The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19
THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.
ARMY NOTES.

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tended twenty days.
The extension of leave of absence granted
Capt. Folliot A. Whitney, Eighth Infantry,
has been further extended one month
Capt. Galley, who was court-martialed on
the charge of cowarlice at Pine Ridge and ac-
quilted, has made application to the Secretary
of War for retirement
Leave of absence for six months on account
OF sickness, to take effect on being relieved
from duty at Louisville, KY, is granted to
Capt. Edward Mcguire, Corps of Engineers.
The following appointments of cadets at
West Point have been made Edward f. New
baker. of Danvile, Pa; De La G. Rombach,
(slternate,) Seventeenth District Pennsyl-
vania.
Twelve colored infantry recruits will be as
signed to the Twenty-ffth Infantry and for
warded to such point or points in the Depart
ment of Dakota as the commanding general of
the Department shall designate.
First Lieut.. Charles B. Satterlee, Third Ar
tillery has been ordered to proceed to At
lanta, Ga, and report in person to the Gov
ernor of Georgia for temporary duty In con-
necton with the militia of that State.
Cadet Walter L. Briscoe, fourth class, U. s.
Military Academy, has been granted leave on
surgeons certificate until August 81, 1891,
sight is concerned, by medical board.
Second Lieut. Malvern-Hill Barnum, Third
Cavalry, on leave at New Albany, Ind, has
been ordered to report by letter to the
superintendent of the recruiting service, New
York City, to conduct recruits to the Depart
ment of Texas.
The following transfers in the Eighth In
fantry have been made: Capt. Thomas Will
helm, from Company to Company X; Capt.
William L. Pitcher, from Company X to Com
pany F. Capt. Pitcher will join the company
to which he is transferred.
The Secretary of War has detailed the fol-
lowing officers to represent the Medical De-
partment of the Army at the annual meeting
of the American Medical Association to be
held in this city on the 9Th of May, 1891: Col.
Anthony Heger, surgeon; Maj. Robert ii.
White, surgeon.
The following officers have been ordered to
visit the camp of the Georgia militia at Savan-
nah during its encampment, commencing
April 81, 1891, for the purpose of giving in
struction to the troops: First Lieut.. James B.
Erwin, Fourth Cavalry, and First Lieut. Col
vile P. Terrett, Eighth Infantry.
The following transfers in the Second Ar
tillery have been ordered to take effect July
/, 1891: Capt. Frank c. Crugan, from Light
Battery A to Battery II; Capt. George s.
Grimes, from Light Battery H to Light Battery
A. The officers named will join the batteries
to which they are transferred accordingly.
First Lieut.. Enoch H. Crowder, Eighth
Cavalry, is detailed for duty as acting judge
advocate Department of the Platte, to take
effect April 81, 1891, and will report in person
to the commanding general OF that depart
ment accordingly to relieve Capt. ?. Henry
Ray, Eighth Infantry, as acting Judge advo-
cate.
At the request of Gen. Ruger, the new csm-
manding officer of the Division of the Pacific,
Capt. Thomas NJ. Woodruff, Fifth Infantry,
who it was expected would become military
aide to Secretary Proctor, will be allowed to
serve until July next as Gen. Ruger's aide.
1t is unlikely that Secretary Proctor will avail
himself of his right to have an aide
First Lieut.. Montgomery NJ. Macomb,
Fourth Artillery, has been detailed for duty
under the Intercontinental Railway Commis-
sion, and is relieved from duty at the Military
Academy, and will report in person to the
commission in this city accordingly. He Will
take charge OF the Army surveying party that
is to go into Central America In place of Capt.
Steever, whose eyes are not sufficiently strong.
First Lieut. Enoch H. Crowder, Eighth Cav
airy, has been detailed for duty as acting
Judge advocate of the Department of the
Platte, to take effect April q, 1892, and will
report in person to the commanding general
of that department accordingly, to relieve
Capt. p. Henry Ray, Eighth Infantry, as act
ing judge advocate of the department. Upon
being relieved Capt. Ray will join his regi
ment.
By direction of the Secretary of War, board
of medical officers to consist of Maj. Henry
McElderry surgeon; Capt. James G. Merrill
assistant surgeon, and Capt. w. Fitzhugh Car
ter, assistant surgeon, is appointed to meet al
West Point, n. Y, May /, to examine sucl
cadets of the United States Military Academy
as have been granted leave of absence unit
that date on account of physical disability
and TO report upon their physical fitness tC
continue with the corps of cadets.
By direction of the Secretary of War tn,
following changes in the stations of medica
officers have been ordered: Capt Marshal
w. Wood, assistant surgeon, is relieved from
duty at Fort Meade, s. D., and will report il
person to the commanding officer Fort Preble
Me-, for duty at that post, thus relieving Capt
William b. Davis, assistant surgeon Capt
Davis, on being relieved by Capt. Wood viii
report in person to the commanding office
Fort Clark, Tex, for duty at that post,
The general court-martial appointed u
meet at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, is dis
solved, and another is appointed to NEE
there Tuesday, April 81 or as soon thereafte
as practicable, for the trial for such prisoner
as may be brought before it. The detail 70
teenth Infantry; Capt. Constant Williams
sistant quartermaster; Capt George s. WI
Taxual Inf %