The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-06-10
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Notes of Interest 10 the Service From
All Along The Lines.

Lieutenant Leroy u. Scbroe, signal
Ccrls, Is granted six months sick leave
Twenty.sevcnl recruits have been or
dercd sent to the Sixth Cavalry in New
Mexico.
Hospital Steward Ludwig Schoenefeldt
has been ordered to duty at Fort Grant,
Arizona
Mr.. G. II. Curtis, clerk to Commodore
Tuxton, at the Norfolk NavyYard, is in
the city on business
Major George Il. Smith, paymaster, il
ordered from New Orleans to take tempo
rary station at Atlanta.
Colonel William b. Royal, Fourth Cav
airy, is granted six months extension OF
sick leave from June %.
Pay Inspector John II. Stevenson and
Passed Assistant Paymaster John N.
Spcel are at the Ebbitt House
Lieutenant Fred r.. Day, Signal Corps,
has been transferred from duty at Fort
Meyer to the Chief Signal Office here.
Captain William y Davis, assistant sur
geon is at the Riggs House on leave from
Governors Island New York llarbor.
Medical Director Joseph Beale, for
merly Surgeon. General ofthe Navy, Is at
the Ebbitt House from his home in Phila
dclphia.
First Lieutenant Henry Johnson,
Eighth Infantry, has been granted leave
for month from juno 10 from San Diego,
California
CAPTAIN John Irwin, president of the
California naval inspection board has
removed with his family to Vallejo from
San Francisco.
Assis ant Surgeon John S. Sayre, at
tachod to the Independence at the Mare
Island yard, is spending q leave at the
Napa Soda Springs, Cal.
Captain Henry Wilson, commanding
the Franklin, at the Norfolk yard left
there this morning for his home, in New
York, on Lave for month.
Nj; jor Blencoe Il. Fryer, surgeon, has
been granted six months sick leave from
June in extension OF the regular leave
for year, which has just expired.
Commodore George T.. Belknap arrived
here yesterday morning from Norfolk
with his family and has located in his
Major John Il. Blaine, paymaster, now
on duty at Helena, Mon, is granted one
nor tbs leave from July 6, with permits
sion to apply for twenty days extension.
Pas, ed Assistant Engineer Albert b.
Willis arrived AZ San Francisco last
Wednesday from the Norfolk yard to re-
port on board the flagship Hartford for
duty.
The remains of Mr.. Walter C. Whipple,
son of General w. ID. Whipplc, U. s. A.,
who committed suicide Monday evening
in New York, will be buried in Philadcl-
phia.
Medical Director Albert c. Gorgas, presi-
dent of the Navy Medical Examining
Board at Philadelphia, is in the city for II
few days ut his home No. 1914 Eighteenth
street.
Lieutenant George II. Morgan, Third
| Cavalry, has been relieved from temporary
| duty with troop e, at Camp Rice, Texas,
and ordered TO his own troop (F) ut Fort
| Davis.
The repairs to the equipment Office and
storehousc at Norfolk have been com
| pleted, and the office has been rc-occupied
| by Commander c. NJ. Schoonmaker and
| his clerk.
The order directing Major John Brooke,
surge on, to accompany Light Battery X,
First Artillery Major Haskins), ON its
SUNNI err march in California, has been re.
voked by General Pope.
Lieutenant Lloyd NJ. Brett, Second Cav,
airy, is acting as recruiting officer at the
Preside at San Francisco, during the
absence of Lieutenant c. NJ. Best, jr., First
Artillery, on temporary duty.
Lieutenant Frank Guertin, who was re-
Gently on duty at the Navy-Yard here
and who has resigned to take effect Au
gust /, was visiting at the Mare Island
Navy-Yard last week with his bride.
First Sergeant Thomas Cunningham
and Sergeant William Henry Troop b
First Cavalry, have been relieved from
court martial attendance at Alcatrai
Island, Cal, and ordered to their station
at Fort Keogh, Montana
Lieutenant Mason NJ. Maxon, regiment
al quartermaster Tenth Cavalry, has beer
granted one months extension of leave by
Mojor-General Pope. with permission tC
apply to the War Department for two
months further extension.
Lieutenants M. NJ. Macomb, Fourtl
Artillery; J; r. Williams and III. II. Lem
ley, Third Artillery, and Fred Marsh
First ARTILLERY, nov, at Fort Monroe, ar,
directed to visit and examine the various
armories in the East and the leading gun
steel and powder works
Captain John G.. BAHAMA, Twenty
second Infantry, acting judge-advocate o
the Department of Texas, accompanied
General Stanley to West Point, and dur
ing his absence Lieutenant James NJ
Burns. Seventeenth Infantry, aide.de
camp, is performing his duties temporarily
Colonel Harry W. Closson, Fifth Ar
tillery, is detailed to inspect the annua
camp of the New York National Guard a
Peekskill, from June Ii to August /, ant
Colonel Gaines Lawson, captain Twenty
fifth Infantry, is detailed for the Mime
sofa camp at Farbault, June "a Il
JulyS.
Lieutenant Harvey c. Carbaugh Fiftl
Artillery, who is under torpedo instruC
tons at Willet's Point, New York, wa
married last night in Brooklyn to Mis-
Ethel Greene, the daughter Of Mrs. Isaa
Henderson of Columbia Heights, in tina
city. The wedding was in full dress an,
took place in Grace Church.
General Stanley in relieving Genera
Thomas NJ. Vincent from duty as adjutant
general of the Department, of Texas las
week, thanks MIN in general order 'fo
the Invaluable assistance rendered the dc
partment commander during the first yea
of his command, when information an
assistance were so much needed.
Major-General Pope has ordered that tn
department rifle teams of the Division O
the Pacific shall rendezvous at the Pre-
sidio of San Francisco by August 10, t
compete from August 20 to 81 for places o.
the division team. The marksmen of res
iments in the Department of Californi
will arrive at the Preside by August {
compete August 3-5 for places on the de
pertinent team.
Recently, in various English men o
war, experiments have been made with
view to diminish the rolling, by the fifth
of lateral water tanks in the hull. Wit
the motion of the ship the water flows /
the direction in which the ship rolls, bu
the vessel partly RECEIVERS itself before til
water has gone from one side to the othe
Results show that with the tanks half full
the rolling is diminished about 81 pc
cent.
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