The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
MILITARY ORDERS.
Colonel MINERS Graceful Leave
Of the Service.

Colonel Henry R. Miner upon relinquish-
Ing command Of the Seventeenth Infantry is
sued one of the most graceful orders. 1t reads {:
In passing into retirement will carry with
me the most pleasant recollections of those
who have supported me in the discharge Of
my official duties; of those whose graces of
character have lent charm to garrison life
and of those whose zeal and pride in their
profession have added efficiency to the service
which will not be effaced by time.
Captain Thomas NJ. Woodruff, acting aide
de-camp to Brigadier-General Thomas H.
Kruger, commanding the Division of the Pa
cific, will be Acting Assistant Adjutant-Gen-
eTal for a week or so, and took charge on Sat
urday. He will act only during the absence of
Lieutenant-ColOnelO o. d. Greene, who, with
General John Glbbon and Major James II.
Lord, Quartermaster, left on Saturday for a
fishing trip along the creeks about the
the northern terminus Of the North Pacific
Coast Railway.
According to a decision of the Acting Sec
rotary of War officers of the army who are
members by inheritance of societies referred
10 in the act Of September %, 1890, are given
permission to wear on occasions of ceremony
the badges adopted by such societies. This
has been done generally hitherto, and the
only possible meaning of the order, is to
include the Sons Of Veterans as a military
society growing out of the late war.
Colonel Richard l. Dodge Of the Eleventh
Infantry retired under operation of law on
Tuesday. The ColOnelcy will fall to the
lot of Lieutenant Colonel Isaac d. de
Russy. who for a number Of years has been
on duty at army headquarters in this city.
The Eleventh Is stationed in the State Of
New York.
Details have been ordered to superintend
the disinterment and shipment to the Custer
Battlefield National Cemetery of the re-
mains now inferred at Forts IOtten, \ ates,
Rice and Abraham Lincoln, Y. OAK; Ben
nett, 5. OAK, and Camp Poplar Mont.
First Lieutenant Charles l.. Potter, En-
gneer Corps, stationed at Montgomery,
Ala, has been ordered to report TO Colonel
George II. Mendell, engineer of the Division
OF the Pacific, Tor duty here under his i'm
mediate orders.
decision of the Major General COM
handing the army holds that 1t is the duty
of commanding officers to take steps to APP
Drehend soldiers absent without leave upon
the fact being reported.
First Lieutenant Louis P. Brandt, First
Infantry, stationed at Benicia Barracks, is
on duty at the Office Of the Department In
spector-General during that officer absence
in Nevada.
Second Lieutenant a. /. Dade of the
Tenth Cavalry is under orders from Fort
Grant, ARR, to this city with the remains of
Major Frederick Van YlIeb late OF that reg
iment.
The military post at Mammoth Hot
Springs, in the Yellowstone National Park,
heretofore STYLED Camp Sheridan, has been
officially designated as Camp Yellowstone.
Second Lieutenant Alfred c. Merlllat has
been transferred from the Fifth Artillery to
Troop II Of the Eighth Cavalry at Fort
keOghy Mont.
HOSPITAL Steward Christian Schmidt, now
en- route from Fort Stanton, y. Mex, has
the Presidio.
Lieutenant-ColonelG George II. Burton. Iu-
spector-General, has been ordered to Reno,
New. to inspect the State University at that
point