The Washington critic., 1886-02-17
THE fIfIp AND NAVY.
Orders, Leaves, Furioughs, Details and
Personal Notes

Personal Notes.
Captain Allen Smith, Fourth Cavalry, has
been ordered temporarily from Fort Bowie
TO Fort Grant, Ariz.
Commander William I. Sampson, |. 5.
Navy, the cOmmandant OF the torpedo
school at Newport, sat the Ebbitt House.
Licutcnants John l.. Barbour and Selah
II. II. Tompkins, Seventh Infantry, have
been ordered from Fort Laramie to Fort
Washakie, Wyoming, for temporary duty
with companies q and of that regiment.
Lieutenant Frank B. Jones, Twenty.scc-
ond Infantry has been assigned by General
Crook to duty at the White Mountain
Apache reservation, In Arizona, for special
duty there in connection with the Indians.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Reynolds,
deputy quartermaster-gener reported
at Vancouver Barracks February 3, and was
announced formally the next day us chief
Cuaitclmaster Of the Department OF the Co.
lumbia.
Commodore William r. Truxtun arrived
here yesterday from Norfolk (whcrc he is
commanding the navy yard to be examined
for his promotion to reur-udmiral, which
comes tomorrow on the retirement of Rear
Admiral Earl English.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas NJ. Anderson,
Ninth Infantry, is president, and First
Lieutenant John Baxter, ir, Ninth In
fantry, is iudgc-advocatc of general court
martial which convened yesterday at Fort
David A. Russell, Wyoming.
Lieutenant Commander Richard NJ. Cults,
|. s. Navy who died recently In San Fran
cisco, was buried on the Mare Island Navy
Yard February 3, with the usual military
honors. The remains may be brought here
after to his birthplace here for final inter
mcnt.
Army Furloughs Authorized - 'rrumpcter
John Weber, Troop l., Sixth Cavalry, Fort
Bayard, New Mexico, two months, after his
re-enlistmcnt. Private Robert II. Newman,
Company T., Tenth Infantry, Fort Lyon,
Colorado, one month extension. Captain
John B. Guthrie, Thirteenth Infantry, Fort
Bnyard, New Mexico, has been granted
leave until Friday.
First Lieutenant William Il. Abercombic,
Second Infantry, is at the Ebbitt House, on
leave from his station at Fort Cnur d. Alene,
Idaho. lie is best known to the general
public as an explorer, and last year discov-
cred lake in Washington Territory, In the
Cascade Range, which should by rights
bear his name While as aide-de-camp to
General Nelson A. Miles he explored por.
tion of Alaska and made geographical dis.
coveries there that should be mapped out
for the public.
Army Leaves Granted-Captan William
c. Forbush, Fifth Cavalry, Fort Riley,
Kansas, one month Ito take effect when lie
can be spared), with permission to apply
for one months extension. Lieutenant
VIII 7. May, Fifteenth Infantry, Fort Bu-
ford, Dakota, until February Is. Captain
! Fred. H. +. Ebstein, Twenty-ilrst Infantry,
| Fort Sidney, Nebraska, one months exten-
sion. Captain Horace Neide, Fourth In-
fantry, Fort Omaha, Nebraska, one month
extension. Captain John n. Morgan,
Torrtcrr onn nnth nol oroh ynG % i1Ia in
tenant Colonel Henry r. Miner Tenth In.
fantry, Fort Union, New Mexico, two
months extension. Captain Henry j
Nowlan, Seventh Cavalry four months
from March 10, with permission to apply
for two months extension. Lieutenant
Thomas II. Wilson, Second Infantry, one
| month extension.