St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-29
THE ARMY.
Orders Affecting the Rank and
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Capt. William Badger, Sixth infantry,
was placed on the retired list on Satur-
day last.
The leave of absence gra nted Maj.
Michael p. Small, cOmmiSSary of sub
siStence has been extended two months.
The public animals now at Pierre
have been ordered transferred to the
quartermaster's department at Fort
Sully, Oak.
The division commander, Gen. Crook,
has authorized furlough for four
months to Private Frederick Kaiser,
troop e, Seventh cavalry.
A full and unconditional pardon as
been granted by the president to Pat
rick Coughlin. late of Troop D, Eighth
cavalry. Fort Meade. Oak.
Lieut.. Col. James M. Moore, deputy
quartermaster general, is authorized to
avail himself of ten days extension to
his present leave of absence.
By direction of the secretary of war,
Hospital Steward Waldemar f. Crosse,
U. S. A., is transferred from Camp Pop
lar River, Mont, to Fort Buford, Oak.
Orders were received at department
headquarters yesterday announcing the
transfer to the interior department of
the military reservation of Fort Me-
Kinney, Wyo.
Maj. George B. Davis. recently ap-
pointed Judge advocate, U. S. A., has
been ordered to report in person to the
adjutant general of the army, for duty
in the war department Office.
Lieut.. Col. George D. Ruggles, as
sistant adjutant general, U. S. A, has
been announced in orders as adjutant
general of the division of the Pacific
and department of California.
Light Battery E, First artillery, has
been ordered relieved from duty at
Vancouver Barracks, W. r., and will
proceed to and take station at Portland,
Or.
A court-martial has been ordered to
convene at Fort Meade, OAK, of which
Capt. A. G. Hennissee, Eighth cavalry.
is president, and Second Lieut.. G. w.
Kennedy, Third infantry, judge advo-
cate.
Information received last night from
Gen. Kruger fixes his probable return to
st. Paul tomorrow, the Washington
aqueduct board having completed it's
laborS and submitted its report yester-
day morning.
Capt. A. A. De Loire, medical de-
partment. and First Lieut.. j. j. Crit
tenden. Twenty-second infantry, are
president and judge advocate respect
lively for court martial ordered to as
semble at Fort Totten, Oak.
The promotion of Maj. Richard H.
Jackson, Fifth artillery, to be lieuten-
ant colonel of the Fourth artillery, car
ries him to Fort Trumbull, Conn.,, to
which post he is ordered to repair and
assume command of the same.
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tantry, inspector general OF the depart
evening to make an inspection OF the
disbhrsing accounts of the bonded mill
tary disbursing officers at that point.
First Lieut.. Oskaloosa NJ. Smith,
Twenty-second infantry, registered at
department headquarters yesterday.
Lieut.. smith has just been relieved
from duty as aid-de-camp to Gen. STAN
ley, commanding the department of
FeXas, and is en- route to join his COM
pdny, c. at Fort Keogh, M. T.
A board of survey is ordered to con-
vene at Fort Custer, Mont, to fix the
responsibility for damage to a lot of
arms pertaining to the accountability of
Capt. Max Wessendorff, First cavalry.
Capt. Owen J. Sweet, Twenty-ffth in
fantry; and Lieuts. William III.
Miller and willard A. H0lDrO0k, First
cavalry, comprise the detail for the
board.
The superintendent of the general re-
cruiting service has ordered First Lieut..
James Torrance, Thirteenth infantry.
to close the recruiting rendezvous at
Davenport, To-, Jan. 81, and then to
proceed to Louisville, KY, and relieve
First Lieut.. Stephen O'Connor. Twenty
third infantry, of the charge of the
branch rendezvous in that city, which
will hereafter be maintained as all in
dependent rendezvous.
A private letter from Detroit, Mich,
states that as much mystery as ever
surrounds the fate of Col. and Brevet
Brig. Gen. Henry B. Clitz, United
States army, retired, whose sudden and
peculiar disappearance from his home
in October last has entailed so much
sorrow upon his family and friends.
The efforts made by the war depart
ment to confirm the rumor of the gen.
erals presence in Paris have been as
unavailing as were those in the case of
his reported suicide at Niagara Falls.