The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-04-17

with the exception of the newly-creatcd De-
partment of Agriculture, have Assistant Secre-
taries, and it is claimed that the Navy Depart
ment needs such an officer as badly as do the
other Departments.
MORE BRIGADIER- GENERALS.
President Harrison will not have much Of n
rest on Army appointments before he will be
called upon to appoint more Brigadier- Generals,
as by August 16, next, four officers of that rank
will reach GA years of age, and be placed on the
Retired List and rs two of these will make
vacancies for Captains in the Staff his labor will
be harder, for il is more trouble to mako n
selection from half a thousand applications for
each vacancy, than from half dozen.
Gen. Samuel b. Hoabird, who has been
Quartermaster- General since July !, 1883,
when he succeeded Gen. Rufus ingalls,, will be
tho first to retire on Juno 16.
Gen Robert Macfeey, who was appointed
COmmissary General of Subsistence by PTes-
dent Grant, April Ia. 1875, goes ont July /;
just 40 years from the day he graduated at
West Point.
Gen. Benjamin H. Grierson, who was ap-
pointed Brgader- General this month, becomes
Of years of age on July &.
Gen. John Moore who succeeded Gen. Crane
as Surgeon General in November, 1885, retres
August is.
In the Quartermaster's and the Commissary
bcphIbiubHbS blo htN AHpblhbulohbs "iii iSaNc
vacancies of the grade of Captain after the re-
sulting promotions, and to fill these, the Presi-
dent is authorized by law to make selections
from civil life, and that fact may largely add TO
the number of applications for the places.
Several years ago there happened to DO
two of these staff vacancies ut the same time,
and there was an enormous pressure for the
appointments. At the time newspaper man
asked faceti0us officer of tho Adiutant-Gen-
erals Office as to how many applications were on
file for the places, aud was answered: Every
Lieutenant in the line of the Army-you can
figure out the exact number from tho Army
Register, and about two bushels and half from
civilians" The answer was nearer correct
than the reader would SUPPOSE
The President seems to have q corner on
General officers for the four years of his term
for even should there be no other casualty be.
fore March 4, 1893. he will have had then the
appointments of one Maior-General Miles
and IL Brigadlers SO far. his appointments
have been, Adj't-Gen. Kelton, Paymaster- Gen.
| Smith, and Gen. Grierson; next during this
| year will come the four appointments pointed
out above, and subsequently,, successors to Gen.
| Benet Chief of Ordnance), January %, 1891 !;
| Gen. Gibbon, April 20. 1891; Gen. Stanley,
| june /, 1892, aud Adj't-Gen. Kelton. June 81,
| 1892. Yet there only 10 Brigadier- Generals in
| all on the Active List.
TO BE SEEN IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
The Quarter-master-G General has just COM
| peted his contribution to the establishment
| of the corridors OF the War Department, which
| are designed to show the public the evolution
| through which army uniforms have passed from
the foundation of the Government to the pres.
cnt time. They are placed in large glass cases,
in the corridors Of the third floor of the Depart
mont. The figures are life like and are designed
with especial care to avoid the clothing store
! dummy look that such things usually have.
| Several years ago Gen. Holabird conceived tho
| idea of making collection OF this kind, and he
! has been studying the subject, investigating
! the records of the Department and overhauling
! every possible source of information that would
throw any light on tho matter. The Washing
| ton letters on file in the State Department were
| looked over, aud all tho orders Issued in the
earlier periods of the Republic, with view to
/ determining tho exact nature Of the original
! uniform of the Continental Army.
In the first case are five figures, one of gem
! eral officer who, by curious piece Of anachron-
ism, is engaged in reading the order issued by
| Gen. Washington prescribing the very uniform
which he wears. The paper which the officer
/ has in his papor-mache hands is an exact fac
smile OF the original, even the paper being re-
/ produced from the stock of n junk dealer of
! Philadelphia. IL is worn and torn aud dis.
] c0lorcd. just as ID that which Is filed in the
archives of the Department.
The collection contains figures with the uni
| forms of both officers aud private soldiers from
| the Revolution down 10 the present day, and Ia
| one Of the best collections in Washington, and
visitors TO the Capital should not fail to soc 1t.
| PENSIONS FOR INMATES or THE HOMER
| The Board Of Managers Of the National
| Homes for disabled volunteer soldiers had a
! conference with Secretary Of War Proctor last
week with 4 view 10 facilitating the payment
/ Of pensions TO the inmates of the Homes. IL
/ seems that there has been some trouble re-
! garding this matter. aud tho managers are try
| Ing TO remedy the defect
VETERANS IN THE CITY.
George e. Fields, Muskcgon, Mich. Comrade
! Fields, who served through the war in the 9th
/ Mich. Cav, has been in the railroad business
ever since, and was recently given the response
| bic position Of Master Carbuildcr Of the At
lantic & Dauvile Road at Adams Grove Va
whittier he was on his way. The comrades
generally viii wish Comrade Ficlds abundant
| success in his new scene O! work.
DIR. NJ. Pickett. Co. b, ll2th ~ Y, Cory
| Pa. DIR. Pickett served up until Cold Harbor
| as private. He was there terribly wounded
| in the leg aud his wound has never healed
| The officers of the Pension Bureau say il is the
| largest suppurating surface Of any pensioneI
on the list Upon mis- discharge from the hos
pital DR.. Pickett studied medicine aud gradu.
ated. lie practiced and made quite "A reputa.
| ton ~ Surgeon, until his health broke down
and he was compelled 10 retire. He is now
! President Of the Board of Medical Examiner
for the Pension Bureau at Cory.
Capt. De Witt g. Hopkins, Ist Ark. Cav.
Postmaster at Tiff CiIy Mo