The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-05
ARMY NOTES.

ARMY NOTES.
Among the bills that received the approval
OF the President in the closing days Of the ses-
sion was one of Importance to nearly every
officer in the Army. 1t provides that promo
tion to every grade throughout the service
below, the rank of brig gen. shall be subject to
examination according to seniority, and that
they shall be lineal in each corps, arm, or dept.
of the service, instead of, as now regimental
1t is also provided that all officers shall be as
signed to regts. and transferred from one regt
to another, as the interests of the service NAV
require, by orders from the War Dept and
hereafter all appointments in the line of the
Army shall be by commission in any arm of the
service, service and not by commission in any
authorized to prescribe system of examination
of all officers below the rank of mai to deter
niue their fitness for promotion. In case an
of1cer fails to pass satisfactory examination,
the officer next below him in rank shall be
promoted provided that If the officer fail in his
physical examination, and be found incapaci-
tated for service by reason of disability con-
tracted in the line of duty, he shall be retired,
but If he fail for any other reason he shall be
suspended from promotion for one year, then
De reexamined, and If he again fail be honor
ably discharged with years pay An impor-
tant exception TO the above rule, however, was
inserted in the bill by conferees in lieu of the
Aouse amendment on the same subject
The new provlso reads as follows: PRO
vided that the examination of officers
appointed in the Army from civil life, or of
othcers who were officers of volunteers only, or
were officers OF the militia of the several States
called into the service of the United States or
were enlisted men in the regular or volunteer
service, either in the Army, Navy or Marine
Corps during the War of the Rebellion, shall
be conducted by boards composed entirely of
officers who were appointed from civil life or
officers who were officers of volunteers only
during said war; and such examination shall
relate TO fitness for practical service and not
to technical and scientific knowledge, and in
case of failure of any such officer on the re-
examination hereinbefore provided for, he shall
be placed upon the retired list of the Army
and no act now in force shall be so construed
as TO limit or restrict the retirement of officers
as herein provided for"
The resignation of 1t. r. F. Emmett, 9th
Cav, has been accepted by the President to
take effect April /, 1891.
The resignation of 1st It. R. T. Emmet, 9th
Cav, has been accepted to take effect April
next, and he is granted leave of absence until
that date.
Lieut.. Col. T. F. Barr judge advocate gems
once, mas at his own request been relieved from
duty at the War Dept, and ordered to duty as
judge advocate of the Atlantic Div.
The extension of leave granted Capt. G.. S. L.
Ward, I'D Inf, has been still further extended
months.
Lieut.. Col: I'll. P. Curtis has been relieved
from duty in Div. Atlantic, and ordered to duty
IN Dept: OAK TO relieve Capt. stephen Groes-
beck, who is ordered to duty with his regt
Second Lieut.. B. c. Morse, 23d Inf, has been
detailed to duty, as military professor at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
College Station, Texas. lst 1t j j. Critten.
den, 22d Inf, has been detailed to similar duty
at the Mich Agricultural College, Ingham Co.,
Mich, relieving I'd 1t. W. L. Simpson, 9th
Inf, who will join his co.
Leaves of absence have been granted Army Of
fcers as follows: Capt. G. B. Russell, 9th inf,
months extension; Col. II. g. Hodges A. @.
M. Gen, 20 days; Capt. j. L. Phillips, asst
surg, months extension, and I'd 1t W. L.
Simpson, oath Inf, months.
Capt. j. w. Bean, 18th Inf, has been placed
on the retired list.
j. A. Kelly, 4th class, Military Academy, have
been granted leave of absence on account of i'll
health until May next, when they will be sub
jected to physical examination.
Capt. a. E. Woodson, 5th Cav, has been
granted ! months extension of leave Of alb
sence.
Capt. w. b. Kennedy, 10th Cav, on leave at
St Louis, has been ordered to report by tele.
graph to the supt. of the recruiting service,
New York City, to conduct recruits for the 4tb
Cav. to the Div Pacific,
Second Lieut. j. r. Lindsay l4th Inf, has
been transferred from Co. A to Co of that
regt.
Leave OF absence Tor months has been
granted Capt. William Stanton, 9th Cav.
The leave granted I'd 1t. H. B. Vance, Jr.,
18th Inf, Sept. 2, has been extended month
Leave for 6 months, to take effect Noy. l.
1890, with permission to leave the u. s., is
granted 1t. Col II. p Curtis, deputy Judge
80 much Of par. 6, Special Orders No. 227.
sept n, 1890 as relates to Capt S. w. Groes-
beck, 5,o acting Judge adv capt 9th Inf is SO
modified as to direct Capt Groesbeck to re-
main on duty as acting Judge adv. Dept. OAK.
until 1t, Col. II. p. Curtis deputy Judge adv.
gen., reports for duty at the hdqrs of that dept.
from leave of absence.
general court-martial is appointed TO meet
at West Point, on Monday, the 9th or as soon
thereafter as practicable, for the trial of such
prisoners as may be brought before it. The
detail Of the court is Capt. G. McC. Derby,
Corps of Engs.; lst 1t. l.. II. Beach, Corps OF
Engs.; 1st LIT. j. A. Johnston, Sth Cav; 1st 1t.
o. H. Noyes, 9th Inf; LIST 1t II. c. Benson,