Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
Postal Offices to Have a HOli-
day ON the 3Oth.
UNCLE SANS AVAILABLE FORCE
CJptatn Armes Makes an Appeal to
the Tender Mercies of the
Court Martial.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HERALD. /
WASHINGTON, April 24.-W. B. Cooley,
of Pennsylvania, has been appointed
Chief Clerk of the Postofice Department.
The President to-day appointed Willis
Sweet, of Idaho, Attorney of the United
States for that Territory.
First Assistant Postmaster Clarkson TO-
day appointed about 175 fourth-C lass
postmasters. OF this number about 70
per cent. were made to fill vacancies
caused by death or resignation.
THE CENTENNIAL IN PosToFFIcEs.
Postmaster General Wanamaker to-day
issued the following order: "The Presi-
dent having recommended that, as q
part of the order of observance of the
centennial OF the Inauguration of the first
President, a portion of the 30th of April
be set aside for prayer and Thanksgiving,
in conformity thereto, it is ordered /:
First-That Postmasters are authorized
to observe the usual holiday hours on
that day. Second-Where it is possible
to do 80 without detriment to the public
service, Postoffices should be closed at,
or before, 8 A. NJ, in order that the en-
ployees may have an opportunity to
comply with the proclamation of the
President, issued on the 4th instant.
Third-Postmaster must arrange for the
report and dispatch of ali mails that may
arrive and depart during the time the
office is closed.
MOVEMENTS OF ADMIRAL GHERARDI.
Rear.Admiral Gherardi, commanding
the North Atlantic station, reports to the
Navy Department, under date April 18th,
that he left Cape Haytien in the Galena
on the Sd inst, visited st. Marie Con.
aives, st. Nicholas and Port-Au- Prince,
arriving at the latter place on the 10Th
inst. sailed again on the 11th, for st
Marc, whore he expected that he wodld
find the Ossippee snd return in company
with that vessel again to Cape Haytien.
OUR AVAILABLE FORCES.
WASHINGTON, April 24-The gathering
of large part of the militia of the coun-
try in New York on the 18th of April
next for the centennial celebration is ex.
pected to furnish the war department
with information that will be of value in
the event OF an emergency arising requir-
ing the presence OF troops for actual mill
tary service. Captain Taylor has been
detailed to 60 to New York to watch the
movements of the militia with a view to
ascertaining the best means for the rapid
concentration of troops at single city.
Captain Taylor calculates that it will
take the soldiers who intend to partici-
pate in the celebration sixteen hours on
an average to reach the city. Informa-
ton is also expected to be cleaned as to
the best mode of handling troops in mar
row streets and in the presence OF large
crowds.
APPEAL "AD MIsERICoRDIAM."
The public proceedings OF the Armes
court martial we're concluded this morn.
ing. Judge Hubbell, counsel for the ac-
cused, finished his argument, and Major
Davis, Judge Advocate, made very brief
address, in which he declined to make
any argument on the merits of the case,
and appealed to the Court to give Cap.
tain Ames the benefit of every bit of tes-
timony and occraional doubt, on behalf
Of his family, who would suffer most
from the most from the effects of his dis
missal. The Court was then cleared for
consultation.
TO LOOK UP LIVE STOCK.
Secretary Rusk has appointed DR.. G.
E. Morrow, of Champaign. Ills., to rep.
resent the Agricultural Department at
the jubilee show of the Royal Agricul-
tural Society, to be held in England this
summer, and he is also authorized to
visit such other places in Europe as he
deems necessary, in order to study the
live stock interests of the Old World.
The report of his observations and ex-
perience is to be made to the Depart
ment upon his return.
MR.. AND MRS. MORTON DINED.
The President and Mrs. Harrison en-
tertained Vice-President and Mrs. Morton