The morning call., 1890-09-18
MILITARY MATTERS.
Married Men Not Wanted in
Langd0n's Regiment.
Naming Of the Division Team-Changes of
Stations and Transfers-A Court-Martial
Rebuked - Pockets in Blouses.

the men whom he sent out on recruiting
duty to enlist no Irishmen, but Germans and
Americans instead. Colonel Langdon, it
VIII be remembered, was recently The COM
mandant at the Preside and until the eX-
change between his regiment, to which he
was newly assigned, and the Fifth Artillery,
now stationed on this coast. When asked
about these Tumors, which it appears
had some circulation at Fort Ham
iton, Bath Beach and Bay Ridge.
the Colonel replied: They are false; l
never gave orders not to have IriShmen en-
listed. On the contrary, l am enlsting them
almost daily. Had given any such orders
l would lay myself open to court-martial,
but l would NOT do such thing" Asked
whether he had refused to permit married
men to Te-enlist after their time was up, he
said: Il cannot 20 into that: l am held
responsible for the efficiency of my regiment
by the Government, and that efficiency is
impaired by having married men in the
regiment. II is against the rules OF the
army TO enlist married men,
The military reservation of Hot Springs,
Garland County, Ark, has been transferred
to the Secretary Of the Interior for DISPOSE
ton, no longer being required for military
purposes; likewise Fort Maginnis, Mont.
The orders regarding Fort Thomas, Ariz.,
have been revoked, and it will be continued
as a separate and independent post until
further orders from the War Department.
PACIFIC DIVISION TEAM.
At the contest for places on the division OF
the Pacific Rife Team at Monterey, last
month, thirty scores were made by as many
contestants, and the first ten constitute the
division team, and are entitled to gold and
silver medals. They are Corporal G. 4,
Densmore, Company K, Fourth Infantry;
Private Otto Hermann, d. Ninth Infantry;
Second Lieutenant f. d. w. Ramsey, Ninth
Infantry; Sergeants W. Gleeson, l, Tenth
Infantry; A. c. Austin, Company Z, and
J. G. Hartford, A, Fourth Infantry; Private
J. S. Martin, II. First Infantry; Corporal
f. T. Ogburn, l, Ninth Intantry. and Ser
geants J. II. White, Company d, and Il. L.
Smallwood, l, Fourth Infantry. As distin-
guished marksmen are named: First Lieu
tenant Il. c. Van Vliet Tenth Infantry;
Fist Sergeant T. A. Hudson. Company II
Fist Lieutenant f. +. Eastman and Ser
geant c. Robertson, Company II, Four
teenth Infantry. Corporal G. a. DeESmore
and Private Otto Hermann are selected as
members of the Amy Rife Team, with Sec
ond Lieutenant +. d. ". Ramsey as al
ternate.
The appointment of Lieutenant Dunn,
Fifth Artillery to the Ordnance Depart
ment promotes Additional Second Lieuten-
ant George lie Il. Irwin Of that regiment TO
be Second Lieutenant of the Third Artillery
with Battery | at Fort McHenry, Ind.
Captain Eli L. Higgins, Aide de-camp to
General Miles, has been transferred from
Troop Z to l. OF the Second Cavalry
IN THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
The following changes of stations and as
signments 10 duty OF officers of tae Ord
nance Department are ordered: Major
William A. Marye, from the command OF
the Benicia Arsenal, Cal, assigned to the
command of the San Antonio Arsenal, Texas,
to take effect on the lSt OF next month. Ma
jOr Lawrence s. Babbitt, from the command
of the San Antonio Arsenal 10 the command
of the BeniCia Arsenal, upon being relieved
by Major Msrye; Major John \. kress, re-
neved frum Benieia Arsenal for assignment
at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill Captain James
Rockwell Jr., relieved from Rock Island Ar
senal for assignment at Benicia.
Tie following transfers Of officers in the
Adjutant-GeneTaPs Department are ordered
by October I'm: Colonel G. ID. Ruegles,
"a. 4 G., E-ieadquarters Division of the
Pacific to R,lquarters Division of the At
lantic; LieGNAnant-CoIonel D. d. Green,
Office to headquarters of the Pacific: Major
W. J. Volkmar, \. A. G. from headquarters
Department Of Arizona TO headquarters De
partment of Missouri
With the appointment of James S. Parker,
q son of CAPTAIN r. c. Parker, retired, as
cadet at large to West Point to fill a vacancy
occurring by graduation in June next, the
Presidents appointments to the academy
for admission next year are exhausted.
The transfer of Lieutenant s. Hasbrouck,
Fourteenth Infantry, from Company TO ID,
carries him from Fort Leayenworth, kans.,
to Vancouver Barracks.
Fort BridgeT, Wyo., will be discontinued
after the 1st pToX as post
TRANSFERS OF INFANTRYMEN.
The following transfers have been made in
the First Infantry in pursuance ofgeneral or
ders transferring the enlisted men of Com
panieS | and X OF every regiment Of infantry
to other companies of the same regiment,
likewise the officers: Captain Leopold o.
Parker, from Company to Company K;
Captain Frank II. Edmunds, X to +; First
Lieutenant Thomas II. Barry, K to a
First Lieutenant James S. Petit, A to K;
Second Lieutenant Hampton NJ. Roach, b
to X; Second Lieutenant Frank l.. VIM,
X TO 3; Second Lieutenant Robert II.
Noble, + 10 / Second Lieutenant Everett T.
Benjamin, to + First Lieutenant John $
Mason Jr. attached for duty at Benicia Ar
seual, Cal, until further orders.
OF the enlisted men Of Troop L. Second
Cavalry, at Wbipple Barracks, Ariz., one
.2aclI has been assigned 10 Troops a, c: d
anu G aud forty-fve to Troop E, to which
also viii be transferred the First Sergeant,
trumpeters, blacksmith farrier, sadd!er
ery viii be transferred with the men,
The MajOr-General commanding the army
has directed that the funds of The discon-
tnued companies and troops be dislrib-
uted per capita and transferred to the funds
of the organizations to which the men are
assigned.
Lieutenant Robert II. Noble, First Infan-
try. viii leave shortly for ST. Johns Col
An mills Md tn which ma has hppp
appointed military Instructor.
Leave of absence for fifteen days has been
granted Colonel William Il. Shafter, First
infantry.
A CoURT-MARTIAL REBUKED.
General Gibbon, recently i'll command of
the Department OF the Columbia, thus re-
buked general court-martial, convened at
Nalla Walla, Wash: The resolution OF
the court 10 sit in undress uniform is disap
proved. Not only are the members OF courts
martial required by tie regulations to sit IN
1ull-dress uniform, but such uniform is
deemed essential to the dignity and Impor-
tance Of court-martial duty.
The leave of absence for one month
granted Second Lieutenant G. H. Martin,
Fourteenth Infantry, serving in the Depart
ment OF the Columbia, has been extended
one month. Leave for two months, wiki
permission 20 apply for an extension of like
period has been granted Second Lieutenant
George L. Duncan, Ninth Infantry.
Lieutenant William Ii. Miller, First Cav
airy. has been nominated as Captain and
Assistant Quartermaster, vice Miltlmore,
dismissed. Lieutenant Miller is senior
Lieutenant of his regiment, and entered the
service III 1868 from his native State, Ala
,>~blDIa. He is on duty now at Fort Custer,
Mont.
First Lieutenant Charles B. Vogdes, First
Infantry has been attached TO Company
OF the regiment and ordered to proceed with
it Fort Castor, Cal.
First Lieutenant n. S. Jarvis, A. S., has
been relieved from duty at Fort Verde to re-
port for duty at San Carlos, ARR.
AMERICANS IN THE LEAD.
A memorandum has been Issued from
division headquarters publishing for the
information of recruiting officers to guard
against Ie-enlistment, tile descriptions of
twelve military prisoners, who have re-
cently been released, and one of whom
escaped from the Preside ON the 22d ult.
OF tile number seven are American born,
ii rlrnfnssinnal snldiers and seVen cavalrr-