The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-21
CONGRESS AND THE SERVICE.

Mr. Oates presented the bill (H. Il. 120T2)
granting pension to the widow Of the late j.
". Rhodes, who was II. in the revenue marine
service of the L. s.
The resolution Is. 81 appointing r. II. Jack
son, hero of the Samoan disaster, an ensign
in the Navy has been adopted by the House.
The bill Is. 134) ordering that Rear Adm. s.
P. Carter, U. S. N, be paid the amount due him
as rear adm. on the retired list, less the amount
already received by him as commo. was passed.
The bill Oh. R. 5323l restoring Tenodor Ten
Eyke, late capt in the 18th Inf. to his former
rank in the Army and placing him on the re-
tired list was passed.
The bill Is. 315S) granting an increase of pen
sion to the widow of the late Capt. j. S. Thorn
ton, OF the Navy, passed the House.
The bill Is. 3716) providing for the promotion
OF officers of the Army lower in rank than brig.
gen. by seniority in the arm, corps, or dept. of
the service in which they serve instead Of in the
regt, as has heretofore been the custom, and
providing for an examination to be taken by all
line officers above I'd lieuts. before they can be
entitled to promotion, and providing that all
who fail in such examination, either physically
or otherwise, be retired from the Army with one
years pay, has passed the House.
The bill H. K. 11094) providing for the ap-
pointment of board of action or retired Army
officers to review the findings of courts-martial
in cases in which the accused has been dishon-
orably discharged from the regular of volunteer
forces, has been passed.
The bill N. R. 6954) granting certificates of
honorable service to the officers of the Coast
survey VINO served curing tQe late war, ana
granting them brevet commission commen-
surate with the service rendered and the assim-
Hated rank they held by order of the comdg.
officers under whom they served, has been
passed.
The House has passed the following bills:
The bill Oh. r. 41S7) giving Capt. w. P. Hall,
of the Army, his proper place on the list of
cav. capts.; the joint resolution E. H. r. 39) de-
claring the validity of the retirement of Capt.
c. B. Stivers, of the U. S. A.; the bill rs. 16S9)
placing Capt. G. NJ. Wheeler upon the retired
list of the Army with rank of mai, with pay as
such from July, 1888; the bill Is. 1887 to
place j. NJ. Williams, late capt. of cav. and
breyet maj. in the Regular Army, upon the re-
tired list with rank OF capt of cav; the bill rs.
3Sl6) granting pension of $50 per month to
VI. ID. Marchand, widow of the late Commo.
Marchand: the bill rs. 31S3) increasing the pen
sion of Amanda NJ. Smythe. widow of Brig.
Gen. t. II. Smythe to $50 per month; the bill
Is. 1852 granting a pension of $50 per month
to the widow of the late Capt. j. NJ. Selden, of
the revenue marine service; the bill (H. r. 5S35)
granting an increase of pension to the widow of
Maj. Henry NJ. Judah late of 4th Inf, to $25
month; the bill (H. K. 1850 granting the
widow Of Maj. 7. B. Devices, late 9th cav, a
pension of $40 month; the bill Oh. R. 9245)
granting pension OF $25 month to l.. p
Noros, late of the Jeanette expedition to the
Arctic Ocean; the bill Oh. R. 1039S) granting
pension of $50 month to the widow of the late
Gen. William Blaisdell.
SENATE.-The Senate has passed the following
bills: The bill Oh; r. 3107) to pay to Col. James
Lindsay for a battery of three mountain
howitzers, caissons, harness, ETC., complete,
taken for the use of the Government by order of
Brig. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, Aug. 10, 1868; the
bill (H. X. S394) providing for an amendment
to the act entitled San act to authorize re-
tired list for privates and non-commissioned
officers Of the Army who have served as such
for period of thirty years orupward," so as to
include enlisted men in the Navy and Marine
Corps as well; the bill Is. 4167) granting pen
sion of $40 per month to the widow of DIR.
I. P. Appel, late asst. surg; the bill (H.
X l9O6) granting pension to l.. H. Norton,
late capt. and chief of scouts in the Army
during the late war; the bill Is. 3649) granting
an increase of pension to $50 per month to
Katherine w. Howell, widow of the late Brig.
Gen. J. b. Howell, comdr. Sd Div, 10th corps;
the bill Oh. R. 1929 granting pension to Mrs.
Kate Lee Townes, widow of Col. r. r. Townes,
late chief of staff of 18th corps commanded by
Gen. Logan; the bill (H. Il. 11773) increasing
the pension of Mrs. Mary B. Cushing to $50
month; the bill III. r. S201) providing that when
ever the punishment for any military offense is
left to the court-martial it shall not, in time of
peace, be in excess of limit which the Presi-
dent may prescribe; the bill Is. 1111) reestab-
fishing the grade of 1t. gen in the Army and
authorizing the President to appoint 1t. gen.
Of the T. S. A; the bill Is. 945) placing the
names OF all Army nurses who served as such
period OF months and have since become dis
abled upon the pension list, emitting them to
receive pension of Sl2 month.
The Senate has confirmed the following nomi-
nations Of West Point graduates to be 2d Its. in
the Army: X. b, Wallace 2d Cav; f, NJ. Cald-
well, Sd Cav; NJ. +. Davis, 4th Cav; f. c. Mar
shall, Sth Cav; j, A. Ryan, NJ. w. Rowell, and
l.. j. Fleming, 10th Cav; ii. NJ. Powell, 2d Inf;
Peter Murray and p. A. Wolf, Sd Inf. j. II.
Wholley, 4th Inf; T. b. Keech. 9TH Inf; H. b.
Bandholtz, 9th Inf; II. T. Ferguson, 7th Inf.
Z. b. Gose, Sth Inf; G. C.. Clark, 9th Inf. VIII
lis Ulne, 18th Inf; j. c. Fox, 18th Inf; j. r.
Lindsay and F. w. Sladen, 14th Inf. G. NJ
Brown, 10th Inf; IL g. Lyon, 18th Inf; G. ID.
Moore and c. j. Symmonds, 18th Inf; w. o.
johnson and II. 8. Leanard, 10Th Inf; Hugh
Butts 2lst Inf; to be additional I'd It's,
9Th Cav; $. e. Jones, 9th Cav; o. B.
Meyer, lst Cav; j. NJ. Andrews, 9TH Cav
q. i. Ruggles, lst Art; II. ID. Todd, Sd Art /;
j. g. Rennard, lst Art; James Hamilton, I'd
Art; T. w. Winston, 4th Art; A. G. Merillat
18th Art; NJ. &. Krayenbuhl, 4th Art. George
Montgomery, I'd Art; G. g. Hearn, 4th Art;
w. G. Davis, 9Th Art; f. q. Moulding, Sd Art !;
d. W. Ketchum, I'd Art; w. $. McNair, Sd
Art. w. j. Snow, 1st Art. G. e. Galley, 5th
Art; T.. B. Lamoreux, 4th Art; lst 1t. W. H.
Miller, 1st Cav, to be A. @. NJ, with rank of
Cav, to be I'd It,. additional I'd It, S. G. Jones,
5th Cav, to be I'd It,. additional I'd 1t. w. f.
Clark, 7th Cav, to be 2d It.; 2d 1t. D. II. Kerr,
nth Inf, regtl. adjt to be lst It.; I'd 1t. H. Q.
Hodges, 22d Inf, to be 1st It.; lst 1t w. IL.
James, oath Inf, TO be capt; Cd 1t. j. b. Batch
elor, oath Inf, t. be LIST It.; "a It. w. f. Blau-
velt, 18th Inf, 10 be lst It,. I'd It. w. Y
Stamper, 2lst Inf, to be lst 1t.
The following ,yecutiye nominations were re-
eeiYed by the Senate: Second Lieut.. j. T. Kerr,