The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-04-06

10 one or more OF the current appropriations Tor
the support of the Army.
Fort Sewall is to be improved and beautified
by the town of Marblehead, Mass, a bill grant
ing authority so to do having already passed
one House of Congress.
A bill was passed by the House yesterday
amending the Articles of War so as to provide
that in times of peace general courts martial
for the trial of com. officers shall be appointed
only by the President, the gen. comdg. the
Army or the gen. officer comdg. military div;
and that Judges advocate must not be present
at any deliberation of courts-martial in close
session.
A bill providing for the disposal to st. 10
seph's Catholic Church of portion of the L.
s. military reservation at Baton Rouge, La,
was passed by the House yesterday.
The record of the proceedings in the case of
1t. Steele recently tried by court-martal at
Chicago for an assault on Private Wild, was
ceived by Maj. Gen. Schofeld yesterday and
was referred to Acting Judge Advocate Gen.
Lieber for examination and report. The case
will afterward be reviewed by Gen. Schofied
and acted upon by him finally, unless the SEN
tence is one of dismissal, in which event it will
require action on the part of the President
The sentence of the court will not be made
known officially until the case has been acted
upon.
Gen. Merritt issued an order convening a
general court-martial to meet at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, Thursday last, for the trial Of 1t,
J. V. S. Paddock, 5th Cav, for the duplication
of his pay accounts for the month of Feb. The
Cav; Capts. c. A. Woodruff, I'd Art; J. NJ j.
Sanno 9TH Inf; Francis Moore, 9th Cav; J. B.
Babcock, 9TH Cav; W. H. H. Crowell, 9th Inf;
j. f. Stretch, 10th Inf; c. W. Whipple, Ord.
Dept, and James Torrance, 18th Inf; 1st Its.
j. f. Gulfoyle; 9th Cav; A. NJ. Fuller I'd Cav;
Charles Byrne, 9th Inf; o. j. Brown, 1st Cav,
and E. d. Dudley, I'd Art, judge advocate.
Capt. John F. Rodgers, mil. storekeeper, is
ordered from Washington to ST. Louis, Mo, on
business connected with the Q. NJ. Dept.
The leave granted 1t. Col. George NJ. Bray
ton, 9th Inf, is extended 4 months surg.'s
certificate, with permission to go abroad.
Capt. John Conlne, 9th Cav, is ordered to re-
port to Brig. Gen. John K. Brooke, prest. of the
Army retiring board at Omaha, Neb, for exami-
nation by the board.
The leave of 1t. Henry D. Styer, 21st Inf, is
extended months.
Acting Asst. Surg. Thomas j Biggs is ordered
from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Fort Brady Mich.
Capt. Fred H. E. Ebstein, 21st Inf, is relieved
| from temporary duty in connection with the es-
! tablishment of canteens, and ordered to join
| his co.
Lieut.. Charles F. Mason, asst. surg, is granted
months leave.
The resignation of Cadet Norman S. Thrasher,
4th class, Military Academy, is accepted.
Charles E. Robinson, Sth Dist n c., is ap-
| pointed cadet at West Point
Sec. Proctor last week held conference with
the President in regard to the appointment of
an Asst. Sec of War, which office will proba-
| bly, be filled within few days.
Capt. Phil Reade, Sd Inf, will be relieved from
duty as insp. of small~arms practice at hdqrs.
| Div. of Mo-, Sept. l, and will join his co.
Lieut.. William R. Hamilton, 9TH Art, is re-
| lieyed from further duty in connection with the
National Guard of the State of New York and
will join his battery.
The following transfers in the I'd Art; are
made: 1st 1t. Eli D. Hoyle, from Bat. H to
from Light Bat. A TO Bat H. The officers
named will join the bats. to which they are
! transferred, respectively,
Lieut.. Frank Ellis, Sig. Corps, is ordered
from Galveston, Tex, to the following named
points for the inspection of signal service sta
tions: San Antonio, Rio Grande City, Browns
vile, and Corpus Christi, Tex.
Capt George NJ Randall, 23d Inf, and Capt
Cyrus 8. Roberts, 18th Inf, are assigned to spe-
cial duty in Chicago until May l.
Post Chap. George w. Simpson is ordered
from Fort Brown, Tex, to San Carlos Ariz., on
or before June l.
Maj. Henry M Cronkhite, surg, is ordered
from Little Rock Barracks, Ark, to Fort Lewis,
Col, for temporary duty.
Lieut.. Harry lay'OT, Eng. corps, Is Ofuelcu
from New York to Fort Lafayette, N. Y, and
the fort at Sandy Hook, n. j., on public busi,
ness.
Lieut.. John A. Dapray, 23d Inf, is relieved
from duty as A. D. G., to Brig. Gen. Nelson A.
Miles May l. and will join his CO.
Capt. Leonard Hay 9th Inf, is granted G
months leave, to take effect May /, with per
missionto go abroad.
Lieut. B, W, Leavell, oath Inf, is ordered tc
join his co.
Lieut., Col. G, M. Brayton 9th Inf, is granted
4 months extension of leave, with permission
to go abroad
Post Chap, David Wilson has been placed Oh
the retired list,
} The resignation of 1t, Harvey D. Reed, 25tt
Inf, TO take effect June 30, is accepted by the
President,
Capt John Conlne, 9th Cav, is ordered tC
examination for retirement by the board al
Omaha,
Acting Asst. Surg. Thomas j. Biggs is or
dered TO duty at Fort Brady, Mich.
twenty-five recruits are ordered to the 1871
Inf
Maj. Peter D. Yroom, Insp, Gen, is ordered
to temporary duty at Washington.
Asst. Surg. II. p. Birmingham is ordered tt
temporary duty at Vancouver Barrack, Wash
Capt. f. IL. E. Ebstein, 21st Inf, is detached
from special duty and ordered to join his co.
Gen. Lewis A. Grant, of Minneapolis, whose
nomination as Asst. Sec. of War was sent Il
t the Senate yesterday was before the war eu
gagged in the legal profession in Vermont A
Z the BEGINNING of the war he entered the rml