The Washington critic., 1885-08-24
THE IRuT AND N.iVY.
Notes of Interest TO the service
from All Along thc Lines.


Major Edgar r. Kellogg captain Elgh-
tcorth Infantry, has been granted months
leave Of absence from Fort Hays, Kansas,
with permission to apply for one month
additional.
Company G Captain Jaran D. Irvlne'sJ.
Twenty second Infantry, left Fort Lewis
Col, last Tuesday for the camp on Mancos
River, Col, TO exchange stations with Com
pGny ID Captain VIM. Conway's) of the
same regiment.
Captain Benjamin H. Rogers, Thirteenth
Infantry, Is president and Lieutenant John
NJ. Stotscnburg, Sixth Cavalry, lulgc-ad-
vOCatc Of a cOurt-mnrtal convened to-day
at Fort stanton, New Mexico.
First Lieutenant John Anderson, Eigh-
tccnth Infantry is on ten days leave from
yesterday from Fort Gibson, Indian Terri
tory
First Lieutenant Clayton $. Burbank,
Tenth Infantry, has been relieved by Lieu
tenant Isaac W. littel', Tenth Infantry,
from duty rs recruiting officer, ordnance Of
iccr and signal officer at Fort Lyon, Colo
iGdO.
Iicutcrants William c. Wren, Tenth In
fnhtry William y. Hughes Thirteenth In
fnntry, and Frank b. Jones. Twcnty-second
Infantry, lave been ordered blck TO their re-
spcctiyc stations from the recent rifle com
petition at Fort Lcavcnworth.
First Lieutenant Samuel W. Fountain.
Eighth Cavalry, having been detailed from
his regiment for recruiting service, has been
relieved from duty with Major sam Sum.
ncrs battalion, now IN Southern New Mexico.
First Lieutenant Medal c. Martin,
Twcuty-sccOnd Infantry, has been appointed
post cOmmissary at Fort Lewis, Colorado,
relieving First Lieutenant Lockwood, same
pn,ef,,,,,y .
leave.
Lieutenant Lloyd $. Mccormick, Seventh
Cavalry, arrived ut Fort Lcavcnworh last
Thursday, the first Of the new detail to re-
port for instruction at the Army School
there.
General Nelson A. Miles will leave Fort
Leaycnworth about September 10 for San
Francisco to meet Mrs. Miles and their
children, WHOM return with him.
Mrs Rice, wife Of Colonel Edmund Rice,
captain Fifth Infantry, is visiting her rela-
tiycs in Cincinnati, where she will remain
until her husband goes back to his former
station ut Fort Keogh, from Lcavenworth.
General Asa p. Blunt, commanding the
Fort LcavcnwOrth Military Prison, Will 90
ON leave next month, and will spend part of
his vacation here.
The Secretary Of War has authorized the
expenditure of $4,000 for the enlargement
Of Fort Supply, Indian Territory, to n
seven company post. The garrison will con
sist Of battalion of cavalry, two compa-
MES of infantry and Il company Of forty In
dian scouts.
Major George b. Sanford, First Cavalry,
with the cavalry battalion under his com
mand, will reach Fort Leavenworth by
September 10.
First Lieutenant Robert A. Lowell, Four
tecnth Infantry, and Mrs. Lowell arrived at
Fort LcnvcnwOrth last Friday from
months visit In the East.
Lieutenant Alvarado VI. Fuller, Second
Cavalry, left Fort LeavcnwOrth last Thurs
day for st. Paul, en- route to join his troop
at the Preside of San Francisco, having
completed his suspension sentence.
Major William A. Elderkin, captain and
commissary, is granted two months extern
sion Of sick leave. lie is now at Walpole,
New Hampshire.
The resignation of Cadet William Il.
Wood, who only entered at West Point in
June, takes effect September 30.
General Nelson B. Sweitzcr lieutenant
colonel Eighth Cavalry has been granted
one months leave from Chicago.
The departure Of the Mayfowcr from the
Norfolk Yard for here to tow the Wyandotte
to City Point has been delayed until to-
morrow to allow slight repairs to be made
II is understood that Civil Engineer VI. +.
Endicott, now at the League Island Yard
is to lie ordered to duty at the Norfolk
Yard the latter part of next month.
Medical Inspector Grove s. Bcardsley has
been granted leave for month from the Nor
folk Yard.
The rifle team of the Department of
Texas left Fort Clark last Wednesday and
San Antonio on Saturday for Fort Smelling,
Mimi, to take part in the Division contest
beginning September 3. The enlisted men
of the team are under command of Lieu
tenant John I. Knight, Third Cavalry.
Colonel Charles c. Cresson, L. $. A., for
merly of the First Cavalry, is spending the
summer at BOcrnc, Texas.
First Lieutenant Gilbert p. Cotton, First
Artillery, and Lieutenants Abncr Pickering
and Henry II. Benham, Second Infantry,
have been ordered to their respective sta
tions (at Forts Candy, Cnur d Alene and
Townsend from contesting for places ON
the rifle team Of the Department Of the Col
umbia.
Colonel Lewis Cass Hunt, Fourteenth
Infantry, is on leave from Vancouver Bar
racks until next Sunday,
First Lieutenant Joseph NJ. r. Particle,
Fifth Infantry formerly of this city, has
been detailed to command the rifle team of
the Department of Dakota during the Divi-
sion contest.
Private William o. Fowler, Company G,
Second Infantry (Fort Spokane, Idaho),
and Private Hans c. Nchlsen, X, Fourteenth
Infantry Vancouver BarrGcks), have been
granted furloughs, for one month and two
months respectively.