The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-17
THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.
ARMY NOTES.

Capt, James G. Merrill, assistant surgeon,
is detailed as a member OF the Army retiring
board in this city.
Second Lieut.. j. Y. Mason Blunt, Fifth
Cavalry, has been granted four months leave,
with permission to go beyond the sea.
The general court-martial for the trial of
Lieut.. Roach, First Infantry, convened at
Fort Monroe Wednesday, with Col. Barr as
Judge advocate.
Telephone S74-2 for 'Faust Beer"
The Secretary of War has decided that the
payment from canteen funds Of extra COM
pensation to officers in charge Of canteens is
not authorized by the regulations.
"Faust Beer'' is pure.
First Lieut.. Melzar c. Richards, Second Ar
tillery, has been ordered to report in person
to Brig. Gen. William Smith, paymaster gem
eral president OF the Army retiring board In
this city, for examination by the board.
"Faust Beer'' is pure.
1t has been decided at the War Department
that an officer dismissed from the Army on the
ground of mental deficiency was not dishonor-
ably discharged, and that an officer dropped
from the rolls for absence without leave was
not honorably discharged.
The military authorities are making every
effort TO punish the soldiers who participated
in the attack on the jail at Walla Walla,
Wash. and have now offered a reward OF
800 for the capture Of such Of the guilty SOL
diers as deserted to avoid punishment.
Ballantine's Beer is superior to all others.
First Lieut.. William B. Gordon, Ordnance
Department, has been ordered to proceed from
Watervlet Arsenal, West Troy, N. Y, to tho
works Of the Morgan Engineering Company,
Alliance, Ohio, on public business in connec-
ffnV xr{f fha Of dieQpnparfnO
gun carriages.
A board of medical officers, to consist of
Mai. johnson v. D. Middleton, surgeon;
Capt. John Van R. Hoff, assistant surgeon,
and Capt. Walter Reed, assistant surgeon,
have been appointed to assemble at the Mill
tary Academy, West Point, N. Y, to examine
into the physical qualifications OF the candi-
dates for admission to the academy, and, In
connection with the superintendent OF the
academy and the commandant of cadets, the
members of the graduating class.
sFaust Beer" takes the lead.
| Acting Secretary Grant, of the War Depart
ment, has approved recommendations of the
| fortifcation board for expenditures for the
| following objects: Ammunition for testing
| the Brown segmental tube wire gun, one
eight and one ten-inch Burlington disappear
| ing gun carriage, small quantities of German
| and French smokeless powders to aid our
| powder-makers in securing a smokeless
| powder, seven types Of small rapid-ire guns,
| including celebrated foreign makes, for ex-
| perimental tests, and $4,000 for the assem-
bling of guns at Watervliet Gun Foundry.
| Drink Tannhauser beer. II. Benzler.
First Lieut.. William a. Glassford, Signal
Corps, on duty in this city, has been ordered
to proceed to the following named points, and
make thorough inspection of the Signal
| cfo a6 r.. NJ
c.. Auburn, Ala; Meridian, Miss; New
Orleans, La; Mobile, Ala; Pensacola, Fla.
Savannah, Ga; Charleston and Columbia, s
c., and Southport and Wilmington, N. c.
| Lieut.. Glassford is authorized to inspect and
to condemn and destroy If found worthless
such unserviceable Signal Service property al
the stations visited (for which he is not re
sponsible) as may need the action of an in
spector.
Drink Ballantines Beer.
The beneficial effects of legislation recent,
enacted by Congress at the instance of tn,
War Department to cure the evil of desertio1
are now becoming manifest The months Of
April and May usually show the heaviest rec
ord of desertions for the reason that farming
| operations are resumed, and the dissatisfied
soldiers who are inclined to desert are reason
ably sure of finding work and shelter. Fig
ures prepared at the War Department
show that in April, 1886, the de
sertions from the Army numbered 2s6, il
April 1890, they were pol, and il
April of this year had decreased to 112. Th
new laws for the amelioration of the condi
tion of the private are believed to be RESPONSE
BILE for this decrease, although they hav
been in general and practical operation onl
since last November. 1t is now possible TO
any enlisted man to buy his discharge If dis
contented with his condition, and most @
them prefer to dc so rather than desert. Tn
estab ishment of the canteen, reduction G
hours of duty, and other changes have ais
operated to make the private better satisfie
with his life.