The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-16
THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.
ARMY NOTES.

trict). Mass; William l.. Constantine, Atlanta
Fifth District), Georgia, with j. V. Heidi, of
same place, as alternate Fred X. Becker,
Wausau Ninth Dstrict), Wis, with Junias s.
Bard, of Symeo, as alternate Francis r. Hulic
Easton, eighth District), Pa. with Charles
A, Rapsher,. of Mauch Chunk, as alternate;
Blount L. Shepperd. Houston First District),
Texas, with Arthur K. Stowe, of Jasper, as
Alternate; Edgar 7. Collins, Hepburn (Six-
teenth Dlstrict), Pa.
The following transfers of officers in the
artillery arm are ordered Second Lieutenant
Maurice G. Krayenbuhl, from the Fifth Ar
tillery to the Second Artillery; Second Lieu
tenant William @. Davis, from the Third Ar
tillery to the Fifth Artillery; Second Lieuten-
ant Frank G. Mauldin, from the Second
Artillery to the Third Artillery; Second Lieu
tenant William s. McNair, from the Fifth
Artillery to the Third Artillery; Second Lieu
tenant George G.. Gately, from the Third
Artillery to the Fifth Artillery.
On Monday last an order was issued by the
War Department establishing, in rooms set
apart for it in the Speiden Building, branch
Office of the Government Printing Office. The
office was established for the performance of
any special work which requires the close
supervision of some official or employe of the
department. or where the interests of the
Government would suffer delay by trans
mission to the main Office of the Government
Printing Office.
The following enlisted men of the Army
have been placed on the retired list under the
provisions of the act of Congress approved
February IA, 1885, as amended by act of Con
gress approved September, 30, 1890: Sergeant
John Houser, Battery 1, Fifth Artillery, Al
catraz Island, CAL; First Sergeant Dennis
Ryan, Battery c, First Artillery, Fort Wads-
worth, N. y; Corporal Adolph Schick, COM
pany b, Fifth Infantry, Jackson Barracks. La.
Inthe case of Lieutenant George Evans,
Tenth Cavalry. convicted at Los Angeles of
drunkenness while on duty and sentenced to
dismissal from the service, the President yes
terday commuted the sentence to suspension
for one year on half pay upon the recon-
mendation of the Judge Advocate General
and the General commanding the Army.
First Lieutenant Samuel D. sturgis, Fourth
Artillery, will be relieved from duty at the
United States Military Academy, West Point,
n. Y. August %, 1891, and proceed to St.
Paul, Mimi, and report in person to Briga-
dier-General Wesley Merritt, commanding De-
partment of Dakota, for duty as aidede-camp
on his staff.
First Lieutenant Frank II. Mills, Twenty
fourth Infantry, being unfit for duty and hav-
ing been found by an examining board unfit
for promotion by reason of physical disability,
has been relieved from further duty in the de-
partment of Arizona and will proceed to his
home.
So much of General Orders of April %,
1891, as relate to the two companies of the
Fifth Infantry, now In the Department of
Texas, is amended to direct that Captain Ed
ward l.. Randall's Company, A, proceed for
station to Fort Leavenworth, Kan, the move
ment, however, not to be made earlier than
October /.
The followng-named officers are relieved
from their present duties and will proceed to
join the regiment and batteries to which they
have heretofore been assigned: First Lieuten-
ant Louis Ostheim, Second Artillery; Second
Lieutenant Golden PH. Ruggles, Third Ar
tillery.
Sergeant Henry H. Smith, Company G,
Thirteenth Infantry, now on recruiting SER
vice at Louisville, KY, has been transferred
to the Signal Corps. He will proceed to Fort
Riley, Kan, for duty under First Lieutenant
Joseph E. Maxwell.
Musician John Tegler, CompanyA, Twenty
first Infantry, now with his company at Fort
Sidney, Neb., will be discharged the service
of the United States, under the provisions of
paragraphs l and 8, General Orders No. 81,
July 26, 1890.
The leave of absence for six months on sur
geon's certificate of disability granted First
Lieutenant Edwin G. Bullock, Fourth Cavalry
lthen Second Lieutenant, Seventh Cavalry,
February IA, 1891, has been extended two
months.
Sergeant Frederick Kroll, General Service,
Columbus Barracks, Ohio, will be discharged
from the service of the United States under
the provisions of paragraphs and of orders
of July 20, 1890.
Captain Charles M. Candy, assistant sur
geon, on the final adjournment of the Army
medical board, now in session In New York
City, will proceed to Ocean View and Cape
May, N. j., and resume his leave of absence
Second Lieutenant Malyern-Hill Barnum,
Third Cavalry, has been detailed for the course
of instruction at the United States Infantry
and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
on September 1, 1891.
The following transfers In the Eighth Cav
airy have been ordered Captain Charles M
O'Connor, from Troop to Troop A, Captain
Henry f. Kendall, from Troop A to Troop E.
Leave of absence for one month and ten
days, to take effect September l, 1891, has
been granted Second Lieutenant William C.
Wren, Tenth Infantry.
The extension of the leave of absence
Wanted Second Lieutenant Charles G.. Lyman
Second Cavalry, July 3, has been further ex-
tended one month.
Captain William Auman, Thirteenth In
fantry, having completed the duty assigned
him at Fort Supply 1. IT,, will return to his
proper station.
Leave of absence for one month, to take
effect August %, 1891, has been granted First
Lieutenant William w Galbraith, Fifth Ar
tillery.