The Washington critic., 1885-07-13
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Notes of Interest to the Service From
All Along the Lines.

MI HiphE ihe
The Fish Commission steamer Lookout
was at Norfolk on Saturday.
Chaplain Orville j. Nave has been
granted one months extension of leave
from Fort Lyon, Col.
Colonel Henry G. Merriam, Seventh In
fanty, recently promoted is ordered to his
new station at Fort Laramie, Wyoming.
Colonel Almon +. Rockwell reported
at st. Paul last week for duty. His
family accompanied him to his new sta
ton.
Lieutenant Benz. ABSORB, ir., Twentieth
Infantry who is visiting his father here
has been granted one month extension of
leave.
Lieutcnant.Colonel James NJ. White
more, Ordnance Corps, is acting chief of
ordnance during the absence of General
Benet.
Major Henry Carroll, First Cavalry, who
was recently promoted, is ordered to re-
port to General Terry for assignment to a
station.
Major Henry C. Corbin, assistant adju-
tant general, has been ordered from Chi
Cago TO temporary duty in the field with
General Nelson A. Miles.
Lieutenant.C Colonel Joshua S. Fletcher,
ir, Second Infantry, now at Fort Porter,
Buffalo, has been ordered to his new regi-
menu Ill washington territory.
Major Amos Stickney Corps of En-
gineers, who has been on duty at New
Orleans for the past four years, will be
ordered to duty in the North i'll few
days.
Lieutenant Austin IL. Brown, Fourth
Infantry, who graduated last month"; is
visiting his classmate Lieutenant John
NJ. Carson, jr Fifth Cavalry, at No. 170S
l. street.
Post Quarternaster-Serg Edward
Il. Brown, at Fort Schuyler New York
harbor, and George Wehrkamp, at Fort
Ellis, Mon, are ordered to exchan &c
stations.
First Lieutenant Christopher w. Har-
rold Third Artillery, owns an extensive
orange plantation in Florida, and will 90
there to spend the six months sick leave
just granted him.
Major Samuel Orenshine, who was pro-
NOTED last Friday to the Twenty-third
Infantry, has been ordered to Governors
Island; New York harbor. He is now at
Fort Keogh, Mon.
Lieutenant Blanton C. Walsh, Fifteenth
Infantry, has been granted two months
leave, from August |, from Poplar River,
Montana, with permission to apply for one
months extension.
Captain Daniel f. Callinan, First In
fantry, who was recently recruiting at
Cincinnati, arrived at the Columbus Bar
racks recruiting depot last week with Mrs.
Callinan to take station there.
Lieutenant Scion f. Massey, Fifth Ar
tillery, is temporarily commanding the
arsenal at Fort Monroe during the two
months absence on leave of Major Law
renee 5. Rabbit, Ordnance Corps.
Colonel John M. Wilson will act as
chief of engineers from tomorrow until
the return of General John Newton.
General John G. Parke who is now.act-
ing, leaves tomorrow with his family for
the seaside.
Lieutenant William A. Skunk, Eighth
| Cavalry, was married last week at Fort
! Clark, Texas, to Mrs. Carrie SAKE Pratt, a
| daughter of Chaplain Sherman NJ. Merrill,
| US. A. Chaplain Merrill performed the
| marriage service.
| suit is pending in the U. S. Court at
| San Francisco to obtain possession of the
Tule lands of the Mare Island Navy Yard.
The suit is in the nature of an ejectment
against Captain John Irwin, commandant
of the Navy Yard and will be argued to-
. day before Judges Field and Sawyer.
Colonel La Rhett L. Livingston, major
Fourth Artillery, arrived at Boston Satir-
day morning by steamer from Norfolk
with Mrs. Livingston and their three
daughters. He assumed command the
same day of Fort Warren, in Boston Har-
Dor.
Rear-Admiral Davis has reported to the
Navy Department reassignment of the
vessels on the Asiatic station. The mem
of-war at Nagasaki half masted their flags
in respect to the mothcr-in-law of the EN-
peror of Japan, who died May &c. YES
sells will be sent to the Marshall and Caro-
line Islands.
Major John b. Keefer, paymaster, paid
off the recruits and garrison at Columbus
Barracks last Thursday. There is Just
growl among the men there at sonic of the
permanent party on account of the ex-
cessive percentage charged for loans. A
loan of So means 50 on pay day, and this
is usually for about month.
Miss Bessie Kinks was burned to death
on July on Battle street, Boston, by her
clothing taking fire from fire crackers mis-
chievously thrown under her feet by boys
She was the daughter of General Edward
w. Hinks U. S. A., of Cambridge, Mass;
was just twenty years of age and was a
student ofthe Harvard Annex for Women.
EAST WASHINGTON.