The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-08
ARMY NOTES.

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The Se2. of War has informed the Senate that
with the present force at his disposal it will re-
quire years to complete the work of compil
ing indeXing, printing, and binding the Official
Records of the Rebellion, additional appropria
tions, however, being necessary for printing
and binding. There will be 120 volumes.
Forty-five of them have already been distrib-
uted and II are printed and are being indeXed,
leaving Ga volumes to be compiled and printed.
To complete the work in years an annual ap-
preparation of S330,0O0 would be necessary.
The II books now in type bring the work down
to 1868.
First Lieut.. Warren II. Cowles, 10th Inf, has
been relieved from duty at the State Agricul-
tural College of Colorado, at Fort Collins, Col,
and ordered to Join his co.
Capt Edmund /. Zalinski, 9TH Art, the man
who perfected the pneumatic gun TO throw
dynamite shells, has returned from an extended
tour of observation in Europe. He has travelled
all over the Continent and has sent some very
valuable reports to the home Office about guns,
powders, uniforms, and other matters affecting
the soldier and the Army. lie has been given
special temporary duty III this city in order to
enable him 10 complete his reports He will
not be ordered to rejon lis regt. for several
months.
Second Lieut.. Herman c. Schumm, 2d Art has
been granted six months extension of his sick
leave.
Adjt. Gen. Kelton's condition is beginning to
alarm his friends. He has not been at the
Dept. for a couple Of months, and it now ap-
pears that following the nervous trouble that
allied him first has come an affection Of the eyes
that prevents any attention to his work, He is
to be granted a month : further leave and will
spend this time at the sea-shore under the care
Of an oculist.
Capt William d. Diotz, asst. surg, has com
pleted his special duty in New York City, and
has been ordered to return to his stationin Div.
Pacific,
Capt Frank B. Hamilton I'd Art, has been
granted two months extension Of leave.
Capt. \. II. Ketchum, 22d Inf, has been
ordered to three months duty in connection
with the Ohio National Guard
The President early in the week sent to the
Senate the promotions Of Capt. Clarence e.
Dutton, Ord. Dept, TO be maj, to succeed
Mai Mchaelis deceased, and I'd 1t. Omar
Bundy, Sd Inf, to be lst It.,
Capt Daniel Morgan Taylor, Ord. Dept, re-
corder of the Board Of fOrtifcatiOns, has deye
.oped of late into quite magazine writer His
article in a recent number Of the COSmOpOiitdl
on the growth of the militia Of the country at
tracted considerable attention, and he is now
engaged in the preparation Of one on the
Massachusetts militia for a forthcoming issue o.
the Outing He is an easy, forceful writer
armed with a great abundance Of historical ant
technical information that goes TO make any
thing he says extremely valuable.
First Lieut.. Albert c. Blunt, 18th Art. ha
been granted leave for q month and 10 days.
A request has been sent to the Senate on be
half of certain contractors TO amend the Rive
and Harbor bill SO that the old provision requr
ing all work done under the act to be performed
under competing contracts, which has DeeI