St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-15
SAINT PAUL.
THE ARMY.
Movements of Uncle Sans Men in
Uniform

OHtlOFm.
By direction of the secretary of war,
Corporal Oliver Isenian, Troop Nj, First
cavalry, now at Camp Sheridan, Wyo.,
is transferred to the hospital corps OF
army; and similar order has been
issued in the case of Private Charles
Tessmer, Light Battery T, Fourth ar
tillery, Fort Smelling. Mimi. Under
authority of the commanding general oil
the army, First Lieut.. Peter Leary Jr.,
Fourth artillery. and First Lieut.. Ralph
W. Hoyt, Eleventh infantry, will accept
the invitation of the governor OF Yer
mont to visit Montpelier, in that state,
to furnish certain military instruction
to the national guard of that state, be-
tween Feb. 20 and q, 1889. The invita-
ton intimates that the state will bear
all necessary expenses Incurred by the
officers concerned.
A formidable court martial cOnvenes
this morning at Fort Walla Walla. The
following is the detail: Lieut.. Col.
John Green Second cavalry; Capt. Sam
uel 7. Hamilton, Second cavalry; Capt.
William C. RawOlle, Second cavalry;
Capt. Samuel NJ. Swigert, Second cav
airy; Capt. Butler ID. Price. Fourth in
fantry: First Lieut.. A. NJ. Fuller, Sec
ond cavalry; Second Lieut.. Frank +.
Eastman, Fourteenth infantry; Second
Lieut.. Ii. FL. Sargent. Second cavalry;
Second Lieut.. Ii. C. Cabell, Jr., Four
teenth infantry; Second Lieut.. P. ID.
Lochridge, Second cavalry; Second
Lieut.. j. S. VIM, Second cavalry; Sec
ond Lieut.. NJ. G. Butler Jr., Ninth in
fantry; First Lieut.. Carver Rowland,
Fourth infantry, judge advocate.
A board of officers to consist OF Col.
Henry Nj. Black, Twenty-thlrd infantry;
Col. Robert P. Hughes, inspector gen
cavalry; and Capt. James Chester, Third
artillery. has been ordered to assemble
in New York city Thursday, the 14th
inst, to prepare in detail and submit
for action a project for this years sum
mer practice, marches, encampmentS,
maneuvers and other field operations.
First Lieut. Edwin st. j. Greble, Sec
ond artillery, A. ID. c., is appointed re-
corder for the board.
A general court martial cOnveneS this
morning at Madison Barracks, n. Y.
the following officers of the Eleventh
infantry composing the detail: Lieut..
Col. Edward G. Bush, Capts. Erasmus
G. Gilbreath, Ira Quimby and George
&. Lott, First Lieuts. Jonas A. Emery
and Richard NJ. Blatchford, Second
Iieuts. Charles w. Penrose, Robert l..
Hirst and William Weigel. Second
Lieut.. Charles P. Russ, Eleventh infan-
try, is judge advocate of the curt.
In the retirement of Lieut.. Col.
Benjamin C. Card, deputy quarter
master general and brevet brigadier
general, which goes into effect to-day,
the army loses from its active list an
officer whose high personal character
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sion wherein the past twenty-elght
years of his life have been spent, while
his distinguished services have made
him one of the most conspicuous
figures of the military establishment.
Capt. Harrison S. Weeks, Eighth cav
airy, reported at department headquar-
tiers yesterday from leave of absence.
Capt. Weeks is ordered to st. Paul for
examination by the army retiring board,
of which Col. Edwin G. Mason, Third
infantry, is president, and which is now
in session in this city.
Col. G. B. Comstock, Lieut.. Col.
David c. Houston and Lieut.. Col.
George l.. Gillespie, corps of engineers,
have been ordered by the secretary of
war to repair to Willett's Point, n. Y,
and make an inspection of the school
of application at that point.
First Lieut.. James Z. Macklin,
Eleventh infantry. has been appointed
regimental quartermaster to date the
18th inst. and is ordered to proceed at
once to Madison barracks, n. Y. and
report to the commanding officer of the
regiment.
First Lieut.. j. E. Sawyer, Fifth ar
tillery, has been, at his own request, re-
lieved onrduty as personal aide-de-
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tomorrow, the 18th inst.--n order that
he may avail himself of leave of alb
'5ence.
The commanding officer, Mount Yer
non barracks, Ala, has been instructed
to send the Apache Indian prisoner,
Zes-Cloya, under suitable guard,to Fort
Barrancas, Fla, there to be deliveted
into the custody of the post commander.