The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-08
THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.
ARMY NOTES.

Cavalry-Col. Abraham X. Arnold, (promoted
from lieutenant colonel First Cavalry to the
Eighth Cavalry, vice Otis, retired. He will
continue on duty with the First Cavalry until
further orders. Lieut.. Col John A. Wilcox,
(promoted from major Eighth Cavalry to the
First Cavalry, vice Arnold, promoted. He will
be assigned to station by the Commanding
General Department of Dakota. Maj Camille
g. G. Carr, promoted from captain First
Cavalry,) to the Eighth Cavalry, vice Wilcox,
promoted. He will be assigned to a station by
the Commanding General Department of
Dakota. Capt George s. Hoyle, promoted
from first lieutenant First Cavalry to the
First Cavalry, Troop l, to date from February z,
1891, vice Carr, promoted. Artlllery-First
Lieut.. Samuel Rodman, Jr., (promoted from
second lieutenant First Artillery to the Sec
ond Artillery, Battery G., vice Kflbourne, ap-
pointed in the Signal Corps. He will proceed
to join his battery. First Lieut.. Henry G.
Davis, (promoted from second lieutenant
Third Artillery to the Third Artillery, Battery
II, vice Scriven, appointed in the Signal Corps.
He will remain on duty at the Artillery School,
Fort Monroe, Va, until further orders. First
Lieut.. Thomas Ridgway, (promoted from Sec
ond lieutenant Fifth Artillery to the Fourth
Artillery, Light Battery B, vice Townsley ap-
pointed regimental quartermaster. He will
continne on duty with Fifth Artillery until
further orders. Capt. Otto l.. Hein transferred
from Troop II to Troop l, First Cavalry, vice
81 of that regiment.
AnO iollOWihS haNO uOCh dppoluIcu CduetS az
West Point: Joseph S. Heron, alternate,
Wyoming, Second District Ohio; Walter s.
| William, alternate, Dedham, Ninth District
! Massachusetts,; Alfred o. Girard, Youngstown,
Thirty-third District New York; Frank X.
Fiegel. alternate, Swormville, Thirty-third Dis
| trct New York; Frank Mckee, Clinton, Fifth
District Maryland; Peter Bowling, alternate,
Bryantown, Fifth District Maryland; John E.
Hallowell, alternate, Sandy Springs, Sixth Dis
trict Maryland; Charles 7. Brewer, Mount
A;rxr ctr dot D
Freeman, alternate, Dobson, Fifth District
| North Carolina; Ward P. Aldrch, Lisbon, Sec
ond District New Hampshire.
| The folowing-named enlisted men have been
by direction of the President, upon their own
| application, placed upon the retired list: Corp.
Alois Barmetler, ordnance detachment; Sergt.
John Crofton,- Light Battery F, Second Artil-
| lery; Private John j. Bennett, Light Battery X,
First Artillery; Private Burnett Finney, Com
pany F, Eighth Infantry; Sergt. James Fitzpat-
rick, Mounted Service; Sergt. Adolph Heinz
mann, Company 81, Seventh Infantry; Sergt.
vate Michael Hynes, United States Military
Academy; Corp. Charles johnson, Battery l.,
First Artillery; Farrier William II. Reynolds,
Troop I'll, Second Cavalry
A general court-martial is appointed to meet
at Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, Tuesday, the 10th
day of March, for the trial of such prisoners as
may be brought before it. The detail for the
| COuTU is. SapU. Wll1dln = OTDuSQ, f1IUl gay
airy; First Lieut.. Hoel s. Bishop, Fifth Cavalry;
| First Lieut.. James N. Allison, Second Cavalry;
First Lieut. John N Glass, Sixth Cavalry; First
Lieut.. Thomas j. Lewis, Second Cavalry; First
ond Lieut., Farrand Sayre, Eighth Cavalry; First
Lieut.. William w. Robinson, Jr., Seventh Cav
| airy, judge advocate.
] The following assignments of additional Sec
ond lieutenants of artillery to vacancies of sec
ond lieutenants in regiments have been ordered:
| Golden LII. Ruggles, of the First Artillery, to
the Third Artillery, Battery b; Henry d. Todd,
Jr of the Third Artillery, to the Fifth Artillery,
Battery G.; John G. Rennard, OF the First Artil-
lery, to the First Artillery, Battery M James
Hamilton, of the Second Artillery, to the Third
Artillery, Battery B; Thomas w. Winston, of
the Fourth Artillery, to the Fifth Artillery,
Battery FL.
The following transfers in the Fifteenth In
fantry have been ordered: Capt. David r. Burn
ham, from Company to Company I; Capt.
George A. Cornish, from Company to Com
pany G; Capt. Cornish will join the company
to which he is transferred Capt. Burnham will
remain at Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala, until
further orders.
Secretary Proctor yesterday awarded medals
of honor to the following enlisted men for gal
lantry in the action of Wounded Knee Creek,
s. D., in December last: First Sergt. Jacob
y Trautman, Troop l, Seventh Cavalry, and Corp.
Paul IL. Weiner and Privates Joshua 8. Hart
zog, George Green, and John Flood, all of Light
Battery E, First Artillery.
First Lieut.. Edward A. Miller, Second Ar
tllery, (now attached to Battery b, Third Ar
tillery, Fort Monroe, Va.,) will report in per-
son to commanding officer Artillery School,
Fort Monroe, Va, for assignment to duty as
instructor, etc., at the school.
Maj. M Michael Cooney and Capt Theodore j.
Wint, Fourth Cavalry, have been detailed as
members of the examining board appointed to
meet at Fort Walla Walla, WASH, vice Capts.
Allen Smith and Charles A. p. Hatfield, Fourth
Cavalry, relieved.
John Hollins McBlair first lieutenant of in
fantry, has been, by direction of the President,
placed upon the retired lost of the Army as of
the date of April 8, 1864, and with the pay of his
grade and rank, on the retired list from April
30. 1884.
The following-named officers will repair to
this city and report to the Adjutant General of
the Army for further orders: Second Lieut..
Abraham p. Burlington, Seventh Infantry, and
Second Lieut. Charles A. Hedekin, Third Cav
airy.
BY order of the President the military reserva-
tion of Fort Mcdowell, Arizona, has been
transferred to the Secretary of the Interior for
disposition, being no longer required for mill
tary purposes. The reservation contains 25 ,62S
acres.
The Secretary of War has directed the aban-
donment of the ordnance depot at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, and the transfer of the ordnance
feka