The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-12
THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.
ARMY NOTES.


Assistant Surgeon Robert Boyd has been Or
dered to the Dale.
Lieutenant Eugene 7. Wilson, First Ar
tillery, has been detached az professor OF
military science and tactics at the Ohio State
University.
Lieutenant Colonel George E. Head, Four
teenth Infantry, having served thirty years,
has, on his own application been retired from
active service.
Second Lieutenant Francis H. Buck has
been ordered to the school at Fort Leaven-
WORTH In place of Lieutenant Lunsford Daniel,
OF the Sixth Cavalry.
First Lieutenant Charles H. Cabanss, jr.,
Eighteenth Infantry, having been found in
capacitated for active service on account OF
disability, has been retired from active serv.
ice.
Lieutenant Nat P. Phister, First Infantry,
has been ordered to the United States Infantry
and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, and
the order granting him leave of absence re-
yoked at his own request.
Captain Thaddeus S. Kirkland, Seventh In
fantry, having been examined by board of
officers and found physically disqualified for
the duties of a major, has been retired from
active service as major of infantry.
First Lieutenant Edward Davis, Third Ar
tllery, has been detailed as recorder of the
board of officers convened at Fort Monroe,
Va, to examine officers to determine their
fitness vice Captain Louis " Caziarc, Second
Artillery, relieved.
Colonel James j. Van Horn, Eighteenth
Infantry, has been relieved as member of
the general court-martial appointed to meet
Fort Walla-W Walla, Wash, July 13, 1891. for
nf al ral Thor1o
Fourth Cavalry, and Colonel Edwin G. Mason,
Third Infantry, has been detailed as o member
OF the court in his stead,
By direction of the Secretary the regula-
tions of the Army in regard to roll-calls have
been amended so as to provide for two roll
calls daily, viz, at reveille and retreat. The
order also authorizes commanding officers to
order roll-calls in special cases and at such
times as they may deem necessary. By the
order the 'call quarters is ordered to be
sounded fifteen minutes before II p. m The
change in roll calls was brought about by the
Walla-Walla affair, and it is expected that it
Will decrease the absenteeism by large per
cent.
The battalion of the Atlanta was presented
at Boston on Monday last, with magnificent
stand of colors, the gift of Mrs. Mason, wife
OF Lieutenant T. B. NJ. Mason, the Atlanta's
executive officer. The battalion was paraded
on tne quarterback and the presentation was
made by Lieutenant Mason in neat little
speech, conveying to the officers and men Mrs.
Mason's pleasure in the gift. Both the
national and battalion flags are of silk heavily
fringed and mounted on eagel tipped stands.
On the battalion flag is emblazoned the ships
motto and crest, "Always Ready"
The general court-martial appointed to meet
at Columbus Barracks, Chic, has been dis
solved and general court-martial appointed
to meet there Monday, the Goth of July, or as
soon thereafter as practicable The detail for
the board is Captains Constant Williams
Seventh Infantry; William Stephenson,
assistant surgeon; George s. Wilson, Twelfth
Infantry; Charles A. Williams, Twenty
first Infantry; Leven G. Allen, Sixteenth
Infantry; First Lieutenants John j. Hay
Second Infantry; George NJ. Wells, assistant
surgeon, and Lieutenant Theodore Mosher,
Twenty-second Infantry Judge advocate.