The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-03-27
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Tbs Weeks DOingS at the Ma
iiOnal Capital
THE NEW ARMY REGISTER.


the Army. but it contains much new matter
never before published in its pages.
The index of names is fearfuliy and wonder
fully improved TO such an extent that no one
not thoroughly familiar with the service and
the requirements of law as TO what information
shall be included in the Register, would be
able TO make head or tail out of the figures
distributed through the four ruled columns
preceding aud following each name; 1t rather
perpleXes than simplifes.
One new feature is the list OF the several or
CARNATIONS that have, since the institution IN
lSo0 Of what is known at the Nevada
Trophy" won the distinction OF holding for
one year the visible evidence that the battery
or company led all the rest of the Army in the
highest general score "a target practice for the
year In which il was awarded As givon In
the Register the successful competitors have
been as follows: 1851, Battery X, Sd Art; 1852
and 1882 Co. B. 2lst Inf; 1884, Co. *, 25th
Inf; 1855 aud 1856 Co. d. sd Int; lSS7, Co L,
2lst Inf; and in lSSS and 1859, Co. II, 9Th luf.
Thus in The nine years il has been competed
for, the a. Nevada Trophy" has been held IN
only five regiments, and three times by the
same command for two years in succession
FOR q number of years prior 10 1850. the
Register contained list of the officers detailed
as professors of military science and tactics IN
various universities. colleges and academies,
with the date on which each detail would eS-
latinp 10 the issue of arms aud equipments, etc.
IN ISL the then Adjutant-Gcueral prevailed
upon Secretary of War Lincoln TO direct that
matter 20 be dropped from the Register. on the
ground that % gave too much information TO
officers seeking such details. and they were en-
abled 10 tine their assaults on the Department,
through influential friends, 10 secure tire
places Ii troubled the Adjutant General
then, but il seems that Adj't-Gen. keltOn, the
present incumbent, has no such small horror of
routine duties. for the list OF college details IS
again published this year. and in addition, the
names OF those graduates 40 eIch Institution
are given who were most distinguished in their
military course Of studies, tactical and scien-
tifc.
For the first time the Artillery School at
Fort Monroe and the Infantry and Cavalry
School at Fort Leavenworth, find an official
2 Judgment in the Register, in the publication of
the names Of the q" honor men" OF each class
who are still in the Army. These classes are
formed each year from line Lieutenants. who
take q postgraduate course Of instruction in
the several arms Of the service TO which they
belong, and heretofore have received Ho general
Official recognition other than in a general
order from each school. announcing the stand
ing OF the members.
The Register shows PISA names OF officers on
the active list and 504 retired. An analysis
shows some interesting facts that give here.
"a tAN liAAAhGt VI the aCAlNB llel GNGIh IEl-
eTal officer held volunteer rank lwheiher civil
ian or West Point soldier. The others who
were IN the volunteer service. from private TO
General, are as follows: STAFF corps-Colouels.
q; Lieutenant Colonies. 20; Majors. 6S and
Captains. - The last item-0f Captains-in-
cludes the count of Post Chaplains. for u Of
the 80 were volunteers. and only three OF tue
dozen were Chaplains during the war. The
rest, comprising two Captains, one Lieutcu-
ant, who was breyet Captain, and the rest
were privaies, except Rev. Joseph A. Potter.
who was a musician in the Goth Ind. from No
Tember. 1851. 10 March. 1865.
In the corps OF the line the volunteers in the
cavalry are Coionels, 5 Observation-Disclosures.
p Majors, 81 Captains and 3 First Lieutenants.
In artillery Colonels, 3 Lieutenaut-l olonels.
Majors, - Captains and . First I.icuienants.
La lafautry-lc Colonels 10 Lieutenant { Olo-
nels, IL Majors, I69 Captains and SO First Lieu
tenants. This makes a total Of 595. or a per
centage OF -g75.
IL Is crying crime to military ambition
that mes wBo served through great war more
than quarter q a century ago should now be
Captains, and even subalicrns, and it il a dis
grace 10 legislation that even the present Ma
gOEs s5O served then should only hold their
present rank
Names appear anew here in this new Register
that haFe hcen ia the pages Of many volumes
that preceded til sOue. Next 20 The last Of all i'm
AtiI ttnA VI atltE-DElEEGls on tBE IELlTGl
List is William s. Rosecraas. act Of Feb. q.
l5S9 ?; Col" Andrew J. Smith, act Of Dec.
-. lo55 treappOinted and retired IN January,
lss9.) aud Maj" William f. Smith. that dis
tiuguished bat erratic officer, who resigned in
Disgust in 1867 because he was not made a
Brig2dieT- General in the Army, and who had
twice been . BrigadieF and twice a Maj0r-Gen-
eral Of Volunteers.
This brings me TO the Retired List. for ali OF
these ne| names are there by special acts OF
Congress, ata the grand total Is J04 in which
those of volunteer service show up a. follows
General officers, p; Colonies, GO; Lieutenant
Colonies, Il; Majors. 80 Captains Including
1hApial"si' ~; FIrst Lieutenants. GO, and
second Lieutenauts, g. percentage Of So
Everyone knows that Mai Gen Schoheld i
the Senior Major-General on the active list, for
he D. GeDerai-in-Chief Of the Army since the
death Of Gen. Sheridan; Brig.-Ge Miles ii
the senior Of has grade in executive command
though Gen. Benet, Chief OF Ordnance, is the
actual senior ia rank of all the Brigadier- Gen
erals
Gen. Benz H. Grierson, Colonel. 10th Cav. 1.
che senior Colonel Of the whole active service
and he Is closely nearing the period Of his com.
pulsOry retirement for age OF conrse thi.
shows bin 70 be the senior Of all Ina the Cavalry
Corps, aud the ranking officers in each grade
below G lincal promotion are Lieut. Col. Geo
a. FOrsyfb. 9Th Cav Whose sustension was re
Enitted Jan. Is. 1880; Mai. Arson Mills. IOtl
Cav. aud Capt Stevens T. korFeli. 10th Cav.
Ia the artillery the ranking officers in each
grade are Col Horatio q. Gibson, ID Art.
Lieut.-CO la Rhett J.. Livingston, Sd Art.
Asj. Edmund q. Bainbridge, 81 Art and Can't
Frank -. Hamilton, I'd Art.
Ia the infantry Col. Charles H. Smith. 18Th
Inf 90 the ranking officer. and the other grade,
are headed by Lieut.-Col. Charles q. Bartlett
lst. Inf Gsn. Schofeid's br0ther-in-lasyl. Mai
JAMES = Easy. 18th Inf, aud CAPT Harry 4,
ERberf, lZth iHf.
on the Retired List there are 30 General off
cez Gen. sherman, ; Aajor-Generals and 2,
Bai2adIeT Generals. s. C0lonels. 20 I,ieuten
ant-t0lOnels. 81 Majors, 300 Captains Nnclnd
ing the IL Post ChaplAinsj rs First I,ieuteu
ants and l3 Second LieutcBants
The organized militia force Of the seyera
States aud Territories is given, as last reported
Al lD6,JOb while the reported and estimates
number aBorgaDized available for Inilitar,
duty il placed at Z, lO4. 02S, total Of s,2IO J3i
That IL ln aggregate that should make mon
archists ponder over the real strength of fhi
country Of the screaming eagle.
GEN. ckEROLL's FOX HUsTER.
sPrigg Carroll, Major-General, u. g. Armv
retired, las a country seat within six miles q
Washington, just across the District line !,
Maryland, where lac dispenses old-fasbiopc,
Southern hospitality 10 his many friends I
Be- alAays looked pom by the old bows ar,,,,,,
abe Capital Git mighty good fortune "a \,
1nYited out IN tHe country by the General a.
be places lis entire bOuge aud "a .,.'--t =