonel Carc A. Woodruff, commanding
Light Battery f, Second Artillery, at Fort
LeavenwOrth, has obtained permission of
General Miles to make a summer march
and will take in most of the county fairs in
the ncighborhood. The trip will include
Topeka, Lawrence, AtchisOn and Valley
Falls, Kan, and Kansas City.
Captain John w. Martin, First Lieuten-
ant Stanton A. Mason and Lieutenant
james B. Erwin, Fourth Cavalry, and six
teen enlisted men of that regiment, with
sixteen men Of the First Infantry, qualified
In the Department of the Arizona during
May as marksmen. The various depart
mcnt reports target practice do not now in
cude the names of officers and men max
ing the highest scores.
of the Department of Dakota was concluded
last Tuesday. The following is the list of
the victors, with the scores made by each
Lieutenant W. II. Sage, Fifth Infantry 6is;
Sergeant +. Marti, Company b, Third In.
fantry, Cil Sergeant G. Zobel, Company &,
Third Infantry, $40: Lieutenant i. p Avery,
Third Infantry, COS; Private 7. Feeney,
Company d, Fifth Infantry, 59s; Lieutenant
b. +. liandforth, Eleventh Infantry, 595
Lieutenant c, G. Tear, Twenty-hfth In
fantry, so; Private X. George, Company +,
Twenty-ffth Infantry, 57s; Sergeant G.. n
King, Company F, Twentieth Infantry, 573;
Private q. Woodbun, Company ID, Fiji
teenth Infantry, 56S; Lieutenant 5. c. Rob
ertson, First Cavalry, 56T Sergeant +
Clyde, Troop i, Seventh Cavalry, 566. Lieu.
tenant James +. Bell, Seventh Cavalry, and
Corporal $. z. Grow, Company G, Twentieth
Infantry, are the alternates, Lieutenant
Robertson is son Of General Beverly II
| Robertson of this CITY