The National tribune., 1890-02-06

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size that is without Government building.
| The proposed Postoflice building will be four
| stories high, and will have $4,000 square feet
of floor space. The building now occupied by
the City Postoflice has only 10000 square feet
| 1t has been crying shame that at the Capital
of this great Nation the Postofice has been for
years in a building rented from private parties
while towns with less than 10000 population
/ throughout the country have buildings owned
! by the Government. Perhaps this is because
the people Of the District of Columbia have no
voice in the law making of the country.
GEN. ROBERT L. CLARY DEAD.
Brevct Brig Gen. Robert L. Clary, Colonel
| and Assistant Quartermaster General, U. ). A.
| (retired), died Mt his home, No. 170l | street
northwest, Washington, on Sunday, Jan. 10:
Gen. Ciary was born in Boston, Mass, Feb,
%, 1907, and is an elder brother of Commodore
Albert g. Clary, U. S. n.
Entering at West Point in 1898, he graduated
July 1, 1898, aud was commissioned Second
| Lieutenant. 9Th Iuc, to which he reported at
jefferson Barracks Mo-. in January, 1929, be-
fore being assigned to station at Fort Brady,
Sault Ste Marie, Mich, where he was garrl-
soned until 1892
In 1881 he took part in an exploration of the
| Indian country in Wisconsin, and in 1882 was
with Gen. SCOTS expedition against the Sac
| aud Fox Indians under Black Hawk.
Next he was at Fort Howard, on tho Fox
River, Wis, IS35'3S, much of the time as Post
! Quartcrmastcr, until he was appointed July z,
| 1888, rs Captain and Assistant Quartermaster,
and ordered TO Detroit. Thence he went to
New York City for year, and was at Charles
| ton in 1889 40, and in the Florida Seminole
war. 1910, II.
He was engaged constructing the barracks at
PiattshurE, n Y, 1871, ~; at Detroit, lSi2-4l;
building barracks at Fort Wilkins Copper
Harbor), Lake Superior, 1914, 40 and was at
Buffalo, Fort Leayenworth and New Orleans
during the subsequent years to 1851.
From 1851 to 1856 he was at Benicia, Cal;
| Texas, in 1857; st. Louis, lS57S6O. aud went
to Utah in the latter year rs Chief Quarter
master of the expedition under Gen. Persiier
i. Smith, remaining there until Aug 4, 1861.
Meantime he had been promoted to Captain,
9Th Inf, April 3, 1889, but vacated it in June,
1896 TO remain in the staff and May II, 1861,
was promoted TO Major and Quartermaster.
He was made Chief Quartermaster of the De-
partmcnt Of West Virginia in November, 1861,
ana when that command was merged into the
Army of Western Virginia in JIly, 1862, re-
manned until October, 1862, when no became
Chief Quarternaster of the Department of the
Northwest until March, 1868.
July :. 1862, he had been appointed Colonel
and Additional Abide Camp, and under that
appointment was ordered to Washington March
%, 1853, as Assistant in the Quartermaster-
Generals Office, where he remained until
Aug "a. 1864.
lie took charge OF the Quartermasters De-
partmeut at Memphis, Tenn, in September
1864. remaining there until July Ii, 1866, and
for the last four months was also Chief Quarter
master of the Department of the Tennessee
lie had been promoted April 10 1864, to
Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Quartermaster-
General and when the Army was increased
under the act of July p, 1866, he was promoted
10 Colonel and Assistant uartermaster-G General.
lie was mustered ont ABIDE Camp May 3,
1s66, but had previously been brevetted Briga-
dicT-Geueral for faithful aad meritorIous
services during the rebellion"
lie then went on leave for n year, travelling
abroad with his brother Commodore Clary, and
after his return, firing Of active service, he was
placed on the Retired List Feb. % 1863, on
reaching 62 years OF age.
Much Of his time since then has been spent
abroad, his favorte resting-place being at
Fcnchel. Island of Madeira, aud at San Miguel,
in the Azores.
ARMY AND NAVY.
Orders have been issued from the Navy De-
partment 10 have the torpedo boat Alarm, now
I ut New York, fitted out for service as a gun
neT's boat for the use OF apprentices aud sea-
Z men at the training station at Newport X. /.
Assistant Engineer Charles l.. Manning has
resigned from the Navy 20 take effect June 30
1891, aud he has been detached from duty and
granted leave Of absence until that date.
+ Medical Inspector q. 5. Beardsley, OF the
Navy. has been granted an extension Of leave
, Of absence until April 30 1890 with permits.
sion 20 remain abroad.
Work on the new 3O00-ton cruiser, desig.
mated as No. T." was begun at tho Brooklyn
Navy Yard last week. -Four keel plates about
20 feet long were placed in position aud riveted
together. IL was expected that tho actual
, building Of the ship would have begun more
than a month ago. but operations were delayed
. by the tardy arrival Of material. Steel is now
/ being received every day, and the work viii
. 90 on without interruption. More wOrkmer
will be needed in the construction department
aud politicians are looking out for places fol
their constituents.
A favorable report has been ordered by tn,
! House Military Committee Oh the bill 10 retire
: Gen. Fremont with the rank of MajOr-General
:. aud the bill appTOpriating $4,000 70. furnish
= ing and opening the Marion tlnd.) Branch o
! the Soldiers Home. The committee has prac
cally concluded 10 recommend the sale Of tia
q Fort Bliss Reservation at FL PasO Tex, and th
y purchase Of another site for the fort within Il
miles Of that town.
J. Senator Henderson introduced IN the Senat
c bill to grant bounty 10 The soldiers Of tn
= Regular Army who served in the last wal
. The bill provides that ali such who were hon
o orahly discharged from the service shall re
g ceive $40 a month for the time they served
D This bill applies to all non-cOmmissioned OH
u GERS aud soldiers, and in case Of death to thei
IS wives.
IS Second Lieutenant William ID. Wright {
: the Signal Corps, lately IN charge Of the Unto
e States Sea Coast Telegraph Line, in New Eng
! land, Is missing, and his accounts arc rcportc
u 500 short
PENSION FROM AwAY-BAcK.
10 On Jan. p Assistant Secretary OF the Int
= TiOr Bussey rendered decision regarding tn
r pension claim Of Isaac $. Warmoth. who was
y Sergeant in Co. +, 81 H., ia the Mexican wa
q The claimant having died during the pendenc
, Of this case his widow by the decision rcr
!. dered, is granted pension Of s. per mont
\, 10 date from 1857, the year in which the Oril
4 inal application was filed. Mr.. WarmOth wa
Ie the father Of cx-Goy. Warmoth, Of Louisiana
81 TO PURCHASE GoyEEHoR'g ISLAND.
Hundreds Of the readers Of The NATIoNA
10 TRIBUNE have been on Governors Island. Ne
es York Harb0r. Last week Col. w. l.. Hepburn
u Solicitor Of the Treasury Department, was
IL consultation with Secretary Of War Proctor AN
Acting Judgc-AdyOcate General Lcber in y
gard 10 the use Of Governors Island pat
u. Tor the landing Of immigrants. The island
h. now used by the Army, and is the hea'
Cd quarters Of Gen. Howard, commanding ii
a. Military Division Of the Atlantic. Sever
ne questions will have 10 be determined before q
nc whole OF any portion Of IL can be transferred
~ the Treasury Department an immi gratiOn st
in ton, not the least important Of which are d
r. legal status Of the property and the willingne
cd Of the military authorities 10 surrender it, pr
or vided they can legally do so.
81 Az ANCIENT CANE.