Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-22

ment OF the army.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER r. s. GRIFFIN returned
this morning from Philadelphia after having
been examined for promotion to the grade of
passed assistant engineer. The board recon-
mended his promotion.
COMMISSIONER RoosEvELT's WESTERN TRrp.-
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt expects
to leave for Chicago Monday TO deliver a
lecture on "Americanism" before the Marquette
republican club Of that city. He will also
Lecture on civil service reform before the state
university at Bloomington and will make an
examination of the Indianapolis and Chicago
post Offices before he returns.
EXAMINATIONS will be held at the following
named points on Saturday, April 12, of candi-
dates for the position of Topographic aid in the
geological survey: Washington, Boston, New
York, New Haven, Troy. Syracuse. Detroit and
Chicago. The subjects of the examination will
be letter writing, algebra, geometry, plain
trlgonometry, surveying, ,geodesy, astronomy
and topographic drawing Persons desiring to
make application should apply to the commits
sion at once for the necessary blanks, which
they should have filed and file with the civil
service commission at the earliest practicable
date.
ARMY ORDERS. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph
+. Farley. ordnance department, will 20 from
the New York arsenal Governors Island, MY,
to the Benham motor works, Providence, RI
the West Point foundry. Cold Springs, NY
the Jersey steel and IRON company's works,
Trenton, NJ. and the spiral tube company 8
and the Meade machine company's works on
public business, and on completion of
duties will return to his proper station
First Lieut.. James c. Stanford, corps OF en-
gineers, now in New York CITY, will 20 to St
Louis, Mo-, and report to Lieut.. Col Charles
A nF ID Ar
Missouri river commission, for duty as secre-
tary and disbursing officer Of the Missouri river
commission. Second Lieut.. Samuel d. Sturgis
first artillery, will report in person to the
superintendent of the United States military
academy at West Point, NY, for duty, in
place Of First Lieut.. Henry T. Allen, second cav
airy, who is relieved from duty at the academy
TO take effect upon the arrival of Lieut. Sturgis
The leave OF absence granted Second Lieut.
Lorenzo P. Dawson, eleventh infantry, March
IL, 1880. is extended twenty-one days. The
leave OF absence granted Second Lieut. O. D.
Palmer. fourth artillery, is extended three
months on surgeons certificate of disability.
PERsoNAL--C. A. Coolidge and Edward L.
Pierce Of Boston are at Wormley's.--Howar
Richmond of Providence, JAS. Burt, Chas. F.
Welkins, N. Tooles A. Bunkert, j. h. Post Of
New York. DIR. VIM. Cogswell of Bradford.
Mass. JAG. Gresham of Brooklyn, Geo. s. Hunt
of Portland. Me-, VIM. Heyl, W. J. McCohan,
Leonard Myers and Geo. E. Bactol of Philadel-
phia are at Willard's.--Chas. A. Decke of
New York, A. L. Calder of Providence. F. Lewis,
jr.. of Philadelphia and H. N. Claxton of Roam
oke are at the Arrow. 8. Perry and c. r.
Richards Of Brooklyn, John II. Flagg, ], L.
Bishop and Edward X. Jones of New YORK.
Cortlandt Parkes of Newark, /. 0. Goddard OF
Chicago. J. B. Wilson and J. H. Wilson of Mon
treal, Thos. Hatch Of London and John Dorling
OF New York are at the Arlington. Henry A.
snyder OF Boston and Mr.. Jameson of Hong
Kong are at the Johnson.-H. X. Edison Of
Grinnell, Iowa. is at the Fredonia. .--Sami s.
Blood, H. W. Combs and j. c. Lulley OF New
York are at Chamberlin' 's.-Louis L. Thomp-.
son Of the Army and Navy Register has gone 10
New York for few days.-A G. ColweT of
Cleveland, A. N. Wood of Eaton, NY, w. H
Robey Of Boston, W. X. Ryan Of Charleston,
SC, and Alden ]. Blethen of the Minneapolis
Tribune are at the Ebbitt-D. A. Monfort of
81. Paul. ]. W. Dale of London, j. A. Corliss Of
Troy, NY. Jared NJ. M. Reis s. s. Packard and
y. N. Billings of New York are at Willard's.-
W. ]. Wilson of Boston, F. Wright, H. Water
man and j. A. Bergen of New York, 8. F. Frazer
Rochester, NY, and ]. r. Jones Of jamestown,
NY. are at the St James.-Mr.W VIM. Lud-
gate Of this city, who has been employed 40 q
clerk in the War department since 1895 has re-
ceived a leave Of absence and will sail for Eng
land April for the purpose Of Waiting his
mother, who 10 in her eighty-third year and
whom he has not seen for IS years--Bishop
Newman OF the Methodist Episcopal church ar
rived in this city last night and h the guest of
Senator Stanford.
A company has been Organized in Chicago
which, its promoters say, will build the largest
plate 0lasa facfnrv in tina vsOvld af E11vsr1