The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-14
THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.
ARMY NOTES.


The comdg. officer jefferson Barracks, Mo-,
has been ordered to designate an officer to re
lieve Capt. H. b. Osgood, &. s., as post c. S.
and acting post @. NJ. at that depot. Capt.
Osgood will proceed to Omaha and report for
duty as asst. to the chief c. S. of that dept.
Second Lieut.. j. E. Wilson, 5th Inf, now on
leave, has been ordered to report to Col. r. s.
Otis Goth Inf, president examining board, New
York City, for examination for promotion
By direction of the Secretary of War upon
the request of the Board of Com. of the Soldiers
Home in the District of Columbia, the Q. NJ.
Dept. will furnish transportation, the cost OF
which will be refunded by the treasurer of the
home, for James Divine, late private Troop G,
9th Cav, from Kansas City, Mo-, to this city,
to enable him to enter the home.
Capt. Charles NJ. Candy, asst. surg, now on
leave has been ordered to report without delay
to Col. f. A. Carr, 9th Cav, at Rapid City, 5.
D., for duty with troops in the field.
Capt. j. g. Bourke, Sd Cav, will be relieved
from duty in Washington April l, 1891, and or
dered to join his regt.
Capt NJ. E. Taylor, asst surg, has been or
dered to duty at Vancouver Barracks, Wash.
The leave granted 1st 1t. r. B. Bryan, I'd
Cav, Oct. 3, 1890, has been extended months,
with permission to go beyond sea.
Second Lieut.. D. F. Anglum, 18th Inf, has
been ordered to report to 1t. Col j. G. Bates,
Goth Inf, president of the examining board at
Fort Leavenworth, for examination for promo
ton.
The following officers will report to Col E.
T. Townsend, 18th Inf, president OF the ex-
amining board at Fort Leavenworth, for e1ami-
nation for promotion: 1st 1t. 7. H. Barry, 1st
Inf; I'd 1t. R. j. Duff, Sth Cav, and I'd 1t E.
G. Bullock, 7th Cav.
An Army retiring board is appointed to meet,
at the call of the president thereof, at st. Paul.
fnr fhn min Of nf
before it.. Detail for the board: Brig. Gen. T.
H. Ruger, Col G. l.. Andrews, 25th Inf; Col
E. c. Mason, Sd Inf; Lit. Col c. H. Alden,
surg; and Capt. c. X. Whine, asst. surg.
Col Elmer Otis, Sth Cav, will report to
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, president Of the
Army retiring board at st. Paul, for e1amina-
ton.
The following transfers of inf. officers are
ordered: 1t. Col. j. G. Bates, from the 18th
Inf. to the Goth Inf, and 1t. Col Dangerfeld
Parker, from the Goth Inf. to the 18th Inf.
Second Lieut.. G. H. Patten, 22d Inf, will re-
port in person to 1t. Col. a. K. Arnold, 1st
Cav, president of the examining board at Fort
Keogh, Mont. for examination for promotion.
Second Lieut.. II. G. Squiers, 18th Cav, will
report to 1t Col. J. C. Bates, Goth Inf, plesi-
dent of the examining board at Fort Leaven-
worth for examination for promotion.
The Court of Claims has given Judgment in
the case of the Borden Fire Arms Manufacture
ing Co., of New York, against the U. s. This
was suit to recover about $400, 900 for the use
of plaintiffs patent in the manufacture of
Springfield guns used by the Government 1t
has been pending for over 20 years. The court
gave judgment for the plaintiffs il the sum of
$95,064.
The following have been appointed cadets at
the Military Academy: 7. H. May, 1st Dist.
of Ind; j. D. Roche, 1st Dist of Ind. (alter-
nate;) Joseph Palmer, Jr., 3D. Dist. of Georgia.
Lieut.. Col. James Biddle, 9TH Cav has been
detailed member of the board of officers ap-
pointed to meet at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, for
the examination of officers for promotion, vice
1t. Col. G. b. Sanford, 9th Cav, relieved.
Second Lieut.. F. W. Ellis, Signal Corps, has
been ordered to inspect the signal service sta
tions in Virginia, North Carolina, and South
Carolina.
Lieut.. Col. H. NJ. LawtoD, Maj g. B. Davis
and Surg. Charles Greenleaf, the board of of
fcers appointed to examine the records of the
various officers now on duty with the Sigma
Corps for the purpose of recommending theil
promotion in order to effect the reorganization
of the corps, has completed its labors and /!
now engaged in preparing synopsis of its con
illusions.
Lieut.. G. c. Scriven, Sd Art. on duty in the
Bureau of Information, War Dept, has beer
detailed for duty in connection with the World!
Columbian Exposition.