The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-21
THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.
ARMY NOTES.


bility.
Leave OF absence for two months has been
granted Capt. William H. Mclaughlin, Eigh-
teenth Infantry.
Leave of absence for two months, from July
1, 1891, has been granted Thomas NJ Wood
ruff, Fifth Infantry.
Leave of absence for one month from July
!, 1891, has been granted Captain George s.
Grimes, Second Artillery.
Leave of absence for two months on sur
geon's certificate has been granted First Lieu
tenant George l.. Anderson, Fourth Artillery.
Captain Charles II. Warrens, Fourteenth
Infantry, has been ordered to proceed to his
home, where he is authorized to await retire
ment.
Leave of absence for two months, with per
mission to go beyond the sea, has been granted
Captain Orin B. Mitcham, Ordnance Depart
ment.
Second Lieut.. Charles II. Russ, Eleventh In
fantry, has been detailed as Judge advocate
of the general court-martial convened at
David's Island.
Leave of absence for two months, to take
effect on or about September 1, 1891, has been
granted First Lieut. Andrew G.. Hammond,
Eighth Cavalry.
First Lieut.. Darlington X. West, Sixth Cav
airy, has been relieved from duty at Fort
Myer, Va, to take effect June 30, 1891, and
then proceed to join his troop
Lieutenant Hampton NJ Roach, First Ar
tillery, who was recently sentenced to three
years. suspension, has been placed in st. Eliza
beth's Asylum for the Insane.
Leave of absence for eight months, to take
effect on or about July ], 1891, with permission
to go beyond sea, has been granted Capt.
Alpheus Ii. Bowman, Ninth Infantry.
Second Lieutenant James w. Benton, Ninth
Cavalry, has been ordered to Fort Meyer Va,
for duty, reporting by letter to the command
ing General, Division of the Atlantic.
Leave of absence for two months on sur
geon's certificate, with permission to leave the
Department of Texas, has been granted Cap
tain James III. Baldwin, Eighteenth Infantry.
First Lieut.. William G. Mcfarland, Six
teenth Infantry, has been relieved from duty
as judge advocate of the general court-martial
convened at David's Island, New York Har-
Dor.
Captain Thomas M. Woodruff, Fifth In
fantry, has been relieved from special duty at
headquarters, Division of the Pacific, to take
effect July l, 1891 and will then proceed to
join his company.
Leave of absence for one month, to take
effect when his services can be spared by the
chief signal officer of the Army, has been
granted Second Lieutenant James Mitchell,
Fifteenth Infantry, signal officer.
Captain William c. Borden, assistant sur
geon, has been ordered, upon the final aban-
donment of Fort Davis, Tex to report in
person to the commanding officer at jackson
Barracks, La, for duty at that post.
Second Lieut.. James Mitchell, Fifth Infan-
try, signal officer, now on duty at Washing
ton, has been ordered to proceed to Philadel-
phia and make thorough inspection of the
signal service station located there.
Post Chaplain Eli w. j. Lindesmith U. s.
A., has been relieved from duty at Fort Keog,
Mont, to take effect July z, 1891, and will
proceed to his home, and upon his own APP
plcation will there await retirement
The following have been retired on account
Of disability: Lieut. j. c. Mckee, surgeon;
Capt. Leonard Hay, Ninth Infantry; Capt d.
r. Burnham, Fifteenth Infantry First Lieut.
M. c. Richards, Second Artillery, and Second
Lieut.. r. G. Proctor, Fifth Artillery.
The following officers have been relieved
from their present duties in the Division of
the Atlantic and will proceed to join their
regiment in the Division of the Pacific: Cap
tain Joshua A. Fessenden, Fifth Artillery and
First Lieutenant Thomas r. Adams, Fifth
Artillery.
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Lodor, First Ar
tillery, has been ordered from Peekskil N. Y,
about July /, 1891, to his proper station Fort
Wadsworth, New York harbor), and resume
command of that post from the 1st to the 9Th
of July, 1891, after which he will return to
Peekskill.
Captain Frank Heath, Ordnance Depart
ment, has been detailed as member of the
board for testing rified cannon, appointed by
an order from the War Department dated
July %, 1884, vice Captain Charles Shaler,
Ordnance Department, relieved as member
of the board.
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The following officers, having been exam
ined by boards of officers and found physi-
cally disqualified for the duties OF captain by
reason of disability incident to the service,
have been retired from active service as
captains of infantry: First Lieutenant billiard
ii. Clark, Fifteenth Infantry, and First Lieu
tenant William O. Cory, Fifteenth Infantry.
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In answer to an inquiry from the Secretary
of War the Attorney General has decided that
the Secretary may assign recent graduates of
West Point, non-commissioned officers and
civilians to the cavalry or infantry, notWith-
standing additional second lieutenants re-
main in the Engineer Corps and In the artil-
lery and that no vacancies exist In the last
two named branches and many exist in the
cavalry and infantry.
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The order granting four months sick leave
to Major James F. Gregory, Corps of Engi-