The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-10

is transferred from Dept Mo. to Div. Mo.
Troops serving, in that State will report di-
rectly to div. hdqrs The Dist. of n. NJ. is
discontinued. The posts in that dist. will re-
port directly to dept hdqrs.
j. S Parker, son of Capt. and Brevet Maj.
Il. c. Parker, retired, has been appointed by the
President cadet-atlarge to West Point to fill
the vacancy to occur by graduation in June,
1891. This exhausts the Presidents power of
appointment to the Military Academy Tor ad-
mission next year.
Transfers of Troops.-The Secretary of War
has approved the following transfers of troops
to the Inf. and Cav. School and post of Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, the movements to COM
mence as soon as practicable: Col. E. f. Town
send, 18th Inf, assigned to the comd. of the
Inf and Cav. School and of the post of Foit
Leavenworth. The hdqrs. band and one co. of
that regt. to be selected by the col. with the
approval of the dept. comdr., will also proceed
for station to Fort Leavenworth, this change to
take effect on or about Sept. l. Cav.-Troops
Seventh Regt; F, 18th Regt., and H, 14th
Regt. In changing the stations of the forego-
ing indicated troops and Co.'S the number OF en-
listed men in the respective organizations who
troop of cavalry and 20 for a co. of
inf. No enlisted man shall be sent
to Fort Leavenworth who has less than years
to serve unless he shall declare his intention
to resnlst Upon the arrival of the incoming
organizations at Fort Leavenworth the enlisted
men and the officers for whom there may be
vacancies of Troops NJ, 5th Cav; L, 9th Cav.
and Co.'S X. Tth Inf: X, 18th Inf, and l, 18th
Inf, will be transferred formally with the re-
quirements of General Orders numbers Is and
80 of the War Dept. Its. for whom there
may not be vacancies in the incoming organiza-
tions will be attached to them until further
orders.
An order was issued from the War Dept. in
accordance with the provisions of Section Of
the act of June 16 last, providing that 81 per
month shall be retained from the monthly pay
of each enlisted man of the Army enlisted sub
sequently to July l, 1890, excepting from the
following classes of enlisted men, from whom
retention of pay, under the provisions of the
aforementioned act, shall not be made, viz:
Soldiers who are entitled to reenlisted or con-
tinuous service pay general service clerks and
messengers, Army service men in y. NJ. Dept.
Cate art. detachment West Point and Indian
scouts.
Army Leares Of AJsence.-Lt. Col. w. L. Kel-
log, 5th Inf, 2 months; Maj. E. NJ. Coates, 10Th
Inf, 2 months; I'd It. j. E. Maxwell, Signal
c. Hammond, extended days; Maj. j. a. P.
Hampson, 18th Inf, months; Capt G. F. Pal
frey, Corps of Engs., extended 2 months on ac-
count of disability; 1st 1t. A. j. Russell, Tth
Cav, further extended months on account of
disability 1st It. R. R. Stevens, 9th Inf, ex..
tended Is days; Capt. w. FL. Bixby, Corps OF
Engs, extended IA days; Capt. H. B. Freeman,
recruiting officer 7th Inf, for l month; 1st 1t.
I. G. Patterson, 1st Art, 6 months; lst 1t. I. j.
Clay, 10th Inf, 3 months from Sept. 1: the
ordinary leave granted Maj. j. ?. Kimball has
been changed to leave on surg.'s certificate of
disability, with permission to leave the Div.
Mo-; 1t. Col. G. S. Sawtelle, Deputy Q. NJ.
Gen, l month from Aug. l6; Capt. A. G. Forse,
1st Cav, year with permission to 60 beyond
the sea; 1st 1t. w. l.. Alexander, 4th Art, 3
months, with permission to go beyond the sea:
I'd 1t. F. w. Harris, 4th Cav, extended 20 days.
Changes in Q. Dr. Dept.-The following
changes in the stations and duties of officers OF
the Q. NJ. Dept. have been ordered: Col. A
j. Perry, A. Q. NJ. Gen., will be relieved from
duty as Chief @. NJ, Div. Pacific and Dept
CAL, and will proceed to New York City and
assume charge of the general depot of the @
NJ. Dept. at that place 1t. Col. e. g. Saw
| telle, Deputy O. NJ. Gen, will be relieved from
duty in the office of the @. NJ. Gen., to take eff
feet Sept. 20, and will then proceed to Phila
delphis, Pa, and assume charge of the genera
depot Of the Q. NJ. Dept. at that place, reliev
ing Col. j. e. Chandler, Deputy @. NJ Gen. 1t
! Col. Chandler will proceed to San Francisco ant
report to the comdg. gen. Div. Pacific anC
Dept Cal. for duty as Chief Q. VI.
Capt F. H. Hathaway, A. @. NJ, has been as
signed as depot and post Q. NJ. at Fort Leaven
worth, Kan.
Second Lieut.. j. l. Knight, Sd Cav, has beer
transferred from Troop E to Troop of that regt
Lieut. Col O. d. Greene, Asst. Adjt. Gen.
! has been relieved from duty at the hdqrs. o
the Dept. of the NO., and will proceed T.
! Washington and report to the Adit. Gen. of th
Army for temporary duty in his office.
Lieut. Col. j. p Farley, Ord. Dept, has bee
ordered to proceed from Governors Island
| New York City, to West Point Foundry, Col
Spring, n. Y; Lovells Island, Boston Harbol
Mass, and Fort Schuyler, New York HarboI
on public business connected with inspectio
of pneumatic dynamite guns, and upon tn
completion thereof will return 10 his prope
station.
Brig. Gen. McCook will probably be assigne
TO the command of Dept. Arizona with hdqr
at Santa Fe, n. NJ. He is at present in charg
of the Inf and Cav. School at Fort LeaveI
worth.
The Attorney General has decided that Gel
Adam Badeau, by his acceptance of diplC
matte Office, has relinqushed his right to IT
main on the retired list of the Army, and henc
his name has been stricken therefrom.
Light Battery c, Sd Art. and Light Batter
X, 1st Art, left Mount Gretna encampmeI
Friday morning for Fort Hamilton, n. Y, an
Baltimore, respectively.
THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
The following promotions in the Navy hay